Proposal code

v043

Proposal title

SVLBI of the Nearby Class II Radio Galaxy 3C111

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. E. Preuss MPIfR, Bonn, Germany
K.I. Kellermann NRAO, Charlottesville, USA
W. Alef MPIfR, Bonn, Germany
D. Gabuzda Lebedev Physical Institute, Moscow, Russia

Proposal Abstract

Of all FR II radio galaxies which can be imaged with VLBI, 3C111 is the closest and has the strongest pc-scale radio core. It has strong mm outbursts and exhibits clear superluminal motion in the 1-sided jet on the mas-scale. Due to the high spatial resolution available with SVLBI of ~1.5 light-months x (h^{-1} x 22 GHz/nu) 3C111 is an ideal object for studying the jet formation, spectra, trajectories and separations of core and components, as well as the quasar -- FR II unification hypothesis. 2 epochs of VSOP+VLBA+EF+NR observations (of 3 orbits each) are requested at 22 GHz, 5 GHz and 1.6 GHz, with polarization imaging at 5 GHz as a secondary objective, in connection with ground based mm-VLBI.

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