Parsec-scale Structure and Kinematics of Faint TeV HBLs
Abstract
We present new multi-epoch Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations of a set of TeV blazars drawn from our VLBA program to monitor all TeV-detected high-frequency peaked BL Lac objects (HBLs) at parsec scales. Most of these sources are faint in the radio, so they have not been well observed with VLBI by other surveys. Our previous measurements of apparent jet speeds in TeV HBLs showed apparent jet speeds that were subluminal or barely superluminal, suggesting jets with velocity structures at the parsec-scale. Here we present apparent jet speed measurements for eight new TeV HBLs, which for the first time show a superluminal tail to the apparent speed distribution for the TeV HBLs.
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@article{arxiv.1612.05706,
title = {Parsec-scale Structure and Kinematics of Faint TeV HBLs},
author = {B. Glenn Piner and Philip G. Edwards},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.05706},
year = {2016}
}
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7 pages, proceedings contribution for Blazars through Sharp Multi-Wavelength Eyes