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A twin-jet model for radio trails

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Radio trails are interpreted in terms of the twin-jet theory of double radio sources. A simple dynamical model of a narrow jet bending under the ram pressure of the intracluster medium is calculated and applied to some observations of the source associated with NGC1265. Observed radio emission must come from the interior of the jet, which is surprisingly stable to disruptive instabilities.

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  1. Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, UK

    Mitchell C. Begelman & Martin J. Rees

  2. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125

    Roger D. Blandford

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Begelman, M., Rees, M. & Blandford, R. A twin-jet model for radio trails. Nature 279, 770–773 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1038/279770a0

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