Interferometric Monitoring of Gamma-Ray Bright AGNs: OJ 287

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作者
Lee, Jee Won [1 ]
Lee, Sang-Sung [1 ,2 ]
Algaba, Juan-Carlos [3 ]
Hodgson, Jeffrey [1 ,4 ]
Kim, Jae-Young [5 ]
Park, Jongho [6 ]
Kino, Motoki [7 ,8 ]
Kim, Dae-Won [9 ]
Kang, Sincheol [1 ,2 ]
Yoo, Sungmin [10 ]
Kim, Sang Hyun [1 ,2 ]
Gurwell, Mark [11 ]
机构
[1] Korea Astron & Space Sci Inst, 776 Daedeok Daero, Daejeon 34055, South Korea
[2] Univ Sci & Technol, 217 Gajeong Ro, Daejeon 34113, South Korea
[3] Univ Malaya, Dept Phys, Fac Sci, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
[4] Sejong Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, 209 Neungdong Ro, Seoul, South Korea
[5] Max Planck Inst Radioastron, Hugel 69, D-53121 Bonn, Germany
[6] Acad Sinica, Inst Astron & Astrophys, POB 23-141, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
[7] Natl Astron Observ Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
[8] Kogakuin Univ Technol & Engn, Acad Support Ctr, 2665-1 Nakano, Hachioji, Tokyo 1920015, Japan
[9] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Seoul 08826, South Korea
[10] Chungbuk Natl Univ, Dept Astron & Space Sci, Cheongju 28644, South Korea
[11] Harvard & Smithsonian, Ctr Astrophys, 60 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
来源
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2020年 / 902卷 / 02期
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Very long baseline interferometry; BL Lacertae objects; Active galactic nuclei; Radio jets; EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO-SOURCES; ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI; RAPID VARIABILITY; OJ-287; POLARIZATION; JETS; CONTINUUM; FLUX;
D O I
10.3847/1538-4357/abb4e5
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present the results of simultaneous multifrequency imaging observations at 22, 43, 86, and 129 GHz of OJ 287. We used the Korean Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network as part of the Interferometric Monitoring of Gamma-ray Bright active galactic nuclei (iMOGABA). The iMOGABA observations were performed during 31 epochs from 2013 January 16 to 2016 December 28. We also used 15 GHz OVRO and 225 GHz SMA flux density data. We analyzed four flux enhancements in the light curves. The estimated timescales of three flux enhancements were similar with timescales of similar to 50 days at two frequencies. A fourth flux enhancement had a variability timescale approximately twice as long. We found that 225 GHz enhancements led the 15 GHz enhancements by a range of 7-30 days in the time delay analysis. We found the fractional variability did not change with frequency between 43 and 86 GHz. We could reliably measure the turnover frequency, nu(c), of the core of the source in three epochs. This was measured to be in a range from 27 to 50 GHz and a flux density at the turnover frequency, S-m, ranging from 3 to 6 Jy. The derived SSA magnetic fields, B-SSA, are in a range from 0.157 +/- 0.104 to 0.255 +/- 0.146 mG. We estimated the equipartition magnetic field strengths to be in a range from 0.95 +/- 0.15 to 1.93 +/- 0.30 mG. The equipartition magnetic field strengths are up to a factor of 10 higher than the values of B-SSA. We conclude that the downstream jet may be more particle energy dominated.
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