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The Recent Highly-Polarized Centimeter Burst in BL Lacertae

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

H. D. Aller
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
P. A. Hughes
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
M. F. Aller
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Abstract

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Observations with the University of Michigan 26-meter paraboloid at 4.8, 8.0, and 14.5 GHz have been used to test generic shock-based models of the emitting region of BL Lacertae. Large changes in the polarization position angle since 1980 are not consistent with a jet with a simple conical flow.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

References

Hughes, P.A., Aller, H.D., & Aller, M.F. 1989. ApJ, 341, 6879.CrossRefGoogle Scholar