ANALYSIS OF JET COMPONENT PARAMETERS OF SUPERLUMINAL SOURCES SELECTED BASED ON SIZE AND DISTANCE FROM THE CORE

Abstract

We studied comparatively the observed jet components properties (luminosity,????, projected distance, ????????, component size, ????, apparent speed, ????????and absolute difference between the weighted mean position angle and the proper motion position angle, |????. ????. – ????|) of superluminal sources selected based on size and distance from the core. We formed jet component subsamples of biggest, (BG), smallest, (SM), farthest, (FAR), and the innermost, (INN) components. The log of luminosity distribution plot indicate a log normal distribution for all jet component subsamples. The SM jet component subsample seem to have higher average luminosity than the BG, FAR, and INN component subsamples, the BG and FAR subsamples are the dimmest. The log of projected distance distribution plot, also showed log normal distribution for the SM and INN component subsamples. The distribution plot of the log of apparent speed showed a log normal distribution for all BG/SM and FAR/INN component subsamples. The log distribution plot of the size (????) for BG and INN component subsamples seem to show a log normal distribution pattern, the SM components are totally different following a one tailed distribution, and the FAR indicates no known pattern distrubtion, though at higher values of ????, both FAR and INN slow similar distribution