From Mica
Superluminal Jets in Quasars
Special Relativity -- an extremely well-verified theory -- tells us that nothing can move faster than the speed of light. Yet, we observe jets coming out of distant active galactic nuclei that appear to be moving faster than the speed of light. What's up with that? In this talk, I'll describe why it is that they appear to be moving faster than the speed of light, how that can happen without violating Relativity, and talk a bit more about this highly energetic jets of plasma we see emerging from distant galaxies.
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