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Upstream neutrino production and delayed jet emission in the blazar GB6 J1542+6129

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We investigate the physical origin and location of high-energy neutrino emission in active galactic nuclei (AGN) using the blazar GB6 J1542+6129 as a case study, testing whether neutrinos are produced in compact regions near the black hole or in parsec-scale jets. This question is central to understanding the conditions under which hadronic processes become efficient in AGN environments. We perform a multimessenger analysis combining ~17 years of Fermi-LAT gamma-ray data, including a 5% adaptively binned light curve and Bayesian block decomposition, with ~14 years of VLBI/MOJAVE observations to derive the Doppler factor evolution of the radio core. These are compared to the temporal properties of a suspected IceCube neutrino flare with a duration of 147+110−25 days. We find that the suspected neutrino flare precedes both a gamma-ray flare and a pronounced increase in the VLBI core Doppler factor by ~1 year. This delay is consistent with the propagation time of a disturbance from the central engine to the 15GHz radio core. The duration of the post-flare gamma-ray activity is similar to that of the neutrino flare. The broadband gamma-ray spectral energy distributions remain consistent in shape across the full, flare, and post-flare intervals, indicating stable particle acceleration conditions. The temporal ordering favors neutrino production upstream of the VLBI core. GB6 J1542+6129 provides evidence for spatially separated neutrino and gamma-ray/radio emission regions in AGN. The observations are consistent with a disturbance-driven, multi-zone scenario in which neutrinos are produced in a compact, photon-rich region near the central engine, while the same disturbance later enhances Doppler-boosted leptonic emission at the parsec-scale VLBI core. These results demonstrate the power of multimessenger observations in constraining the origin of astrophysical neutrinos.