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EVPA of a face-on jet with a = 0.5 and γ∞ = 5, ...

EVPA of a face-on jet with a = 0.5 and γ∞ = 5, viewed along the image contour φ = π/2 (i...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Appearance of a radial ...

Appearance of a radial ﹩({\boldsymbol{f}}\propto \hat{R})﹩ polarization pattern as viewe...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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EVPA of a face-on jet, again including fully ge...

EVPA of a face-on jet, again including fully general relativistic effects. On the left, ...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Three different viewing geometries (i = 0°, i =...

Three different viewing geometries (i = 0°, i = 30°, and i = 90°) for a sample jet, with...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Effective EVPA swing location ...

Effective EVPA swing location ﹩({\tilde{R}}_{{\rm{face}}-{\rm{on}}})﹩ as a function of b...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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On the left, we plot the three inclination regi...

On the left, we plot the three inclination regimes used to describe the polarization of ...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Image coordinate of polarization swing along th...

Image coordinate of polarization swing along the spine (left column) and along the relev...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Semianalytic EVPA maps in all four regimes. Pol...

Semianalytic EVPA maps in all four regimes. Polarization ticks are plotted in red and tr...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Semianalytic EVPA maps of the high-inclination ...

Semianalytic EVPA maps of the high-inclination (i = 70°, ψ = 0.15) counterjet. For both ...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Integrated polarization angle over surfaces of ...

Integrated polarization angle over surfaces of constant impact parameter (b) for an imag...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Limb polarization angle as a function of inclin...

Limb polarization angle as a function of inclination, plotted for ϕ − ϕTL = 1°, where ϕ ...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Spine polarization angle as a function of incli...

Spine polarization angle as a function of inclination. The individual panels represent t...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Polarization angle of the limb, plotted for mul...

Polarization angle of the limb, plotted for multiple different values of γ∞ and ϕ. The a...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Boosting into the local frame of a fluid parcel...

Boosting into the local frame of a fluid parcel (shown as a square, with magnetic field ...

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Net spine polarization angle as a function of a...

Net spine polarization angle as a function of a. Increasing a generically makes the loca...

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Left: EVPA as a function of the emission coordi...

Left: EVPA as a function of the emission coordinate ϕ along a contour of fixed Z (with b...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Polarization angle along the spine (left) and l...

Polarization angle along the spine (left) and limbs (right) of the counterjet when viewe...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Net spine polarization angle as a function of γ...

Net spine polarization angle as a function of γ∞. Increasing γ∞ generically makes the lo...

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Polarization angle of the limb, plotted for mul...

Polarization angle of the limb, plotted for multiple different values of a and ϕ. The te...

Z. Gelles et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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VERITAS sky map from observations of 1ES 1218+3...

VERITAS sky map from observations of 1ES 1218+304, 1ES 1215+303, and W Comae contemporan...

A. Archer et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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NGC 4278 SED during the active and quasi-quiet ...

NGC 4278 SED during the active and quasi-quiet periods: LHAASO-WCDA fluxes and upper lim...

A. Archer et al, The Astrophysical Journal 1001 2

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Evolution of the coronal EUV wave and the assoc...

Evolution of the coronal EUV wave and the associated Hα Moreton wave. Panels (a1)–(a3) s...

C. H. Zhai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 2

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Left panel: normalized Hα spectral profile of t...

Left panel: normalized Hα spectral profile of the Moreton wave front at 12:55:47 UT (sol...

C. H. Zhai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 2

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Schematic sketch comparing the traditional unde...

Schematic sketch comparing the traditional understanding of Moreton wave and our new par...

C. H. Zhai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 2

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Spatial relationship between the Moreton wave f...

Spatial relationship between the Moreton wave front at 12:55:47 UT and different proxies...

C. H. Zhai et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1001 2

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