Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1980. 18: 165-218 Copyright © 1980 by . All rights reserved

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Techniques for Measuring Source Structure

Strategies of Measuring Source Structure

Source Structure - The Story So Far

BASIC RADIO SOURCE STRUCTURE

Commonly Observed Morphologies

Taxonomy of Extended Sources

Overall Linear Sizes of Sources

PHYSICAL PARAMETERS

Total Intensity Distributions

Polarization Distributions

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF EXTENDED RADIO SOURCES

Diffuse Emission

Hot Spots

Cores

Jets

RADIO-SOURCE STRUCTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Characteristic Scales

Nuclear Activity

Angles and Things

Clustering of Galaxies

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES