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Radio Polarization: A Powerful Resource for Understanding the Blazar Divide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2023

Janhavi Baghel Open the ORCID record for Janhavi Baghel [Opens in a new window] ,
P. Kharb ,
S. Silpa ,
Luis C. Ho  and
C. M. Harrison Open the ORCID record for C. M. Harrison [Opens in a new window]
Janhavi Baghel
Affiliation:
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), S. P. Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India
P. Kharb
Affiliation:
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), S. P. Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India
S. Silpa
Affiliation:
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), S. P. Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, India
Luis C. Ho
Affiliation:
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Department of Astronomy, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
C. M. Harrison
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
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Abstract

With high-sensitivity kiloparsec-scale radio polarimetry, we can examine the jet-medium interactions and get a better understanding of the blazar divide in radio-loud (RL) AGN. We are analyzing the radio polarimetric observations with the EVLA and GMRT of 24 quasars and BL Lacs belonging to the Palomar-Green (PG) sample. The RL quasars show extensive polarisation structures in their cores, jets, lobes, and hotspots, whereas preliminary results suggest that BL Lacs exhibit polarisation primarily in their cores and inner jet regions. These findings imply that both intrinsic (central engine-related) and extrinsic (environment-related) variables are important in the formation of the blazar subclasses. The Fanaroff-Riley (FR) dichotomy can also be studied assuming RL unification and looking through the lens of blazars. Due to the radio-unbiased nature of the optically/UV-selected PG sample, we find a large fraction of the PG quasars are restarted, distorted (S- or X-shaped), or have a hybrid FR morphology.

Keywords

galaxies: active(galaxies:) quasars: general(galaxies:) BL Lacertae objects: generalgalaxies: jetstechniques: interferometrictechniques: polarimetric
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 17 , Symposium S375: The Multimessenger Chakra of Blazar Jets , December 2021 , pp. 56 - 60
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