The Inner Jet of the Quasar PKS 1510−089 as Revealed by Multi-waveband Monitoring
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Alan P. Marscher, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Francesca D. D’Arcangelo, Dipesh Bhattarai, Brian Taylor, Alice R. Olmstead, and Emily Manne-Nicholas Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 USA∗ Valeri M. Larionov, Vladimir A. Hagen-Thorn, Tatiana S. Konstantinova, Elena G. Larionova, Liudmila V. Larionova, Daria A. Melnichuk, Dmitry A. Blinov, Evgenia N. Kopatskaya, and Ivan S.Troitsky Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskij Pr. 28, Petrodvorets, 198504 St. Petersburg, Russia; and Isaac Newton Institute of Chile, St. Petersburg Branch, Russia Iván Agudo, José L. Gómez, and Mar Roca-Sogorb Instituto de Astrofı́sica de Andalucı́a, CSIC, Apartado 3004, 18080, Granada, Spain Paul S. Smith and Gary D. Schmidt Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0065 Omar Kurtanidze, Maria G. Nikolashvili, Givi N. Kimeridze, and Lorand A. Sigua Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, Abastumani, Georgia
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