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VLA and VLBA observations of compact radio cores in LINER galaxies

1998/10/15 by Heino Falcke, H. Falcke, Falcke, Heino +10
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9810229

4 pages, 2 figures, (PASP)Latex, to appear in: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Astrophysics Research And Science Education at The Vatican Observatory, June 14-21 1998, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Ed. C. Impey, also available at http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/mpivlb/falcke/publications.html#vosscores

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Abstract

A VLA survey of nearby LINER galaxies at 15 GHz has revealed the presence of a compact radio core in many sources. The cores seem to be correlated with the optical activity. Follow-up VLBA observations of the ten brightest sources confirm that these cores have brightness temperatures >108 Kelvin, thus confirming their AGN nature. The two brightest radio sources (NGC6500 and NGC4278) show extended jet-like structures and the flat spectral indices of all cores also suggest a jet nature rather than emission from an ADAF.

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