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Deep Very Large Array imaging of the quasar 3C\,345 at 4.86 and 8.44 GHz has been used to study the structure and linear polarization of its radio jet on scales ranging from 2 to 30 kpc. There is a 7--8 Jy unresolved core with spectral…

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The high-redshift quasar PMN J0909+0354 ($z=3.288$) is known to have a pc-scale compact jet structure, based on global 5-GHz very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations performed in 1992. Its kpc-scale structure was studied with…

3C84 (NGC1275) is one of the brightest radio sources in the mm radio-bands, which led to a plethora of VLBI observations at numerous frequencies over the years. They reveal a two-sided jet structure, with an expanding but not…

Space very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of the quasar 3C216 with the VLBI Space Observatory Programme (VSOP) reveal that the parsec scale structure of the source can be well described by compact jet models developed for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Z. Paragi , S. Frey , I. Fejes , T. Venturi , R. W. Porcas , R. T. Schilizzi

Recently the IceCube collaboration detected very high energy (VHE) neutrinos and associated them with the blazar \txs{}, raising a possible association of VHE neutrinos with this and other individual blazars. Very Long Baseline…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-24 Xiaofeng Li , Tao An , Prashanth Mohan , Marcello Giroletti

A recent study on the dynamics of the quasi-stationary component (QSC) in the jet of BL~ Lacertae highlighted its significance in evaluating the physical properties of relativistic transverse waves in the parsec-scale jet. Motivated by this…

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Up to now, jet kinematic studies of radio quasars have barely reached beyond the redshift range at $z>3.5$. This significantly limits our knowledge of high-redshift jets, which can provide key information for understanding the jet nature…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-20 Yingkang Zhang , Tao An , Sandor Frey , Krisztina Eva Gabanyi , Yulia Sotnikova

We present results on the compact steep-spectrum quasar 3C 48 from observations with the VLBA, MERLIN and EVN at multiple radio frequencies. In the 1.5-GHz VLBI images, the radio jet is characterized by a series of bright knots. The active…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 T. An , X. Y. Hong , M. J. Hardcastle , D. M. Worrall , T. Venturi , T. J. Pearson , Z. -Q. Shen , W. Zhao , W. X. Feng

We present a comprehensive 5-43 GHz VLBA study of the blazar 3C 273 initiated after an onset of a strong $\gamma$-ray flare in this source. We have analyzed the kinematics of new-born components, light curves, and position of the apparent…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-22 Mikhail Lisakov , Yuri Y. Kovalev , Tuomas Savolainen , Talvikki Hovatta , Alexander Kutkin

We report results from 5-day VLBI observations of the well-known quasar 3C 279 at 1.3 mm (230 GHz) in 2011. The measured nonzero closure phases on triangles including stations in Arizona, California and Hawaii indicate that the source…

The FSRQ 4C+01.28 is a bright and highly variable radio and $\gamma$-ray emitter. We aim to pinpoint the location of the $\gamma$-ray emitting region within its jet in order to derive strong constraints on $\gamma$-ray emission models for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-14 F. Rösch , M. Kadler , E. Ros , L. Ricci , M. A. Gurwell , T. Hovatta , N. R. MacDonald , A. C. S. Readhead

3C 454.3 is a flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) known for its high variability across the electromagnetic spectrum, showing structural and flux variability in its pc-scale jet, and correlated variability among frequency bands. This study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-24 Eva Palafox , Víctor Manuel Patiño-Álvarez , Vahram Chavushyan , Andrei Lobanov , Sergio A. Dzib , J. Anton Zensus

We present multi--frequency radio observational results of the quasar 3C~48. The observations were carried out with the Very Large Array (VLA) at five frequencies of 0.33, 1.5, 4.8, 8.4, and 22.5 GHz, and with the Multi--Element Radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. X. Feng , T. An , X. Y. Hong , Jun-Hui Zhao , T. Venturi , Z. -Q. Shen , W. H. Wang

We present a high resolution 1.6 GHz VSOP image of the southern blazar PKS 1921-293. The image shows a typical core-jet morphology, consistent with ground-based VLBI images. However, the addition of data from the space antenna has greatly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Z. -Q. Shen , P. G. Edwards , J. E. J. Lovell , K. Fujisawa , S. Kameno , M. Inoue

We analyze the parsec-scale jet kinematics from 2007 June to 2013 January of a sample of $\gamma$-ray bright blazars monitored roughly monthly with the Very Long Baseline Array at 43~GHz. In a total of 1929 images, we measure apparent…

We present results from deep (70 ks) Chandra ACIS observations and Hubble Space Telescope ACS F475W observations of two highly optically polarized quasars belonging to the MOJAVE blazar sample, viz., PKS B0106+013 and 1641+399 (3C345).…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Preeti Kharb , Matthew Lister , Herman Marshall , Brandon Hogan

3C 84 (NGC 1275) is the bright radio core of the Perseus Cluster. Even in the absence of strong relativistic effects, the source has been detected at Gamma-rays up to TeV energies. Despite its intensive study, the physical processes…

We have studied the parsec-scale structure of the quasar 3C345 at \lambda\lambda 1.3, 2, 3.6, and 6 cm, using total intensity and linear polarization images from 3 epochs of VLBA observations made in 1995.84, 1996.41, and 1996.81. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Ros , J. A. Zensus , A. P. Lobanov

We investigate the relationship between the variable gamma-ray emission and jet properties in the blazar 3C 279, by combining the Fermi/LAT data spanning a period of eight years with concurrent radio measurements made at multiple epochs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-25 Víctor M. Patiño-Álvarez , Sergio A. Dzib , Andrei Lobanov , Vahram Chavushyan
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