Friday, January 4, 2013

1301.0248 (Chika Christian Onuchukwu et al.)

On the Lorentz Factor of Superluminal Sources    [PDF]

Chika Christian Onuchukwu, Augustine Anyaegbunam Ubachukwu
We investigate the properties of features seen within superluminal sources often referred to as components. Our result indicates a fairly strong correlation of r=0.6 for quasars, r=0.4 for galaxies, and r=0.8 for BL Lac objects in our sample between component sizes and distances from the stationary core. Assumption of free adiabatic expanding plasma enabled us to constrain in general the Lorentz factor for superluminal sources. Ourestimated Lorentz factor of 7 - 17 for quasars, 6 - 13 for galaxies and 4- 9 for BL Lac objects indicate that BL Lac have the lowest range of Lorentz factor.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.0248

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