Proposal code
w021
Proposal title
VSOP Imaging of Four EGRET Blazars
The |
Investigators and their |
Affiliations |
| P.I. |
B. Glenn Piner |
NASA/GSFC, USA |
| |
Kerry A. Kingham |
U.S. Naval Observatory, USA |
| |
Steven J. Tingay, Robert A. Preston |
JPL, USA |
Proposal Abstract
We propose to observe four EGRET blazars (0202+149, 1156+295, 1606+106, and 1611+343)
that have been studied using geodetic VLBI data
from the Washington VLBI Correlator's
database (Piner & Kingham 1997a, 1997b, 1998; Piner 1998).
VSOP observations will improve the measurements of component speeds in these sources.
When combined with the geodetic data, they will provide us with images
at four frequencies; allowing more accurate determination of
the synchrotron spectra of the components and physical
conditions in the jets. Any recently emerged components correlated with
previous EGRET flares will be detected and position angles of newly emerged components
will be accurately measured. Any moving components between the cores and the
stationary components in 0202+149 and 1606+106 will be detected;
this could help reveal the nature of stationary components in blazars.
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