Multiwavelength behaviour of the blazar 3C 279: decade-long study from γ-ray to radio
We report the results of decade-long (2008-2018) γ-ray to 1 GHz - radio monitoring of the blazar 3C 279, including GASP/WEBT, Fermi and - Swift data, as well as polarimetric and spectroscopic data. The X-ray - and γ-ray light curves correlate well, with no delay ≳ 3 h, - implying general cospatiali...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2020 January 11
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Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Year: 2020, Volume: 492, Issue: 3, Pages: 3829-3848 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/staa082 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa082 Verlag: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020MNRAS.492.3829L 
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| Author Notes: | V.M. Larionov, S.G. Jorstad, A.P. Marscher, M. Villata, C.M. Raiteri, P.S. Smith, I. Agudo, S.S. Savchenko, D.A. Morozova, J.A. Acosta-Pulido, M.F. Aller, H.D. Aller, T.S. Andreeva, A.A. Arkharov, R. Bachev, G. Bonnoli, G.A. Borman, V. Bozhilov, P. Calcidese, M.I. Carnerero, D. Carosati, C. Casadio, W.-P. Chen, G. Damljanovic, A.V. Dementyev, A. Di Paola, A. Frasca, A. Fuentes, J.L. Gómez, P. Gónzalez-Morales, A. Giunta, T.S. Grishina, M.A. Gurwell, V.A. Hagen-Thorn, T. Hovatta, S. Ibryamov, M. Joshi, S. Kiehlmann, J.-Y. Kim, G.N. Kimeridze, E.N. Kopatskaya, Yu.A. Kovalev, Y.Y. Kovalev, O.M. Kurtanidze, S.O. Kurtanidze, A. Lähteenmäki, C. Lázaro, L.V. Larionova, E.G. Larionova, G. Leto, A. Marchini, K. Matsumoto, B. Mihov, M. Minev, M.G. Mingaliev, D. Mirzaqulov, R.V. Muñoz Dimitrova, I. Myserlis, A.A. Nikiforova, M.G. Nikolashvili, N.A. Nizhelsky, E. Ovcharov, L.D. Pressburger, I.A. Rakhimov, S. Righini, N. Rizzi, K. Sadakane, A.C. Sadun, M.R. Samal, R.Z. Sanchez, E. Semkov, S. G. Sergeev, L.A. Sigua, L. Slavcheva-Mihova, P. Sola, Yu V. Sotnikova, A. Strigachev, C. Thum, E. Traianou, Yu.V. Troitskaya, I.S. Troitsky, P.G. Tsybulev, A.A. Vasilyev, O. Vince, Z.R. Weaver, K.E. Williamson and G.V. Zhekanis |
| Summary: | We report the results of decade-long (2008-2018) γ-ray to 1 GHz - radio monitoring of the blazar 3C 279, including GASP/WEBT, Fermi and - Swift data, as well as polarimetric and spectroscopic data. The X-ray - and γ-ray light curves correlate well, with no delay ≳ 3 h, - implying general cospatiality of the emission regions. The - γ-ray-optical flux-flux relation changes with activity state, - ranging from a linear to a more complex dependence. The behaviour of the - Stokes parameters at optical and radio wavelengths, including 43 GHz - Very Long Baseline Array images, supports either a predominantly helical - magnetic field or motion of the radiating plasma along a spiral path. - Apparent speeds of emission knots range from 10 to 37c, with the highest - values requiring bulk Lorentz factors close to those needed to explain - γ-ray variability on very short time-scales. The Mg II emission - line flux in the `blue' and `red' wings correlates with the optical - synchrotron continuum flux density, possibly providing a variable source - of seed photons for inverse Compton scattering. In the radio bands, we - find progressive delays of the most prominent light-curve maxima with - decreasing frequency, as expected from the frequency dependence of the - τ = 1 surface of synchrotron self-absorption. The global maximum in - the 86 GHz light curve becomes less prominent at lower frequencies, - while a local maximum, appearing in 2014, strengthens toward decreasing - frequencies, becoming pronounced at ˜5 GHz. These tendencies - suggest different Doppler boosting of stratified radio-emitting zones in - the jet. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 13.02.2020 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1365-2966 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/staa082 |