Bibcode
Orienti, M.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.330, Issue 2, p.167
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2009
Citations
10
Refereed citations
10
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.