Extragalactic Radio Sources

Proceedings of the 175th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Bologna, Italy 10-14 October 1995
1996. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-7923-4121-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 175, 631 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1348 g

Reihe: International Astronomical Union Symposia

On the 100th anniversary of Marconi's successful experiment on radio broadcasting, 250 astronomers from all over the world met in Bologna (Italy) for five days, to update their knowledge of the physics and statistical properties of powerful extragalactic radio sources. Since their discovery in the fifties enormous progress has been made. The existence of superluminal motions in the cores of radio sources, the presence there of a black hole surrounded by an absorbing dust torus, as inferred mostly from studies at other wavelengths, are now accepted ideas. Nevertheless, in spite of these efforts, there are many questions still unanswered. For instance we do not know which mechanism produces the huge amount of energy supplied to radio sources, how the jets connecting the `engine' to the lobes are formed and collimated, which of the differences observed among the various classes of radio sources are apparent and which are real. These and other related topics are discussed in this book.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ekers, R.

Fanti, C.

Padrielli, L.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Galaxien und Sterne
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Kosmologie, Urknalltheorie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik Relativität, Gravitation
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Guglielmo Marconi and Radioastronomy (Invited).- Properties of Radio Sources.- Relation between Radio and Other Wavelenghts.- Radio Sources and their Environment.- Unification Issues.- Radio Source Modelling and Emission Mechanisms.- Surveys of Radio Sources.- Cosmological Implications.- Author Index.- Object Index.