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Superluminal astronomy is a lecture from the department of radiation astronomy. It is included in the advanced undergraduate course on the principles of radiation astronomy.

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{Yes or No, Faster-than-light (superluminal or FTL) communications and travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light. + Yes - No
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{The first astronomical superluminal source in the constellation Indus is likely to be which of the following? - the Sun - the Small Magellanic Cloud - Scorpius X-1 - the Large Magellanic Cloud + a Seyfert 1 galaxy
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{Under the { special (i) } theory of relativity, a particle (that has { rest (I) } mass) with subluminal velocity needs { infinite (I) } energy to accelerate to the speed of light.
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{Phenomena associated with apparent superluminal motion are - tachyons + an optical illusion + the object partly moving in the direction of the observer - large amounts of mass moving at close to half the speed of light + speed calculations assume it does not move in the direction of the observer + velocities close to the speed of light relative to our reference frame
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{Complete the text: Having a speed greater than { light (i) } is called a { superluminal (i) }.
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{Complete the text: Match up the type of speed effect with each of the possibilities below: superluminal - A luminal - B subluminal - C transluminal - D tachyons - E tardyons - F speeds which cross the speed of light { D (i) }. speed equal to that of light { B (i) }. particles moving at speeds slower than light { F (i) }. speed less than light { C (i) }. particles moving at speeds faster than light { E (i) } speed greater than light { A (i) }.
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{Complete the text: Match up the observation with the phenomena: B1828+487 - A PKS0521-36 - B Fanaroff-Riley (FR) type II radio source - C prototypical type 2 Seyfert - D Frank–Tamm formula - E a type 1 Seyfert - F { D (i) }. { A (i) }. { F (i) }. { C (i) }. { E (i) } { B (i) }.
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{Which of the following is not an astronomical superluminal source? - 3C 345 + 3C 48 - 3C 263 - 3C 179 - 3C 245 - 3C 279
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{True or False, The very fast neon nova GK Persei rivalled the brightness of Vega at the peak of its outburst in 1901. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following is associated with the first superluminal motion phenomenon in our galaxy? + the Spring of 1994 - 4,000 light-years away - VLT observations + GRS 1915 + MERLIN + Jodrell Bank
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{True or False, X-ray outbursts are associated with pulsars not quasars. - TRUE + FALSE
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{Anomalous dispersion is associated with which of the following? + refractive index - decrease in index - Scorpius X-1 + group velocity can be boosted to beyond the velocity of its constituent waves - resonance of ionized hydrogen
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{In the dispersed image, a single cloud of gas with small { internal (i) } motions have a single { Doppler (i) } shift.
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{Chemistry phenomena associated with superluminal sources are - galactic recession + O III - Hubble parameter - current density - synchrotron radiation + C IV
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{Complete the text: The spectra of active galactic { nuclei (i) } are noteworthy in showing species with a large range in { ionization (i) } at once.
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{Complete the text: Match up the type of radiation with each of the superluminal possibilities below: meteors - A electrons - B neutrinos - C gamma rays - D X-rays - E opticals - F superluminal signal transfer { D (i) }. sychrotron emission through the optical into the X-ray regime { B (i) }. conelike illumination pattern { F (i) }. electroweak Cherenkov radiation { C (i) }. index of refraction is often greater than 1 { E (i) } knots { A (i) }.
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{Complete the text: Match up the superluminal detector with the image: Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope - A International Ultraviolet Explorer - B C. Donald Shane telescope - C 2.3m Bok Telescope - D VLA - E LHCb - F AMS-02 - G { G (i) }. { D (i) }. { A (i) }. { F (i) }. { C (i) }. { E (i) } { B (i) }.
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{Which of the following are not known as an astronomical superluminal source? + helium - magnetic Cherenkov radiation + the solar wind - Askaryan radiation - inflationary epoch comoving distance - 3C 380
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{True or False, The paths of small-scale jets are not always radial to the nucleus. + TRUE - FALSE
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{Which of the following are associated with the envelope of the polarization current density? + emission of electromagnetic radiation from a superluminal charged particle + intensity of some components decays as the inverse of the distance from the source + non-spherically-decaying sources + emission contains very high frequencies not present in the synthesis of the source + non-spherically decaying components of the radiation do not violate energy conservation + strong electromagnetic fields are compensated by weak fields elsewhere
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Hypotheses

 * 1) Questions can be used to take students through the faster-than-light analysis.