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Doppler boosting and de-boosting effects in relativistic jets of AGNs and GRBs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Jianfeng Zhou  and
Yan Su
Jianfeng Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Physics, Center for Astrophysics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China email: zhoujf@tsinghua.edu.cn
Yan Su
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chaoyang District, Datun Road 20A, Beijing, 100012, China email: suyan@bao.ac.cn
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Abstract

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It is widely accepted that the Doppler de-boosting effects exist in counter relativistic jets. However, people often neglect another important fact that both Doppler boosting and de-boosting effects could happen in forward relativistic jets. Such effects might be used to explain some strange phenomena, such as the invisible gaps between the inner and outer jets of AGNs, and the rapid initial decays and re-brightening bumps in the light curves of GRBs.

Keywords

Relativity – acceleration of particles – galaxies: jets – gamma rays: bursts
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S238: Black Holes from Stars to Galaxies – Across the Range of Masses , August 2006 , pp. 477 - 478
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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