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Spatial distribution of antisymmetrically-curved extragalactic radio-jets

Authors :
M. L. Sanchez-Saavedra
E. Florido
E. Battaner
Source :
Astrophysics and Space Science. 164:131-137
Publication Year :
1990
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1990.

Abstract

In order to fine the observational restrictions for theoretical models explaining curvatures of extragalactic jets, tails, or lobes, a list of 365 objects has been extracted from published data. Radio sources exhibiting both jets curved in the same direction (called typeV) are equally frequent as those exhibiting them with opposite directions. Among the last antisymmetric types, two possibilities are considered: when jets draw a clockwise (typeS) or counterclockwise (typeN) image. TypesS andN are not only equally frequent as expected, but they do not have preferred locations in the sky. At least at large scales, once a jet is thrown out, it has an equal chance to be sent in any direction, independently of the one followed by its twin counterjet.

Details

ISSN :
1572946X and 0004640X
Volume :
164
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Astrophysics and Space Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........a586a5453f59d124f9c4746eeb1e607a
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00653558