BL Lac objects
Subtitle: proceedings of a workshop held in Como, Italy, September 20-23, 1988
By: L. Maraschi, T. Maccacaro, M.-H. Ulrich (eds.).
Contributors: Maraschi, L. 1942-; Maccacaro, T. 1951-; Ulrich, M. H.
Series: Lecture notes in physics ;; 334
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: BL Lacertae objects -- Congresses.
Description: This volume gives a comprehensible survey of BL Lac objects: contributors summarize observations on these interesting astrophysical objects and present theoretical models to explain them. Understanding these objects should help to give a better insight into the physics of black holes and relativistic plasmas. Topics addressed cover radio jets expanding at superluminal velocities, possible effects of relativistic jets on interstellar matter, the continuum emission over the whole electromagnetic system and its variability, and the impact of these observations on gravitational lensing and cosmological evolution. The book should be immensely useful for graduate students.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.