Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 1981
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981esasp.162..133l&link_type=abstract
In ESA Opt. Jets in Galaxies p 133-135 (SEE N81-27993 18-88)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Active Galaxies, Galactic Nuclei, Light Emission, Plasma Jets, Radio Galaxies, Spectral Emission, Adiabatic Conditions, Collimation, Hubble Space Telescope, Mathematical Models, Particle Acceleration
Scientific paper
The astrophysical importance of jets is pointed out. The origin of jets is inferred to be deep within galactic nuclei and any satisfactory theory of active nuclei must explain naturally the occurrence of such phenomena. Jets act as diagnostic probes of the ambient interstellar and intergalactic media. The evolution of theoretical work pertaining to jets incuding the adiabatic loss problem and the confinement problem is traced. The need for further study in the collimation of jets and particle acceleration is pointed out. Mechanisms explaining the abrupt discontinuittes in jets are suggested. Observational programs for the Space Telescope are listed.
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