Bayesian approach to find a long-term trend in erratic polarization variations observed in Blazars

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-80

  Uemura, Makoto ^a   Kawabata, Koji S ^a   Sasada, Mahito ^a   Ikejiri, Yuki ^a   Sakimoto, Kiyoshi ^a   Itoh, Ryosuke ^a   Yamanaka, Masayuki ^a   Ohsugi, Takashi ^a   Sato, Shuji ^b   Kino, Masaru ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Active; Galaxies: Nuclei

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; POLARIZATION;

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BLAZARS; GALAXIES ACTIVE; GALAXIES:NUCLEI; LONG-TERM TREND; POLARIZATION COMPONENTS; POLARIZATION VECTORS; S5 0716+714; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOTAL FLUX;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

EID: 77950574172     PISSN: 00046264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pasj/62.1.69     Document Type: Article

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