Name of the Speaker(s): Leppanen, Kari
Institution: Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe
Postbus 2
7990 AA Dwingeloo
Title of the communication: Shocks still going strong in quasar jets?
-first results from new high-resolution
radio-polarization images
Preliminary abstract:
Linear polarization images of seven
bright quasars obtained from a recent 22
GHz VLBA observation are presented. The
first results from an analysis of the
core-jet magnetic field structure will
be described and discussed in the context
of the predictions by relativistic shock
models. The question whether quasars jets
are intrinsically different from BL Lac
jets, as suggested by 5 GHz polarization
observations, may be addressed.