MOJAVE. XV. VLBA 15 GHz Total Intensity and Polarization Maps of 437 Parsec-scale AGN Jets from 1996 to 2017
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: We present 5321 mas-resolution total intensity and linear polarization maps of 437 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) obtained with the VLBA at 15 GHz as part of the MOJAVE survey, and also from the NRAO data archive. The former is a long-term program to study the structure and evolution of powerful parsec-scale outflows associated with AGNs. The targeted AGNs are drawn from several flux-limited radio and γ -ray samples, and all have correlated VLBA flux densities greater than ∼50 mJy at 15 GHz. Approximately 80% of these AGNs are associated with γ -ray sources detected by the Fermi LAT instrument. The vast majority were observed with the VLBA on 5–15 occasions between 1996 January 19 and 2016 December 26, at intervals ranging from a month to several years, with the most typical sampling interval being six months. A detailed analysis of the linear and circular polarization evolutions of these AGN jets is presented in the other papers in this series.
Authors: M. L. Lister, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, M. A. Hodge, D. C. Homan, Y. Y. Kovalev, A. B. Pushkarev, T. Savolainen
Institutions: Purdue University West Lafayette, University of Michigan, Denison University, P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Astro Space Center, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Aalto University
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: THE PARSEC AND KILOPARSEC JET PROPERTIES OF MOJAVE AGN WE PROPOSE TO OBTAIN AND ANALYSE RADIO OBSERVATIONS OF OVER 300 AGN UNDER THE MOJAVE PROGRAM I, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LINEAR POLARIZATION AS A PROBE OF THE PHYSICS OF GAMMA-RAY FL, WE PROPOSE TO CONTINUE A UMRAO PROGRAM OF MULTIFREQUENCY, CENTIMETER-BAND, LINEAR POLARIZATION AND TOTAL FLUX DENSITY MONITORING OF GAMMA-RAY-BRIGHT, Multifrequency Circular Polarization Spectra as Probes of AGN Jet Physics, THE MOJAVE PROGRAM: JET KINEMATICS OF GAMMA-RAY BLAZARSSUMMARY: MOJAVE (MONITORING OF JETS IN AGN WI, THIS PROJECT COMBINES MULTIFREQUENCY, CENTIMETER-BAND, LINEAR POLARIZATION AND TOTAL FLUX DENSITY MONITORING OF GAMMA-RAY-FLARING ACTIVE GALACTIC NUC, G6678253498, G7183358879, PROBING THE ROLES OF SHOCKS, ORIENTATION, AND OPACITY ON BLAZAR GAMMA-RAY FLARES THE GOAL OF THIS WORK IS TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS REQUI, G8314769065
OpenAlex ID: W2768671855