Factors Determining Variability Time in Active Galactic Nucleus Jets
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Factors Determining Variability Time in Active Galactic Nucleus Jets
The relationship between observed variability time and emission region geometry is explored for the case of emission by relativistic jets. The approximate formula for the jet-frame size of the emission region, R = Dc∆tobs is shown to lead to large systematic errors when used together with observed luminosity and assumed or estimated Doppler factor D to estimate the jet-frame photon energy densi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1323-3580,1448-6083
DOI: 10.1071/as02008