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Title

Extragalactic jets : theory and observation from radio to gamma ray : proceedings of a workshop held in Girdwood, Alaska, USA, 21-24 May 2007 / edited by Travis A. Rector and David S. De Young.

Publication

San Francisco : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, [2008], ©2008.

Supplementary Content

http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/table_of_contents/?book_id=424

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Additional Authors

• Rector, Travis A. (Travis Arthur)
• De Young, David.
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Description

xviii, 561 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 386

Uniform Title

Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series ; v. 386.

Subject

• Astrophysical jets > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Overview -- Extragalactic Jets: Some Unanswered Questions and the Prospects for GLAST -- Pt. 2. Extended Sources -- The Spitzer View of Jet-ISM Interactions -- The Properties and Gaseous Environments of Powerful Classical Double Radio Galaxies -- Large-Scale Propagation of Very Light Jets in Galaxy Clusters -- Bent-Double Radio Sources as Probes of the Intragroup Medium -- Hotspots, Jets and Environments -- The Luminous X-ray Hotspot In 4C 74.26: Jet Dynamics At Work -- A Deep Chandra Observation of the PKS 1055+201 Jets, Lobes, and Hotspots -- Jet-Environment Interactions in FRI Radio Galaxies -- The Continuing Saga of the Explosive Event(s) in the M87 Jet: Is M87 a Blazar? -- Progress Toward a VLBA Movie of the Jet Collimation Region in M87 -- An X-ray Jet in the BL Lac S5 2007+777 -- Deep Chandra Observations of the Centaurus A Jet -- Magnetic-Field Fluctuations Around the Radio Galaxy 3C 31 -- Jet Spectra in FRI Radio Galaxies: Implications for Particle Acceleration -- The Case of the 300 kpc Long X-ray Jet in PKS 1127-145 at z=1.18 -- Multi-Wavelength Observational Study of PRII Radio Galaxies and Quasars -- Recurrent Activity in Radio Galaxies -- The Non-Thermal Radio Jet in the NGC 2264 Star-Forming Region -- An X-ray View of Pictor A Radio Lobes: A Spatially Resolved Study -- Electron Energy Distributions at Relativistic Shock Sites: Observational Constraints from the Cygnus A Hotspots -- Pt. 3. Compact Sources -- Insights on Jet Physics and High Energy Emission Processes from Optical Polarimetry -- Intrinsic Structure and Kinematics of the Sub-Parsec Scale Jet of M87 -- X-Ray Nuclei in Radio Galaxies: Exploring the Roles of Hot and Cold Gas Accretion -- Radio Loudness of AGNs: Host Galaxy Morphology and the Spin Paradigm -- Jet Properties and Evolution in Small and Intermediate Scale Objects -- How Compact are the Cores of AGN? Sub-Parsec Scale Imaging with VLBI at Millimeter Wavelength -- On the Nature of High Frequency Peakers: Young Radio Sources or Flaring Blazars? -- A Chandra Survey of Quasar Jets: Latest Results -- The Interplay Between Radio Jets and ISM in Sub-kpc Radio Sources -- The Quasar 1317+520: A Laboratory for Particle Acceleration -- Gamma Ray and Neutrino Emission as a Probe of Relativistic Jets -- Fossil AGN as UHE Particle Accelerators -- Parsec-Scale Jet-Environment Interactions in AGN -- NRAO 150: A Recently Identified Quasar Revealing Extreme Non-Ballistic Motion -- The Jet of Markarian 501 from the Sub-Parsec to the kpc Scale -- The Next Generation Space VLBI Project: VSOP-2 -- Prospects for Observing Quasar Jets with the Space Interferometry Mission PlanetQuest -- Magnetic Field Structures of BL Lac Objects on Decaparsec Scales -- Parsec-Scale Jets in Lobe-dominated Quasars -- Phase-Referencing on BL Lac -- Investigation of the Faraday Rotation Measure and Magnetic Field Structures of Several AGN Jets on Sub-Parsec to Parsec Scales -- Kinematic and Synchrotron Ages of Compact Symmetric Objects -- AGN Observations in the GeV/TeV Energy Range with the MAGIC Telescope -- The Hard Synchrotron X-ray Spectrum of the TeV BL Lac 1ES 1426+428 -- Pt. 4. Cluster Sources -- Jet Interactions with the Hot Halos of Clusters and Galaxies -- AGN Heating of the Intergalactic Medium in Galaxy Groups -- Jet Feedback in Clusters: Simulating the Interaction of Jets with Dynamic Cluster Atmospheres -- Jet/Environment Interactions in Low-Power Radio Galaxies -- Does AGN Feedback in Galaxy Clusters Really Work? -- Evolution of a Powerful Radio Loud Quasar 3C 186 and its Impact on the Cluster Environment at z=l -- X-ray Observables of Magnetically Dominated Cavities in Clusters -- Inverse-Compton Emission from the Lobes of 3C353 -- Diffuse Extended Emission and Galaxy Population of A2255 -- Numerical Modeling of AGN Jets: Formation of Magnetically Dominated Lobes and Stability Properties of Current-Carrying Jets -- Pt. 5. Physical Processes and Cosmology -- Kelvin-Helmholtz Modes Revealed by the Transversal Structure of the Jet in 0836+710 -- Hydrodynamics of Small-Scale Jets: Observational Aspects -- The Role of MHD in the ICM and its Interactions with AGN Outflows -- 3D Relativistic MHD Simulations of Magnetized Spine-Sheath Relativistic Jets -- Relativistic Effects in the Structure and Dynamics of Extragalactic Jets -- Understanding the Origin of Bright Features -- The Core of a Blazar Jet -- Circular Polarization and Helical B Fields in AGN -- Magnetic Field Structure in the Parsec Scale Jet of 3C 273 from Multifrequency VLBA Observations -- A New Method to Detect Faraday Screen -- The Highest Redshift Relativistic Jets -- Radio-Loud and Radio-Quiet Quasars: One Population, Different Epochs of Observation -- The Role of GLAST in Multiwavelength Observations of Bright TeV Blazars -- Investigation of Correlations Between the Optical and Radio Polarization of AGN -- Magnetic Field Structure of Relativistic Jets in AGNs -- Searching For Helical Magnetic Fields in Active Galactic Nuclei -- Surprising Evolution of Faraday Rotation Gradients in the Jet of S5 1803+784 -- Optical, Gamma-Ray and X-Ray Monitoring of Markarian 421 in the 2005-2006 Season -- Rotation Measure Observation towards NRAO 140 Jet: Constraints for the Pitch Angle of a Helical Magnetic Field -- The MicroArcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability (MASIV) Survey: Detection of Angular Broadening at High Redshift? -- Effects of Jet Opening Angle and Velocity Structure on Blazar Parameters -- A First Synoptic Blazar Study Comprising Eleven Blazars Visible in E > 100 GeV [gamma]-Rays -- The FIRST Flat Spectrum Sample -- Gamma-Ray Emission From Young Radio Galaxies -- Pt. 6. Summary -- Extragalactic Jets: Reflections on the Conference.

ISBN

• 9781583813355
• 1583813357

LCCN

2008924890

OCLC

• ocn233537435
• 233537435
• SCSB-5418314

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries