Proposal code

w028

Proposal title

The Pearson-Readhead Survey from Space

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. R.A. Preston JPL, USA
T.J. Pearson, A.C.S. Readhead Caltech, USA
D.W. Murphy, D.L. Meier, D.L. Jones, S.J. Tingay JPL, USA
H. Hirabayashi, H. Kobayashi ISAS, Japan
M. Inoue NRO, Japan

Proposal Abstract

We propose to use VSOP to continue an imaging survey of the intensely- studied Pearson-Readhead sample. During the first VSOP AO period we are scheduled to obtain first-epoch 5-GHz images of 31 sources from this well-studied sample (to date 7 sources have been imaged). During the second AO period we propose to obtain second epoch 5 GHz images of these sources, as well as single-epoch 1.6 GHz images. Combined with the wealth of supporting data for this sample, this complete data set will allow us to deduce the general properties of the sub-parsec nuclear environment and jet dynamics of these objects (e. g., brightness temperature, variability, position angle, proper motion, and general morphology). This survey of a moderate-size statistical sample of sources with high-quality images represents a unique product of the VSOP mission, and is key to interpretion of the VSOP mission Survey.

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