Evidence for spatially independent outbursts in compact radio sources

view Abstract Citations (40) References (7) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Evidence for Spatially Independent Outbursts in Compact Radio Sources Dent, William A. Abstract Observations of the 7.8-GHz flux-density variations of 3C 120 suggest that the apparent superrelativistic expansion of this source and others can be explained as being due to independent spatially separated radio outbursts. If confirmed, this result would establish that the energy generated in sources is released in many separate independent outbursts rather than by repeated eruptions in a single supermassive object. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: July 1972 DOI: 10.1086/180984 Bibcode: 1972ApJ...175L..55D full text sources ADS | data products NED (3)