Variability, Brightness Temperature, Superluminal Motion, Doppler Boosting, and Related Issues

dc.creatorKellermann, K. I.
dc.date2003-04-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:08:13Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:08:13Z
dc.descriptionWe review the observations of rapid flux density variations in compact radio sources, and discuss the inverse Compton limit to the maximum brightness temperature of incoherent synchrotron sources in comparison with recent VLBA observations. The apparent agreement of the theoretical brightness temperature limit due to inverse Compton cooling and the brightness temperatures observed by early VLBI observations appears to have been fortuitous. VLBA observations have greatly improved the quality of the data, but many of the early issues remain unresolved.
dc.descriptionTo be published in "Radio Astronomy at the Fringe", ASP Conf. Ser. Vol. 300, J. A. Zensus, M. H. Cohen, & E. Ros (Eds.). 8 pages, 1 figure, needs rafringe.sty
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0304165
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0304165
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5955
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleVariability, Brightness Temperature, Superluminal Motion, Doppler Boosting, and Related Issues
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