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MOJAVE VII. Blazar jet acceleration

D.c. HomanM. KadlerK.i. KellermannY.y. KovalevM.l. ListerE. RosT. SavolainenJ.a. Zensus

subject

interstellar mediumActive galactic nucleigalactic and extragalactic astronomyAstrophysics and AstronomyRadio sourceshigh energy astrophysicsAstrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaPhysicsAstrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic AstrophysicsSurveysstellar astronomyCosmologyobservational astronomyRadio continuum emissionBL Lacertae objectsHigh Energy Physics::ExperimentRadio astronomyNatural SciencesQuasarsAstrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics

description

We discuss acceleration measurements for a large sample of extragalactic radio jets from the Monitoring Of Jets in Active Galactic Nuclei with VLBA Experiments (MOJAVE) program, which studies the parsec-scale jet structure and kinematics of a complete, flux-density-limited sample of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Accelerations are measured from the apparent motion of individual jet features or "components" which may represent patterns in the jet flow. We find that significant accelerations are common both parallel and perpendicular to the observed component velocities. Cone search capability for table J/ApJ/706/1253/agn (Positions for AGN sources)

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2012-01-01
10.26093/cds/vizier.17061253https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.17061253