New detections of optical emission from kiloparsec-scale quasar jets

被引：5

作者：

Cheung, CC ^{[1
]}

Wardle, JFC ^{[1
]}

Chen, TD ^{[1
]}

Hariton, SP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Brandeis Univ, MS 057 Phys Dept, Waltham, MA 02454 USA

来源：

NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS | 2003年 / 47卷 / 6-7期

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D O I：

10.1016/S1387-6473(03)00063-0

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We report initial results from the detection of optical emission in the arcsecond-scale radio jets of two quasars utilizing images from the Hubble Space Telescope archive. The optical emission has a very knotty appearance and is consistent with synchrotron emission from highly relativistic electrons in the jet. Combining these observations with those of previously reported features in other quasars, an emerging trend appears to be that their radio-to-optical spectral indices are steeper than those of similar features in jets of lower power radio sources. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：423 / 425

页数：3

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