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Slugs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails: jets from an unconventional angle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2015

D. E. Harris
D. E. Harris*
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: harris@cfa.harvard.edu
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Abstract

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We discuss some aspects of extragalactic jets originating from super massive black holes in the centres of active galaxies (and quasars). We start with a short review of sizes and flavors and then argue that the emission we detect across the electromagnetic spectrum does not come from the essence of the jet, but is rather a product of the jet. We go on to discuss some topics concerning synchrotron emission from jets, mainly aspects of knots. Finally we discuss the emission processes for the X-rays and describe a current experiment with LOFAR designed to test a requirement of inverse Compton models.

Keywords

radiation mechanisms: nonthermalgalaxies: jetsquasars: generalX-rays: galaxies
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S313: Extragalactic jets from every angle , September 2014 , pp. 199 - 207
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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