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Evidence for shock-shock interaction in the jet of CTA 102

J. A. ZensusA. P. LobanovAnne LähteenmäkiEduardo RosTuomas SavolainenChristian M. FrommManel Perucho

subject

PhysicsJet (fluid)Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)Plane (geometry)Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaFOS: Physical sciencesAstronomy and AstrophysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsAstrophysicsLight curveShock (mechanics)CTA-102Spectral evolutionSpace and Planetary ScienceBlazarAstrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

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We have found evidence for interaction between a standing and a traveling shock in the jet of the blazar CTA 102. Our result is based in the study of the spectral evolution of the turnover frequency-turnover flux density plane. The radio/mm light curves were taken during a major radio outburst in April 2006.

https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921310016017