Radio follow-up of the γ-ray flaring gravitational lens JVAS B0218+357
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2016-04-01
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en
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9
2263-2271
2263-2271
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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, Volume 457, issue 2
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We present results on multifrequency Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) monitoring observations of the double-image gravitationally lensed blazar JVAS B0218+357. Multi-epoch observations started less than one month after the γ -ray flare detected in 2012 by the Large Area Telescope on board Fermi, and spanned a 2-month interval. The radio light curves did not reveal any significant flux density variability, suggesting that no clear correlation between the high-energy and low-energy emission is present. This behaviour was confirmed also by the long-term Owens Valley Radio Observatory monitoring data at 15 GHz. The milliarcsecondscale resolution provided by the VLBA observations allowed us to resolve the two images of the lensed blazar, which have a core-jet structure. No significant morphological variation is found by the analysis of the multi-epoch data, suggesting that the region responsible for the γ -ray variability is located in the core of the active galactic nuclei, which is opaque up to the highest observing frequency of 22 GHz.Description
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Gravitational lensing: strong, Quasars: individual: JVAS B0218+357
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Spingola, C, Dallacasa, D, Orienti, M, Giroletti, M, McKean, J P, Cheung, C C, Hovatta, T, Ciprini, S, D'Ammando, F, Falco, E, Larsson, S, Max-Moerbeck, W, Ojha, R, Readhead, A C S, Richards, J L & Scargle, J 2016, ' Radio follow-up of the γ-ray flaring gravitational lens JVAS B0218+357 ', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 457, no. 2, pp. 2263-2271 . https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw136