Author:
Brunthaler A.,Falcke H.,Bower G. C.,Aller M. F.,Aller H. D.,Teräsranta H.,Krichbaum T. P.
Abstract
AbstractIII Zw 2 shows dramatic radio outbursts roughly every five years. Here we present the light curves and VLBA observations of the latest flare with an excellent time sampling. We have detected superluminal motion with a lower limit for the apparent expansion speed of 1.25±0.09 c at 43 GHz. Spectral and spatial evolution are closely linked and the evolution of III Zw 2 in a turnover frequency vs. linear size diagram is similar to the correlation for GPS and CSS sources. Before and after this rapid expansion we observe a period of virtually no expansion. However, at 15 GHz III Zw 2 shows a constant slow expansion (∼0.6 c). The difference is qualitatively explained by optical depth effects in an ‘inflating-balloon model’, describing the evolution of radio lobes on an ultra-compact scale. The stop-and-go behaviour could be explained by a jet interacting with a molecular cloud or the molecular torus.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
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