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| Name: Bindu Rani Affiliation: NASA GSFC Conference ID: ASI2018_1656 Title : Wobbling jets in active super-massive black holes Authors and Co-Authors : T. P. Krichbaum, J. Hodgson, A.P. Marscher Abstract Type : Contributed Talk Abstract Category : Extragalactic astronomy Abstract : Powered by accretion onto super-massive black holes (masses up to 10 billion Solar mass), active galactic nuclei (AGN) are strong emitters of electromagnetic radiation over a range spanning more than 20 decades in energy. About 1 in 10 AGN convert a substantial fraction of accretion energy into highly collimated and relativistic outflows of energetic plasma called "JETS". Many AGN jets do wobble, i.e., show temporal variations in their direction on parsec scales. While the causes of "jet wobbling" are not agreed upon, it is a powerful probe of energy extraction from super-massive black holes. |