Extragalactic jets
Subtitle: theory and observation from radio to gamma ray : proceedings of a workshop held in Girdwood, Alaska, USA, 21-24 May 2007
By: edited by Travis A. Rector and David S. De Young
Contributors: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series -- v. 386; Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series -- v. 386.
Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
ISBN-13: 9781583813355
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Astrophysical jets; Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.; title: Overview -- ; title: Extragalactic Jets: Some Unanswered Questions and the Prospects for GLAST --  -- Pt. 2.; title: Extended Sources -- ; title: The Spitzer View of Jet-ISM Interactions -- ; title: The Properties and Gaseous Environments of Powerful Classical Double Radio Galaxies -- ; title: Large-Scale Propagation of Very Light Jets in Galaxy Clusters -- ; title: Bent-Double Radio Sources as Probes of the Intragroup Medium -- ; title: Hotspots, Jets and Environments -- ; title: The Luminous X-ray Hotspot In 4C 74.26: Jet Dynamics At Work -- ; title: A Deep Chandra Observation of the PKS 1055+201 Jets, Lobes, and Hotspots -- ; title: Jet-Environment Interactions in FRI Radio Galaxies -- ; title: The Continuing Saga of the Explosive Event(s) in the M87 Jet: Is M87 a Blazar? -- ; title: Progress Toward a VLBA Movie of the Jet Collimation Region in M87 -- ; title: An X-ray Jet in the BL Lac S5 2007+777 -- ; title: Deep Chandra Observations of the Centaurus A Jet -- ; title: Magnetic-Field Fluctuations Around the Radio Galaxy 3C 31 -- ; title: Jet Spectra in FRI Radio Galaxies: Implications for Particle Acceleration -- ; title: The Case of the 300 kpc Long X-ray Jet in PKS 1127-145 at z=1.18 -- ; title: Multi-Wavelength Observational Study of PRII Radio Galaxies and Quasars -- ; title: Recurrent Activity in Radio Galaxies -- ; title: The Non-Thermal Radio Jet in the NGC 2264 Star-Forming Region -- ; title: An X-ray View of Pictor A Radio Lobes: A Spatially Resolved Study -- ; title: Electron Energy Distributions at Relativistic Shock Sites: Observational Constraints from the Cygnus A Hotspots --  -- Pt. 3.; title: Compact Sources -- ; title: Insights on Jet Physics and High Energy Emission Processes from Optical Polarimetry -- ; title: Intrinsic Structure and Kinematics of the Sub-Parsec Scale Jet of M87 -- ; title: X-Ray Nuclei in Radio Galaxies: Exploring the Roles of Hot and Cold Gas Accretion -- ; title: Radio Loudness of AGNs: Host Galaxy Morphology and the Spin Paradigm -- ; title: Jet Properties and Evolution in Small and Intermediate Scale Objects -- ; title: How Compact are the Cores of AGN? Sub-Parsec Scale Imaging with VLBI at Millimeter Wavelength -- ; title: On the Nature of High Frequency Peakers: Young Radio Sources or Flaring Blazars? -- ; title: A Chandra Survey of Quasar Jets: Latest Results -- ; title: The Interplay Between Radio Jets and ISM in Sub-kpc Radio Sources -- ; title: The Quasar 1317+520: A Laboratory for Particle Acceleration -- ; title: Gamma Ray and Neutrino Emission as a Probe of Relativistic Jets -- ; title: Fossil AGN as UHE Particle Accelerators -- ; title: Parsec-Scale Jet-Environment Interactions in AGN -- ; title: NRAO 150: A Recently Identified Quasar Revealing Extreme Non-Ballistic Motion -- ; title: The Jet of Markarian 501 from the Sub-Parsec to the kpc Scale -- ; title: The Next Generation Space VLBI Project: VSOP-2 -- ; title: Prospects for Observing Quasar Jets with the Space Interferometry Mission PlanetQuest -- ; title: Magnetic Field Structures of BL Lac Objects on Decaparsec Scales -- ; title: Parsec-Scale Jets in Lobe-dominated Quasars -- ; title: Phase-Referencing on BL Lac -- ; title: Investigation of the Faraday Rotation Measure and Magnetic Field Structures of Several AGN Jets on Sub-Parsec to Parsec Scales -- ; title: Kinematic and Synchrotron Ages of Compact Symmetric Objects -- ; title: AGN Observations in the GeV/TeV Energy Range with the MAGIC Telescope -- ; title: The Hard Synchrotron X-ray Spectrum of the TeV BL Lac 1ES 1426+428 --  -- Pt. 4.; title: Cluster Sources -- ; title: Jet Interactions with the Hot Halos of Clusters and Galaxies -- ; title: AGN Heating of the Intergalactic Medium in Galaxy Groups -- ; title: Jet Feedback in Clusters: Simulating the Interaction of Jets with Dynamic Cluster Atmospheres -- ; title: Jet/Environment Interactions in Low-Power Radio Galaxies -- ; title: Does AGN Feedback in Galaxy Clusters Really Work? -- ; title: Evolution of a Powerful Radio Loud Quasar 3C 186 and its Impact on the Cluster Environment at z=l -- ; title: X-ray Observables of Magnetically Dominated Cavities in Clusters -- ; title: Inverse-Compton Emission from the Lobes of 3C353 -- ; title: Diffuse Extended Emission and Galaxy Population of A2255 -- ; title: Numerical Modeling of AGN Jets: Formation of Magnetically Dominated Lobes and Stability Properties of Current-Carrying Jets --  -- Pt. 5.; title: Physical Processes and Cosmology -- ; title: Kelvin-Helmholtz Modes Revealed by the Transversal Structure of the Jet in 0836+710 -- ; title: Hydrodynamics of Small-Scale Jets: Observational Aspects -- ; title: The Role of MHD in the ICM and its Interactions with AGN Outflows -- ; title: 3D Relativistic MHD Simulations of Magnetized Spine-Sheath Relativistic Jets -- ; title: Relativistic Effects in the Structure and Dynamics of Extragalactic Jets -- ; title: Understanding the Origin of Bright Features -- ; title: The Core of a Blazar Jet -- ; title: Circular Polarization and Helical B Fields in AGN -- ; title: Magnetic Field Structure in the Parsec Scale Jet of 3C 273 from Multifrequency VLBA Observations -- ; title: A New Method to Detect Faraday Screen -- ; title: The Highest Redshift Relativistic Jets -- ; title: Radio-Loud and Radio-Quiet Quasars: One Population, Different Epochs of Observation -- ; title: The Role of GLAST in Multiwavelength Observations of Bright TeV Blazars -- ; title: Investigation of Correlations Between the Optical and Radio Polarization of AGN -- ; title: Magnetic Field Structure of Relativistic Jets in AGNs -- ; title: Searching For Helical Magnetic Fields in Active Galactic Nuclei -- ; title: Surprising Evolution of Faraday Rotation Gradients in the Jet of S5 1803+784 -- ; title: Optical, Gamma-Ray and X-Ray Monitoring of Markarian 421 in the 2005-2006 Season -- ; title: Rotation Measure Observation towards NRAO 140 Jet: Constraints for the Pitch Angle of a Helical Magnetic Field -- ; title: The MicroArcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability (MASIV) Survey: Detection of Angular Broadening at High Redshift? -- ; title: Effects of Jet Opening Angle and Velocity Structure on Blazar Parameters -- ; title: A First Synoptic Blazar Study Comprising Eleven Blazars Visible in E > 100 GeV [gamma]-Rays -- ; title: The FIRST Flat Spectrum Sample -- ; title: Gamma-Ray Emission From Young Radio Galaxies --  -- Pt. 6.; title: Summary -- ; title: Extragalactic Jets: Reflections on the Conference.