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Sub-milliarcsecond Imaging of Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei III. Kinematics of Parsec-Scale Radio Jets | | K. I. Kellermann
; M. L. Lister
; D. C. Homan
; R. C. Vermeulen
; M. H. Cohen
; E. Ros
; M. Kadler
; J. A. Zensus
; Y. Y. Kovalev
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13 Mar 2004 | | Journal: | Astrophys.J. 609 (2004) 539 DOI: 10.1086/421289 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | NRAO), M. L. Lister (NRAO and Purdue U.), D. C. Homan (NRAO and Denison U.), R. C. Vermeulen (ASTRON), M. H. Cohen (Caltech), E. Ros (MPIfR), M. Kadler (MPIfR), J. A. Zensus (MPIfR and NRAO), Y. Y. Kovalev (NRAO and ASC LPI | | Abstract: | We report the results of a 15 GHz (2 cm) multi-epoch VLBA program, begun in 1994 to study the outflow in radio jets ejected from quasars and active galaxies. The observed flow of 208 distinct features measured in 110 quasars, active galaxies, and BL Lac objects shows highly collimated relativistic motion with apparent transverse velocities typically between zero and about 15c, with a tail extending up to about 34c. Within individual jets, different features appear to move with a similar characteristic velocity which may represent an underlying continuous jet flow, but we also see some stationary and even apparently inward moving features which co-exist with the main features. Comparison of our observations with published data at other wavelengths suggests that there is a systematic decrease in apparent velocity with increasing wavelength, probably because the observations at different wavelengths sample different parts of the jet structure. The observed distribution of linear velocities is not consistent with any simple ballistic model. Either there is a rather broad range of Lorentz factors, a significant difference between the velocity of the bulk relativistic flow and the pattern speed of underlying shocks, or a combination of these options. Assuming a ballistic flow, comparison of observed apparent velocities and Doppler factors computed from the time scale of flux density variations is consistent with a steep power law distribution of intrinsic Lorentz factors, an isotropic distribution of orientations of the parent population, and intrinsic brightness temperatures about an order of magnitude below the canonical inverse Compton limit. It appears that the parent population of radio jets is not dominated by highly relativistic flows (abridged). | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0403320 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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