Radio and Gamma Properties of the 2 cm Survey and MOJAVE Samples

Abstract

The 2 cm VLBA Survey observed since 1994 a set of ~170 Quasars, BL Lac objects, and radio galaxies, selected to be representative of the compact AGN radio population. This effort was continued as the MOJAVE project, where a statistically complete set of radio sources being monitored was defined. A comparison of the gamma-detection rates between the members of both samples shows that the MOJAVE-I sources, hosting generally faster jets, have a much higher detection rate than the sources not belonging to this sample. BL Lac objects are more favourably detected than QSOs in gamma-rays, in the same rate for both samples.

2009 Fermi Symposium, eConf Proceedings C091122; 3 pages, 3 figures, 1 table

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