J/A+A/616/A188ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/616/A188doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36160188CDSKim J.-Y.Krichbaum T.P.Lu R.-S.Ros E.Bach U.Bremer M.,de Vicente P.Lindqvist M.Zensus J.A.2018-11-27T08:05:26Z2018-09-12T10:41:32ZCDS support team

CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France

cds-question@unistra.frgalaxiesradio-galaxiesinterferometryMessier 87 (M87) is one of the nearest radio galaxies with a prominent jet extending from sub-pc to kpc scales. Because of its proximity and the large mass of its central black hole (BH), it is one of the best radio sources for the study of jet formation. We study the physical conditions near the jet base at projected separations from the BH of ~7-100 Schwarzschild radii (Rsch). Global mm-VLBI Array (GMVA) observations at 86GHz ({lambda}=3.5mm) provide an angular resolution of ~50{mu}arcsec, which corresponds to a spatial resolution of only 7Rsch and reach the small spatial scale. We use five GMVA data sets of M87 obtained from 2004 to 2015 and present new high angular resolution VLBI maps at 86GHz. In particular, we focus on the analysis of the brightness temperature, the jet ridge lines, and the ratio of jet to counter-jet. The imaging reveals a parabolically expanding limb-brightened jet which emanates from a resolved VLBI core of ~(8-13)Rsch in size. The observed brightness temperature of the core at any epoch is ~(1-3)x10^10^K, which is below the equipartition brightness temperature and suggests magnetic energy dominance at the jet base. We estimate the diameter of the jet at its base to be ~5Rsch assuming a self-similar jet structure. This suggests that the sheath of the jet may be anchored in the very inner portion of the accretion disk. The image stacking reveals faint emission at the center of the edge-brightened jet on sub-pc scales. We discuss its physical implication within the context of the spine-sheath structure of the jet.2018A&A...616A.188Khttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/616/A188CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicehttps://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/616/A188https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/616/A188http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/616/A188https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/616/A188https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/616/A188http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/616/A188GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/A+A/616/A188/list (List of fits images)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/616/A188/list?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/616/A188/list?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/616/A188/list?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true187.7059312.391120.005555555555555556Associated datahttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/assocdata/?obs_collection=J/A+A/616/A1886/27765https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/A+A/616/A188?format=asciiRadiodefaultJ/A+A/616/A188/listList of fits imagesrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintRAJ2000Right Ascension of center (J2000)degpos.eq.ra;meta.mainDEJ2000Declination of center (J2000)degpos.eq.dec;meta.mainNxNumber of pixels along X-axismeta.numberintNyNumber of pixels along Y-axismeta.numberintObs.dateObservation datetime.epoch;obsnullableFreqObserved frequencyGHzem.freqfloatsizeSize of FITS fileKibytephys.size;meta.fitsintFileNameName of FITS file, in subdirectory fitsmeta.id;meta.fitscharTitleTitle of the FITS filemeta.title;meta.fitscharAssocDataAssociated Data web pagemeta.bib.pagechar