Relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei

R Blandford, D Meier… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The nuclei of most normal galaxies contain supermassive black holes, which can accrete
gas through a disk and become active. These active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can form jets that …

Relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei and microquasars

GE Romero, M Boettcher, S Markoff… - Space Science Reviews, 2017 - Springer
Collimated outflows (jets) appear to be a ubiquitous phenomenon associated with the
accretion of material onto a compact object. Despite this ubiquity, many fundamental physics …

First M87 event horizon telescope results. VI. The shadow and mass of the central black hole

K Akiyama, A Alberdi, W Alef, K Asada… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present measurements of the properties of the central radio source in M87 using Event
Horizon Telescope data obtained during the 2017 campaign. We develop and fit geometric …

Polarized blazar X-rays imply particle acceleration in shocks

I Liodakis, AP Marscher, I Agudo, AV Berdyugin… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Most of the light from blazars, active galactic nuclei with jets of magnetized plasma that point
nearly along the line of sight, is produced by high-energy particles, up to around 1 TeV …

Discovery of X-ray polarization angle rotation in the jet from blazar Mrk 421

L Di Gesu, HL Marshall, SR Ehlert, DE Kim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The magnetic-field conditions in astrophysical relativistic jets can be probed by
multiwavelength polarimetry, which has been recently extended to X-rays. For example, one …

[图书][B] Science with the cherenkov telescope array

BS Acharya, I Agudo, I Al Samarai, R Alfaro, J Alfaro… - 2019 - air.uniud.it
Names: CTA Consortium (Organization) Title: Science with the Cherenkov Telescope
Array/by The CTA Consortium. Description: New Jersey: World Scientific, 2018.| Includes …

The structure and dynamics of the subparsec jet in M87 based on 50 VLBA observations over 17 years at 43 GHz

RC Walker, PE Hardee, FB Davies, C Ly… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The central radio source in M87 provides the best opportunity to study jet formation because
it has a large angular size for the gravitational radius of the black hole and has a bright jet …

Kinematics of parsec-scale jets of gamma-ray blazars at 43 GHz within the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR program

SG Jorstad, AP Marscher, DA Morozova… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the parsec-scale jet kinematics from 2007 June to 2013 January of a sample of
γ-ray bright blazars monitored roughly monthly with the Very Long Baseline Array at 43 GHz …

Turbulent, extreme multi-zone model for simulating flux and polarization variability in blazars

AP Marscher - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The author presents a model for variability of the flux and polarization of blazars in which
turbulent plasma flowing at a relativistic speed down a jet crosses a standing conical shock …

Blazars in the FERMI Era: The OVRO 40 m telescope monitoring program

JL Richards, W Max-Moerbeck… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope provides an unprecedented opportunity to study gamma-ray blazars. To …