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The IDV Source BL Lac 0716+714, is it Fast or Slow?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

W.W. Tian
Affiliation:
Beijing Astronomical Observatory and Astrophysical Center of National Astronomical Observatories, Beijing 100012
T.P. Krichbaum
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121, Bonn
A. Witzel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121, Bonn
J.A. Zensus
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121, Bonn
A. Kraus
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121, Bonn
S. Britzen
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, D-53121, Bonn

Abstract

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We investigate the structural evolution of the IDV source BL Lac 0716+714 from 10 epochs of global VLBI and VLBA observations. Our study reveals two possible component identification schemes, in which the jet components move either slow or fast. Although the fast motion would fit better to the observed IDV, the quality of our data does not allow a final decision between the slow and the fast picture.

Type
The Inner Regions of Galaxies
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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