Astrolunch - 30th April

Mark Whittle:
Jet-Gas Interactions in Seyfert Galaxies

Collimated outflows are widespread phenomena in astrophysics, from stellar jets to radio quasars. When these outflows encounter the surrounding medium a number of phenomena can occur, including serious damage to both jet and medium. This talk presents a case study of such an interaction in a Seyfert galaxy, where strong emission lines provide important diagnotsic information to help unravel both the nature of the interaction and the nature of the jet.