Results of high-resolution simultaneous multi-frequency 8.1-15.4 GHz VLBA polarimetric observations of relativistic jets in active galactic nuclei (the MOJAVE-2 project) are analyzed. We compare characteristics of VLBI features with jet model predictions and test if adiabatic expansion is a dominating mechanism for the evolution of relativistic shocks in parsec-scale AGN jets. We also discuss magnetic field configuration, both predicted by the model and deduced from electric vector position angle measurements.
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Pushkarev, A. B., Kovalev, Y. Y., & Lobanov, A. P. (2008). Adiabatic expansion and magnetic fields in AGN jets. In Proceedings of Science (Vol. 72). Sissa Medialab Srl. https://doi.org/10.22323/1.072.0103