Proposal code

v042

Proposal title

Spectral evolution of the gamma-bright jet in PKS 0528+134

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. A. Witzel MPIFR, Bonn, Germany
S. Britzen, T.P. Krichbaum MPIFR, Bonn, Germany
S.J. Qian Beijing Astronomical Observatory, China
K.J. Johnston USNO, Washington
J.A. Zensus NRAO, Charlottesville

Proposal Abstract

We propose multi-frequency SVLBI monitoring of the gamma-active sub-pc scale jet in the high redshift blazar PKS 0528+134 (z=2.07). We intend to follow in total intensity and polarization (polarization optionally requested for 5 GHz only) the motion of jet components along their strongly bent paths. Differential relativistic effects should lead to quite dramatic variations of velocity, spectrum and polarization as the superluminal components move along the spatial bendings of the jet. Combined with available and complementing ground-VLBI monitoring (geodetic- and mm-VLBI), high dynamic range SVLBI imaging will provide a deep insight in relativistic jet physics, particularly those relating gamma-ray activity and jet production.

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