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A Consequence of the Asymmetry of Jets in Quasars and Active Nuclei of Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

I. S. Shklovsky
I. S. Shklovsky*
Affiliation:
Institute for Space Research, USSR

Abstract

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It is concluded that many, if not most, jets are truly one-sided. The hypothesis that the powerful radio emission of quasars and radio galaxies is caused by ejections of “plasmoids” originating in super-critical accretion on massive black holes is discussed. Because of asymmetry in the ejection of plasmoids from the thick accretion disks which form around massive black holes, the latter acquire considerable recoil momentum and should escape from the nuclei of the galaxies with large velocities. This provides a possibility for explaining a number of evolutionary effects and an approach to solving the problem of “dead” quasars.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 97: Extragalactic Radio Sources , 1982 , pp. 475 - 481
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982 

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