Lecture Notes in Physics: Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Como, Italy, September 20–23, 1988

Maraschi, Laura; Maccacaro, Tommaso; Ulrich, Marie-Helene

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.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2014-08-23

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783662137390

DOI: 10.1007/BFb0031137

Dimensions: 244cm x170cm

Pages: 498