Light-year Scale Radio Cores in Four LINER Galaxies
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The LINER galaxies NGC2911, NGC 3079, NGC3998, and NGC6500 were observed at 5 GHz with the European VLBI Network at a resolution of 5 milliarcsecond and found to possess flat-spectrum, variable, highbrightness temperature (TB > 10 8 K) radio cores. These radio characteristics reinforce the view that these LINERs host central engines associated with active galactic nuclei.
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