Parsec-Scale Structure and Kinematics of Faint TeV HBLs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- 11 have jet kinematics published previously by us. (Some of these are also in MOJAVE.)
- 7 have, or soon will have, speeds determined by the MOJAVE program [5].
- 20 are included in the current phase of our program, with first epoch VLBA results for all 20 published [15]. We present here the kinematic results for the first portion of these sources.
- 4 are too far south to be studied with the VLBA, with several of these are part of the TANAMI monitoring program [6].
- 4 are recent detections which are yet to be monitored with VLBI.
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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TeV Source Name | Redshift | NVSS Counterpart | NVSS Flux Density (mJy) | Number of Epochs | References |
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SHBL J001355.9 − 185406 | 0.094 | NVSS J001356 − 185406 | 29.2 | 4 | [15] |
KUV 00311 − 1938 | 0.506 * | NVSS J003334 − 192133 | 18.5 | 4 | [15] |
1ES 0033 + 595 | 0.240 * | NVSS J003552 + 595005 | 147.3 | 5 | [15] |
RGB J0136 + 391 | 0.400 * | NVSS J013632 + 390559 | 60.0 | 4 | [15] |
RGB J0152 + 017 | 0.080 | NVSS J015239 + 014717 | 61.4 | 5 | [15] |
1ES 0229 + 200 | 0.140 | NVSS J023248 + 201716 | 82.4 | 5 | [15,18] |
PKS 0301 − 243 | 0.266 | NVSS J030326 − 240710 | 700.2 | 2 | - |
IC 310 | 0.019 | NVSS J031642 + 411928 | 168.1 | 2 | - |
RBS 0413 | 0.190 | NVSS J031951 + 184536 | 20.9 | 5 | [15,18] |
1ES 0347 − 121 | 0.188 | NVSS J034922 − 115914 | 23.9 | 5 | [15,18] |
1ES 0414 + 009 | 0.287 | NVSS J041652 + 010526 | 119.6 | 5 | [15,18] |
1ES 0502 + 675 | 0.314 | NVSS J050755 + 673724 | 25.4 | 5 | [15,18] |
PKS 0548 − 322 | 0.069 | NVSS J055040 − 321620 | 343.7 | 5 | [15,18] |
RX J0648.7 + 1516 | 0.179 | NVSS J064847 + 151625 | 64.2 | 4 | [15] |
1ES 0647 + 250 | 0.450 | NVSS J065046 + 250259 | 96.2 | 5 | [15] |
RGB J0710 + 591 | 0.125 | NVSS J071030 + 590817 | 158.4 | 5 | [15,18] |
1ES 0806 + 524 | 0.138 | NVSS J080949 + 521858 | 182.4 | 3 | [18] |
RBS 0723 | 0.198 | NVSS J084712 + 113350 | 32.8 | 1 | - |
1RXS J101015.9 − 311909 | 0.143 | NVSS J101015 − 311906 | 73.5 | 4 | [15] |
1ES 1011 + 496 | 0.212 | NVSS J101504 + 492601 | 377.7 | 3 | [18] |
1ES 1101−232 | 0.186 | NVSS J110337 − 232924 | 120.3 | 5 | [14] |
Markarian 421 | 0.031 | NVSS J110427 + 381232 | 767.4 | 17 | [7,11,19] |
Markarian 180 | 0.045 | NVSS J113626 + 700925 | 327.1 | 7 | [14] |
RX J1136.5 + 6737 | 0.134 | NVSS J113629 + 673706 | 45.3 | 1 | - |
1ES 1215 + 303 | 0.130 | NVSS J121752 + 300700 | 571.6 | 2 | - |
1ES 1218 + 304 | 0.184 | NVSS J122121 + 301036 | 71.0 | 5 | [14] |
MS 1221.8 + 2452 | 0.218 | NVSS J122424 + 243623 | 24.5 | 4 | [15] |
H 1426 + 428 | 0.129 | NVSS J142832 + 424022 | 58.0 | 5 | [12,19] |
1ES 1440 + 122 | 0.163 | NVSS J144248 + 120040 | 68.8 | 4 | [15] |
PG 1553 + 113 | 0.500 * | NVSS J155543 + 111124 | 312.0 | 7 | [14] |
Markarian 501 | 0.034 | NVSS J165352 + 394536 | 1558.0 | 9 | [8,13,19] |
H 1722 + 119 | 0.170 * | NVSS J172504 + 115215 | 120.4 | 4 | [15] |
1ES 1727 + 502 | 0.055 | NVSS J172818 + 501311 | 200.7 | 2 | - |
1ES 1741 + 196 | 0.083 | NVSS J174357 + 193508 | 301.2 | 4 | [15] |
1ES 1959 + 650 | 0.047 | NVSS J195959 + 650854 | 249.6 | 13 | [10,11,19] |
PKS 2155 − 304 | 0.116 | NVSS J215852 − 301330 | 489.3 | 7 | [10,11,19] |
B3 2247 + 381 | 0.119 | NVSS J225005 + 382437 | 103.4 | 4 | [15] |
1ES 2344 + 514 | 0.044 | NVSS J234705 + 514217 | 250.4 | 8 | [10,19] |
H 2356 − 309 | 0.165 | NVSS J235907 − 303740 | 62.1 | 5 | [14] |
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Piner, B.G.; Edwards, P.G. Parsec-Scale Structure and Kinematics of Faint TeV HBLs. Galaxies 2016, 4, 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040044
Piner BG, Edwards PG. Parsec-Scale Structure and Kinematics of Faint TeV HBLs. Galaxies. 2016; 4(4):44. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040044
Chicago/Turabian StylePiner, B. Glenn, and Philip G. Edwards. 2016. "Parsec-Scale Structure and Kinematics of Faint TeV HBLs" Galaxies 4, no. 4: 44. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040044