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Table 10
Symbols and units.
| Symbol | Unit | |
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| βapp | c | Apparent superluminal motion |
| βint | c | Component source frame velocity |
| θ0 | Degrees (°) | Viewing angle to source |
| Γ | − | Lorentz factor |
| δ | − | Doppler factor |
| θcrit | Degrees (°) | Critical angle, estimated from the highest observed βapp |
| BSSA | Gauss (G) | Magnetic field from SSA |
| Bequi | Gauss (G) | Minimum magnetic field from equipartition |
| T B | Kelvin (K) | Brightness temperature |
| α | − | Spectral index |
| D L | Gigaparsec (Gpc) | Luminosity distance |
| ν m | Gigahertz (GHz) | Turnover frequency |
| S m | Jansky (Jy) | Flux density at νm |
| θ m | Milliarcsecond (mas) | Angular size of emitting region at νm |
| R m | Centimeters (cm) | Linear Size of emitting region at νm |
| U rel | erg | Energy due to relativistic particles |
| U mag | erg | Energy due to magnetic fields |
| k | − | Scaling value for heavy particles |
| r | Milliarcsecond (mas) | Separation from jet base |
| R | Milliarcsecond (mas) | Transverse width of jet |
| r apex | Milliarcsecond (mas) | Separation of core from jet base |
| ΔrS | Milliarcsecond (mas) | Separation of component S from core |
Notes. A list of symbols, units and a brief description used for calculations in the paper.
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