The Importance of Jet Bending in Gamma-Ray AGNs—Revisited
Abstract
We investigate the hypothesis that γ-ray-quiet active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have a greater tendency for jet bending than γ-ray-loud AGNs, revisiting the analysis of Tingay et al. We perform a statistical analysis using a large sample of 351 radio-loud AGNs along with γ-ray identifications from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). Our results show no statistically significant differences in jet-bending properties between γ-ray-loud and γ-ray-quiet populations, indicating that jet bending is not a significant factor for γ-ray detection in AGNs.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- April 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0004-637X/784/2/159
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1401.5926
- Bibcode:
- 2014ApJ...784..159G
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: active;
- galaxies: jets;
- gamma rays: general;
- quasars: general;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 17 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ