Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei

Understand

The jets of active galactic nuclei can carry a large fraction of the accreted power of the black-hole system into interstellar and even extragalactic space.

• They radiate profusely from radio to X-ray and gamma-ray frequencies.
• In the most extreme cases, the outward flow speeds correspond to high Lorentz factors that can reach 40 or more.
• This chapter displays images at various wavebands as well as light curves and continuum spectra that illustrate the variability with location, time, and frequency of the emission from compact, parsec- and subparsec-scale jets.