Proposal code

w320

Proposal title

Two-epoch VSOP Observations of PKS 0312-770

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. Zhi-Qiang Shen NAOJ, Japan
H. Hirabayashi, P. Edwards ISAS, Japan
M. Inoue, S. Kameno NAOJ, Japan
J.-S. Huang Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, USA
D. Jauncey, J. Reynolds ATNF, Australia

Proposal Abstract

We propose two-epoch contemporaneous VSOP observations of PKS 0312-770 at 1.6 and 5.0 GHz. PKS 0312-770 is one of two quasars in the first targets of the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The other one (PKS 0637-752) has been seen for the first time a powerful X-ray jet. The similarities between two make PKS 0312-770 an ideal source for comparing and contrasting with PKS 0637-752. The proposed VSOP observations will produce the first high resolution images ever made at radio wavelengths which, when combined with Chandra observations, have the potential to provide insight into the important energy conversion process and help us to understand how these jets are formed, collimated, maintained and (if any) transferred. Since there is a strong correlation between radio core emission and X-ray emission, VSOP measurements of radio beaming parameters (such as the Doppler boosting factor etc) will be an excellent indication of the presence of a relativistically beamed X-ray component in these quasars.

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