Evolving parsec-scale radio structure in the most distant blazar known

Tao An; Prashanth Mohan; Yingkang Zhang; Sándor Frey; Jun Yang; Krisztina É. Gabányi; Leonid I. Gurvits; Zsolt Paragi; Krisztina Perger; Zhenya Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14093-2

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Evolving parsec-scale radio structure in the most distant blazar known

Tao An,
Prashanth Mohan,
Yingkang Zhang,
Sándor Frey,
Jun Yang,
Krisztina É. Gabányi,
Leonid I. Gurvits,
Zsolt Paragi,
Krisztina Perger,
Zhenya Zheng

Affiliations

Tao An: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy
Prashanth Mohan: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy
Yingkang Zhang: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy
Sándor Frey: Konkoly Observatory, CSFK, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 15-17
Jun Yang: Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory
Krisztina É. Gabányi: Konkoly Observatory, CSFK, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 15-17
Leonid I. Gurvits: Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE), Postbus 2
Zsolt Paragi: Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE), Postbus 2
Krisztina Perger: Konkoly Observatory, CSFK, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 15-17
Zhenya Zheng: Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14093-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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High redshift blazars are efficient probes of supermassive black holes and their environment in the early Universe. Here the authors show measurements of polarised emission and proper motion in the blazar J0906+6930 (redshift of 5.47) characterised by a nascent jet embedded in and interacting with a dense medium.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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