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Outflows and shocks in compact radio sources
Author(s) -
Holt J.,
Tadhunter C. N.,
Morganti R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200510496
Subject(s) - physics , astrophysics , outflow , line (geometry) , jet (fluid) , emission spectrum , shock (circulatory) , ionization , astronomy , spectral line , ion , meteorology , medicine , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , thermodynamics
We report some key results from the optical emission line study of a complete sample of compact radio sources. We find strong evidence for jet‐driven outflows in the circumnuclear emission line gas namely: 1) highly broadened and blueshifted emission line components (up to 2000 km s –1 ), 2) shock ionized gas (broader, shifted components), 3) consistency in the scales of the emission line gas and the radio source and 4) trends between the maximum outflow velocity and radio source size (and orientation). Full details can be found in Holt (2005). (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)