Proposal code

v019

Proposal title

Investigation of the rapid structural variability in quasar CTA102

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. Fredrik T. Rantakyrö IRA-CNR, Bologna, Italy/ JIVE
L.B., Båå th CBD, Halmstad University, Sweden
D.L., Jones JPL, USA
A.E., Wehrle IPAC, JPL, Caltech, USA

Proposal Abstract

With VSOP we will be able to obtain accurate measurement of the brightness temperatures, size and morphological changes, and proper motion of the components as they move down the jet. Combined with several epochs of mmVLBI, gamma-ray, and x-ray observations we gain further understanding not only of the bending of the jet in the plane of the sky but also in the third dimension, how the physical parameters of the plasma in the jet and in the surrounding medium such as the electron density and magnetic field varies with distance from core, thus giving vital information to our understanding of the physical mechanisms that creates, accelerates, and collimates the plasma jet in active galactic nuclei.

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