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Rotating Structures in Extragalactic Variable Radio Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Hugh D. Aller
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory
Philip E. Hodge
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory
Margo F. Aller
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory

Abstract

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Four sources have now been found by the Michigan variability program which exhibit large amplitude rotations in polarization position angle with time. The most straightforward explanation for the phenomenon is a physical rotation in the radio emitting region.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1982 

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