학술논문
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
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
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.
Source
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 957 (2023) L11 (11pp)
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Abstract
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 most extensive quasi-simultaneous optical flux and polarization variability studies of OJ 287. OJ 287 showed large amplitude, ~3.0 mag flux variability, large changes of ~37% in degree of polarization, and a large swing of ~215 degrees in the angle of the electric vector of polarization. During the period of observation, several flares in flux were detected. Those flares are correlated with a rapid increase in the degree of polarization and swings in electric vector of polarization angle. A peculiar behavior of anticorrelation between flux and polarization degree, accompanied by a nearly constant polarization angle, was detected from JD 2,458,156 to JD 2,458,292. We briefly discuss some explanations for the flux and polarization variations observed in OJ 287.
Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, Published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 November 1
Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables, Published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023 November 1