THE RADIO JET IN NGC-6251

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作者：
SAUNDERS, R
BALDWIN, JE
POOLEY, GG
WARNER, PJ
机构：
[1] Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge,CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
来源：
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | 1981年 / 197卷 / 01期
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D O I：
10.1093/mnras/197.2.287
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
High-resolution observations are presented of the 300-kpc jet in the giant radio galaxy NGC 6251. The width of the jet is resolved over most of its length, and the axis of the jet wiggles with an amplitude increasing linearly with distance from the nucleus. Polarization data are used to derive densities of cold matter in the jet and, from the argument that the jet must form the lobe in a time equal to the age of the lobe, we estimate the speed of the jet as c/20. The energetics of the jet are then dominated by the bulk flow along it of cold matter at a rate of 1 Mo yr-1. The jet appears to be confined; the wiggle of its axis is probably due to oscillations of the direction of the collimator with a period of about 6 × 106 yr. © 1981 Royal Astronomical Society.
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