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© 2021 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society. We present the results of a multifrequency, multiscale radio polarimetric study with the Very Large Array (VLA) of the Seyfert 1 galaxy and BALQSO, Mrk 231. We detect complex total and polarized intensity features in the source. Overall, the images indicate the presence of a broad, one-sided, curved outflow towards the south which consists of a weakly collimated jet with poloidal inferred magnetic fields, inside a broader magnetized 'wind' or 'sheath' component with toroidal inferred magnetic fields. The model of a kpc-scale weakly collimated jet/lobe in Mrk 231 is strengthened by its C-shaped morphology, steep spectral index throughout, complexities in the magnetic field structures, and the presence of self-similar structures observed on the 10-parsec-scale in the literature. The 'wind' may comprise both nuclear starburst (close to the core) and active galactic nuclei winds, where the latter maybe the primary contributor. Moving away from the core, the 'wind' component may also comprise the outer layers (or 'sheath') of a broadened jet. The inferred value of the (weakly collimated) jet production efficiency, ηjet ∼0.01, is consistent with the estimates in the literature. The composite jet and wind outflow in Mrk 231 appears to be low-power and matter-dominated, and oriented at a small angle to our line of sight.
Author(s): Silpa S, Kharb P, O'Dea CP, Baum SA, Sebastian B, Mukherjee D, Harrison CM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2021
Volume: 507
Issue: 2
Pages: 2550-2561
Print publication date: 01/10/2021
Online publication date: 23/07/2021
Acceptance date: 14/07/2021
Date deposited: 14/08/2024
ISSN (print): 0035-8711
ISSN (electronic): 1365-2966
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2110
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2110
Data Access Statement: The data underlying this article will be shared on reasonable request to the corresponding author. The VLA data underlying this article can be obtained from the NRAO Science Data Archive (https://archive.nrao.edu/archive/advquery.jsp) using the proposal id: AB740.
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