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High-Resolution Observations of Variable Radio Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

A. T. Moffet
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
J. Gubbay
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
D. S. Robertson
Affiliation:
Weapons Research Establishment, Salisbury, South Australia
A. J. Legg
Affiliation:
Weapons Research Establishment, Salisbury, South Australia

Abstract

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Preliminary results are reported of a long-term program to test models of variable radio sources by direct observations of diameter changes. Although further confirmation is needed, increase in angular diameter attributed to a centimetric component of 3C 279 found in 1966 implies relativistic expansion with α ≳ 2.

In order to sort out events taking place in variable sources it is necessary to observe frequently and at many wavelengths, especially at short wavelengths.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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