A search for optical counterparts of hot spots in radio galaxies

Bibcode
2003NewAR..47..659M
DOI
10.1016/S1387-6473(03)00118-0
Mack, Karl-Heinz; Prieto, M. A.; Brunetti, Gianfranco
Bibliographical reference

New Astronomy Reviews, Volume 47, Issue 6-7, p. 659-662.

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10
2003
Journal
New Astronomy Reviews
Number of authors
3
IAC number of authors
0
Citations
3
Refereed citations
3
Description
The search for optical emission from radio hot spots has a long history but, up to now, only very few hot spots with optical synchrotron radiation have been detected. We embarked on a project to search for optical hot spot emission with VLT. We present the first results of near-infrared and optical imaging observations which detected synchrotron emission with a success rate of some 70%.
Type
Refereed

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