The Highly Self-absorbed Blazar PKS 1351-018

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Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Punsly, Brian
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Frey, Sándor
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Reynolds, Cormac
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Pushkarev, Alexander
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Chen, Sina
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Li, Shang
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Kharb, Preeti
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Abstract
PKS 1351-018 at a redshift of z = 3.71 is one of the most luminous, steady synchrotron sources with a luminosity >1047 erg s-1. The synchrotron luminosity does not seem to have varied by more than ~25% over 35 yr. In order to appreciate this remarkable behavior, if it were at z = 0.5, it would have a flux density at 15 GHz in a range of 110-137 Jy over 11 yr. In spite of this steady behavior, two strong γ-ray flares ≲1049 erg s-1 were detected in 2011 and 2016. There is a blazar-like behavior coexisting with the steady behavior. This study is aimed at elucidating the dual nature of this source. We find that the radio source is extremely compact with a bright core and a steep spectrum secondary component, 12 mas away, that appears to be constant in position and flux density in six epochs from 1995-2018. We estimate that a jet with a time averaged power of (5.2 ± 3.2) × 1045 erg s-1 terminates in this lobe, which is advancing ≳0.9c at a deprojected distance of 1-3 kpc from the central engine. This is the rare case of a young (~6000 yr), very powerful radio source that is viewed a few degrees from the jet axis. We find evidence of a high velocity (4000 km s-1), high ionization wind emanating from a luminous quasar. The young radio jet appears to experience modest bending as it navigates through the intense quasar environment.
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919
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1
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40
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0004-637X
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2021ApJ...919...40P
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