The nucleus of M81 - Simultaneous 2.3 and 8.3 GHz Mark III VLBI observations

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Nov 1982

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 262, Nov. 15, 1982, p. 556-563, Research supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaf

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

56

Galactic Nuclei, Radiant Flux Density, Spiral Galaxies, Synchrotron Radiation, Very Long Base Interferometry, Astronomical Models, Data Reduction, Relativistic Electron Beams

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Mark III very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations have been made of the nucleus in the normal galaxy M81 (NGC 3031) simultaneously at 2.3 and 8.3 GHz, and it was found that nearly 100% of the flux density of the nuclear region originates in an elongated radio core with linear dimensions 1000-4000 AU, dependent on frequency. This galactic nucleus is the most compact observed in any extragalactic source. The position coincides with that of the nucleus at optical and X-ray wavelengths within the larger uncertainties of the latter two. The position angle of the major axis of the M81 nucleus is within 3 deg of 75 deg at 2.3 GHz and within 6 deg of 50 deg at 8.3 GHz and is frequency dependent at the 4 sigma level. These values straddle the 62 deg position angle of the projection on the sky of the rotation axis of the galaxy. The spectrum of the core is slightly inverted, and the length of its major axis decreases with frequency. These results are consistent with the emission's being incoherent electron synchrotron radiation from an inhomogeneous region with an optical depth varying along the rotation axis of the galaxy.

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