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Multi-frequency (4.6, 5, 5.5, 8, 8.8, 13, 15, 22 & 43 GHz) polarization observations of 6 "blazars" were obtained on the American Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) over a 24-hr period on 2 July 2006. Observing at several frequencies,…

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Graph convolutional network based methods that model the body-joints' relations, have recently shown great promise in 3D skeleton-based human motion prediction. However, these methods have two critical issues: first, deep graph convolutions…

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The different methods to derive the jet velocity and orientation on the parsec scale are presented. From these methods I will discuss the velocity distribution of parsec scale jets and the possible presence of acceleration or deceleration…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Gabriele Giovannini

We study the collimation and acceleration of the jets in the nearby giant radio galaxy NGC 315, using multifrequency Very Long Baseline Array observations and archival High Sensitivity Array and Very Large Array data. We find that the jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-17 Jongho Park , Kazuhiro Hada , Masanori Nakamura , Keiichi Asada , Guang-Yao Zhao , Motoki Kino

Parsec-scale multi-wavelength VLBA polarization observations can be used to study the magnetic-field structures of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) based on Faraday Rotation (FR) gradients. A number of transverse FR gradients have been found,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-15 Mehreen Mahmud , Denise C. Gabuzda

Compact galactic and extragalactic radio sources can be imaged with an unsurpassed angular resolution of a few ten micro-arcseconds, adopting the observing technique of global millimeter VLBI. Here we present the Global Millimeter VLBI…

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

Millimetre-VLBI is an important tool in AGN astrophysics, but it is limited by short atmospheric coherence times and poor receiver and antenna performance. We demonstrate a new kind of phase referencing for the VLBA, enabling us to increase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Middelberg , A. L. Roy , R. C. Walker , H. Falcke , T. P. Krichbaum

We present a kinematic analysis of jet component motion in the VLBI jet of the BL Lac object S5 1803+784, which does not reveal long-term outward motion for most of the components. Understanding the complex kinematic phenomena can possibly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Britzen , N. A. Kudryavtseva , A. Witzel , R. M. Campbell , E. Ros , M. Karouzos , A. Mehta , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , T. Beckert , J. A. Zensus

Preliminary VLBA polarisation results on 6 ``blazars'' from 6.5-cm to 7-mm are presented here. Observing at several different wavelengths, separated by short and long intervals, enabled reliable information about the magnetic (B) field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-02 Shane P. O'Sullivan , Denise C. Gabuzda

Context.Coherence in the characteristics of neighboring sources in 2D and 3D space may suggest the existence of large-scale cosmic structures, which are useful for cosmological studies. Numerous works have been conducted to detect such…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-22 N. Mandarakas , D. Blinov , C. Casadio , V. Pelgrims , S. Kiehlmann , V. Pavlidou , K. Tassis

Until very recently, few constraints existed on the physics of jets, even though they represent the first known evidence of mass outflow in AGN. This has begun to change with HST and Chandra observations, which allow us to observe…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Eric S. Perlman , Herman L. Marshall , John A. Biretta

We have performed a very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) survey of local (z < 0.05) ultra hard X-ray (14-195 keV) selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) from the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) using KVN, KaVA, and VLBA. We first…

M87 is one of the nearest radio galaxies with a central SMBH and a prominent relativistic jet. Due to its close distance to the observer and the large SMBH mass, the source is one of the best laboratories to obtain strong observational…

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We have used the VLBA at 15 GHz to image the structure of 132 strong compact AGN and quasars with a resolution better than one milliarcsecond and a dynamic range typically exceeding 1000 to 1. These observations were made as part of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 K. I. Kellermann , R. C. Vermeulen , J. A. Zensus , M. H. Cohen

We present multi-frequency radio observations from the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) of selected AGN that seem to have a B-field structure with a central "spine" of B-field orthogonal to the jet and a longitudinal B-field near one or both…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-18 Andrea Reichstein , Denise Gabuzda

We report new results from a sub-parsec scale study of the inner jet in M87 performed at 15 GHz with the Very Long Baseline Array. We have detected a limb brightened structure of the jet along with a faint 3 mas long counter-feature which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-14 Y. Y. Kovalev

Flares in radio-loud AGN are thought to be associated with the injection of fresh plasma into the compact jet base. Such flares are usually strongest and appear earlier at shorter radio wavelengths. Hence, VLBI at mm-wavelengths is best…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-04 R. Schulz , M. Kadler , E. Ros , M. Perucho , T. P. Krichbaum , I. Agudo , T. Beuchert , M. Lindqvist , K. Mannheim , J. Wilms , J. A. Zensus

We present an investigation of the compact structure of the AGN 2021+317 based on multi-epoch Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations at 15, 22, and 43 GHz in the period from 2013 through 2024. The VLBI images show a core-jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Haitian Shang , Wei Zhao , Xiaoyu Hong , Leonid I. Gurvits , Ailing Zeng , Tao An , Xiaopeng Cheng

M87 provides the best opportunity to study the base of a jet where it is collimated and accelerated. The size of that region scales with the mass of the black hole, and M87 has the best combination of high mass, proximity to the Earth, and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-03-14 R. Craig Walker , Chun Ly , William Junor , Phillip E. Hardee

Modelling of deep VLA images of the jets in FR I radio galaxies has allowed us to derive their three-dimensional distributions of velocity, emissivity and magnetic-field structure on kiloparsec scales. By combining our models of jet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. A. Laing