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Structure and Properties of AGN Cores from VLBI and Total Flux Density Variations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Esko Valtaoja*
Affiliation:
Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, FIN-21500 Piikkiö, Finland

Abstract

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By combining VLBI and total flux density data it is possible to get an indirect “look” at the innermost, unresolved core regions of AGN and to estimate physical parameters such as the intrinsic brightness temperatures, Lorentz factors and viewing angles, unobtainable by either VLBI or multi-frequency flux monitoring alone.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

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