J16021+3326: New Multi-Frequency Observations of a Complex Source

S. E. Tremblay; G. B. Taylor; J. L. Richards; A. C. S. Readhead; J. F. Helmboldt; R. W. Romani; S. E. Healey

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/712/1/159

J16021+3326: New Multi-Frequency Observations of a Complex Source

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-05-18 v1

Authors: S. E. Tremblay , G. B. Taylor , J. L. Richards , A. C. S. Readhead , J. F. Helmboldt , R. W. Romani , S. E. Healey

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Abstract

We present multifrequency Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations of J16021+3326. These observations, along with variability data obtained from the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) candidate gamma-ray blazar monitoring program, clearly indicate this source is a blazar. The peculiar characteristic of this blazar, which daunted previous classification attempts, is that we appear to be observing down a precessing jet, the mean orientation of which is aligned with us almost exactly.

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very long baseline interferometry blazar variability relativistic jet polarization

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@article{arxiv.1001.5423,
  title  = {J16021+3326: New Multi-Frequency Observations of a Complex Source},
  author = {S. E. Tremblay and G. B. Taylor and J. L. Richards and A. C. S. Readhead and J. F. Helmboldt and R. W. Romani and S. E. Healey},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.5423},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages, 7 Figures, 2 Tables, accepted to ApJ

J16021+3326: New Multi-Frequency Observations of a Complex Source

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