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Probing the heart of extragalactic jets

By identifying the composition of high-speed jets of material that stream out from quasars and other active galactic nuclei, astronomers are beginning to home in on processes just outside a massive black hole.

 

References:

Jones, T. 1998. Light jets near light speed. Nature 395(Oct. 1):440.

Wardle, J.F.C., et al. 1998. Electron-positron jets associated with the quasar 3C279. Nature 395(Oct. 1):457.

 

Sources:

Thomas W. Jones
University of Minnesota
School of Physics and Astronomy
116 Church Street, S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455

John F.C. Wardle
Brandeis University
Department of Physics
Waltham, MA 02254

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 14, October 3, 1998, p. 214.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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