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Superluminal Motion and Gravitational Lensing

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The role of gravitational bending of light in generating observed apparent superluminal motions of VLBI components in the compact cores of some of the AGNs and quasars is highlighted.

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  1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Bombay, 400 005, India

    S. M. Chitre

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  1. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophyics, Pune, India

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Chitre, S.M. (2000). Superluminal Motion and Gravitational Lensing. In: Dadhich, N., Kembhavi, A. (eds) The Universe. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 244. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4050-8_7

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