Galaxies (Nov 2017)
Polarization and Spectral Energy Distribution in OJ 287 during the 2016/17 Outbursts
- Mauri Valtonen,
- Stanislaw Zola,
- Helen Jermak,
- Stefano Ciprini,
- Rene Hudec,
- Lankeswar Dey,
- Achamveedu Gopakumar,
- Daniel L. Reichart,
- Daniel B. Caton,
- Kosmas Gazeas,
- Katsura Matsumoto,
- Waldemar Ogloza,
- Marek Drozdz,
- Fahri Alicavus,
- Oleksandr Baransky,
- Andrei Berdyugin,
- Panos Boumis,
- Yurii Bufan,
- Bartlomiej Debski,
- Huseyin Er,
- Ahmet Erdem,
- Vira Godunova,
- Shirin Haque,
- Vivian L. Hoette,
- Jan Janik,
- Mark Kidger,
- Tomasz Kundera,
- Sebastian Kurowski,
- Alexis Liakos,
- Isa Mohammed,
- Kari Nilsson,
- Urszula Pajdosz,
- Vilppu Piirola,
- Tapio Pursimo,
- Brandon Rajkumar,
- Andrii O. Simon,
- Michal Siwak,
- Eda Sonbas,
- Ian A. Steele,
- Volodymir V. Vasylenko,
- Michal Zejmo,
- Pawel Zielinski
Affiliations
- Mauri Valtonen
- Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, University of Turku, 21500 Kaarina, Finland
- Stanislaw Zola
- Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian Unviersity, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Krakow, Poland
- Helen Jermak
- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, Brownlow Hill L3 5RF, UK
- Stefano Ciprini
- Space Science Data Center—Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, via del Politecnico, snc, I-00133 Roma, Italy
- Rene Hudec
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 2, CZ-166 27 Praha 6, Czech Republic
- Lankeswar Dey
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
- Achamveedu Gopakumar
- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
- Daniel L. Reichart
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Daniel B. Caton
- Dark Sky Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA
- Kosmas Gazeas
- Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics, Department of Physics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Zografos, Athens GR-15784, Greece
- Katsura Matsumoto
- Astronomical Institute, Osaka Kyoiku University, 4-698 Asahigaoka, Kashiwara, Osaka 582-8582, Japan
- Waldemar Ogloza
- Mt. Suhora Observatory, Pedagogical University, ul. Podchorazych 2, 30-084 Krakow, Poland
- Marek Drozdz
- Mt. Suhora Observatory, Pedagogical University, ul. Podchorazych 2, 30-084 Krakow, Poland
- Fahri Alicavus
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale TR-17100, Turkey
- Oleksandr Baransky
- Observatory of Taras Shevshenko National University of Kyiv, Observatorna str. 3, 04053 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Andrei Berdyugin
- Tuorla Observatory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, 21500 Kaarina, Finland
- Panos Boumis
- Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou St., Penteli, Athens GR-15236, Greece
- Yurii Bufan
- ICAMER Observatory of NASU, 27, Acad. Zabolotnoho str., 03143 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Bartlomiej Debski
- Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian Unviersity, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Krakow, Poland
- Huseyin Er
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, Erzurum 25240, Turkey
- Ahmet Erdem
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale TR-17100, Turkey
- Vira Godunova
- ICAMER Observatory of NASU, 27, Acad. Zabolotnoho str., 03143 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Shirin Haque
- Department of Physics, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
- Vivian L. Hoette
- Yerkes Observatory, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 373 W. Geneva St., Williams Bay, WI 53191, USA
- Jan Janik
- Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
- Mark Kidger
- Herschel Science Centre, ESAC, European Space Agency, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, 28692 Madrid, Spain
- Tomasz Kundera
- Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian Unviersity, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Krakow, Poland
- Sebastian Kurowski
- Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian Unviersity, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Krakow, Poland
- Alexis Liakos
- Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, Metaxa & Vas. Pavlou St., Penteli, Athens GR-15236, Greece
- Isa Mohammed
- Caribbean Institute of Astronomy, c/o Department of Physics, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad
- Kari Nilsson
- Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, University of Turku, 21500 Kaarina, Finland
- Urszula Pajdosz
- Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian Unviersity, ul. Orla 171, 30-244 Krakow, Poland
- Vilppu Piirola
- Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO, University of Turku, 21500 Kaarina, Finland
- Tapio Pursimo
- Nordic Optical Telescope, Apartado 474, Santa Cruz de La Palma E-38700, Spain
- Brandon Rajkumar
- Department of Physics, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad
- Andrii O. Simon
- Astronomy and Space Physics Department, Taras Shevshenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska str. 60, 01033 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Michal Siwak
- Mt. Suhora Observatory, Pedagogical University, ul. Podchorazych 2, 30-084 Krakow, Poland
- Eda Sonbas
- Department of Physics, University of Adiyaman, Adiyaman 02040, Turkey
- Ian A. Steele
- Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, IC2, Liverpool Science Park, Brownlow Hill L3 5RF, UK
- Volodymir V. Vasylenko
- Astronomy and Space Physics Department, Taras Shevshenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska str. 60, 01033 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Michal Zejmo
- Janusz Gil Institute of Astronomy, University of Zielona Góra, Szafrana 2, PL-65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland
- Pawel Zielinski
- Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies5040083
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 4
p. 83
Abstract
We report optical photometric and polarimetric observations of the blazar OJ 287 gathered during 2016/17. The high level of activity, noticed after the General Relativity Centenary flare, is argued to be part of the follow-up flares that exhibited high levels of polarization and originated in the primary black hole jet. We propose that the follow-up flares were induced as a result of accretion disk perturbations, travelling from the site of impact towards the primary SMBH. The timings inferred from our observations allowed us to estimate the propagation speed of these perturbations. Additionally, we make predictions for the future brightness of OJ 287.
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