Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 2000
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Astrophysical Phenomena Revealed by Space VLBI, Proceedings of the VSOP Symposium, held at the Institute of Space and astronauti
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6
Scientific paper
We report on the results of high-frequency VLBA observations of 42 gamma-ray bright blazars monitored at 22 and 43 GHz between 1993.9 and 1997.6. In 1997 the observations included polarization-sensitive imaging. The cores of gamma-ray blazars are only weakly polarized, with EVPAs (electric-vector position angles) usually within 40 degrees of the local direction of the jet. The EVPAs of the jet components are usually within 20 degrees of the local jet direction. The apparent speeds of the gamma-ray bright blazars are considerably faster than in the general population of bright compact radio sources. Two X-ray flares (observed with RXTE) of the quasar PKS 1510-089 appear to be related to radio flares, but with the radio leading the X-ray variations by about 2 weeks. This can be explained either by synchrotron self-Compton emission in a component whose variations are limited by light travel time or by the Mirror Compton model.
Aller Margo F.
Marchenko-Jorstad S. G.
Marscher Alan P.
Mattox John R.
Wehrle Ann E.
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