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1 Yes or No, Synchrotron radiation is radiation produced from particles traveling along curved paths near the speed of light.

Yes
No

2 True or False, 3C48 was the first source in the Third Cambridge Catalogue of Radio Sources for which an optical identification was found through interferometry.

TRUE
FALSE

3 Evidence that demonstrates that a model or idea versus a control group is feasible with respect to synchrotron radiation is called a

.

4 Yes or No, Because in most accelerators the particle trajectories are bent by magnetic fields, synchrotron radiation is also called Magneto-Bremsstrahlung.

Yes
No

5 True or False, FRI objects typically have bright jets in the centre, while FRIIs have faint jets but bright hotspots at the ends of the lobes.

TRUE
FALSE

6 Complete the text:

A short or

realization of a certain

or idea to

a treament's feasibility regarding synchrotron radiation is called a proof of

.

7 Yes or No, Synchrotron radiation can be very highly polarized (50%) if the field is globally ordered.

Yes
No

8 True or False, FRI jets are known to be decelerating in the regions in which their radio emission is brightest.

TRUE
FALSE

9 Complete the text:

From analysis of relativistic beaming effects, the jets of

sources are known to remain relativistic (with speeds of at least

) out to the ends of the

.

10 True or False, The purpose of a treatment group for synchrotron radiation is to describe natural processes or phenomena for the first time relative to a control group.

TRUE
FALSE

11 Complete the text:

The radio observation of perhaps greatest human interest is the claim of interstellar

, the simplest

acid, but with considerable accompanying

.

Hypotheses

  1. Synchrotron radiation has many astronomical sources.

See also

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