The jet of the Low Luminosity AGN of M81. Evidence of Precession
Paper i proceeding, 2013

In this contribution, we summarize our main results of a big campaign of global VLBI observations of the AGN in M81 (M81*) phase-referenced to the radio supernova SN 1993J. Thanks to the precise multi-epoch and multi-frequency astrometry, we have determined the normalized core-shift of the relativistic jet of M81* and estimated both the magnetic field and the particle density at the jet base. We have also found evidence of jet precession in M81* coming from the systematic time evolution of the jet orientation correlated with changes in the overall flux density.

Författare

Antxon Alberdi

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucía (IAA)

Ivan Marti-Vidal

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Onsala rymdobservatorium

J. M. Marcaide

Universitat de Valencia

J. C. Guirado

Universitat de Valencia

Miguel Angel Perez-Torres

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucía (IAA)

Eduardo Ros

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Universitat de Valencia

Andreas Brunthaler

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

EPJ Web of Conferences

21016275 (ISSN) 2100014X (eISSN)

Vol. 61 08002

International Symposium on the Innermost Regions of Relativistic Jets and Their Magnetic Fields
Granada, Spain,

Ämneskategorier

Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

Infrastruktur

Onsala rymdobservatorium

DOI

10.1051/epjconf/20136108002

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