On the apparent superluminal separation of radio source components

Open Access

1 July 1979

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Vol. 187 (3) , 655-659
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/187.3.655

Abstract

It is shown that the differential bending of radio waves by an intervening galaxy, or by any other clumpy material en route, can give rise to an apparent superluminal separation of the components of a radio source. The merits and demerits of this idea are briefly discussed.

Keywords

APPARENT SUPERLUMINAL
SUPERLUMINAL SEPARATION
RADIO SOURCE
BENDING
DIFFERENTIAL
GIVE
MERITS