A kiloparsec-scale internal shock collision in the jet of a nearby radio galaxy

Eileen T. Meyer (), Markos Georganopoulos, William B. Sparks, Eric Perlman, Roeland P. van der Marel, Jay Anderson, Sangmo Tony Sohn, John Biretta, Colin Norman and Marco Chiaberge
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Eileen T. Meyer: Space Telescope Science Institute
Markos Georganopoulos: University of Maryland Baltimore County
William B. Sparks: Space Telescope Science Institute
Eric Perlman: Florida Institute of Technology
Roeland P. van der Marel: Space Telescope Science Institute
Jay Anderson: Space Telescope Science Institute
Sangmo Tony Sohn: Johns Hopkins University
John Biretta: Space Telescope Science Institute
Colin Norman: Space Telescope Science Institute
Marco Chiaberge: Space Telescope Science Institute

Nature, 2015, vol. 521, issue 7553, 495-497

Abstract: Observations of a collision between two knots in the jet of nearby radio galaxy 3C 264 support the internal shock model of how the jet plasma is energized.

Date: 2015
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