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Volume 551, March 2013
Article Number A32
Number of page(s) 30
Section Extragalactic astronomy
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219913
Published online 14 February 2013

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Appendix A:

Here we show results of modeling for the individual frequencies (5   GHz − 43   GHz) during our multifrequency campaign (May 2005 until April 2007). For each frequency we present contour plots of the source, including the position of the fitted circular Gaussian components and its structural evolution during our observations. Furthermore, we show the temporal evolution of the component parameters, e.g., position, flux density and size, and the results of a polynomial fit to the cross identified features are summarized in Tables A.1A.5. The component parameters for all frequencies and epochs can be found at the end of the Appendix in Tables A.6.

A.1. 5 GHz VLBI observations of CTA 102

Table A.1

Results of the kinematic analysis for the fitted components at 5   GHz.

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5   GHz uniformly weighted VLBA CLEAN image of CTA 102 observed on 8 June 2006 with fitted circular Gaussian components overlaid. The map peak flux density was 2.0   Jy/beam, where the convolving beam was 3.5 × 1.5   mas at PA  − 5.3. The lowest contour is plotted at 10 ×  the off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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Temporal evolution of the separation from the core for the 5   GHz components. The color scale corresponds to the flux density and the size of the circles to the relative size (FWHM) of the components. The solid black lines correspond to a linear fits of the component trajectory.

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5   GHz uniform weighted VLBA images of CTA 102 with fitted circular Gaussian components. For better comparison all maps are convolved with a common beam of 3.5 × 1.6   mas at PA  − 7.4 and the epoch of the observations is indicated above each contour map. The lowest contour levels is plotted 10 ×  of the maximum off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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A.2. 8 GHz VLBI observations of CTA 102

Table A.2

Results of the kinematic analysis for the fitted components at 8   GHz.

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8   GHz uniformly weighted VLBA CLEAN image of CTA 102 observed on 8 June 2006 with fitted circular Gaussian components overlaid. The map peak flux density was 2.8   Jy/beam, where the convolving beam was 2.1 × 0.9   mas at PA  − 0.9. The lowest contour is plotted at 10 ×  the off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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Temporal evolution of the separation from the core for the 8   GHz modeled features. The color scale corresponds to the flux density and the size of the circles to the relative size (FWHM) of the components. The solid black lines correspond to a linear fit of the component trajectory.

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8   GHz uniform weighted VLBA images of CTA 102 with fitted circular Gaussian components. For better comparison all maps are convolved with a common beam of 2.1 × 1.1   mas at PA  − 2.6 and the epoch of the observations is indicated above each contour map. The lowest contour levels is plotted 10 ×  of the maximum off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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15   GHz uniformly weighted VLBA CLEAN image of CTA 102 observed on 8 June 2006 with fitted circular Gaussian components overlaid. The map peak flux density was 4.13   Jy/beam, where the convolving beam was 1.3 × 0.5   mas at PA  − 6.2. The lowest contour is plotted at 10 ×  the off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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A.3. 15 GHz VLBI observations of CTA 102

Table A.3

Results of the kinematic analysis for the fitted components at 15   GHz.

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Temporal evolution of the separation from the core for the 15   GHz components from Lister et al. (2009a) and combined with our 15   GHz data. The color scale corresponds to the flux density and the size of the circles to the relative size (FWHM) of the components. The solid black lines correspond to a polynomial fit of the component trajectory.

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15   GHz uniform weighted VLBA images of CTA 102 with fitted circular Gaussian components. For better comparison all maps are convolved with a common beam of 1.2 × 0.6   mas at PA  − 9.9 and the epoch of the observations is indicated above each contour map. The lowest contour levels is plotted 10 ×  of the maximum off-source rms and increases in steps of 2. Notice that the outermost component (A1) for each epoch is plotted as almost overlapping with the jet of the earlier epoch (to its left) in this representation.

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A.4. 22 GHz VLBI observations of CTA 102

Table A.4

Results of the kinematic analysis for the fitted components at 22   GHz.

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22   GHz uniformly weighted VLBA CLEAN image of CTA 102 with fitted circular Gaussian components observed 8th of June 2006 overlaid. The map peak flux density was 3.8   Jy/beam, where the convolving beam was 0.76 × 0.33   mas at PA  − 6.2. he lowest contour is plotted at 10 ×  the off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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Temporal evolution of the separation from the core for the 22   GHz components. The color scale corresponds to the flux density and the size of the circles to the relative size (FWHM) of the components. The solid black lines correspond to a linear fit of the component trajectory.

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22   GHz uniform weighted VLBA images of CTA 102 with fitted circular Gaussian components. For better comparison all maps are convolved with a common beam of 0.8 × 0.4   mas at PA  − 7.6 and the epoch of the observations is indicated above each contour map. The lowest contour levels is plotted 10 ×  of the maximum off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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A.5. 43 GHz VLBI observations of CTA 102

Table A.5

Results of the kinematic analysis for the fitted components at 43   GHz.

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43   GHz uniformly weighted VLBA image of CTA 102 with fitted circular Gaussian components observed 8th of June 2006. The map peak flux density was 3.61   Jy/beam, where the convolving beam was 0.39 × 0.19   mas at PA  − 5.0. The lowest contour is plotted at 5 ×  the off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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Temporal evolution of the separation from the core for the 43   GHz components. The color scale corresponds to the flux density and the size of the circles to the relative size (FWHM) of the components. The solid black lines correspond to a polynomial fit of the component trajectory.

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43   GHz uniform weighted VLBA images of CTA 102 with fitted circular Gaussian components. For better comparison all maps are convolved with a common beam of 0.5 × 0.2   mas at PA  − 11.9 and the epoch of the observations is indicated above each contour map. The lowest contour levels is plotted 10 ×  of the maximum off-source rms and increases in steps of 2.

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Table A.6

Fitted components for multifrequency VLBI observations.


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