H. Falcke et al./Relativistic Jets in Radio-Weak Quasars and LINER Galaxies

Relativistic Jets in Radio-Weak Quasars and LINER Galaxies

H. Falcke^1,2, A.S. Wilson¹, L.C. Ho³,

¹Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-2421, USA
²Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf den Hüugel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
³Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

in: "Relativistic Jets in AGN", Eds. M. Ostrowski, M. Sikora, G. Madjeski, & M. Begelman, Proc. of the International Conference, Cracow (Poland), p. 13

Abstract:

We discuss radio observations of a sample of radio-weak and radio-intermediate quasars which demonstrate that - just like their radio-loud counterparts - radio-weak quasars too have relativistic jets in their nuclei. Moreover, a VLA survey of nearby LINER galaxies reveals a relatively large number of flat-spectrum radio cores. It is suggested that those cores are also best explained by moderately relativistic jets (gamma~2) produced by a central engine.

Paper: Available in PostScript and Tex(lecproc.cmm).

Other publications can be found here.

Questions: Heino Falcke, hfalcke@astro.umd.edu