The Radio Structure of High-Energy Peaked BL Lacertae Objects

Details The Radio Structure of High-Energy Peaked BL Lacertae Objects The Radio Structure of High-Energy Peaked BL Lacertae Objects

2003-02-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302397v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted, AJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/367802

We present VLA and first-epoch VLBA observations that are part of a program to study the parsec-scale radio structure of a sample of fifteen high-energy-peaked BL Lacs (HBLs). The sample was chosen to span the range of logarithmic X-ray to radio flux ratios observed in HBLs. As this is only the first epoch of observations, proper motions of jet components are not yet available; thus we consider only the structure and alignment of the parsec- and kiloparsec-scale jets. Like most low-energy-peaked BL Lacs (LBLs), our HBL sample shows parsec-scale, core-jet morphologies and compact, complex kiloparsec-scale morphologies. Some objects also show evidence for bending of the jet 10-20pc from the core, suggesting interaction of the jet with the surrounding medium. Whereas LBLs show a wide distribution of parsec- to kpc-scale jet misalignment angles, there is weak evidence that the jets in HBLs are more well-aligned, suggesting that HBL jets are either intrinsically straighter or are seen further off-axis than LBL jets.

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