1. Some jets emitted by galaxies, for astronomical distances large enough, can appear to travel faster than the speed of light c, through our line of sight. Suppose that a distant galaxy, AB15, is moving with speed v at an angle e with respect to the earth and it emits two light rays separated by a time At in its local time. show that a) The time interval on earth in which the two light rays are emitted is given by Atr = At(1 – Bcos 0) %3D

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1. Some jets emitted by galaxies, for astronomical distances large enough, can appear to travel faster than the
speed of light c, through our line of sight. Suppose that a distant galaxy, AB15, is moving with speed v at an angle
e with respect to the earth and it emits two light rays separated by a time At in its local time. show that
a) The time interval on earth in which the two light rays are emitted is given by
Atr = At(1– B cos 0)
b) The apparent speed of AB15 measured by an observer on earth is
ArT
VA =
Att
B sin e
1-B cos 0
%3D
c) For B = 0.75, calculate the value of 0 for which Va =c
Transcribed Image Text:1. Some jets emitted by galaxies, for astronomical distances large enough, can appear to travel faster than the speed of light c, through our line of sight. Suppose that a distant galaxy, AB15, is moving with speed v at an angle e with respect to the earth and it emits two light rays separated by a time At in its local time. show that a) The time interval on earth in which the two light rays are emitted is given by Atr = At(1– B cos 0) b) The apparent speed of AB15 measured by an observer on earth is ArT VA = Att B sin e 1-B cos 0 %3D c) For B = 0.75, calculate the value of 0 for which Va =c
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