The under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of radio-source--environment interactions
I demonstrate that radio observations in the literature to date of optically-selected quasars are largely inadequate to reveal the full extent of their jet-activity. I discuss a recent example of an optically-powerful quasar, which is radio-quiet according to all the standard classifications, which...
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| description | I demonstrate that radio observations in the literature to date of optically-selected quasars are largely inadequate to reveal the full extent of their jet-activity. I discuss a recent example of an optically-powerful quasar, which is radio-quiet according to all the standard classifications, which Blundell and Rawlings discovered to have a >100 kpc jet, and show that other than being the first FRI quasar to be identified, there is no reason to presume it is exceptional. I also discuss a possible new probe of accounting for the interactions of radio sources with their environments. This tool could help to avoid over-estimating magnetic fields strengths within cluster gas. I briefly describe recent analyses by Rudnick and Blundell which confront claims in the literature of cluster gas B-fields > 10 micro-G. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:0d2fe29a-831b-4ee5-af71-21a17de528552022-03-26T09:39:12ZThe under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of radio-source--environment interactionsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0d2fe29a-831b-4ee5-af71-21a17de52855EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Blundell, KI demonstrate that radio observations in the literature to date of optically-selected quasars are largely inadequate to reveal the full extent of their jet-activity. I discuss a recent example of an optically-powerful quasar, which is radio-quiet according to all the standard classifications, which Blundell and Rawlings discovered to have a >100 kpc jet, and show that other than being the first FRI quasar to be identified, there is no reason to presume it is exceptional. I also discuss a possible new probe of accounting for the interactions of radio sources with their environments. This tool could help to avoid over-estimating magnetic fields strengths within cluster gas. I briefly describe recent analyses by Rudnick and Blundell which confront claims in the literature of cluster gas B-fields > 10 micro-G. |
| spellingShingle | Blundell, K The under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of radio-source--environment interactions |
| title | The under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of
radio-source--environment interactions |
| title_full | The under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of
radio-source--environment interactions |
| title_fullStr | The under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of
radio-source--environment interactions |
| title_full_unstemmed | The under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of
radio-source--environment interactions |
| title_short | The under-explored radio-loudness of quasars and the possibility of
radio-source--environment interactions |
| title_sort | under explored radio loudness of quasars and the possibility of radio source environment interactions |
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