Rapid quasi-periodic oscillations in the relativistic jet of BL Lacertae
Blazars are active galactic nuclei (AGN) with relativistic jets whose non-thermal radiation is extremely variable on various timescales1-3. This variability seems mostly random, although some quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), implying systematic processes, have been reported in blazars and other A...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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7 September 2022
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Nature
Year: 2022, Volume: 609, Issue: 7926, Pages: 265-268 |
| ISSN: | 1476-4687 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41586-022-05038-9 |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05038-9 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05038-9 
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| Author Notes: | S.G. Jorstad, A.P. Marscher, C.M. Raiteri, M. Villata, Z.R. Weaver, H. Zhang, L. Dong, J.L. Gómez, M.V. Perel, S.S. Savchenko, V.M. Larionov, D. Carosati, W.P. Chen, O.M. Kurtanidze, A. Marchini, K. Matsumoto, F. Mortari, P. Aceti, J.A. Acosta-Pulido, T. Andreeva, G. Apolonio, C. Arena, A. Arkharov, R. Bachev, M. Banfi, G. Bonnoli, G.A. Borman, V. Bozhilov, M.I. Carnerero, G. Damljanovic, S.A. Ehgamberdiev, D. Elsässer, A. Frasca, D. Gabellini, T.S. Grishina, A.C. Gupta, V.A. Hagen-Thorn, M.K. Hallum, M. Hart, K. Hasuda, F. Hemrich, H.Y. Hsiao, S. Ibryamov, T.R. Irsmambetova, D.V. Ivanov, M.D. Joner, G. N. Kimeridze, S.A. Klimanov, J. Knött, E.N. Kopatskaya, S.O. Kurtanidze, A. Kurtenkov, T. Kuutma, E.G. Larionova, S. Leonini, H.C. Lin, C. Lorey, K. Mannheim, G. Marino, M. Minev, D.O. Mirzaqulov, D.A. Morozova, A.A. Nikiforova, M.G. Nikolashvili, E. Ovcharov, R. Papini, T. Pursimo, I. Rahimov, D. Reinhart, T. Sakamoto, F. Salvaggio, E. Semkov, D.N. Shakhovskoy, L.A. Sigua, R. Steineke, M. Stojanovic, A. Strigachev, Y.V. Troitskaya, I.S. Troitskiy, A. Tsai, A. Valcheva, A.A. Vasilyev, O. Vince, L. Waller, E. Zaharieva, R. Chatterjee |
| Summary: | Blazars are active galactic nuclei (AGN) with relativistic jets whose non-thermal radiation is extremely variable on various timescales1-3. This variability seems mostly random, although some quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), implying systematic processes, have been reported in blazars and other AGN. QPOs with timescales of days or hours are especially rare4 in AGN and their nature is highly debated, explained by emitting plasma moving helically inside the jet5, plasma instabilities6,7 or orbital motion in an accretion disc7,8. Here we report results of intense optical and γ-ray flux monitoring of BL Lacertae (BL Lac) during a dramatic outburst in 2020 (ref. 9). |
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| ISSN: | 1476-4687 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41586-022-05038-9 |