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The Effects of Light Travel Time on the Appearance of Relativistic Jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. J. Mioduszewski ,
P. A. Hughes  and
G. C. Duncan
A. J. Mioduszewski
Affiliation:
JIVE/National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, NM 87801, U.S.A.
P. A. Hughes
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1090, U.S.A.
G. C. Duncan
Affiliation:
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We present simulated maps showing the appearance in total intensity of flows computed using a relativistic hydrodynamic code (Duncan k. Hughes 1994: ApJ, 436, L119). The radiation transfer calculations allow for full treatment of relativistic effects, such as Doppler boosting and time delay. Depending on viewing angle, and the speed of emitting features, the appearance of a jet can be strongly influenced by either effect; in both cases the map differs dramatically from the morphology exhibited by the hydrodynamic quantities.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 164: Radio Emission from Galactic and Extragalactic Compact Sources , 1998 , pp. 139 - 140
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

References

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