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Unified Beaming Models and Compact Radio Sources

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Astrophysical Jets and Their Engines

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 208))

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Our interest in beaming models comes from the presumed existence of bulk relativistic flows in the nuclei of active galaxies. It is worth noting that this was in fact a theoretical prediction (Rees 1967), although (as we shall see) there is still some debate about precisely what is moving. We can begin with something uncontroversial: the relativistic transformation of specific intensity (or surface brightness).

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    Wolfgang Kundt

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Peacock, J.A. (1987). Unified Beaming Models and Compact Radio Sources. In: Kundt, W. (eds) Astrophysical Jets and Their Engines. NATO ASI Series, vol 208. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3927-1_15

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