VizieR Online Data Catalog: MOJAVE VII. Blazar jet acceleration (Homan+, 2009)

Here, we report the results of the first large-scale study of accelerations in the apparent motions of blazar jets. We examine accelerations both parallel and perpendicular to the apparent component velocities, representing changes in apparent speed and direction, respectively, and we analyze these acceleration measurements for 203 of the best-determined jet component motions from the MOJAVE program (Lister & Homan 2005, Cat. J/AJ/130/1389; Lister et al. 2009, Cat. J/AJ/137/3718). This work is an extension of our kinematical analysis of the MOJAVE I sample (Lister et al. 2009, Cat. J/AJ/138/1874).

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