Two classes of radio flares in the blazar PKS 0420$-$014

Details Two classes of radio flares in the blazar PKS 0420$-$014 Two classes of radio flares in the blazar PKS 0420$-$014

2000-09-28

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009452v1

ApJ Letter, Vol 540, L13-L16

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

9 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1086/312889

The two 5GHz VLBI (Very Long Baseline Interferometry) observations (1996 June and 1997 November) presented in this paper, combined with several formerb VLBI observations at 8.4GHz and 5GHz, suggest that the radio flares of the blazar PKS 0420$-$014 can be divided into two classes according to their geometric origins in 5 or 8.4GHz VLBI maps and the properties of light curves. One class of flares, which we call {\it core flares}, originate from the core. Core flares have large lags between the light curves at different frequencies, and will probably lead to the ejection of new jet components. The other class of flares, which we call {\it jet flares}, come from jet components. Jet flares vary simultaneously at different wavelengths, and may due to the Doppler boosting effect of rotating knots moving along a helical jet. The radio flare in 1991, accompanied by a simultaneous gamma-ray flare, was identified as a core flare.

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