VLBI Monitoring of the bright gamma-ray blazar PKS 0537-441
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 17:18authored byHungwe, F, Ojha, R, Kadler, M, Booth, R, Blanchard, JM, James LovellJames Lovell, Muller, C, Bock, M, TANAMI Team, The
One of the defining characteristics of BL Lacertae objects is their strong variability across the electromagnetic spectrum. PKS 0537−441 is one such object and is one of the most luminous blazars from radio to -ray wavelengths. It was detected as a strong and highly variable source by EGRET and has been reported several times to be in an active state by Fermi. It is one of the brightest -ray blazars detected in the southern sky so far. The TANAMI (Tracking Active Galactic Nuclei with Austral Milliarcsecond Interferometry) program is monitoring PKS 0537−441 at VLBI resolutions. We present 8.4GHz and 22GHz images of the milliarcsecond scale structure. We also present our ongoing analysis of the spectral and temporal changes in this object.
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Publication title
Proceedings of the Workshop "Fermi meets Jansky: AGN in Radio and Gamma-Rays"