Resolving the Base of the Relativistic Jet in M87 at 6Rsch Resolution with Global mm-VLBI
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The 3 mm VLBI Observations of M87
3. Analysis and Discussion
3.1. The Jet Collimation at < from the Long-Term Time Averaged Stacked Images
3.2. Frequency-Dependent Evolution of in the M87 Core
3.3. Fine-Scale Structure around the Nuclear Region
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Date [yyyy/mm/dd] | Stations | Beam Size (mas, deg) | Bandwidth [MHz] |
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2004/04/19 | EB, ON, PV, VLBA (-BR ) | , −11.69 | 128 |
2005/10/15 | EB, ON, PV, VLBA | , −7.44 | 128 |
2009/05/09–10 | EB, ON, PB, VLBA | , −12.22 | 128 |
2014/02/26 | GBT, VLBA | , −10.5 | 512 |
2015/05/16 | EB, ON, PV, PB, GBT, VLBA | , −8.87 | 512 |
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Kim, J.-Y.; Lu, R.-S.; Krichbaum, T.P.; Bremer, M.; Zensus, J.A.; Walker, R.C.; The M87 collaboration. Resolving the Base of the Relativistic Jet in M87 at 6Rsch Resolution with Global mm-VLBI. Galaxies 2016, 4, 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040039
Kim J-Y, Lu R-S, Krichbaum TP, Bremer M, Zensus JA, Walker RC, The M87 collaboration. Resolving the Base of the Relativistic Jet in M87 at 6Rsch Resolution with Global mm-VLBI. Galaxies. 2016; 4(4):39. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040039
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Jae-Young, Ru-Sen Lu, Thomas P. Krichbaum, Michael Bremer, J. Anton Zensus, R. Craig Walker, and The M87 collaboration. 2016. "Resolving the Base of the Relativistic Jet in M87 at 6Rsch Resolution with Global mm-VLBI" Galaxies 4, no. 4: 39. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040039