Conical Stream of the Two-Sided Jets in NGC 4261 over the Range of 103–109 Schwarzschild Radii
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Observations and Data Analysis
2.1. VLBA Data
2.2. VLA Data
2.3. Jet Width Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Telescope | ν | σ | |||
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(GHz) | (mJy/beam) | (mJy/beam) | (mas) | (mas) | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) |
VLBA | 1.4 | 47.4 | 0.5 | 8.9 | 4.5 |
2.3 | 70.1 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 2.6 | |
5.0 | 117.1 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | |
8.4 | 101.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | |
15 | 113.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
22 | 123.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
43 | 72.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
VLA | 1.4 | 159.2 | 0.4 | ||
5.0 | 300.5 | 0.5 |
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Nakahara, S.; Doi, A.; Murata, Y.; Hada, K.; Nakamura, M.; Asada, K. Conical Stream of the Two-Sided Jets in NGC 4261 over the Range of 103–109 Schwarzschild Radii. Galaxies 2016, 4, 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040080
Nakahara S, Doi A, Murata Y, Hada K, Nakamura M, Asada K. Conical Stream of the Two-Sided Jets in NGC 4261 over the Range of 103–109 Schwarzschild Radii. Galaxies. 2016; 4(4):80. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040080
Chicago/Turabian StyleNakahara, Satomi, Akihiro Doi, Yasuhiro Murata, Kazuhiro Hada, Masanori Nakamura, and Keiichi Asada. 2016. "Conical Stream of the Two-Sided Jets in NGC 4261 over the Range of 103–109 Schwarzschild Radii" Galaxies 4, no. 4: 80. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040080