GMVA 86GHz Stokes IQU images of 3C84 jet Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kim J.-Y.
  2. Krichbaum
  3. T.P.
  4. Marscher
  5. A.P.
  6. Jorstad S.G.
  7. Agudo I.,Thum C.
  8. Hodgson J.A.
  9. MacDonald N.R.
  10. Ros E.
  11. Lu R.-S.
  12. Bremer M.,de Vicente P.
  13. Lindqvist M.
  14. Trippe S.
  15. Zensus J.A.
  16. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We report results from a deep polarization imaging of the nearby radio galaxy 3C 84 (NGC 1275). The source was observed with the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA) at 86GHz at an ultrahigh angular resolution of 50{mu}as (corresponding to 200Rs). We also add complementary multiwavelength data from the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA; 15 & 43GHz) and from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA; 97.5, 233.0, and 343.5GHz). At 86GHz, we measured a fractional linear polarization of ~2% in the VLBI core region. The polarization morphology suggests that the emission is associated with an underlying limb-brightened jet. The fractional linear polarization is lower at 43 and 15GHz (~0.3-0.7% and <0.1%, respectively). This suggests an increasing linear polarization degree toward shorter wavelengths on VLBI scales. We also obtain a large rotation measure (RM) of ~10^5-6^rad/m^2^ in the core at >~43GHz. Moreover, the VLBA 43GHz observations show a variable RM in the VLBI core region during a small flare in 2015. Faraday depolarization and Faraday conversion in an inhomogeneous and mildly relativistic plasma could explain the observed linear polarization characteristics and the previously measured frequency dependence of the circular polarization. Our Faraday depolarization modeling suggests that the RM most likely originates from an external screen with a highly uniform RM distribution. To explain the large RM value, the uniform RM distribution, and the RM variability, we suggest that the Faraday rotation is caused by a boundary layer in a transversely stratified jet. Based on the RM and the synchrotron spectrum of the core, we provide an estimate for the magnetic field strength and the electron density of the jet plasma.

Keywords
  1. Galaxies
  2. Radio galaxies
  3. Interferometry
  4. Polarimetry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2019A&A...622A.196K
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2019-02-21T16:04:01Z
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