Proposal code

w016

Proposal title

The B Field Structure of BL Lac Objects on Submas Scales

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. D. C. Gabuzda Astro Space Center, Russia
A. B. Pushkarev Astro Space Center, Russia
P. Yu. Kochenov Astro Space Center, Russia
T. V. Cawthorne University of Central Lancashire, U.K.

Proposal Abstract

Of the Active Galactic Nuclei that have been studied with polarization VLBI using ground arrays, BL Lacertae objects are among the most compact and highly polarized. We propose here to make 5 GHz HALCA polarization observations of 20 BL Lacertae objects for which ground-based observations at 5 and 8.4 GHz have revealed very compact components with polarized fluxes that should be sufficient to make polarization imaging using HALCA scientifically fruitful. These observations would give unique information about the origin of the core polarization and the formation and evolution of shocks in these sources.

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