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Tests for a Relativistic Beaming Model Using a VLBI Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

Makoto Inoue
Makoto Inoue*
Affiliation:
Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Nobeyama, Minamisaku, Nagano 384-13, Japan

Abstract

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We have examined a relativistic beaming model using a VLBI survey by Preston et al. (1985). Our statistical study of a ratio R of the flux density for the beamed compact core to that for unbeamed components of a source shows Lorentz factor γ to be ≅ 6 and RT (R at transverse alignment) to be ≅ 10−2 for a sample of 222 QSO's. In addition, we find that a sample of 60 radio galaxies show the beaming effect with γ ≅ 4. It should be emphasized here that the beaming effect strongly affects the source counts (Log N - Log S) especially at high frequencies.

Type
Extragalactic
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 129: The Impact of VLBI on Astrophysics and Geophysics , 1988 , pp. 79 - 80
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

References

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