3 papers
astro-ph2001
Revealing the Energetics and Structure of AGN Jets
Eric S. Perlman, Herman L. Marshall, John A. Biretta
Until very recently, few constraints existed on the physics of jets, even though they represent the first known evidence of mass outflow in AGN. This has begun to change with HST a…
astro-ph2001
Optical Structure and Physics of the M87 Jet
Eric Perlman, William Sparks, John Biretta +2
We summarize HST observations of the M87 jet, concentrating on polarimetry and spectral index maps, and compare its optical and radio structures. The evidence now supports a strati…
astro-ph1999
HST Snapshot Survey of 3CR Quasars: The Data
Matthew D. Lehnert, George K. Miley, William B. Sparks +6
We present images taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC-2) on the Hubble Space Telescope of 43 quasars selected from the 3CR radio catalog. The redshift range of the tar…