SUBPARSEC-SCALE STRUCTURE AND EVOLUTION OF CENTAURUS-A (NGC5128)

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作者
JAUNCEY, DL
TINGAY, SJ
PRESTON, RA
REYNOLDS, JE
LOVELL, JEJ
MCCULLOCH, PM
TZIOUMIS, AK
COSTA, ME
MURPHY, DW
MEIER, DL
JONES, DL
AMY, SW
BIGGS, JD
BLAIR, DG
CLAY, RW
EDWARDS, PG
ELLINGSEN, SP
FERRIS, RH
GOUGH, RG
HARBISON, P
JONES, PA
KING, EA
KEMBALL, AJ
MIGENES, V
NICOLSON, GD
SINCLAIR, MW
VANOMMEN, T
WARK, RM
WHITE, GL
机构
[1] MT STROMLO & SIDING SPRING OBSERV,CANBERRA,ACT 2611,AUSTRALIA
[2] CALTECH,JET PROP LAB,PASADENA,CA 91109
[3] UNIV TASMANIA,HOBART,TAS 7001,AUSTRALIA
[4] UNIV WESTERN AUSTRALIA,NEDLANDS,WA 6009,AUSTRALIA
[5] UNIV SYDNEY,SYDNEY,NSW 2006,AUSTRALIA
[6] CURTIN UNIV TECHNOL,PERTH,WA 6001,AUSTRALIA
[7] UNIV ADELAIDE,ADELAIDE,SA 5001,AUSTRALIA
[8] BRITISH AEROSP PLC,CANBERRA,ACT 2601,AUSTRALIA
[9] UNIV WESTERN SYDNEY NEPEAN,KINGSWOOD,NSW 2747,AUSTRALIA
[10] HARTEBEESTHOEK RADIO ASTRON OBSERV,KRUGERSDORP 1740,SOUTH AFRICA
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10.1073/pnas.92.25.11368
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We present a series of 8.4-GHz very-long-baseline radio interferometry images of the nucleus of Centaurus A (NGC5128) made with a Southern Hemisphere array, representing a 3.3-year monitoring effort. The nuclear radio jet is approximate to 50 milliarcseconds in extent, or at the 3.5-megaparsec distance of NGC5128, approximate to 1 parsec in length. Subluminal motion is seen and structural changes are observed on time scales shorter than 4 months. High-resolution observations at 4.8 and 8.4 GHz made in November 1992 reveal a complex morphology and allow us to unambiguously identify the self-absorbed core located at the southwestern end of the jet.
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页码:11368 / 11370
页数:3
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