| Autor: |
Valtonen, M. J., Zola, S., Ciprini, S., Gopakumar, A., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Kidger, M., Gazeas, K., Nilsson, K., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Baliyan, K. S., Alicavus, F., Boyd, D., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Caton, D. B., Chavushyan, V., Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Ganesh, S., Garcia, F., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Jelinek, M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Kaur, N., Keel, W. C., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Lindfors, E., de Haro, J. Lozano, Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Nelson, R. H., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Pihajoki, P., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Reichart, D. E., Reinthal, R., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Schweyer, T., Siwak, M., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Steele, I., Stocke, J. T., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Tomov, T., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Perez, J. Valero, Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Telting, J., Saario, J., Reynolds, T., Kvammen, A., Gafton, E., Karjalainen, R., Harmanen, J., Blay, P. |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
ApJ, 819, L37 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
| DOI: |
10.3847/2041-8205/819/2/L37 |
| Popis: |
OJ287 is a quasi-periodic quasar with roughly 12 year optical cycles. It displays prominent outbursts which are predictable in a binary black hole model. The model predicted a major optical outburst in December 2015. We found that the outburst did occur within the expected time range, peaking on 2015 December 5 at magnitude 12.9 in the optical R-band. Based on Swift/XRT satellite measurements and optical polarization data, we find that it included a major thermal component. Its timing provides an accurate estimate for the spin of the primary black hole, chi = 0.313 +- 0.01. The present outburst also confirms the established general relativistic properties of the system such as the loss of orbital energy to gravitational radiation at the 2 % accuracy level and it opens up the possibility of testing the black hole no-hair theorem with a 10 % accuracy during the present decade. |
| Databáze: |
arXiv |
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