Proposal code

w061

Proposal title

Do pc-scale AGN Jets Consist of a Pair Plasma?

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. Kouichi Hirotani NAO, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Kiyoaki Wajima Ibaraki Univ., Ibaraki, Japan
S. Sato, S. Iguchi NAO, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
M. Kimura, M. Imai NAO, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Y. Asaki, K. Fujisawa NAO, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
S. Horiuchi, S. Kameno NAO, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
H. Hirabayashi ISAS, Kanagawa, Japan

Proposal Abstract

{\large We propose to investigate the matter content of AGN jets in pc-scales. To distinguish whether a jet component is dominated by a normal plasma or by an electron-positron plasma, we must obtain a severe upper limit of the angular diameter of the component together with its surface brightness, and combine the results with kinematices of the jet and the theory of synchrotron self-absorbed radio component. It is VSOP that gives the highest resolution and hence the severest upper limit of the angular diameter of the jet components of which spectra peak at 1.6 or 5 GHz. }

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