Parsec-scale polarization of the jet in quasar 4C71.07

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Mar 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001mnras.321..525h&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 321, Issue 3, pp. 525-536.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: Active, Galaxies: Jets, Quasars: Individual: 4C71.07 (0836+710), Galaxies: Active, Galaxies: Jets, Quasars: Individual: 4C71.07 (0836+710)

Scientific paper

Very long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of the quasar 4C71.07 (0836+710) at frequencies of 5 and 8.4GHz at two epochs are used to investigate apparent misalignments between the magnetic field and jet direction found in this source. The observed polarization angles are not consistent with Faraday rotation of synchrotron radiation from an aligned magnetic field. Internal Faraday rotation in a uniform spherical source is also ruled out by the observations, and while the misalignments could result from internal Faraday rotation in a non-uniform source, no strong signatures of this effect were found. The jet shows two distinct kinks at which the ridge-line changes direction and then reverts to its original direction. The magnetic field in these regions is parallel to the jet, and remains so as the jet bends. It seems likely that the largest remaining misalignment is associated with another such kink that is unresolved by these observations. The percentage polarization decreases near the bright knots, consistent with enhancement in brightness by compressions in the plane normal to the jet axis. The inferred rotation measure is low (<=100radm-2) throughout the jet, as for other quasars. However near the core, the polarization position angles suggest a rotation measure that appears to be uncharacteristically low by comparison with other quasars.

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