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MOJAVE耀变体中的法拉第旋转:与gamma-ray研究的联系

Faraday rotation in the MOJAVE blazars: Connection with gamma-ray studies

T. Hovatta, M. L. Lister, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, D. C. Homan, Y. Y. Kovalev, A. B. Pushkarev, T. Savolainen

摘要:

作为MOJAVE(用VLBA实验监测活动星系核中的喷流)项目的一部分,我们在191个紧凑的射电强活动星系核样本中进行了法拉第旋转的调查。在2006年的12个时期内,在8.1,8.4,12.1和15.3 GHz的VLBA上进行了观测。我们检测到足够强的线偏振在159 211观测计算旋转测量值,从而在一个足够大的样本统计分析的耀变体的法拉第旋转。这些法拉第旋转测量可以用来研究秒差距尺度blazar喷流中的内禀磁场序和方向。我们的样本包括1FGL或2FGL目录中列出的119个源,我们在131张地图中的111张中检测到旋转测量值。在72个不在伽马射线目录中的源中,我们在80张地图中的48张中检测到RM。LAT检测源的RM中值与非LAT检测源没有显著差异。在我们的样本中的9个源已经解决了足够的射流研究横向法拉第旋转结构,我们检测到显着的横向旋转测量梯度在四个源。在其中两个(3C~273和3C~454.3)中,有额外的证据支持秒差距尺度喷流中的螺旋磁场。另外两个(0923+392和2230+114)需要进一步的观测来确定梯度的性质。有趣的是,四个具有显著旋转测量梯度的源中有三个是显示出大伽马射线耀斑的源。

英文摘要:

We have conducted a survey of Faraday rotation in a sample of 191 compact radio-loud AGNs as part of the MOJAVE (Monitoring of Jets in Active galactic nuclei with VLBA Experiments) project. The observations were carried out with the VLBA at 8.1, 8.4, 12.1 and 15.3 GHz over 12 epochs in 2006. We detect sufficiently strong linear polarization in 159 out of 211 observations to calculate the rotation measure values, resulting in a large enough sample for statistical analysis of the Faraday rotation in blazars. These Faraday rotation measures can be used to study the intrinsic magnetic field order and orientation in parsec-scale blazar jets. Our sample includes 119 sources listed in the 1FGL or 2FGL catalogs and we detect rotation measure values in 111 out of 131 maps. Of the 72 sources that are not in the gamma-ray catalogs we detect RM in 48 out of 80 maps. The median RM values of the LAT-detected sources do not differ significantly from the non-LAT-detected sources. Nine of the sources in our sample have resolved enough jets to study the transverse Faraday rotation structure, and we detect significant transverse rotation measure gradients in four sources. In two of these (3C~273 and 3C~454.3) there is additional evidence to support helical magnetic field in the parsec-scale jets. The two others (0923+392 and 2230+114) require further observations to identify the nature of the gradient. It is interesting that three of the four sources with significant rotation measure gradients are sources that have shown large gamma-ray flares.

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