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Feb 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979apj...228...27m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 228, Feb. 15, 1979, p. 27-33.
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Absorption Spectra, Astronomical Models, Electromagnetic Absorption, Extragalactic Radio Sources, Quasars, Optical Thickness, Photoionization, Plasma Clouds, Relativistic Effects
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The consequences of the most plausible version of the absorption model for low-frequency variability in compact extragalactic radio sources are considered. The general restrictions placed on such a model are determined, and observational tests are suggested that can be used either to support the model or to discriminate among its various versions. It is shown that low-frequency variability in compact radio sources can be successfully explained by a class of models in which the flux is modulated by changes in free-free optical depth within an intervening ionized medium. Two versions of such a model are distinguished, one involving large changes in optical depth and the other, small changes. It is noted that while absorption effects are capable of causing rapid flux and structural variations at centimetric wavelengths, the models predict detailed behavior that is in direct conflict with observational data.
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