Magnetic interaction of jets and molecular clouds in NGC 4258

2007/03/13 by M. Krause, Marita Krause, Christian Fendt +3 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Active galactic nucleus #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Flow (mathematics) #Galactic nuclei #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Jet (fluid) #Molecular cloud #Spiral (railway) #Spiral galaxy #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066445

13 pages, accepted by A&A

arxiv created 2007/03/13 · openalex publication_date 2007/03/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context. NGC 4258 is a well known spiral galaxy with a peculiar large scale jet flow detected in the radio and in Hα. Due to the special geometry of the galaxy, the jets emerge from the nuclear region through the galactic disk – at least in the inner region.

Citations

• A 4% Geometric Distance to the Galaxy NGC4258 from Orbital Motions in a Nuclear Gas Disk
• Probing the Magnetic Field at Subparsec Radii in the Accretion Disk of NGC 4258
• What Is the Accretion Rate in NGC 4258?
• Nuclear-to-Outer Rotation Curves of Galaxies in the CO and HI Lines
• Radio Continuum Imaging of the Spiral Galaxy NGC 4258
• CO(1–0) inz≳ 4 Quasar Host Galaxies: No Evidence for Extended Molecular Gas Reservoirs
• The magnetic field along the jets of NGC 4258

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