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We study the core shift effect in the parsec scale jet of the blazar 3C 454.3 using the 4.8 GHz - 36.8 GHz radio light curves obtained from three decades of continuous monitoring. From a piecewise Gaussian fit to each flare, time lags…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-23 P. Mohan , A. Agarwal , A. Mangalam , Alok C. Gupta , Paul J. Wiita , A. E. Volvach , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , M. F. Gu , A. Lahteenmaki , M. Tornikoski , L. N. Volvach

We monitored 3C273 with VLBI at 15-86 GHz since 1990. We discuss component trajectories, opacity effects at the jet base, a rotating and perhaps precessing jet, and outburst-ejection relations from Gamma-ray to radio bands.

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. P. Krichbaum , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

We present observations of the blazar 3C 279 at 22 GHz using the space VLBI mission RadioAstron on 2018 January 15. Images in both total intensity and fractional polarization are reconstructed using RML method implemented in the eht-imaging…

The sensitivity, stability, and uniformity of calibration of the VLBA has revolutionized parsec-scale polarization studies of AGN jets. Not only does polarization probe the magnetic field structures of jets, serving as a hydrodynamic tracer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel C. Homan

We probe the three-dimensional geometry of the large-scale Galactic magnetic field within 1 kpc of the Sun using the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO) Global Magneto-Ionic Medium Survey (GMIMS) of the Northern Sky (DRAGONS).…

We present full-polarization observations at $\lambda = 0.87$ mm (345 GHz) conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) toward Messier 87 (M87) and seven other radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). We determine…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-23 Ciriaco Goddi , Douglas F. Carlos

The large-scale magnetic field of our Galaxy can be probed in three dimensions using Faraday rotation of pulsar signals. We report on the determination of 223 rotation measures from polarization observations of relatively distant southern…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 J. L. Han , R. N. Manchester , A. G. Lyne , G. J. Qiao , W. van Straten

Low ($\lesssim 1\%$) levels of circular polarization (CP) detected at radio frequencies in the relativistic jets of some blazars can provide insight into the underlying nature of the jet plasma. CP can be produced through linear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-24 Nicholas R. MacDonald , Alan P. Marscher

We present full-polarisation, broadband observations of the radio galaxy NGC 612 (PKS B0131-637) from 1.3 to 3.1 GHz using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The relatively large angular scale of the radio galaxy makes it a good…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-07 J. F. Kaczmarek , C. R. Purcell , B. M. Gaensler , X. Sun , S. P. O'Sullivan , N. M. McClure-Griffiths

A single measurement of linear polarization of a nonthermal source provides direct information about the mean direction and level of ordering of the magnetic field. Monitoring of the polarization in blazars, combined with millimeter-wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Alan P. Marscher

We present UBVRIJHK polarization and flux density observations of the quasar 3C 273 obtained during a time of outburst over two weeks in 1988 February. We have modelled these data with two power law components, each with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lara L. Cross , Beverley J. Wills , J. H. Hough , J. A. Bailey

Using a recent catalogue of extragalactic Faraday rotation derived from the NRAO VLA Sky Survey we have found an agreement between Faraday rotation structure and the HI emission structure of a High Velocity Cloud (HVC) associated with the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 N. M. McClure-Griffiths , G. J. Madsen , B. M. Gaensler , D. McConnell , D. H. F. M. Schnitzeler

The magnetic field conditions in astrophysical relativistic jets can be probed by multiwavelength polarimetry, which has been recently extended to X-rays. For example, one can track how the magnetic field changes in the flow of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-24 Laura Di Gesu , Herman L. Marshall , Steven R. Ehlert , Dawoon E. Kim , Immacolata Donnarumma , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Ioannis Liodakis , Sebastian Kiehlmann , Iván Agudo , Svetlana G. Jorstad , Fabio Muleri , Alan P. Marscher , Simonetta Puccetti , Riccardo Middei , Matteo Perri , Luigi Pacciani , Michela Negro , Roger W. Romani , Alessandro Di Marco , Dmitry Blinov , Ioakeim G. Bourbah , Evangelos Kontopodis , Nikos Mandarakas , Stylianos Romanopoulos , Raphael Skalidis , Anna Vervelaki , Carolina Casadio , Juan Escudero , Ioannis Myserlis , Mark Gurwell , Ramprasad Rao , Garrett Keating , Pouya M. Kouch , Elina Lindfors , Francisco Josè Aceituno , Maria I. Bernardos , Giacomo Bonnoli , Vìctor Casanova , Maya Garcìa-Comas , Beatriz Agìs-Gonzàlez , Cèsar Husillos , Alessandro Marchini , Alfredo Sota , Ryo Imazawa , Mahito Sasada , Yasushi Fukazawa , Koji S. Kawabata , Makoto Uemura , Tsunefumi Mizuno , Tatsuya Nakaoka , Hiroshi Akitaya , Sergey S. Savchenko , Andrey A. Vasilyev , Josè L. Gòmez , Lucio A. Antonelli , Thibault Barnouin , Raffaella Bonino , Elisabetta Cavazzuti , Luigi Costamante , Chien-Ting Chen , Nicolò Cibrario , Alessandra De Rosa , Federico Di Pierro , Manel Errando , Philip Kaaret , Vladimir Karas , Henric Krawczynski , Lindsey Lisalda , Grzegorz Madejski , Christian Malacaria , Frédéric Marin , Andrea Marinucci , Francesco Massaro , Giorgio Matt , Ikuyuki Mitsuishi , Stephen L. O'Dell , Alessandro Paggi , Abel L. Peirson , Pierre-Olivier Petrucci , Brian D. Ramsey , Allyn F. Tennant , Kinwah Wu , Matteo Bachetti , Luca Baldini , Wayne H. Baumgartner , Ronaldo Bellazzini , Stefano Bianchi , Stephen D. Bongiorno , Alessandro Brez , Niccolò Bucciantini , Fiamma Capitanio , Simone Castellano , Stefano Ciprini , Enrico Costa , Ettore Del Monte , Niccolò Di Lalla , Victor Doroshenko , Michal Dovčiak , Teruaki Enoto , Yuri Evangelista , Sergio Fabiani , Riccardo Ferrazzoli , Javier A. Garcia , Shuichi Gunji , Kiyoshi Hayashida , Jeremy Heyl , Wataru Iwakiri , Fabian Kislat , Takao Kitaguchi , Jeffery J. Kolodziejczak , Fabio La Monaca , Luca Latronico , Simone Maldera , Alberto Manfreda , C. -Y. Ng , Nicola Omodei , Chiara Oppedisano , Alessandro Papitto , George G. Pavlov , Melissa Pesce-Rollins , Maura Pilia , Andrea Possenti , Juri Poutanen , John Rankin , Ajay Ratheesh , Oliver J. Roberts , Carmelo Sgrò , Patrick Slane , Paolo Soffitta , Gloria Spandre , Douglas A. Swartz , Toru Tamagawa , Roberto Taverna , Yuzuru Tawara , Nicholas E. Thomas , Francesco Tombesi , Alessio Trois , Sergey S. Tsygankov , Roberto Turolla , Jacco Vink , Martin C. Weisskopf , Fei Xie , Silvia Zane

The spatial scales of relativistic radio jets, probed by relativistic magneto-hydrodynamic jet launching simulations (RMHDs) and by most very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations differ by an order of magnitude. Bridging the gap…

Magnetic fields in the ionized medium of the disk and halo of the Milky Way impose Faraday rotation on linearly polarized radio emission. We compare two surveys mapping the Galactic Faraday rotation, one showing the rotation measures of…

Very Long Baseline Polarimetric observations of the Broad Line Radio galaxy 3C111 performed in July and September of 1996 at 8 and 43 GHz reveal rapidly evolving parsec-scale radio structure after a large millimetre outburst. The B-field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 P. Kharb , D. Gabuzda , W. Alef , E. Preuss , P. Shastri

Polarization has proved an invaluable tool for probing magnetic fields in relativistic jets. Maps of the intrinsic polarization vectors have provided the best evidence to date for uniform, toroidally dominated magnetic fields within jets.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 Avery E Broderick , Abraham Loeb

We present the results of our study of cross-correlations between long-term multi-band observations of the radio variability of the blazar 3C 279. More than a decade (2008-2022) of radio data were collected at seven different frequencies…

Evidence has been mounting that many of the transverse jet B fields observed in BL Lac objects on parsec scales represent the dominant vvroidal compoent of the intrinsic jet B fields. Such fields could come about, for example, as a result…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Denise C. Gabuzda , Eamonn Murray , Patrick Cronin

We present 2.4" resolution, high sensitivity radio continuum observations of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4258 in total intensity and linear polarization obtained with the Very Large Array at 3.6 cm (8.44 GHz). The radio emission along the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Krause , A. L"ohr