On the physical environment in the galactic nuclei

Details On the physical environment in the galactic nuclei On the physical environment in the galactic nuclei

Sep 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979phdt.........8b&link_type=abstract

Ph.D. Thesis - Maryland Univ. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galactic Nuclei, Intergalactic Media, Quasars, Radio Sources (Astronomy), Centaurus Constellation, Milky Way Galaxy, Oso-8, Relativistic Particles, Seyfert Galaxies

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Galactic nuclei and quasars emit radiation over the entire electromagnetic spectrum. This suggests that concurrent observations over a wide frequency range may provide useful information in determining appropriate models for the physical environment in which the radiation is produced. In conjunction with observations by the high energy spectrometer on OSO-8, four sources have been studied in this manner; the nucleus of the elliptical galaxy, Centaurus A (NGG 5128); the quasar, 30273; the Seyfert galaxy, NGC 4151 and the nucleus of the Milky Way (GCX). Concurrent observations are used to construct the composite spectra (from radio to X-ray) for Cen A and NGC 4151 while the composite spectra of 30273 and GCX are derived from the OSO-8 data and from other observers. A skymap technique used to analyze observations of the galactic center region yielded data consistent with a significant, hard X-ray source at the radio and infrared position of the nucleus of the Milky Way. A theoretical analysis of the temporal variability of the Cen A data is undertaken and its implications discussed. Similarities between the composite spectra of the observed sources suggest that radio-bright and radio-quiet quasars may represent the emission from galactic nuclei with elliptical and Seyfert-like morphologies, respectively.

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