J/A+A/649/A153ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/649/A153doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.36490153CDSCasadio C.MacDonald N.R.Boccardi B.Jorstad S.G.Marscher A.P.,Krichbaum T.P.Hodgson J.A.Kim J-Y.Traianou E.Weaver Z.R.,Gomez Garrido M.Gonzalez Garcia J.Kallunki J.Lindqvist M.,Sanchez S.Yang J.Zensus J.A.2021-09-17T08:41:00Z2021-06-01T07:15:51ZCDS support team

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

cds-question@unistra.frbl-lacertae-objectsControversial studies on the jet collimation profile of BL Lacertae (BL Lac), the eponymous blazar of the BL Lac objects class, complicate the scenario in this already puzzling class of objects. Understanding the jet geometry in connection with the jet kinematics and the physical conditions in the surrounding medium is fundamental for better constraining the formation, acceleration, and collimation mechanisms in extragalactic jets. With the aim of investigating the jet geometry in the innermost regions of the BL Lac jet, and resolving the controversy, we explore the radio jet in this source using high-resolution millimeter-wave VLBI data. We collect 86GHz GMVA and 43 GHz VLBA data to obtain stacked images that we use to infer the jet collimation profile by means of two comparable methods. We analyze the kinematics at 86GHz, and we discuss it in the context of the jet expansion. Finally, we consider a possible implication of the Bondi sphere in shaping the jet of BL Lac. The jet in BL Lac expands with an overall conical geometry. A higher expanding rate region is observed between ~5 and 10pc (de-projected) from the black hole. Such a region is associated with the decrease in brightness usually observed in high frequency VLBI images of BL Lac. The jet retrieves the original jet expansion around 17pc, where the presence of a recollimation shock is supported by both the jet profile and the 15GHz kinematics (MOJAVE survey). The change in the jet expansion profile occurring at ~5pc could be associated with a change in the external pressure at the location of the Bondi radius (~3.3x10^5^R_S_)/2021A&A...649A.153Chttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/649/A153CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic serviceIsServedByConesearch servicerelated-toJ/AZh/71/717 : Polarimetric Observations of BL Lac (Gagen-Torn+ 1994)J/A+A/369/758 : VRI photometry of BL Lac (1997-1999) (Fan+, 2001)J/A+A/385/55 : Long-Term Polarization of BL Lac (Hagen-Thorn+ 2002)J/MNRAS/373/209 : BATC eim photometry of BL Lac (Hu+, 2006)J/ApJ/787/151 : Fitted jet components in BL Lacertae (Cohen+, 2014)J/ApJ/816/53 : Multiwavelength obs. of BL Lac in 2012-2013 (Wehrle+, 2016)J/A+A/623/A175 : 2015 BL Lac VHE gamma-ray flare (MAGIC Collaboration, 2019)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/649/A153https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/649/A153http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+A/649/A153https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/649/A153https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/649/A153http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+A/649/A153GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapCone search capability for table J/A+A/649/A153/list (List of fits images)https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/649/A153/list?https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/649/A153/list?http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/A+A/649/A153/list?GETtext/xml+votable180.050000true330.6803842.277770.0055555555555555566/13927https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/moc/J/A+A/649/A153?format=asciidefaultJ/A+A/649/A153/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 datestime.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.fitschar