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Linking the central engine to the jet properties in radio loud AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2015

A. Olguín-Iglesias ,
J. León-Tavares ,
V. Chavushyan ,
E. Valtaoja ,
C. Añorve ,
K. Nilsson ,
J. Kotilainen  and
M. Tornikoski
A. Olguín-Iglesias
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, México
J. León-Tavares
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, México
V. Chavushyan
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Puebla, México
E. Valtaoja
Affiliation:
Tuorla Observatory and Department of Physics, University of Turku, Finland
C. Añorve
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México
K. Nilsson
Affiliation:
Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, University of Turku, Finland
J. Kotilainen
Affiliation:
Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, University of Turku, Finland
M. Tornikoski
Affiliation:
Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Finland
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Abstract

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We explore the connection between the black hole mass and its relativistic jet for a sample of radio-loud AGN (z < 1), in which the relativistic jet parameters are well estimated by means of long term monitoring with the 14m Metsähovi millimeter wave telescope and the Very Long Base-line Array (VLBA). NIR host galaxy images taken with the NOTCam on the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) and retrieved from the 2MASS all-sky survey allowed us to perform a detailed surface brightness decomposition of the host galaxies in our sample and to estimate reliable black hole masses via their bulge luminosities. We present early results on the correlations between black hole mass and the relativistic jet parameters. Our preliminary results suggest that the more massive the black hole is, the faster and the more luminous jet it produces.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: jet
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S313: Extragalactic jets from every angle , September 2014 , pp. 329 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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