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We used 15 GHz multi-epoch Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) polarization sensitive observations of 484 sources within a time interval 1996--2016 from the MOJAVE program, and also from the NRAO data archive. We have analyzed the linear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-11 A. B. Pushkarev , Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , T. Savolainen , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , M. A. Hodge

Measuring the proper motion of the emission component in radio-quiet quasars (RQQs) could help to distinguish between the origins of the radio emission and to understand whether the jet production mechanism is the same in radio-loud quasars…

Gamma-ray flares from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) show substantial variability on ultrafast timescales (i.e. shorter than the light crossing time of the AGN's supermassive black hole). We propose that ultrafast variability is a byproduct…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Emanuele Sobacchi , Tsvi Piran , Luca Comisso

That active galactic nuclei (AGN) with jets can alternately enhance as well as suppress star formation rates, explains the location and slope of radio loud AGN on the star formation rate-stellar mass plane. Here, we explore 860 type 1 and 2…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-07-06 D. Garofalo , G. Mountrichas

The core shift method is a powerful method to estimate the physical parameters in relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei. The classical approach assumes a conical geometry of a jet and a constant plasma speed. However, recent…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-06 Nokhrina E. E. , Pushkarev A. B

Mrk~231 is the closest radio-quiet quasar known and one of the most luminous infrared galaxies in the local Universe. It is characterised by the co-existence of a radio jet and powerful multi-phase multi-scale outflows, making it an ideal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 Ailing Wang , Tao An , Sumit Jaiswal , Prashanth Mohan , Yuchan Wang , Willem A. Baan , Yingkang Zhang , Xiaolong Yang

We discuss morphological properties of the large-scale jets in powerful radio sources, which are now observed at radio, optical and X-ray frequencies, in order to determine the origin of their X-ray radiation and the nature of the particle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Stawarz , M. Sikora , M. Ostrowski , M. C. Begelman

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) show a range of morphologies and dynamical properties, which are determined not only by parameters intrinsic to the central engine but also their interaction with the surrounding environment. We investigate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-16 Soham Mandal , Paul C. Duffell , Yuan Li

Spectral features absorbed against some radio quasars exhibit ~50mJy variations, with the lines varying both relative to the continuum and, when several lines are present, even relative to one another. We point out that such variability can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jean-Pierre Macquart

AGN feedback is invoked as one of the most relevant mechanisms that shape the evolution of galaxies. Our goal is to understand the interplay between AGN feedback and the interstellar medium in M51, a nearby spiral galaxy with a modest AGN…

Compact relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei offer an effective tool for investigating the physics of nuclear regions in galaxies. The emission properties, dynamics, and evolution of jets in AGN are closely connected to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Andrei Lobanov

M87 is one of the best available source for studying the AGN jet-launching region. To enrich our knowledge of this region, with quasi-simultaneous observations using VLBA at 22, 43 and 86 GHz, we capture the images of the radio jet in M87…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-01 Wei Zhao , Xiaoyu Hong , Tao An , Xiaofeng Li , Xiaopeng Cheng , Fang Wu

A small number of quasars exhibit interstellar scintillation on time-scales less than an hour; their scintillation patterns are all known to be anisotropic. Here we consider a totally anisotropic model in which the scintillation pattern is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Mark Walker , Ger de Bruyn , Hayley Bignall

We present Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations of the radio source J1625+4134 at 22 and 15 GHz and analyze them in concurrence with other existing VLBI data on this source. The high resolution images at 15 and 22 GHz show a short…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. R. Jiang , J. F. Zhou , X. Y. Hong , L. I. Gurvits , Z. -Q. Shen , Y. J. Chen

The observed interstellar scintillation pattern of an intra-day variable radio source is influenced by its source structure. If the velocity of the interstellar medium responsible for the scattering is comparable to the earth's, the vector…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J-P Macquart , D. L. Jauncey

We present high spatial resolution, near-IR images in J, H, K of the nucleus of NGC3227, obtained with the Adaptive Optics bonnette on CFHT. The ~0.15 arcsec (17pc) resolution allows structures to be probed in the core region. Dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Scott C. Chapman , Simon L. Morris , Gordon A. H. Walker

The 4.8 GHz lightcurves of the scintillating intra-day variable quasar J1819+3845 during 2004-5 exhibit sharp structure, down to a time scale of 15 minutes, that was absent from lightcurves taken prior to this period and from the 2006…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jean-Pierre Macquart , Ger de Bruyn

This paper presents an in depth look at the jet and coronal properties of 41 AGN. Utilizing the highest quality NuSTAR, XMM-Newton, and NVSS 1.4 GHz data, we find that the radio Eddington luminosity inversely scales with X-ray reflection…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-08 Ashley L. King , Anne Lohfink , Erin Kara

We present the results of millimetre (33 and 35 GHz) and centimetre (2.1, 5.5 and 9.0 GHz) wavelength observations of the neutron star X-ray binary Circinus X-1, using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. We have used advanced calibration…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-16 M. Coriat , R. Fender , C. Tasse , O. Smirnov , A. K. Tzioumis , J. W. Broderick

With high resolution (0."25 x 0."18) ALMA CO 3-2 observations of the nearby (D=21 Mpc, 1"=102 pc), extremely radio-quiet galaxy NGC1377, we have discovered a high-velocity, very collimated nuclear outflow which we interpret as a molecular…