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An X-Ray View of the Jet Cycle in the Radio-loud AGN 3C120

  • Authors: Anne M. Lohfink, Christopher S. Reynolds, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Alan P. Marscher, Eric D. Miller, Hugh Aller, Margo F. Aller, Laura W. Brenneman, Andrew C. Fabian, Jon M. Miller, Richard F. Mushotzky, Michael A. Nowak, and Francesco Tombesi

Lohfink et al. 2013 The Astrophysical Journal 772 83.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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Summary of our current understanding of the four steps of the jet cycle: (1) the accretion disk is full, (2) the inner disk becomes unstable, (3) the jet is formed, (4) the disk refills. A more detailed description of the jet cycle can be found in the text.

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