Proposal code

v137

Proposal title

Creation mechanism of a relativistic jet in a Seyfert galaxy

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. Rikako Okayasu ISAS, Japan
H. Kobayashi, Y. Murata ISAS, Japan
P. Edwards, H. Hirabayashi ISAS, Japan
S. Ishizuki NRO, Japan
S. Horiuchi NAO, Japan
F. Makino ISAS, Japan
M. Tashiro, Y. Fukazawa Tokyo University, JAPAN
K. Fujisawa ISAS

Proposal Abstract

We propose simultaneous monitoring observations of a Seyfert 1 galaxy 3C120 with the VSOP and X-ray satellites. The purpose is to elucidate the physical processes from mass accretion onto the supermassive black hole to the creation of jets. The monitoring has to be done every month over several months. In monitoring, we shall spatially resolve the radio components from the close neighborhood of the accretion disk and those from the jet components. The X-ray emission from the accretion disk has been successfully detected by using the ASCA; this comes from the fact that 3C120 is a Seyfert 1 galaxy. During the monitoring period, we shall compare the spatial radio components form the VSOP and the X-ray spectral components from the ASCA in order to get clues for investigating the origins of the X-ray spectral components.

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