Analysis of λ=6 cm VLBI polarization observations of a complete sample of northern BL Lacertae objects

被引:93
作者
Gabuzda, DC
Pushkarev, AB
Cawthorne, TV
机构
[1] Joint Inst VLBI Europe, NL-7990 AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands
[2] PN Lebedev Phys Inst, Ctr Astro Space, Moscow 117924, Russia
[3] Univ Cent Lancashire, Dept Phys & Astron, Preston PR1 2HE, Lancs, England
关键词
polarization; BL Lacertae objects : general; radio continuum : galaxies;
D O I
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03932.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The results of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) total intensity (I) and Linear polarization (P) observations at lambda = 6 cm are presented for 10 radio bright BL Lacertae objects. These images complete first-epoch polarization observations for the 1-Jy sample of northern BL Lacertae objects defined by Kuhr & Schmidt. Estimates of superluminal speeds are presented for several sources, bringing the total number of sources in the sample for which such estimates are available to 16. Second-epoch observations currently being reduced should yield speed estimates for VLBI features in essentially all the sources in the sample. The jet magnetic fields of these BL Lacertae objects are usually transverse to the local jet direction, but a sizeable minority (about 30 per cent) have VLBI jet components with longitudinal magnetic fields. This may suggest that the conditions in the VLBI jets of BL Lacertae objects are favourable for the formation of relativistic shocks; alternatively, it may be that the toroidal component of the intrinsic jet magnetic field is characteristically dominant in these sources.
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页码:1109 / 1124
页数:16
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