The radio jet in NGC 6251

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Oct 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981mnras.197..287s&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 197, Oct. 1981, p. 287-300.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Radio Galaxies, Radio Jets (Astronomy), Galactic Structure, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Kinetic Energy, Supernova Remnants

Scientific paper

The structure, spectra, and polarization properties of the 300-kpc radio jet in NGC 6251 are examined in the light of new high-resolution observations. It is shown that (1) the flux of energy along the jet is carried principally as the kinetic energy of ionized matter; (2) the rate of flow matter along the jet is about 1 solar mass per year; (3) the axis of the jet shows a distinct wiggle of more than two cycles, having a wavelength of 85 kpc and a corresponding period of 6 million yr for an assumed speed of c/20 for the jet; and (4) the jet appears to be confined by external pressure for a large part of its length.

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