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MOJAVE:使用VLBA实验监测AGN中的射流。V.多历元VLBA图像

MOJAVE: Monitoring of Jets in AGN with VLBA Experiments. V. Multi-epoch VLBA Images

M. L. Lister, H. D. Aller, M. F. Aller, M. H. Cohen, D. C. Homan, M. Kadler, K. I. Kellermann, Y. Y. Kovalev, E. Ros, T. Savolainen, J. A. Zensus, R. C. Vermeulen

摘要:

我们目前的图像从一个长期的计划(MOJAVE:监测喷流在AGN VLBA实验)调查的结构和演变的秒差距尺度的喷流现象与明亮的射电大声活跃的星系在北部天空。观测包括2424 15 GHz VLBA图像的一个完整的通量密度有限的样本135 AGN以上的10度-20度,跨越期间1994年8月至2007年9月。这些数据是作为MOJAVE和2 cm Survey计划的一部分从VLBA档案中获得的。样本选择标准是基于多历元秒差距尺度(VLBA)通量密度,并非常有利于高度可变和紧凑的耀变体。该样本几乎包括了北部天空中所有最突出的耀变体,非常适合统计分析和与其他波长的研究进行比较。我们的多历元和堆叠历元图像显示,94%的样品具有明显的单侧射流形态,最有可能是由于相对论性光束的影响。在剩下的源中,有五个有双面秒差距尺度的喷流,三个在15 GHz时被VLBA有效地分辨出来,基本上所有的通量密度都包含在零点几毫弧秒之内。

英文摘要:

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. The observations consist of 2424 15 GHz VLBA images of a complete flux-density limited sample of 135 AGN above declination -20 degrees, spanning the period 1994 August to 2007 September. These data were acquired as part of the MOJAVE and 2 cm Survey programs, and from the VLBA archive. The sample selection criteria are based on multi-epoch parsec-scale (VLBA) flux density, and heavily favor highly variable and compact blazars. The sample includes nearly all the most prominent blazars in the northern sky, and is well-suited for statistical analysis and comparison with studies at other wavelengths. Our multi-epoch and stacked-epoch images show 94% of the sample to have apparent one-sided jet morphologies, most likely due to the effects of relativistic beaming. Of the remaining sources, five have two-sided parsec-scale jets, and three are effectively unresolved by the VLBA at 15 GHz, with essentially all of the flux density contained within a few tenths of a milliarcsecond.

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