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High Resolution VSOP Imaging of a Southern Blazar PKS 1921-293 at 1.6 GHz | Z.-Q. Shen
; P. G. Edwards
; J. E. J. Lovell
; K. Fujisawa
; S. Kameno
; M. Inoue
; | Date: |
13 Jul 1999 | Subject: | astro-ph | Affiliation: | 1,3), P. G. Edwards , J. E. J. Lovell , K. Fujisawa , S. Kameno , and M. Inoue ( National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & | Abstract: | We present a high resolution 1.6 GHz VSOP image of the southern blazar PKS 1921-293. The image shows a typical core-jet morphology, consistent with ground-based VLBI images. However, the addition of data from the space antenna has greatly improved the angular resolution (especially along the north-south direction for this source), and thus allowed us to clearly identify the core. Model fitting reveals an inner jet component ~1.5 mas north of the core. This jet feature may be moving on a common curved path connecting the jet within a few parsecs to the 10-parsec-scale jet. The compact core has a brightness temperature of 2.6*10**12 K (in the rest frame of the quasar), an indication of relativistic beaming. We analyzed the source in terms of three models, involving the inverse Compton catastrophe, an inhomogeneous relativistic jet, and the equipartition of energy between the radiating particles and the magnetic field. Our analysis of this gamma-ray-quiet blazar shows no preference to any particular one of these models. | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/9907167 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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