Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-10-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
25 pages, 13 figures, submitted to ApJ Supplement Series
Scientific paper
We present the results of global VLBI observations of the BL Lac object PKS 0003-066 at 2.3 and 8.6 GHz, over a 10 year period using data from new and archived VLBA, geodetic VLBI, and global VLBI (including the use of new disk-based recording and software correlation systems) observations. Inter-continental baselines resolve this source into a compact core and three jet components that move away from the core with proper motions ranging between \~0.1 mas/yr for the outer jet component and ~1.4 mas/yr for the fastest inner jet component, i.e. apparent speeds of ~2.0 c to ~21.6 c respectively. This result is in contrast to previous studies of this source which did not reveal significant jet motions from limited data sets. We find that the fast inner jet components catch up to the more slowly moving outer jet components and interact strongly, causing local brightening of the jet in the interaction. We document the body of VLBI data for this source, as well as other supporting radio observations, as a basis for future work that will investigate the underlying physics of the pc-scale jet in PKS 0003-066.
Briggs Frank H.
Brisken Walter Frank
Cimò Giuseppe
Ellingsen Simon P.
Horiuchi Shunsaku
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