Doppler boosting effects on relativistic jets

Abstract

The following work is focused on the study of the Doppler boosting effects on relativistic jets -i.e. those found in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). The scope of this research is to provide an exploration of the effects caused by the relativistic Doppler boosting effect on the apparent luminosity of relativistic jets in AGN as perceived by an external observer, as relativistic motion and flow orientation are important factors in the observed emission. Representative parameters and reasonable approximations have been used to simplify the calculations in order to present a simple but instructive model of these relativistic jets