Abstract
The observationally defined properties of tailed radio sources are reviewed with particular emphasis on the characteristics of bent jets. A comparison is made between the structures found in straight and bent jets. It is demonstrated that the curvature of jets associated with narrow-angle tailed galaxies can provide a strong constraint on the average velocity of the plasma flow -- a contraint not possible for straight jets. It is also shown that the wide-angle tailed sources must be bent by a mechanism other than dynamic pressure resulting from motion through the ICM.
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Burns, J.O. (1983). Bent Jets and Tailed Radio Galaxies. In: Ferrari, A., Pacholczyk, A.G. (eds) Astrophysical Jets. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 103. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7186-8_8
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