BL Lacertae Objects

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2359s&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2359. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies, Active Galaxies, Quasars And Galactic Nuclei

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BL Lacertae objects are an enigmatic group of ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN) characterized by compact, flat-spectrum radio sources, nearly featureless and polarized optical continua, very luminous high-energy radiation (e.g. some BL Lacs are the only celestial detections at TeV energies; Macomb et al 1995) and rapid variability in all observed wavebands. In recent years, BL Lacs have been grouped w...

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