Radio observations of active galactic nuclei with mm-VLBI

B Boccardi, TP Krichbaum, E Ros… - The Astronomy and …, 2017 - Springer
Over the past few decades, our knowledge of jets produced by active galactic nuclei (AGN)
has greatly progressed thanks to the development of very-long-baseline interferometry …

Kinematics of Parsec-scale Jets of Gamma-Ray Blazars at 43 GHz during 10 yr of the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR Program

ZR Weaver, SG Jorstad, AP Marscher… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the parsec-scale jet kinematics from 2007 June to 2018 December of a sample
of γ-ray bright blazars monitored roughly monthly with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) …

Kinematics of parsec-scale jets of gamma-ray blazars at 43 GHz within the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR program

SG Jorstad, AP Marscher, DA Morozova… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the parsec-scale jet kinematics from 2007 June to 2013 January of a sample of
γ-ray bright blazars monitored roughly monthly with the Very Long Baseline Array at 43 GHz …

The black hole explorer: Motivation and vision

MD Johnson, K Akiyama, R Baturin… - Space Telescopes …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We present the Black Hole Explorer (BHEX), a mission that will produce the sharpest images
in the history of astronomy by extending submillimeter Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry …

Event Horizon Telescope imaging of the archetypal blazar 3C 279 at an extreme 20 microarcsecond resolution

JY Kim, TP Krichbaum, AE Broderick… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
3C 279 is an archetypal blazar with a prominent radio jet that show broadband flux density
variability across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. We use an ultra-high angular …

Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields with RadioAstron. I. Imaging BL Lacertae at 21 μas resolution

JL Gómez, AP Lobanov, G Bruni… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first polarimetric space very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) imaging
observations at 22 GHz. BL Lacertae was observed in 2013 November 10 with the …

Relativistic jets from AGN viewed at highest angular resolution

K Hada - Galaxies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Accreting supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN) produce powerful
relativistic jets that shine from radio to GeV/TeV γ-rays. Over the past decade, AGN jets have …

Blazar spectral variability as explained by a twisted inhomogeneous jet

CM Raiteri, M Villata, JA Acosta-Pulido, I Agudo… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Blazars are active galactic nuclei, which are powerful sources of radiation whose central
engine is located in the core of the host galaxy. Blazar emission is dominated by non …

The VLBA-BU-BLAZAR multi-wavelength monitoring program

S Jorstad, A Marscher - Galaxies, 2016 - mdpi.com
We describe a multiwavelength program of monitoring of a sample of bright γ-ray blazars,
which the Boston University (BU) group has being carrying out since June 2007. The …

The complex variability of blazars: Time-scales and periodicity analysis in S4 0954+ 65

CM Raiteri, M Villata, VM Larionov… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Among active galactic nuclei, blazars show extreme variability properties. We here
investigate the case of the BL Lac object S4 0954+ 65 with data acquired in 2019–2020 by …