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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

We present the results of a program to monitor the structure of the radio emission in 42 $\gamma$-ray bright blazars (31 quasars and 11 BL Lac objects) with the VLBA at 43, 22, and occasionally 15 and 8.4 GHz, over the period from November…

We have carried out the Gaussian model-fitting to the 15 GHz VLBA cores for a sample of blazars from the MOJAVE database, analyzed the correlations in the model-fitted parameters and studied the variability properties for different group of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Ligong Mi , Xiang Liu

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 a detailed investigation of the flaring activity observed from a BL Lac object, S5 0716+714 , during its brightest ever optical state in the second half of January 2015. Observed almost simultaneously in the optical, X-rays and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-26 Sunil Chandra , Haocheng Zhang , Pankaj Kushwaha , K. P. Singh , M. Bottcher , Navpreet Kaur , K. S. Baliyan

Multi-epoch GHz Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) data of the radio-loud quasar J1101+7225 were analyzed to estimate the proper motion of extended optically thin jet components. Two components separated from the core could be mapped…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. -U. Pott , A. Eckart , M. Krips , T. P. Krichbaum , S. Britzen , W. Alef , J. A. Zensus

We discuss the jet kinematics of a complete flux-density-limited sample of 135 radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGN) resulting from a 13 year program to investigate the structure and evolution of parsec-scale jet phenomena. Our analysis…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-20 M. L. Lister , M. H. Cohen , D. C. Homan , M. Kadler , K. I. Kellermann , Y. Y. Kovalev , E. Ros , T. Savolainen , J. A. Zensus

(Abridged) We investigate the flux density variability and changes in the parsec-scale radio structure of the flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089. This source was target of multi-epoch VLBI and Space-VLBI observations at 4.8, 8.4 and 22…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 M. Orienti , T. Venturi , D. Dallacasa , F. D'Ammando , M. Giroletti , G. Giovannini , S. Vercellone , M. Tavani

We present proper motions obtained from a dual frequency, six-epoch, VLBA polarization experiment monitoring a sample of 12 blazars. The observations were made at 15 GHz and 22 GHz at bi-monthly intervals over 1996. Ten of the eleven…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. C. Homan , R. Ojha , J. F. C. Wardle , D. H. Roberts , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , P. A. Hughes

We have analyzed the parsec-scale jet kinematics of 447 bright radio-loud AGN, based on 15 GHz VLBA data obtained between 1994 August 31 and 2019 August 4. We present new total intensity and linear polarization maps obtained between 2017…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-14 M. L. Lister , D. C. Homan , K. I. Kellermann , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. B. Pushkarev , E. Ros , T. Savolainen

We discuss acceleration measurements for a large sample of extragalactic radio jets from the MOJAVE program which studies the parsec-scale jet structure and kinematics of a complete, flux-density-limited sample of Active Galactic Nuclei…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-20 D. C. Homan , M. Kadler , K. I. Kellermann , Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , E. Ros , T. Savolainen , J. A. Zensus

Context. Monitoring of BL Lacertae at 15 GHz with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) has revealed a quasi-stationary radio feature in the innermost part of the jet, at 0.26 mas from the radio core. Stationary features are found in many…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-08-19 T. G. Arshakian , A. B. Pushkarev , M. L. Lister , T. Savolainen

We use a continuous wavelet transform to analyze more than two decades of data for the BL~Lac object OJ~287 acquired as part of the UMRAO variability program. We find clear evidence for a persistent modulation of the total flux and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Philip A. Hughes , Hugh D. Aller , Margo F. Aller

The $\gamma$-ray bright blazar CTA 102 is studied using imaging (new 15 GHz and archival 43 GHz Very Long Baseline Array, VLBA data) and time variable optical flux density, polarization degree and electric vector position angle (EVPA)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-21 Xiaofeng Li , P. Mohan , T. An , Xiaoyu Hong , Xiaopeng Cheng , Jun Yang , Yingkang Zhang , Zhongli Zhang , Wei Zhao

High-resolution radio observations are ideal for constraining the value of physical parameters in the inner regions of active-galactic-nucleus jets and complement results on multiwavelength (MWL) observations. This study is part of a wider…

To determine the location of the intra-day variable (IDV) emission region within the jet of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714, a multi-epoch VSOP polarization experiment was performed in Autumn 2000. To detect, image, and monitor the short term…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 U. Bach , T. P. Krichbaum , A. Kraus , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

We have obtained milliarcsecond-scale spectral index distributions for a sample of 190 extragalactic radio jets through the MOJAVE project. The sources were observed in 2006 at 8.1, 8.4, 12.1, and 15.4 GHz, and we study the four-frequency…

Context. We present evidence that parsec-scale jets in BL Lac objects may be significantly distinct in kinematics from their counterparts in quasars. We argued this previously for the BL lac sources 1803+784 and 0716+714, report here a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Britzen , A. Witzel , B. P. Gong , J. W. Zhang , Gopal-Krishna , Arti Goyal , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , J. A. Zensus

Parsec-scale VLBA images of BL Lac at 15 GHz show that the jet contains a permanent quasi-stationary emission feature 0.26 mas (0.34 pc projected) from the core, along with numerous moving features. In projection, the tracks of the moving…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-05-19 M. H. Cohen , D. L. Meier , T. G. Arshakian , D. C. Homan , T. Hovatta , Y. Y. Kovalev , M. L. Lister , A. B. Pushkarev , J. L. Richards , T. Savolainen

We present a new centimeter polarimetric VLBI image of the BL Lac object 0735+178. This source exhibits one of the most pronounced curvatures observed in jets of AGNs, with two sharp apparent bends of 90 degrees within the inner 2…