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Polarization from active galactic nuclei is interpreted as a signpost of the role of magnetic fields in the launch and collimation of their relativistic radio jets. Here, we report the detection of a clear polarization signal from ALMA…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-26 I. Marti-Vidal , S. Muller

Faraday rotation has been seen at millimeter wavelengths in several low luminosity active galactic nuclei, including Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) targets M87* and Sgr A*. The observed rotation measure (RM) probes the density, magnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-07 Angelo Ricarte , Ben S. Prather , George N. Wong , Ramesh Narayan , Charles Gammie , Michael Johnson

We present polarimetric 5 GHz to 43 GHz VLBI observations of the BL Lacertae object PKS 0735+178, spanning March 1996 to May 2000. Comparison with previous and later observations suggests that the overall kinematic and structural properties…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 I. Agudo , J. L. Gomez , D. C. Gabuzda , A. P. Marscher , S. G. Jorstad , A. Alberdi

We analyzed two 1996 observations of the Galactic Microquasar GRS 1915+105 taken with the Proportional Counter Array on board the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. We focus on the properties of the high-frequency QPO as a function of the `dip'…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 T. Belloni , Mariano Mendez , Celia Sanchez-Fernandez

We present mid-infrared (4-18 micron) observations of the microquasar GRS 1915+105 obtained with ISOCAM, the camera on board the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO), in 1996 April and 1997 October. The first observation probably occurred…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Yael Fuchs , I. Felix Mirabel , Arnaud Claret

Synchrotron emission, its polarization and its Faraday rotation at radio frequencies of 0.2-10 GHz are powerful tools to study the strength and structure of cosmic magnetic fields. The observational results are reviewed for spiral, barred…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Rainer Beck

We have detected significant Rotation Measure variations for 9 bright pulsars, as a function of pulse longitude. An additional sample of 10 pulsars showed a rather constant RM with phase, yet a small degree of RM fluctuation is visible in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Noutsos , A. Karastergiou , M. Kramer , S. Johnston , B. W. Stappers

The large-scale magnetic field of our Galaxy can be probed in three dimensions using Faraday rotation of pulsar signals. We report on the determination of 223 rotation measures from polarization observations of relatively distant southern…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 J. L. Han , R. N. Manchester , A. G. Lyne , G. J. Qiao , W. van Straten

The interaction of microquasar jets with their environment can produce non-thermal radiation as is the case for extragalactic outflows impacting on their surroundings. We have developed an analytical model based on those successfully…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Bordas , V. Bosch-Ramon , J. M. Paredes , M. Perucho

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

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

Faraday rotation measurements of the solar corona made with the Very Large Array (VLA) at frequencies of 1465 and 1665 MHz are reported. The measurements were made along 20 lines of sight to 19 extragalactic radio sources in March and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Laura D. Ingleby , Steven R. Spangler , Catherine A. Whiting

In this article, models are constructed of the compact jet in GRS 1915+105 during an epoch of optimal data capture. On April 02, 2003, the object was observed in the hard X-ray/soft gamma ray band (INTEGRAL), hard X-ray band (RXTE), near IR…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 Brian Punsly

Aims. The prototypical microquasar GRS 1758-258 exhibits large-scale morphological changes in radio maps over time which have been attributed to the rise of instabilities. Here, we investigate whether these effects could be attributed to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-18 Pedro L. Luque-Escamilla , Josep Martí , José Martínez-Aroza

Microquasars are X-ray binary systems with non-thermal radio emission originated in jet-like features. They are attractive sites for gamma-ray production, since relativistic particles in the jet should traverse locally strong both photon…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gustavo E. Romero

We present multi-epoch 8.4 and 43 GHz Very Long Baseline Array images of the BL Lac object 0735+178. The images confirm the presence of a twisted jet with two sharp apparent bends of 90$^{\circ}$ within two milliarcseconds of the core,…

We present a progress report on MERLIN radio imaging of a radio outburst from GRS 1915+105. The major ejection occurred at the end of an approximately 20-day `plateau' state, characterised by low/hard X-ray fluxes and a relatively strong…

The sensitivity, stability, and uniformity of calibration of the VLBA has revolutionized parsec-scale polarization studies of AGN jets. Not only does polarization probe the magnetic field structures of jets, serving as a hydrodynamic tracer…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Daniel C. Homan

Using the first station of the Long Wavelength Array (LWA1), we examine polarized pulsar emission between 25 and 88 MHz. Polarized light from pulsars undergoes Faraday rotation as it passes through the magnetized interstellar medium.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-01 V. Dike , G. B. Taylor , J. Dowell , K. Stovall

Previously, a multi-wavelength (2cm, 4cm and 6cm) polarization study by Gabuzda, Murray and Cronin (2004) showed systematic Faraday Rotation gradients across the parsec-scale jets of several BL Lac objects, interpreted as evidence for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-03 Mehreen Mahmud , Denise Gabuzda