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23831. VLBI observations of BL Lac objects
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/466/63
Title:
VLBI observations of BL Lac objects
Short Name:
J/A+A/466/63
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present EVN observations of seven BL Lac objects selected from the RGB sample. To investigate the intrinsic radiation property of BL Lac objects, we estimated the Doppler factor with the VLA or MERLIN core and the total 408MHz luminosity for a sample of 170 BL Lac objects. The intrinsic (comoving) synchrotron peak frequency was then calculated by using the estimated Doppler factor. Assuming a Lorentz factor of 5, the viewing angle of jets was constrained. The high-resolution VLBI images of seven sources all show a core-jet structure. We estimated the proper motions of three sources with the VLBI archive data, and find that the apparent speed increases with the distance of components to the core for all of them.
23832. VLBI observations of 3C 279 at 230GHz
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/772/13
Title:
VLBI observations of 3C 279 at 230GHz
Short Name:
J/ApJ/772/13
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report results from five day very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of the well-known quasar 3C 279 at 1.3mm (230GHz) in 2011. The measured nonzero closure phases on triangles including stations in Arizona, California, and Hawaii indicate that the source structure is spatially resolved. We find an unusual inner jet direction at scales of ~1pc extending along the northwest-southeast direction (P.A.=127{deg}+/-3{deg}), as opposed to other (previously) reported measurements on scales of a few parsecs showing inner jet direction extending to the southwest. The 1.3mm structure corresponds closely with that observed in the central region of quasi-simultaneous super-resolution Very Long Baseline Array images at 7mm. The closure phase changed significantly on the last day when compared with the rest of observations, indicating that the inner jet structure may be variable on daily timescales. The observed new direction of the inner jet shows inconsistency with the prediction of a class of jet precession models. Our observations indicate a brightness temperature of ~8x10^10^K in the 1.3mm core, much lower than that at centimeter wavelengths. Observations with better uv coverage and sensitivity in the coming years will allow the discrimination between different structure models and will provide direct images of the inner regions of the jet with 20-30{mu}as (5-7 light months) resolution.
23833. VLBI observations of NRAO 530 at 22, 43 and 86GHz
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/418/2260
Title:
VLBI observations of NRAO 530 at 22, 43 and 86GHz
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/418/2260
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
NRAO 530 is an optically violent variable source and has been studied with multi-epoch multifrequency high-resolution very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations. NRAO 530 was monitored with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) at three frequencies (22, 43 and 86GHz) on 10 consecutive days in 2007 May during observations of the Galactic Centre (Sgr A*). Furthermore, analysis of archival data of NRAO 530 at 15GHz over the last 10 years allows us to study its detailed jet kinematics. We identified the compact component located at the southern-end of the jet as the VLBI core, consistent with previous studies.
23834. VLBI observations of southern ICRF sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/127/3609
Title:
VLBI observations of southern ICRF sources
Short Name:
J/AJ/127/3609
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present 8.4GHz very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of 69 southern hemisphere extragalactic sources in the International Celestial Reference Frame. These are the first in a series of observations intended to image all such sources at milliarcsecond resolution in order to determine their continued suitability for reference-frame use based on intrinsic structure. We use the resultant images to calculate a core fraction, that is, the ratio of core flux density to total flux density, for all observed sources. The resulting distribution, with a mean value of 0.83, suggests that most sources are relatively compact. However, just over half the observed sources show significant extended emission in the form of multiple compact components. These sources are probably poorly suited for high-accuracy reference-frame use unless intrinsic structure and potential variability can be taken into account. Our observations represent the first large, comprehensive VLBI imaging survey in the southern hemisphere, significantly extending the existing limited VLBI surveys and, along with some well-known objects, containing many sources that have never been imaged at milliarcsecond resolution. The overlap with Very Long Baseline Array images of sources between 0{deg} and -35{deg} declination helps determine the limits to imaging with the southern hemisphere-accessible telescopes.
23835. VLBI polarimetry of CJF sources
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/589/733
Title:
VLBI polarimetry of CJF sources
Short Name:
J/ApJ/589/733
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present Very Long Baseline Array observations and a statistical analysis of 5GHz VLBI polarimetry data from 177 sources in the Caltech-Jodrell Bank Flat-Spectrum (CJF) survey. The CJF survey, a complete, flux density-limited sample of 293 extragalactic radio sources, gives us the unique opportunity to compare a broad range of source properties for quasars, galaxies, and BL Lacertae objects. We focus primarily on jet properties, specifically, the correlation between the jet axis angle and the polarization angle in the core and jet. A strong correlation is found for the electric vector polarization angle in the cores of quasars to be perpendicular to the jet axis. Contrary to previous claims, no correlation is found between the jet polarization angle and the jet axis in either quasars or BL Lac objects. With this large, homogeneous sample we are also able to investigate cosmological issues and active galactic nucleus evolution.
23836. VLBI Position Measurements
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AZh/81/1032
Title:
VLBI Position Measurements
Short Name:
J/AZh/81/1032
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A large number (~2 million) of VLBI observations have been reduced in order to re ne the measured coordinates of the observed radio sources. The data reduction was carried out in the OCCAM package using the least squares colocation method. Corrections to the coordinates of 642 objects were derived. The accuracy of the catalog is no worse than 0.2 milliseconds of arc for stable sources.
23837. VLBI suvey around B0218+357 at 90cm
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/673/78
Title:
VLBI suvey around B0218+357 at 90cm
Short Name:
J/ApJ/673/78
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report on the first wide-field, very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) survey at 90cm. The survey area consists of two overlapping 28deg^2^ fields centered on the quasar J0226+3421 and the gravitational lens B0218+357. A total of 618 sources were targeted in these fields, based on identifications from Westerbork Northern Sky Survey (WENSS) data. Of these sources, 272 had flux densities that, if unresolved, would fall above the sensitivity limit of the VLBI observations. A total of 27 sources were detected as far as 2{deg} from the phase center. The results of the survey suggest that at least 10% of moderately faint (S~100mJy) sources found at 90 cm contain compact components smaller than ~0.1"-0.3" and stronger than 10% of their total flux densities.
23838. V light curve of AzV 73
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/380/258
Title:
V light curve of AzV 73
Short Name:
J/A+A/380/258
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A CCD V light curve for the eclipsing binary star AzV 73 is presented. This new photometric observations are analysed together with previously published CCD I photometry from Udalski et al. (1998AcA....48..563U) and spectrographic data from Niemela & Bassino (1994ApJ...437..332N), by means of the Wilson-Devinney code. It is found that this system is semi-detached, with an orbital inclination of roughly 86{deg} and a separation of 42R_{sun}_. The sizes and masses are R_1_=11.53 +/-0.5R_{sun}_, M_1_=25.26+/-0.7M_{sun}_, and R_2_=15.46+/-0.4R_{sun}_, M_2_=21.96+/-0.8M_{sun}_ for the primary and secondary components, respectively.
23839. V light curve of BZ Camelopardalis
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/145/45
Title:
V light curve of BZ Camelopardalis
Short Name:
J/AJ/145/45
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Sequences of spectra of the nova-like cataclysmic variable (CV) BZ Cam were acquired on nine nights in 2005-2006 in order to study the time development of episodes of wind activity known to occur frequently in this star. We confirm the results of Ringwald & Naylor that the P-Cygni absorption components of the lines mostly evolve from higher expansion velocity to lower velocity as an episode progresses. We also commonly find blueshifted emission components in the H{alpha} line profile, whose velocities and durations strongly suggest that they are also due to the wind. Curiously, Ringwald & Naylor reported common occurrences of redshifted H{alpha} emission components in their BZ Cam spectra. We have attributed these emission components in H{alpha} to occasions when gas concentrations in the bipolar wind (both front side and back side) become manifested as emission lines as they move beyond the disk's outer edge. We also suggest, based on changes in the P-Cygni profiles during an episode, that the progression from larger to smaller expansion velocities is due to the higher velocity portions of a wind concentration moving beyond the edge of the continuum light of the disk first, leaving a net redward shift of the remaining absorption profile. We derive a new orbital ephemeris for BZ Cam, using the radial velocity of the core of the HeI{lambda}5876 line, finding P=0.15353(4). Using this period, the wind episodes in BZ Cam are found to be concentrated near the inferior conjunction of the emission line source. This result helps confirm that the winds in nova-like CVs are often phase dependent, in spite of the puzzling implication that such winds lack axisymmetry. We argue that the radiation-driven wind in BZ Cam receives an initial boost by acting on gas that has been lifted above the disk by the interaction of the accretion stream with the disk, thereby imposing flickering timescales onto the wind events, as well as leading to an orbital modulation of the wind due to the non-axisymmetric nature of the stream/disk interaction. Simultaneous photometry and spectroscopy were acquired on three nights in order to test the possible connection between flickering continuum light and the strength of the front-side wind. We found strong agreement on one night, some agreement on another, and no agreement on the third. We suggest that some flickering events lead to only back-side winds which will not have associated P-Cygni profiles.
23840. V light curve of RW Aur
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/146/112
Title:
V light curve of RW Aur
Short Name:
J/AJ/146/112
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
RW Aur A is a classical T Tauri star, believed to have undergone a reconfiguration of its circumstellar environment as a consequence of a recent flyby of its stellar companion, RW Aur B. This interaction stripped away part of the circumstellar disk of RW Aur A, leaving a tidally disrupted "arm" and a short truncated circumstellar disk. We present photometric observations of the RW Aur system from the Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope survey showing a long and deep dimming that occurred from 2010 September until 2011 March. The dimming has a depth of ~2mag, a duration of ~180 days, and was confirmed by archival observations from American Association of Variable Star Observers. We suggest that this event is the result of a portion of the tidally disrupted disk occulting RW Aur A, specifically a fragment of the tidally disrupted arm. The calculated transverse linear velocity of the occulter is in excellent agreement with the measured relative radial velocity of the tidally disrupted arm. Using simple kinematic and geometric arguments, we show that the occulter cannot be a feature of the RW Aur A circumstellar disk, and we consider and discount other hypotheses. We also place constraints on the thickness and semimajor axis of the portion of the arm that occulted the star.

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