SOME INTRINSIC-PROPERTIES OF PARSEC-SCALE RADIO JETS

Authors
TINGAY SJ
Citation
Sj. Tingay, SOME INTRINSIC-PROPERTIES OF PARSEC-SCALE RADIO JETS, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 13(1), 1996, pp. 103-105
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia → ACNP
ISSN journal
13233580
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
103 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
1323-3580(1996)13:1<103:SIOPRJ>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A simple model for estimating the intrinsic flow direction and speed i n the parsec-scale jets associated with extragalactic radio sources is presented. In this model, radio source brightness asymmetries are att ributed to the apparent amplification caused when a relativistic jet o f radiating material is somewhat aligned with the observers line of si ght. The knots of emission commonly seen in parsec-scale radio jets ar e interpreted as shocks in the relativistic fluid.