Paul J. Wiita

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Hydrodynamic Interactions of Relativistic Extragalactic Jets with Dense Clouds
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 655, no. 2, pp. 769–780, 2007
  2. Testing Models of Radio Galaxy Evolution and the Cosmological Impact of FR II Radio Galaxies
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 658, no. 1, pp. 217–231, 2007
  3. Influence of the jet opening angle on the derived kinematical parameters of blazar jets having uniform and stratified bulk motion
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 377, no. 1, pp. 446–452, 2007
  4. Superdiscs in radio galaxies: jet?wind interactions
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 380, no. 2, pp. 703–711, 2007
  5. Multiband optical monitoring of the blazars S5 0716+714 and BL Lacertae
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 0, no. 0, pp. 060120032526020–???, 2006
  6. Bulk motion of ultrarelativistic conical blazar jets
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 369, no. 3, pp. 1287–1292, 2006
  7. Testing models of the individual and cosmological evolutions of powerful radio galaxies
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 372, no. 1, pp. 381–400, 2006
  8. Intranight optical variability of BL Lacs, radio-quiet quasars and radio-loud quasars
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 356, no. 2, pp. 607–614, 2005
  9. The cosmic history of the X-ray background
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 363, no. 1828, pp. 685–694, 2005
  10. Jet propagation and the asymmetries of CSS radio sources
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 432, no. 3, pp. 823–833, 2005
  11. Optical variability properties of high luminosity AGN classes
    Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 1–55, 2004
  12. The Dependence of General Relativistic Accretion on Black Hole Spin
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 613, no. 1, pp. L49–L52, 2004
  13. Jet Propagation Through Irregular Media and the Impact of Lobes on Galaxy Formation
    Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 293, no. 1/2, pp. 235–245, 2004
  14. The N Enrichment and Supernova Ejection of the Runaway Microquasar LS 5039
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 600, no. 2, pp. 927–938, 2004
  15. Do the Mildly Superluminal VLBI Knots Exclude Ultrarelativistic Blazar Jets?
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 615, no. 2, pp. L81–L84, 2004
  16. Intranight optical variability of radio-quiet and radio lobe-dominated quasars
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 350, no. 1, pp. 175–188, 2004
  17. Intranight optical variability of blazars
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 348, no. 1, pp. 176–186, 2004
  18. Brightness Suppression of Relativistic Radio Jets of Quasars: The Role of the Lower Electron Energy Cutoff
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 603, no. 1, pp. L9–L12, 2004
  19. Clear Evidence for Intranight Optical Variability in Radio-quiet Quasars
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 586, no. 1, pp. L25–L28, 2003
  20. Wind Accretion and State Transitions in Cygnus X-1
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 583, no. 1, pp. 424–436, 2003
  21. The Origin of X-shaped Radio Galaxies: Clues from the Z-symmetric Secondary Lobes
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 594, no. 2, pp. L103–L106, 2003
  22. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 50, 2003
  23. Radio emission and the optical isophotal twist of radio-loud ellipticals
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 410, no. 1, pp. 139–141, 2003
  24. Radio jet interactions with massive clouds
    New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 46, no. 2-7, pp. 439–442, 2002
  25. Hybrid morphology radio sources and the Fanaroff–Riley dichotomy
    New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 46, no. 2-7, pp. 357–360, 2002
  26. The Spectral Components of SS 433
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 566, no. 2, pp. 1069–1083, 2002
  27. On the Ejection Mechanism of Bullets in SS 433
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 576, no. 1, pp. L45–L48, 2002
  28. Was the Cosmic Web of Protogalactic Material Permeated by Lobes of Radio Galaxies During the Quasar Era?
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 560, no. 2, pp. L115–L118, 2001
  29. Radio Jet Interactions with Massive Clouds
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 534, no. 1, pp. 201–212, 2000
  30. Rapid optical variability in radio-quiet QSOs
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 314, no. 4, pp. 815–825, 2000
  31. Superdisks in Radio Galaxies
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 529, no. 1, pp. 189–200, 2000
  32. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 2645–2653, 1999
  33. X-Ray Variability of an Illuminated Irregular Accretion Disk around a Black Hole
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 519, no. 1, pp. 80–88, 1999
  34. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 2077–2086, 1999
  35. Instabilities in Three-dimensional Simulations of Astrophysical Jets Crossing Tilted Interfaces
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 493, no. 1, pp. 81–90, 1998
  36. General Relativistic Effects on the Spectrum Reflected by Accretion Disks around Black Holes
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 504, no. 1, pp. 58–63, 1998
  37. On the Variability Coherence Observed in Black Hole Candidates at Different X-Ray Energies
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 489, no. 2, pp. 819–821, 1997
  38. On the Origin of Correlated Radio-optical Asymmetries in Double Radio Sources
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 467, p. 191, 1996
  39. Three-dimensional Simulations of Extragalactic Jets Crossing Interstellar Medium/Intracluster Medium Interfaces
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 470, p. 211, 1996
  40. The Linear Sizes of Quasars and Radio Galaxies in the Unified Scheme
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 463, no. 1, pp. L1–L4, 1996
  41. Energy-Dependent Polarization Variability as a Black Hole Signature
    Physical Review Letters, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 12–15, 1996
  42. Simultaneous synchrotron and adiabatic effects in multiply shocked jets in extended extragalactic radio sources
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 434, p. 503, 1994
  43. Variable emission lines as evidence of spiral shocks in accretion disks around active galactic nuclei
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 434, p. 518, 1994
  44. Plasma mechanisms for variability in active galactic nuclei
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 423, p. 172, 1994
  45. Long-term hydrodynamical simulations of extragalactic radio jets
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 423, p. 116, 1994
  46. Spiral shocks in accretion disks as a contributor to variability in active galactic nuclei
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 411, p. 602, 1993
  47. Reconciling the magnetic field structures seen in variable active galactic nuclei with the unified scheme
    Nature, vol. 363, no. 6425, Article ID 363142a0, 2 pages, 1993
  48. Accretion disk models for optical and ultraviolet microvariability in active galactic nuclei
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 406, p. 420, 1993
  49. 1222+216 - A wide-angle-tailed quasar?
    The Astronomical Journal, vol. 105, p. 1658, 1993
  50. Squeezing gas through space
    Nature, vol. 355, no. 6360, Article ID 355499a0, 1 pages, 1992
  51. Numerical simulations of hydrodynamical jets crossing a galactic halo/intracluster medium interface
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 385, p. 478, 1992
  52. Standing shocks in accretion disks and the spectra of active galactic nuclei
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 387, p. L21, 1992
  53. Gaseous halos of elliptical galaxies, the cosmic evolution of their radio sizes, and the phenomenon of compact steep-spectrum sources
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 373, p. 325, 1991
  54. Statistical analysis of power-size-redshift distributions of extragalactic jets
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 371, p. 501, 1991
  55. On spectral aging in lobes of double radio sources
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 353, p. 476, 1990
  56. Expanding hydrodynamical jets crossing a galactic halo/intergalactic medium interface
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 350, p. 545, 1990
  57. Synchrotron aging in radio sources. I - Spatial variations in radio lobes
    The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 363, p. 411, 1990
  58. Soliton solutions and their stability for the flow of relativistic fluids through channels
    Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 207–219, 1980
  59. Self-similar solutions and their stability for the flow of relativistic fluids through channels
    Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 68, no. 2, pp. 475–485, 1980
  60. On the flow of special relativistic fluids through channels
    Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 407–415, 1978
  61. Neutron beams in active galactic nuclei
    Nature, vol. 274, no. 5666, Article ID 274038a0, 1 pages, 1978