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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
In this paper, we consider a compilation of 55 objects with known superluminal motions (SM), and whose flux density (X-ray, optical, radio), core dominance parameter (R), superluminal velocity, and radio Doppler factor (δ R ) are known. Our study shows that SM is consistent with the beaming model, and the relation
is reasonable. The statistical correlation between superluminal velocity and redshift is a result of selection and the statistical correlation between R and brightness temperature (T ob ) is actually a reflection of the correlations between δ, R, and T ob for objects with SM. Up to now, 59 objects have been reported to have SM, but for reasons discussed elsewhere (Vermeulen & Cohen 1994), only 55 are considered here.
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province.