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We study the jet kinematics of the blazar S5 0716+714 during its active state in 2003-2004 with multi-epoch VLBI observations. Aims. We present a kinematic analysis of the large-scale (0-12 mas) jet of 0716+714, based on the results of six…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Elizaveta A. Rastorgueva , Kaj J. Wiik , Anisa T. Bajkova , Esko Valtaoja , Leo O. Takalo , Yliya N. Vetukhnovskaya , Mehreen Mahmud

We show results from a 7 year VLBI monitoring programme of 3C273 at millimeter wavelengths. We find evidence for component acceleration, motion or rotation of fluid dynamical patterns in the VLBI jet, and evidence for an outburst-ejection…

Optical monitoring of S5 0716+714 was performed with a 60/90 Schmidt telescope in 2003 November and December and 2004 January for studying the variability of the object on short timescales. Due to the high brightness of the source we could…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jianghua Wu , Bo Peng , Xu Zhou , Jun Ma , Zhaoji Jiang , Jiansheng Chen

Eight optical and four radio observatories have been intensively monitoring the BL Lac object 0716+714 in the last years: 4854 data points have been collected in the UBVRI bands since 1994, while radio light curves extend back to 1978. Many…

Results from a long-term program to quantify the range of behavior of the cm-wavelength total flux and linear polarization variability properties of a sample of 41 radio-loud BL Lac objects using weekly to tri-monthly observations with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Margo F. Aller , Hugh D. Aller , Philip A. Hughes , George E. Latimer

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

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 a multi-frequency, dense radio monitoring program of the blazar OJ287 using the 100m Effelsberg radio telescope. We analyze the evolution in total flux density, linear and circular polarization to study the jet structure and its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-14 I. Myserlis , S. Komossa , E. Angelakis , J. L. Gómez , V. Karamanavis , T. P. Krichbaum , U. Bach , D. Grupe

We analyze the parsec-scale jet kinematics from 2007 June to 2018 December of a sample of $\gamma$-ray bright blazars monitored roughly monthly with the Very Long Baseline Array at 43 GHz under the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR program. We implement a…

We report on the acceleration properties of 329 features in 95 blazar jets from the MOJAVE VLBA program. Nearly half the features and three-quarters of the jets show significant changes in speed and/or direction. In general, apparent speed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-01-14 D. C. Homan , M. L. Lister , Y. Y. Kovalev , A. B. Pushkarev , T. Savolainen , K. I. Kellermann , J. L. Richards , E. Ros

We present observations of a major outburst at centimeter, millimeter, optical, X-ray, and gamma-ray wavelengths of the BL Lacertae object AO 0235+164 in 2008. We analyze the timing of multi-waveband variations in the flux and linear…

Search for Doppler-boosting effect in flux evolution of superluminal components in blazars has been an important subject, which can help clarify their kinematic and emission properties. The kinematics and flux evolution observed at 15GHz…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-12 S. J. Qian

We determined the kinematics at the jet of 0716+714 from a reanalysis of multi-frequency VLBI data (5, 8.4, 15, 22 GHz) obtained during the last 10 years combined with data from the literature. For this intra-day variable blazar, only a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Bach , T. P. Krichbaum , S. Britzen , E. Ros , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

We report the results of a phase-referencing study aimed at uncovering precession of the VLBI jet of BL Lac. The observations were conducted at 8, 15, 22, and 43 GHz and consist of seven epochs spanning about two years. We investigated the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-11-26 A. Sokolov , T. Cawthorne

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

The kinematics of jets in active galactic nuclei (QSOs, BL Lacs, Radio Galaxies and Empty Field objects) on parsec scales is being studied with Very Long Baseline Array observations at 15 GHz of a sample of more than 170 radio sources. More…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Ros

Recent VLBI studies of the morphology and kinematics of individual BL Lac objects (S5 1803+784, PKS 0735+178, etc.) have revealed a new paradigm for the pc-scale jet kinematics of these sources. Unlike the apparent superluminal outward…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-18 Marios Karouzos , Silke Britzen , Arno Witzel , Anton J. Zensus , Andreas Eckart

We investigate the relativistic jet of the powerful radio-emitting blazar J1429+5406 at redshift z=3.015. Our understanding of jet kinematics in z>3 quasars is still rather limited, based on a sample of less than about 50 objects. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-14 Dávid Koller , Sándor Frey

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.…