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Previous VLBI kinematic studies of the blazar 3C 66A have unveiled complex jet kinematic behaviors. Using follow-up high-resolution VLBI observations and archival data, we investigate the morphology and the variations in orientation and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-27 Paloma Thevenet , Jeonguk Kim , Guang-Yao Zhao , Bong Won Sohn , Suk-Jin Yoon

We present the first 86 GHz VLBI observations of the radio galaxy 3C~120, together with contemporaneous 43 and 22 GHz polarimetric VLBA observations. The very high angular resolution obtained at 86 GHz provides an upper limit to the size of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jose-Luis Gomez , Alan P. Marscher , Antonio Alberdi

Broad-band (gamma to radio) variations of the flux density were observed in the first half of 1992 in the luminous high redshift (z = 2.172) quasar S5 0836+710. VLBI monitoring observations during 1993 -- 1996 performed at 86 GHz, 22 GHz,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Otterbein , T. P. Krichbaum , A. Kraus , A. P. Lobanov , A. Witzel , S. J. Wagner , J. A. Zensus

Global millimetre VLBI allows detailed studies of the most central jet regions of AGN with unprecedent spatial resolution of a few 100-1000 Schwartzschild radii to be made. Study of these regions will help to answer the question how the…

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

An increasing number of blazars have been reported to show jet wobbling (i.e., non-regular rotations of the structural position angle of their innermost jets in the plane of the sky with amplitudes between 20 deg. and 50 deg., and time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-03-25 I. Agudo

The high energy spectral shape of 3C 273 is usually understood in terms of Inverse-Compton emission in a relativistic leptonic jet. This model predicts variability patterns and delays which could be tested if simultaneous observations are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-29 Valentino Esposito , Roland Walter , Pierre Jean , Andrea Tramacere

We aim to better understand the dynamics within relativistic magneto-hydrodynamical flows in the extreme environment and close vicinity of supermassive black holes. To do so, we analyze the peculiar radio galaxy 3C 111, for which long-term…

We present results on the modelling of the ejection of a superluminal component in the jet of 3C111. We propose that the component is generated by an injection of dense material followed by a decrease in the injection rate of bulk particles…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-16 M. Perucho , I. Agudo , J. L. Gomez , M. Kadler , E. Ros , Y. Y. Kovalev

Aims: 3C345 was recently identified as a gamma-ray emitter, based on the first 20 months of Fermi-LAT data and optical monitoring. In this paper, a connection between the gamma-ray and optical variability of 3C345 and properties of its…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 F. K. Schinzel , A. P. Lobanov , G. B. Taylor , S. G. Jorstad , A. P. Marscher , 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

Variations of the optical continuum emission in the radio galaxy 3C 390.3 are compared to the properties of radio emission from the compact, sub-parsec-scale jet in this object. We showed that very long-term variations of optical continuum…

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

We present a study of the motion of compact jet components in quasar B3 1633+382. Through analyzing 14 epochs of VLBI observations of three components (B1, B2, and B3) at 22 GHz, we find two different possibilities of component…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Yi Liu , D. R. Jiang , Zhi-Qiang Shen , M. Karouzos

We present results of long-term high-frequency VLBI monitoring of the relativistic jet in 3C279, consisting of 18 epochs at 22 GHz from 1991 to 1997 and 10 epochs at 43 GHz from 1995 to 1997. Three major results of this study are: apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. E. Wehrle , B. G. Piner , S. C. Unwin , A. C. Zook , W. Xu , A. P. Marscher , H. Terasranta , E. Valtaoja

We present the results of seven years of multicolour photometric monitoring of a sample of 31 $\gamma$-ray bright blazars using the RINGO3 polarimeter on the Liverpool Telescope from 2013--2020. We explore the relationships between…

We study the correlations between the jet ejection event and changes in the continuum emission of the radio-loud galaxy 3C 390.3, using the archived monitoring data in radio, optical and X-ray. We present evidence for the link between the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tigran G. Arshakian , Tomaso Belloni

We present the results of a multi-frequency study of the structural evolution of the VLBI jet in the BL Lac object 0716+714 over the last 10 years. We show VLBI images obtained at 5 GHz, 8.4 GHz, 15 GHz and 22 GHz. The milliarcsecond source…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 U. Bach , T. P. Krichbaum , E. Ros , S. Britzen , W. W. Tian , A. Kraus , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

The advent of global mm-band Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) in recent years has finally revealed the morphology of the base of the two most prominent nearby, bright, extragalactic radio jets in M\,87 and 3C\,84. The images are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-21 Brian Punsly , Hiroshi Nagai , Tuomas Savolainen , Monica Orienti

We present Space-VLBI observations of the quasar 3C395 which show evidence of the existence of a large bend in the inner parts of its jet, close to the core. This bend would explain why previous Earth-based cm-VLBI observations could not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Lara , A. Alberdi , J. M. Marcaide , T. W. B. Muxlow