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Relativistic Beaming and Quasar Statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

I.W.A. Browne  and
M.J.L. Orr
I.W.A. Browne
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire
M.J.L. Orr
Affiliation:
Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire

Abstract

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The predictions of a scheme which attributes the observed differences between flat and steep spectrum quasars to projection and the effects of relativistic beaming are explored. We conclude that the statistical properties of quasars are entirely consistent with such a scheme provided the mean Lorentz factor in the central components of quasars is ∼5.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 97: Extragalactic Radio Sources , 1982 , pp. 169 - 172
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982 

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