1997•Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyOpen access
Comments on the superluminal motion in Cygnus X-3
R. N. Ogley, S. J. Bell Burnell, S. J. Newell
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Abstract
Following the recent discovery that Cyg X-3 exhibits superluminal motion, the implications of superluminal expansion and contraction are investigated. We propose that the effect is due to either a propagating photon pattern or to outwardly moving shells illuminated by an intense beam of radiation.
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