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We present an analysis of the core linear polarization properties of 387 parsec-scale active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets. Using 15 GHz VLBA data, we revisit the conclusions of the first paper in this series with multi-epoch measurements and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-16 M. A. Hodge , M. L. Lister , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. B. Pushkarev , T. Savolainen

We analysed the parsec-scale linear polarization properties of 436 active galactic nuclei (AGN) based on 15 GHz polarimetric Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations. We present polarization and total intensity images averaged over at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-07 A. B. Pushkarev , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , D. C. Homan , Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , I. N. Pashchenko , T. Savolainen , D. Zobnina

Using stacking of images obtained at different epochs, we studied the variability properties of linear polarization of active galactic nucleus (AGN) jets on parsec-scales. Our sample is drawn from the MOJAVE programme, and consists of 436…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-16 D. I. Zobnina , H. D. Aller , M. F. Aller , D. C. Homan , Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , I. N. Pashchenko , A. B. Pushkarev , T. Savolainen

We present first-epoch, milliarcsecond-scale linear polarization images at 15 GHz of 133 jets associated with AGN in the MOJAVE survey (Monitoring of Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei with VLBA Experiments). The sample consists of all known…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 M. L. Lister , D. C. Homan

We present results from the highest resolution polarization imaging survey of a complete sample of extragalactic radio sources carried out to date. Our sample consists of a statistically complete flat-spectrum subset of 32 AGNs from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Matthew L. Lister

We present circular polarization results from a 5 GHz survey of the parsec-scale polarization properties of 40 AGN made with the VLBA. We find 11 circular polarization detections at the 3 sigma level or higher. This nearly quadruples the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Daniel C. Homan , Joanne M. Attridge , John F. C. Wardle

The latest results of the most detailed analysis of multi-epoch polarization-sensitive observations of active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets at parsecs scales by very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) reveal several characteristic patterns of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-13 R. V. Todorov , E. V. Kravchenko , I. N. Pashchenko , A. B. Pushkarev

We perform polarimetry analysis of 20 active galactic nuclei (AGN) jets using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at 1.4, 1.6, 2.2, 2.4, 4.6, 5.0, 8.1, 8.4, and 15.4 GHz. The study allowed us to investigate linearly polarized properties of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-12 E. V. Kravchenko , Y. Y. Kovalev , K. V. Sokolovsky

We report first-epoch circular polarization results for 133 active galactic nuclei in the MOJAVE program to monitor the structure and polarization of a flux limited sample of extra-galactic radio jets with the VLBA at 15 GHz. We found…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 D. C. Homan , M. L. Lister

We describe the parsec-scale kinematics of 200 AGN jets based on 15 GHz VLBA data obtained between 1994 Aug 31 and 2011 May 1. We present new VLBA 15 GHz images of these and 59 additional AGN from the MOJAVE and 2 cm Survey programs. Nearly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-17 M. L. Lister , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , D. C. Homan , K. I. Kellermann , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. B. Pushkarev , J. L. Richards , E. Ros , T. Savolainen

Significant positional offsets of the value from 1 mas to more than 10 mas were found previously between radio (VLBI) and optical (Gaia) positions of active galactic nuclei (AGN). They happen preferentially parallel to the parsec-scale jet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-12 Y. Y. Kovalev , D. I. Zobnina , A. V. Plavin , D. Blinov

Millimeter-band polarimetry offers a powerful probe of AGN jets, accessing regions less affected by opacity and Faraday rotation than at longer radio wavelengths. As part of the POLAMI program, we have conducted 14 years of 1 mm and 3 mm…

A detailed analysis of the evolution of the properties of core-jet systems within the VLBA Imaging and Polarimetry Survey (VIPS) is presented. We find a power-law relationship between jet intensity and width that suggests for the typical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. F. Helmboldt , G. B. Taylor , R. C. Walker , R. D. Blanford

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) with bright radio jets offer the opportunity to study the structure of and physical conditions in relativistic outflows. For such studies, multi-frequency polarimetric very long baseline interferometric (VLBI)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-27 Jae-Young Kim , Sascha Trippe , Bong Won Sohn , Junghwan Oh , Jong-Ho Park , Sang-Sung Lee , Taeseok Lee , Daewon Kim

We interpret the linear polarization structures observed in extragalactic radio sources, even those oriented at oblique angles to the jet flows, to be due to oblique, relativistic shock fronts in the emitting regions. Many sources exhibit…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. D. Aller , M. F. Aller , P. A. Hughes

We present 5321 milliarcsecond-resolution total intensity and linear polarization maps of 437 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) obtained with the VLBA at 15 GHz as part of the MOJAVE survey, and also from the NRAO data archive. The former is a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-18 M. L. Lister , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , M. A. Hodge , D. C. Homan , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. B. Pushkarev , T. Savolainen

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,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shane P. O'Sullivan , Denise C. Gabuzda

We present images from a long term program (MOJAVE: Monitoring of Jets in AGN with VLBA Experiments) to survey the structure and evolution of parsec-scale jet phenomena associated with bright radio-loud active galaxies in the northern sky.…

We present the results from the first large (>100 source) 3.5 mm polarimetric survey of radio loud active galactic nuclei (AGN). The I, Q, U, and V Stokes parameter observations were performed with the XPOL polarimeter at the IRAM 30m…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 I. Agudo , C. Thum , H. Wiesemeyer , T. P. Krichbaum

We present polarization images with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) in A and B-array configurations at 6 GHz of 7 radio-loud (RL) quasars and 8 BL Lac objects belonging to the Palomar-Green (PG) `blazar' sample. This completes our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-12 Janhavi Baghel , P. Kharb , T. Hovatta , Luis C. Ho , C. Harrison , E. Lindfors , Silpa S. , S. Gulati
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