Bibcode
Orienti, M.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.330, Issue 2, p.167
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2009
Citations
9
Refereed citations
9
Description
High Frequency Peaker (HFP) radio sources are an extreme class of active
galactic nuclei whose nature has not been fully understood yet. They are
compact objects with a simple convex radio spectrum which turns over at
frequencies well above a few GHz. In the context of evolutionary models
such sources are likely to represent the earliest stage in individual
radio source evolution, with typical ages of a few hundred years.
However, the selection tools used to identify a source as an HFP are
based on the spectral shape and can introduce a contamination by beamed
blazar objects. The study of their radio properties provides us with
important information on their nature and on the ambient medium in which
they are evolving.