2009A&A...494..527H

Query : 2009A&A...494..527H

2009A&A...494..527H - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 494, 527-537 (2009/2-1)

Doppler factors, Lorentz factors and viewing angles for quasars, BL Lacertae objects and radio galaxies.

HOVATTA T., VALTAOJA E., TORNIKOSKI M. and LAEHTEENMAEKI A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have calculated variability Doppler boosting factors, Lorentz factors, and viewing angles for a large sample of sources by using total flux density observations at 22 and 37GHz and VLBI data. We decomposed the flux curves into exponential flares and determined the variability brightness temperatures of the fastest flares. By assuming the same intrinsic brightness temperature for each source, we calculated the Doppler boosting factors for 87 sources. In addition we used new apparent jet speed data to calculate the Lorentz factors and viewing angles for 67 sources. We find that all quasars in our sample are Doppler-boosted and that the Doppler boosting factors of BL Lacertae objects are lower than of quasars. The new Lorentz factors are about twice as high as in earlier studies, which is mainly due to higher apparent speeds in our analyses. The jets of BL Lacertae objects are slower than of quasars. There are some extreme sources with very high derived Lorentz factors of the order of a hundred. These high Lorentz factors could be real. It is also possible that the sources exhibit such rapid flares that the fast variations have remained undetected in monitoring programmes, or else the sources have a complicated jet structure that is not amenable to our simple analysis. Almost all the sources are seen in a small viewing angle of less than 20 degrees. Our results follow the predictions of basic unification schemes for AGN.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: jets - radio continuum: galaxies - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - galaxies: quasars: general

Errata: erratum vol. 498, p. 723 (2009)

Simbad objects: 87

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Number of rows : 87
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024 		#notes
1 QSO B0003-066 BLL 00 06 13.89288482 -06 23 35.3353584   19.1 18.50 17.14   ~ 328 1
2 Mrk 1501 Sy1 00 10 31.00590413 +10 58 29.5042981   15.96 15.40 12.22   ~ 717 0
3 QSO B0016+73 QSO 00 19 45.78637230 +73 27 30.0176020     19.00 18.26   ~ 296 1
4 QSO B0048-09 BLL 00 50 41.3172421464 -09 29 05.210474100 16.74 16.39 16.22 16.14   ~ 459 2
5 ICRF J005952.2+581223 QSO 00 59 52.20898133 +58 12 23.6830454           ~ 22 1
6 4C 01.02 Bla 01 08 38.77110544 +01 35 00.3171844   18.54 18.39 19.05   ~ 543 1
7 6C 013354+473615 Bla 01 36 58.59480326 +47 51 29.1000720     19.50 19.25 15.21 ~ 501 1
8 QSO B0149+218 QSO 01 52 18.05904204 +22 07 07.6997943     18 18.89   ~ 175 1
9 4C 15.05 Bla 02 04 50.41389294 +15 14 11.0436097   21.9 21.00 21.00   ~ 412 1
10 6C 021252+733537 BLL 02 17 30.81335327 +73 49 32.6217355     19.00 18.97   ~ 455 1
11 3C 66A BLL 02 22 39.6114771888 +43 02 07.799534304   15.71 15.21 14.5   ~ 887 1
12 4C 67.05 QSO 02 28 50.05148365 +67 21 03.0293322   19.5 19.50 18.1   ~ 249 1
13 4C 28.07 QSO 02 37 52.40567519 +28 48 08.9899986     19.30 16.99   ~ 613 1
14 QSO B0235+1624 BLL 02 38 38.93010450 +16 36 59.2745528   16.46 15.50 15.92   ~ 1544 2
15 QSO B0306+101 QSO 03 09 03.62349423 +10 29 16.3409179   18.45   19.91   ~ 193 1
16 3C 84 Sy2 03 19 48.1599902040 +41 30 42.108850836   13.10 12.48 11.09   ~ 4007 3
17 6C 033321+320838 Bla 03 36 30.10760267 +32 18 29.3422162     17.50 16.6   ~ 654 1
18 QSO B0336-0156 QSO 03 39 30.93778633 -01 46 35.8041892   18.96 18.41 17.33   ~ 557 1
19 6C 035545+504923 Bla 03 59 29.74727351 +50 57 50.1618607           ~ 446 1
20 3C 111 Sy1 04 18 21.2772425736 +38 01 35.801359968   19.75 18.05     ~ 950 1
21 QSO B0420-0127 QSO 04 23 15.80072217 -01 20 33.0656073   17.50 17.00 16.28   ~ 1207 3
22 Mrk 1506 Sy1 04 33 11.0956735296 +05 21 15.619461552   15.72 15.05 10.08   ~ 2000 2
23 QSO B0440-003 Bla 04 42 38.66072366 -00 17 43.4209582   19.59 19.22 17.85   ~ 399 1
24 4C -02.19 QSO 05 01 12.80988538 -01 59 14.2564557   19.1 18.06 19.04   ~ 585 1
25 QSO J0530+13 Bla 05 30 56.41674741 +13 31 55.1494688     20.00 19.35   ~ 959 1
26 7C 055201.39+394824.00 Bla 05 55 30.80561419 +39 48 49.1649683     18.30 17.5   ~ 505 2
27 QSO B0605-0834 BLL 06 07 59.69924014 -08 34 49.9783246     17.60 17.70   ~ 460 1
28 7C 064253.00+445430.00 QSO 06 46 32.02599653 +44 51 16.5901185   19.57 18.49 18.64   ~ 348 1
29 8C 0716+714 BLL 07 21 53.4482942664 +71 20 36.363846516   15.5 15.50 14.27   ~ 1300 1
30 QSO J0738+1742 BLL 07 38 07.39375312 +17 42 18.9981506   16.76 16.22 15.78   ~ 992 1
31 QSO B0736+01 QSO 07 39 18.03389906 +01 37 04.6177501   16.90 16.47 16.19   ~ 687 1
32 QSO B0754+10 BLL 07 57 06.64295154 +09 56 34.8522544   15.43 15.00 15.99   ~ 439 1
33 7C 080458.39+495918.00 QSO 08 08 39.66628970 +49 50 36.5304041   19.55 19.18 18.34   ~ 362 2
34 7C 081451.89+423206.00 BLL 08 18 15.99961476 +42 22 45.4148987   18.88 18.18 17.81   ~ 400 1
35 ICRF J083052.0+241059 Sy1 08 30 52.08619250 +24 10 59.8202919   17.62 17.26 16.30   ~ 529 1
36 4C 71.07 Bla 08 41 24.36528508 +70 53 42.1730435     17.30 16.8   ~ 777 1
37 [VV98] J085009.6-121334 QSO 08 50 09.63563375 -12 13 35.3761390     16.80 16.02   ~ 139 0
38 QSO J0854+2006 BLL 08 54 48.8749846272 +20 06 30.639583620   15.91 15.43 15.56   ~ 2328 1
39 ICRF J092703.0+390220 Sy1 09 27 03.01394144 +39 02 20.8518067   17.17 17.00 16.486   ~ 1001 1
40 4C 40.24 QSO 09 48 55.33815103 +40 39 44.5869471   18.31 18.02 17.85   ~ 351 1
41 ICRF J095649.8+251516 Sy1 09 56 49.87537985 +25 15 16.0498155   17.46 17.21 17.96   ~ 331 1
42 6C 095456+654857 BLL 09 58 47.2451872176 +65 33 54.819354600     17.0 15.75   ~ 711 1
43 ICRF J105829.6+013358 Sy1 10 58 29.60520810 +01 33 58.8237454   18.74 18.28 16.68   ~ 775 2
44 Ton 599 Sy1 11 59 31.83391383 +29 14 43.8268224   14.80 14.41 17.652 13.39 ~ 925 1
45 7C 1219+2830 BLL 12 21 31.6904439888 +28 13 58.500308172   16.81 16.11 14.24   ~ 873 1
46 ICRF J122454.4+212246 Sy1 12 24 54.4583146056 +21 22 46.385507388   17.56 17.50 18.2   ~ 703 2
47 3C 273 BLL 12 29 06.6998257176 +02 03 08.597629980   13.05 14.830 14.11   ~ 5798 1
48 3C 279 Bla 12 56 11.16657958 -05 47 21.5251510   18.01 17.75 15.87   ~ 3042 2
49 US 371 BLL 13 10 28.66385420 +32 20 43.7828340   15.61 15.24 17.91   ~ 852 1
50 QSO B1324+224 QSO 13 27 00.86131319 +22 10 50.1628385     18.90 18.80   ~ 170 1
51 ICRF J141558.8+132023 Sy2 14 15 58.81751033 +13 20 23.7128587   21.055 20.000 18.461   ~ 437 1
52 ICRF J141946.5+542314 Sy2 14 19 46.5974051952 +54 23 14.787857796   16.17 15.65 14.16   ~ 595 1
53 QSO B1502+1041 Bla 15 04 24.97978391 +10 29 39.1985309   18.97 18.56 18.94   ~ 574 1
54 QSO J1512-0906 Bla 15 12 50.53293048 -09 05 59.8297908   16.74 16.54     ~ 1316 1
55 ICRF J154049.4+144745 Sy1 15 40 49.49151924 +14 47 45.8846989   17.72 17.30 17.240   ~ 421 1
56 4C 10.45 QSO 16 08 46.20318700 +10 29 07.7757424   18.5 18.70 18.03   ~ 383 1
57 6C 161147+342017 QSO 16 13 41.06424322 +34 12 47.9088535   17.98 17.46 17.07   ~ 642 1
58 4C 38.41 QSO 16 35 15.49297809 +38 08 04.5005995   18.14 17.97 17.25   ~ 857 1
59 ICRF J163813.4+572023 Sy1 16 38 13.45629995 +57 20 23.9789828     16.90 16.94   ~ 359 1
60 NAME Her B Sy1 16 42 58.80997043 +39 48 36.9939552   16.81 16.59 16.84   ~ 1724 2
61 ICRF J172824.9+042704 Sy1 17 28 24.95272284 +04 27 04.9138307   17.43 16.99 16.24   ~ 224 1
62 QSO B1730-130 QSO 17 33 02.70578907 -13 04 49.5482119   18 19.50 18.78 17.39 ~ 1138 1
63 4C 51.37 Bla 17 40 36.97784792 +52 11 43.4073694   18.16 18.70 16.73   ~ 413 1
64 QSO B1741-038 QSO 17 43 58.85613537 -03 50 04.6167326     20.40 17.98   ~ 548 1
65 4C 09.57 BLL 17 51 32.81857326 +09 39 00.7284066   17.46 16.78 15.57   ~ 944 1
66 8C 1803+784 BLL 18 00 45.6838528560 +78 28 04.018028016   16.4 15.90 15.46   ~ 740 1
67 3C 371 BLL 18 06 50.6802916920 +69 49 28.109609256   14.77 14.22 11.39   ~ 856 2
68 4C 56.27 BLL 18 24 07.06837171 +56 51 01.4908155   18.9 19.30 16.48   ~ 482 1
69 ICRF J182931.7+484446 Sy1 18 29 31.7809732968 +48 44 46.160168892   17.05 16.81 16.860   ~ 688 1
70 4C 73.18 BLL 19 27 48.4947009120 +73 58 01.572558816     16.06 15.11   ~ 534 2
71 QSO B1954+513 QSO 19 55 42.73825546 +51 31 48.5461173     18.5 17.34   ~ 237 1
72 8C 2007+777 BLL 20 05 30.9987913056 +77 52 43.248139536     16.5 17.36   ~ 446 1
73 QSO B2005+40 QSO 20 07 44.9449261536 +40 29 48.603352020   18.5 19.00 20.3   ~ 301 1
74 ICRF J202206.6+613658 Sy2 20 22 06.68174620 +61 36 58.8047323     19.00 17.58   ~ 321 1
75 [VV96] J202456.5+171814 QSO 20 24 56.5636552128 +17 18 13.196337192   17.5 19.5 17.51   ~ 50 1
76 QSO J2123+0535 QSO 21 23 44.51739933 +05 35 22.0930238   18.3 20.40 19.86   ~ 294 1
77 QSO B2134+0028 QSO 21 36 38.58632232 +00 41 54.2128562   17.30 17.08 17.02   ~ 562 2
78 QSO B2136+1410 QSO 21 39 01.30926630 +14 23 35.9921774     18.90 18.22   ~ 248 1
79 4C 06.69 Bla 21 48 05.45866779 +06 57 38.6041877   16.85 16.47 15.06   ~ 676 1
80 NAME BL Lac BLL 22 02 43.2913536816 +42 16 39.979416792   15.66 14.72     ~ 2258 1
81 4C 31.63 BLL 22 03 14.9756830008 +31 45 38.269473228   15.85 15.58 14.33   ~ 495 1
82 3C 446 BLL 22 25 47.25929101 -04 57 01.3907626   18.83 18.39 16.3   ~ 830 1
83 QSO B2227-0848 Bla 22 29 40.08433313 -08 32 54.4355294   17.80 17.41 17.81   ~ 360 1
84 4C 11.69 Bla 22 32 36.40890093 +11 43 50.9040592   17.75 17.33     ~ 1119 2
85 QSO B2232+282 BLL 22 36 22.47084387 +28 28 57.4132050   19.1 19.0 17.60   ~ 270 1
86 3C 454.3 Bla 22 53 57.7480438728 +16 08 53.561508864   16.57 16.10 15.22   ~ 2847 2
87 QSO B2254+0727 BLL 22 57 17.30311778 +07 43 12.3025633   17.07 16.36     ~ 303 1

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