Concurrent 43 and 86 GHz Very Long Baseline Polarimetry of 3C273

Details Concurrent 43 and 86 GHz Very Long Baseline Polarimetry of 3C273 Concurrent 43 and 86 GHz Very Long Baseline Polarimetry of 3C273

2005-06-10

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0506243v1

Astrophys.J. 633 (2005) L85-L88

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, LaTeX, 3 postscript figures, submitted to Astrophysical Journal Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/498392

We present sub-milliarcsecond resolution total intensity and linear polarization VLBI images of 3C273, using concurrent 43 and 86 GHz data taken with the Very Long Baseline Array in May 2002. The structure seen in the innermost jet suggest that we have fortuitously caught the jet in the act of changing direction. The polarization images confirm that the core is unpolarized (fractional polarization m < 1 %) at 86 GHz, but also show well ordered magnetic fields (m ~ 15 %) in the inner jet, at a projected distance of 2.3 pc from the core. In this strongly polarized region, the rotation measure changes across the jet by 4.2 x 10^{4} rad m^{-2} over an angular width of about 0.3 milliarcseconds. If the lack of polarization in the core is also attributed to a Faraday screen, then a rotation measure dispersion > 5.2 x 10^{4} rad m^{-2} must be present in or in front of that region. These are among the highest rotation measures reported so far in the nucleus of any active galaxy or quasar, and must occur outside (but probably close to) the radio emitting region. The transverse rotation measure gradient is in the same sense as that observed by Asada et al and by Zavala and Taylor at greater core distances. The magnitude of the transverse gradient decreases rapidly with distance down the jet, and appears to be variable.

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