Rani, BinduJorstad, Svetlana G.Marscher, Alan P.2019-02-132019-02-132017-12-12Bindu Rani, S Jorstad, AP Marscher. 2017. "High-resolution polarization imaging of the Fermi blazar 3C 279." Proceedings of 7th International Fermi Symposium — PoS(IFS2017), https://doi.org/10.22323/1.312.0020https://hdl.handle.net/2144/33325Ever since the discovery by the Fermi mission that active galactic nuclei (AGN) produce copious amounts of high-energy emission, its origin has remained elusive. Using high-frequency radio interferometry (VLBI) polarization imaging, we could probe the magnetic field topology of the compact high-energy emission regions in blazars. A case study for the blazar 3C 279 reveals the presence of multiple g -ray emission regions. Pass 8 Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) data are used to investigate the flux variations in the GeV regime; six g -ray flares were observed in the source during November 2013 to August 2014. We use the 43 GHz VLBI data to study the morphological changes in the jet. Ejection of a new component (NC2) during the first three g -ray flares suggests the VLBI core as the possible site of the high-energy emission. A delay between the last three flares and the ejection of a new component (NC3) indicates that highenergy emission in this case is located upstream of the 43 GHz core (closer to the black hole).en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/AstronomyArticle10.22323/1.312.00200000-0001-7396-3332 (Marscher, AP)