TANAMI - Tracking Active Galactic Nuclei with Austral Milliarcsecond Interferometry

• Antragsteller: Professor Dr. Jörn Wilms
• Fachliche Zuordnung: Astrophysik und Astronomie
• Förderung: Förderung von 2011 bis 2016
• Projektkennung: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 200436682

Very Long Baseline Interferometric observations of extragalactic jets allow us to study the dynamical evolution of these relativistic outflows from supermassive black holes. We ask for funding of a TV-L E13/2 position in order to analyze the large sample of 75 southern sky Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) observed within the TANAMI-project, the largest VLBI monitoring project of southern AGN. The aim of the project is a) to monitor the variable milliarcsecond-scale structure of AGN jets, b) to determine the broadband spectral energy distribution of these objects, using contemporaneous flux measurements in the radio, the X-rays, and the γ-rays (using NASA’s Swift- and Fermi-satellites), and c) to test the connection between AGN γ-ray flaring and radio jet production.

• DFG-Verfahren: Sachbeihilfen
• Beteiligte Person: Professor Dr. Matthias Kadler