TY - JOUR
T1 - A relativistic jet in the radio-quiet quasar PG 1407+263
AU - Blundell, Katherine M.
AU - Beasley, Anthony J.
AU - Bicknell, Geoffrey V.
PY - 2003/7/10
Y1 - 2003/7/10
N2 - We present the results of a multiepoch radio monitoring campaign measuring the milliarcsecond structure of the jet in the radio-quiet quasar PG 1407+263. This is the highest sensitivity, highest resolution multiyear study of a distant active galaxy. The observations are naturally explained in terms of a beamed relativistic jet, some of whose fluctuations in flux density can be ascribed to interaction with the narrow-line region of the quasar. The optical properties of PG 1407+263, in particular the low equivalent widths of the emission lines, may be related to the fact that we are viewing this quasar almost pole-on, giving us a direct view into its broad-line region.
AB - We present the results of a multiepoch radio monitoring campaign measuring the milliarcsecond structure of the jet in the radio-quiet quasar PG 1407+263. This is the highest sensitivity, highest resolution multiyear study of a distant active galaxy. The observations are naturally explained in terms of a beamed relativistic jet, some of whose fluctuations in flux density can be ascribed to interaction with the narrow-line region of the quasar. The optical properties of PG 1407+263, in particular the low equivalent widths of the emission lines, may be related to the fact that we are viewing this quasar almost pole-on, giving us a direct view into its broad-line region.
KW - Galaxies: Jets
KW - Radio continuum: Galaxies
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U2 - 10.1086/377295
DO - 10.1086/377295
M3 - Article
SN - 0004-637X
VL - 591
SP - L103-L106
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
IS - 2 II
ER -