Table · dataset · 2021
BL Lac 86GHz images
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Controversial studies on the jet collimation profile of BL Lacertae (BL Lac), the eponymous blazar of the BL Lac objects class, complicate the scenario in this already puzzling class of objects.
Description
Understanding the jet geometry in connection with the jet kinematics and the physical conditions in the surrounding medium is fundamental for better constraining the formation, acceleration, and collimation mechanisms in extragalactic jets.
With the aim of investigating the jet geometry in the innermost regions of the BL Lac jet, and resolving the controversy, we explore the radio jet in this source using high-resolution millimeter-wave VLBI data. We collect 86GHz GMVA and 43 GHz VLBA data to obtain stacked images that we use to infer the jet collimation profile by means of two comparable methods. We analyze the kinematics at 86GHz, and we discuss it in the context of the jet expansion.
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Finally, we consider a possible implication of the Bondi sphere in shaping the jet of BL Lac. The jet in BL Lac expands with an overall conical geometry. A higher expanding rate region is observed between ~5 and 10pc (de-projected) from the black hole.
Such a region is associated with the decrease in brightness usually observed in high frequency VLBI images of BL Lac. The jet retrieves the original jet expansion around 17pc, where the presence of a recollimation shock is supported by both the jet profile and the 15GHz kinematics (MOJAVE survey). The change in the jet expansion profile occurring at ~5pc could be associated with a change in the external pressure at the location of the Bondi radius (~3.3x10^5^R_S_)/
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Where it is published
- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/649/A153 ↗
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Documentation and papers
- ADS 2021A&A...649A.153C ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021A%26A...649A.153C ↗
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Catalogue records · 2
- VOResource record dc.g-vo.org/oai.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=ivo_vor&identifier=ivo%3… ↗
metadata API · from IVOA Registry
- Registry record (GAVO) dc.g-vo.org/I/cds.vizier/j/a%2Ba/649/a153 ↗
catalogue entry · from IVOA Registry
Topics
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- Astronomy & Astrophysics
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- Image 65%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory) | ivo://cds.vizier/j/a+a/649/a153 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| access_level | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:image | enrichment · IVOA Registry | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| description | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | rr.resource.res_description |
| license_text | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 | |
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| updated_date | source · IVOA Registry | connector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0 |