Variability and stability in blazar jets on time-scales of years: Optical polarization monitoring of OJ 287 in 2005-2009

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 402, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 2087-2111

  Villforth, C ^a   Nilsson, K ^a   Heidt, J ^c   Takalo, L O ^a   Pursimo, T ^b   Berdyugin, A ^a   Lindfors, E ^a   Pasanen, M ^a   Winiarski, M ^d   Drozdz, M ^d   Ogloza, W ^d   Kurpinska Winiarska, M ^e   Siwak, M ^e,f   Koziel Wierzbowska, D ^e   Porowski, C ^e   Kuzmicz, A ^e   Krzesinski, J ^d   Kundera, T ^e   Wu, J H ^g   Zhou, X ^g   Efimov, Y ^h   Sadakane, K ⁱ   Kamada, M ⁱ   Ohlert, J ^j   Hentunen, V P ^j   Nissinen, M ^k   Dietrich, M ^l   Assef, R J ^l   Atlee, D W ^l   Bird, J ^l   DePoy, D L ^m   Eastman, J ^l   Peeples, M S ^l   Prieto, J ^l   Watson, L ^l   Yee, J C ^l   Liakos, A ⁿ   Niarchos, P ⁿ   Gazeas, K ⁿ   Dogru, S ^o   Donmez, A ^o   Marchev, D ^p   Coggins Hill, S A ^q   Mattingly, A ^r   Keel, W C ^s   Haque, S ^t   Aungwerojwit, A ^u,v   Bergvall, N ^w   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b NORDIC OPTICAL TELESCOPE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^h CRIMEAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Ukraine)

ⁱ OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j Astronomie Stiftung Trebur   (Germany)

^k Warkauden Kassiopeia ry   (Finland)

^l OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^o ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^p SHUMEN UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^q Grove Creek Observatory ^*

^r Grove Creek Observatory   (Australia)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^u Naresuan University   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^w UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

Accretion, accretion discs; BL Lacertea objects: individual: OJ 287; Galaxies: jets; Magnetic fields; Polarization; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; GRAVITATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SHOCK WAVES; STARS;

ACCRETION: ACCRETION DISKS; BL LACERTEA OBJECT: INDIVIDUAL: OJ 287; CHAOTIC JETS; GALAXIES JETS; JET EMISSIONS; LIGHT CURVES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; POSITION ANGLE; SHOCK-WAVES; TIME-SCALES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 77949337273     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16133.x     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Aller H D, Aller M F, Hodge P E. AJ 1981, 86:325.
2. Angel J R P, Stockman H S. ARA&A 1980, 18:321.
3. Balbus S A, Hawley J F. Rev. Modern Phys. 1998, 70:1.
4. Baum S A, Zirbel E L, O'Dea C P. ApJ 1995, 451:88.
5. Bessell M S. PASP 1979, 91:589.
6. Bettoni D, Falomo R, Fasano G, Govoni F. A&A 2003, 399:869.
7. Bicker J, v Alvensleben U F, Möller C S, Fricke K J. A&A 2004, 413:37.
8. Böttcher M. ApJ 2009, 694:174.
9. Czerny B. AGN Variability from X-rays to Radio Waves 2006, 265. Gaskell C MMcHardy I MPeterson B MSergeev S G. in, eds, Astron. Soc. Pac., San Francisco, p
10. D'Arcangelo F D. ApJ 2009, 697:985.
11. Degl'Innocenti E L, Bagnulo S, Fossati L. The Future of Photometric, Spectrophotometric and Polarimetric Standardization 2007, 495. Sterken C, in, ed, Astron. Soc. Pac., San Francisco, p
12. Efimov Y S, Shakhovskoy N M, Takalo L O, Sillanpää A. A&A 2002, 381:408.
13. Fiorucci M, Ciprini S, Tosti G. A&A 2004, 419:25.
14. Gabuzda D C. New Astron. Rev. 2003, 47:599.
15. Gabuzda D C, Gómez J L. MNRAS 2001, 320:L49.
16. Gabuzda D C, Murray E, Cronin P. MNRAS 2004, 351:L89.
17. Gabuzda D C, Rastorgueva E A, Smith P S, O'Sullivan S P. MNRAS 2006, 369:1596.
18. Ghisellini G, Maraschi L, Tavecchio F. MNRAS 2009, 395:L105.
19. González-Pérez J N, Kidger M R, Martín-Luis F. AJ 2001, 122:2055.
20. Hagen-Thorn V A. Ap&SS 1980, 73:263.
21. Hagen-Thorn V A, Marchenko S G, Takalo L O, Sillanpää A, Pursimo T, Boltwood P, Kidger M, Gonzalez-Perez J N. A&AS 1998, 133:353.
22. Hayasaki K, Mineshige S, Sudou H. PASJ 2007, 59:427.
23. Heidt J. A&A 1999, 352:L11.
24. Holmes P A. MNRAS 1984, 211:497.
25. Hughes P A, Aller H D, Aller M F. ApJ 1989a, 341:54.
26. Hughes P A, Aller H D, Aller M F. ApJ 1989b, 341:68.
27. Hutchings J B, Crampton D, Campbell B. ApJ 1984, 280:41.
28. Igumenshchev I V. Progress Theor. Phys. Suppl. 2004, 155:87.
29. Igumenshchev I V, Abramowicz M A. 2001, 656. Wheeler J C, Martel H. in, eds, Relativistic Astrophysics: 20th Texas Symp. Am. Inst. Phys., New York, p
30. Igumenshchev I V, Narayan R, Abramowicz M A. ApJ 2003, 592:1042.
31. Jannuzi B T, Smith P S, Elston R. ApJ 1994, 428:130.
32. Jones T W, Rudnick L, Fiedler R L, Aller H D, Aller M F, Hodge P E. ApJ 1985, 290:627.
33. Katz J I. ApJ 1997, 478:527.
34. Kim D, Sanders D B, Veilleux S, Mazzarella J M, Soifer B T. ApJS 1995, 98:129.
35. Lehto H J, Valtonen M J. ApJ 1996, 460:207.
36. Lyutikov M, Pariev V I, Gabuzda D C. MNRAS 2005, 360:869.
37. Marconi A, Hunt L K. ApJ 2003, 589:L21.
38. Mardia K V, Jupp P E. 1975, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/bookhome/119138576/, Directional Statistics
39. Marscher A. An International Workshop on Multi-Frequency Monitoring of Blazars 1997, Vol. 3:81. Tosti GTakalo L. in, eds, Pubblicazioni Osservatorio Astronomico Università di Perugia, Perugia, p
40. Marscher A P, Gear W K. ApJ 1985, 298:114.
41. Marscher A P. Nat 2008, 452:966.
42. Nakamura M, Uchida Y, Hirose S. New Astron. 2001, 6:61.
43. Nilsson K, Pursimo T, Heidt J, Takalo L O, Sillanpää A, Brinkmann W. A&A 2003, 400:95.
44. Novak G S, Faber S M, Dekel A. ApJ 2006, 637:96.
45. O'Dowd M, Urry C M. ApJ 2005, 627:97.
46. Ouyed R, Pudritz R E, Stone J M. Nature 1997, 385:409.
47. Perego A, Dotti M, Colpi M, Volonteri M. MNRAS 2009, 399:2249.
48. Poggianti B M. A&AS 1997, 122:399.
49. Pursimo T, Nilsson K, Takalo L O, Sillanpää A, Heidt J, Pietilä H. A&A 2002, 381:810.
50. Raiteri C M. A&A 2008, 491:755.
51. Schlegel D J, Finkbeiner D P, Davis M. ApJ 1998, 500:525.
52. Sillanpää A, Haarala S, Valtonen M J, Sundelius B, Byrd G G. ApJ 1988, 325:628.
53. Sillanpää A. A&A 1996, 315:L13.
54. Simmons J F L, Stewart B G. A&A 1985, 142:100.
55. Sitko M L, Junkkarinen V T. PASP 1985, 97:1158.
56. Steffen W, Zensus J A, Krichbaum T P, Witzel A, Qian S J. A&A 1995, 302:335.
57. Turnshek D A, Bohlin R C, Williamson R L, Lupie O L, Koornneef J, Morgan D H. AJ 1990, 99:1243.
58. Ulrich M, Maraschi L, Urry C M. ARA&A 1997, 35:445.
59. Urry C M, Padovani P. PASP 1995, 107:803.
60. Urry C M, Scarpa R, O'Dowd M, Falomo R, Pesce J E, Treves A. ApJ 2000, 532:816.
61. Valtaoja E, Teräsranta H, Tornikoski M, Sillanpää A, Aller M F, Aller H D, Hughes P A. ApJ 2000, 531:744.
62. Valtonen M J. ApJ 2007, 659:1074.
63. Valtonen M J. ApJ 2006, 646:36.
64. Valtonen M J. Nat 2008, 452:851.
65. Valtonen M J. ApJ 2009, 698:781.
66. Vestergaard M, Fan X, Tremonti C A, Osmer P S, Richards G T. ApJ 2008, 694:L1.
67. Villata M, Raiteri C M, Sillanpää A, Takalo L O. MNRAS 1998, 293:L13.
68. Villforth C, Nilsson K, Stensen R, Heidt J, Niemi S, Pforr J. MNRAS 2009, 397:1893.
69. Wagner S J, Witzel A. ARA&A 1995, 33:163.
70. Wright S C, McHardy I M, Abraham R G. MNRAS 1998, 295:799.
71. Yanny B, Jannuzi B T, Impey C. ApJ 1997, 484:L113.