A wiggling filamentary jet at the origin of the blazar multi-wavelength behaviour

Autor: Raiteri, C. M., Villata, M., Carnerero, M. I., Kurtanidze, S. O., Mirzaqulov, D. O., Benítez, E., Bonnoli, G., Carosati, D., Acosta-Pulido, J. A., Agudo, I., Andreeva, T. S., Apolonio, G., Bachev, R., Borman, G. A., Bozhilov, V., Brown, L. F., Carbonell, W., Casadio, C., Chen, W. P., Damljanovic, G., Ehgamberdiev, S. A., Elsaesser, D., Escudero, J., Feige, M., Fuentes, A., Gabellini, D., Gazeas, K., Giroletti, M., Grishina, T. S., Gupta, A. C., Gurwell, M. A., Hagen-Thorn, V. A., Hamed, G. M., Hiriart, D., Hodges, M., ivanidze, R. Z., Ivanov, D. V., Joner, M. D., Jorstad, S. G., Jovanovic, M. D., Kiehlmann, S., Kimeridze, G. N., Kopatskaya, E. N., Kovalev, Yu. A., Kovalev, Y. Y., Kurtanidze, O. M., Kurtenkov, A., Larionova, E. G., Lessing, A., Lin, H. C., López, J. M., Lorey, C., Ludwig, J., Marchili, N., Marchini, A., Marscher, A. P., Matsumoto, K., Max-Moerbeck, W., Mihov, B., Minev, M., Mingaliev, M. G., Modaressi, A., Morozova, D. A., Mortari, F., Mufakharov, T. V., Myserlis, I., Nikolashvili, M. G., Pearson, T. J., Popkov, A. V., Rahimov, I. A., Readhead, A. C. S., Reinhart, D., Reeves, R., Righini, S., Romanov, F. D., Savchenko, S. S., Semkov, E., Shishkina, E. V., Sigua, L. A., Slavcheva-Mihova, L., Sotnikova, Yu. V., Steineke, R., Stojanovic, M., Strigachev, A., Takey, A., Traianou, E., Troitskaya, Yu. V., Troitskiy, I. S., Tsai, A. L., Valcheva, A., Vasilyev, A. A., Verna, G., Vince, O., Vrontaki, K., Weaver, Z. R., Webb, J., Yuldoshev, Q. X., Zaharieva, E., Zhovtan, A. V.

Publikováno v: A&A 692 (2024) A48

Blazars are beamed active galactic nuclei known for their strong multi-wavelength variability on timescales from years down to minutes. We aim to investigate the suitability of the twisting jet model presented in previous works to explain the multi-w

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22319

Quasi-simultaneous Optical Flux and Polarization Variability of the Binary Super Massive Black Hole Blazar OJ 287 from 2015 to 2023: Detection of an Anticorrelation in Flux and Polarization Variability

Autor: Gupta, Alok C., Kushwaha, Pankaj, Valtonen, Mauri J., Savchenko, Sergey S., Jorstad, Svetlana G., Imazawa, Ryo, Wiita, Paul J., Gu, Minfeng, Marscher, Alan P., Zhang, Zhongli, Bachev, Rumen, Borman, G. A., Gaur, Haritma, Grishina, T. S., Hagen-Thorn, V. A., Kopatskaya, E. N., Larionov, V. M., Larionova, E. G., Larionova, L. V., Morozova, D. A., Nakaoka, T., Strigachev, A., Troitskaya, Yulia V., Troitsky, I. S., Uemura, M., Vasilyev, A. A., Weaver, Z. R., Zhovtan, A. V.

Publikováno v: Astrophysical Journal Letters, 957 (2023) L11 (11pp)

We study the optical flux and polarization variability of the binary black hole blazar OJ 287 using quasi-simultaneous observations from 2015 to 2023 carried out using telescopes in the USA, Japan, Russia, Crimea, and Bulgaria. This is one of the mos

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.02372

Extreme photometric and polarimetric variability of blazar S4 0954+65 at its maximum optical and $\gamma$-ray brightness levels

Autor: Raiteri, C. M., Villata, M., Carnerero, M. I., Savchenko, S. S., Kurtanidze, S. O., Vlasyuk, V. V., Marchini, A., Matsumoto, K., Lorey, C., Joner, M. D., Gazeas, K., Carosati, D., Mirzaqulov, D. O., Pulido, J. A. Acosta, Agudo, I., Bachev, R., Benítez, E., Borman, G. A., Calcidese, P., Chen, W. P., Damljanovic, G., Ehgamberdiev, S. A., Elsässer, D., Feige, M., Frasca, A., Gaur, H., Grishina, T. S., Gupta, A. C., Hiriart, D., Holland, M., Horst, B., Ibryamov, S., Ivanidze, R. Z., Jensen, J., Jithesh, V., Jovanovic, M. D., Kiehlmann, S., Kimeridze, G. N., Kishore, S., Kopatskaya, E. N., Kurtanidze, O. M., Larionova, E. G., Lin, H. C., Mannheim, K., Marinelli, C., Reyes, J. Moreira, Morozova, D. A., Nikolashvili, M. G., Reinhart, D., Romanov, F. D., Semkov, E., Seufert, J., Shishkina, E. V., Sigua, L. A., Skalidis, R., Spiridonova, O. I., Stojanovic, M., Strigachev, A., Troitskaya, Y. V., Troitskiy, I. S., Tsai, A., Vasilyev, A. A., Vince, O., Vrontaki, K., Wani, K., Watts, D., Zhovtan, A. V.

In 2022 the BL Lac object S4 0954+65 underwent a major variability phase, reaching its historical maximum brightness in the optical and $\gamma$-ray bands. We present optical photometric and polarimetric data acquired by the Whole Earth Blazar Telesc

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.11108

Multi-year characterisation of the broad-band emission from the intermittent extreme BL Lac 1ES~2344+514

Autor: Abe, H., Abe, S., Acciari, V. A., Agudo, I., Aniello, T., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Engels, A. Arbet, Arcaro, C., Artero, M., Asano, K., Baack, D., Babić, A., Baquero, A., de Almeida, U. Barres, Batković, I., Baxter, J., González, J. Becerra, Bernardini, E., Bernete, J., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Bošjak, Ž, Burelli, I., Busetto, G., Campoy-Ordaz, A., Carosi, A., Carosi, R., Carretero-Castrillo, M., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Chai, Y., Cifuentes, A., Cikota, S., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D'Amico, G., D'Ammando, F., D'Elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Del Popolo, A., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Mendez, C. Delgado, Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Emery, G., Escudero, J., Fariña, L., Fattorini, A., Foffano, L., Font, L., Fukami, S., Fukazawa, Y., López, R. J. García, Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Paiva, J. G. Giesbrecht, Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Grau, R., Green, J. G., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hrupec, D., Hütten, M., Imazawa, R., Inada, T., Iotov, R., Ishio, K., Martínez, I. Jiménez, Jormanainen, J., Kerszberg, D., Kluge, G. W., Kobayashi, Y., Kouch, P. M., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lezáun, M. Láinez, Lamastra, A., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Linhoff, L., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López-Moya, M., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Lorini, A., Fraga, B. Machado de Oliveira, Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Mang, N., Manganaro, M., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Martínez-Chicharro, M., Mas-Aguilar, A., Mazin, D., Menchiari, S., Mender, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., González, M. Molero, Molina, E., Mondal, H. A., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Nakamori, T., Nanci, C., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nikolić, L., Nishijima, K., Ekoume, T. Njoh, Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Okumura, A., Otero-Santos, J., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavlović, D., Persic, M., Pihet, M., Pirola, G., Podobnik, F., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Principe, G., Priyadarshi, C., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schmuckermaier, F., Schubert, J. L., Schweizer, T., Sciaccaluga, A., Sitarek, J., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strišović, J., Strom, D., Suda, Y., Tajima, H., Takeishi, R., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terauchi, K., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., Ubach, S., van Scherpenberg, J., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Viale, I., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Walter, R., Wunderlich, C., Leto, T. Yamamoto M. Perri F. Verrecchia C., Das, S., Chatterjee, R., Raiteri, C. M., Villata, M., Semkov, E., Ibryamov, S., Bachev, R., Strigachev, A., Damljanovic, G., Vince, O., Jovanovic, M. D., Stojanovic, M., Larionov, V. M., Grishina, T. S., Kopatskaya, E. N., Larionova, E. G., Morozova, D. A., Savchenko, S. S., Troitskiy, I. S., Troitskaya, Y. V., Vasilyev, A. A., Chen, W. P., Hou, W. J., Lin, C. S., Tsai, A., Jorstad, S. G., Weaver, Z. R., Acosta-Pulido, J. A., Carnerero, M. I., Carosati, D., Kurtanidze, S. O., Kurtanidze, O. M., Jordan, B., Ivanidze, R. Z., Gazeas, K., Vrontaki, K., Hovatta, T., Liodakis, I., Readhead, A. C. S., Kiehlmann, S., Zheng, W., Filippenko, A. V.

Publikováno v: A&A 682, A114 (2024)

The BL Lac 1ES 2344+514 is known for temporary extreme properties (e.g., a shift of the synchrotron SED peak energy $\nu_{synch,p}$ above 1keV). While those extreme states were so far observed only during high flux levels, additional multi-year obser

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.03922

Intra-night optical flux and polarization variability of BL~Lacertae during its 2020 $-$ 2021 high state

Autor: Bachev, Rumen, Tripathi, Tushar, Gupta, Alok C., Kushwaha, Pankaj, Strigachev, Anton, Kurtenkov, Alexander, Nikolov, Yanko, Boeva, Svetlana, Damljanovic, Goran, Vince, Oliver, Stojanovic, Milan, Kishore, Shubham, Gaur, Haritma, Dhiman, Vinit, Fan, Junhui, Kalita, Nibedita, Spassov, Borislav, Semkov, Evgeni

In this work, we report the presence of rapid intra-night optical variations in both -- flux and polarization of the blazar BL Lacertae during its unprecedented 2020--2021 high state of brightness. The object showed significant flux variability and s

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03975