Jets in radio galaxies and quasars: an observational perspective

DJ Saikia - Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 2022 - Springer
This article gives a brief historical introduction and reviews our current understanding of jets
in radio galaxies and quasars from an observational perspective, with an emphasis on …

Cosmic magnetism in centimeter-and meter-wavelength radio astronomy

T Akahori, H Nakanishi, Y Sofue, Y Fujita… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The magnetic field is ubiquitous in the universe. Though it plays an essential role in various
astrophysical phenomena, its real origin and evolution are poorly known. This article …

X-ray polarization observations of BL Lacertae

R Middei, I Liodakis, M Perri, S Puccetti… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Blazars are a class of jet-dominated active galactic nuclei with a typical double-humped
spectral energy distribution. It is of common consensus that the synchrotron emission is …

Faraday rotation in the jet of M87 inside the Bondi radius: indication of winds from hot accretion flows confining the relativistic jet

J Park, K Hada, M Kino, M Nakamura… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We study Faraday rotation in the jet of M87 inside the Bondi radius using eight Very Long
Baseline Array data sets, one at 8 GHz, four at 5 GHz, and three at 2 GHz. We obtain …

MOJAVE–XX. Persistent linear polarization structure in parsec-scale AGN jets

AB Pushkarev, HD Aller, MF Aller… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We analysed the parsec-scale linear polarization properties of 436 active galactic nuclei
(AGNs) based on 15 GHz polarimetric Very Long Baseline Array observations. We present …

Reading M87's DNA: A Double Helix Revealing a Large-scale Helical Magnetic Field

A Pasetto, C Carrasco-González… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present unprecedented high-fidelity radio images of the M87 jet. We analyzed Jansky
Very Large Array broadband full-polarization radio data from 4 to 18 GHz. The observations …

POLAMI: Polarimetric Monitoring of Active Galactic Nuclei at Millimetre Wavelengths–III. Characterization of total flux density and polarization variability of relativistic …

I Agudo, C Thum, V Ramakrishnan… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We report on the first results of the POLAMI (Polarimetric Monitoring of AGNs with Millimetre
Wavelengths) programme, a simultaneous 3.5 and 1.3 mm full-Stokes-polarization …

Parsec-scale Faraday rotation and polarization of 20 active galactic nuclei jets

EV Kravchenko, YY Kovalev… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We perform polarimetry analysis of 20 active galactic nuclei jets using the very long baseline
array at 1.4, 1.6, 2.2, 2.4, 4.6, 5.0, 8.1, 8.4 and 15.4 GHz. The study allowed us to investigate …

MOJAVE–XXI. Decade-long linear polarization variability in AGN jets at parsec scales

DI Zobnina, HD Aller, MF Aller… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Using stacking of images obtained at different epochs, we studied the variability properties
of linear polarization of active galactic nucleus (AGN) jets on parsec-scales. Our sample is …

Total and linearly polarized synchrotron emission from overpressured magnetized relativistic jets

A Fuentes, JL Gómez, JM Martí… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present relativistic magnetohydrodynamic (RMHD) simulations of stationary
overpressured magnetized relativistic jets, which are characterized by their dominant type of …