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Describing the Asymmetries in Extragalactic Radio Sources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
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As an ideally symmetrical regime we assume that central engine ejects the same volumes of radio emitting matter – hereafter called ‘plasmons’ – into two opposite directions. The plasmons have the identical velocities and evolution and are small. We assume that each plasmon on one side has its corresponding twin on the opposite side of the structure. Since in fact observations do not reveal any symmetrical structures we must include into our model some mechanism to reproduce an asymmetry. It is our assumption that such asymmetry is due to the fact that the observer sees the plasmons at their different evolutionary ages and that their velocity vectors have different directions. We are looking for the functions which describe differences between the twins. These functions give us differences in brightness and expected positions of the twins and may be used for interchanging their elements. This exchange leads to obtaining new structure. If this new structure is identical to the original one, then the functions correctly describe the differences between the two sides of the structure (Paper 1).
- Type
- Radio Source Modelling and Emission Mechanisms
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 175: Extragalactic Radio Sources , 1996 , pp. 479 - 480
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1996