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Here we report an optical quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) with a period of $\sim$134~day detected in g- and r-band light curves of a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy TXS 1206+549 at redshift of 1.34 with the data from the Zwicky Transient…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-13 Chongyang Ren , Sisi Sun , Pengfei Zhang

In a previous paper, we reported evidence for quasi-periodicities in the \textsl{TESS} light curves of BL Lacerate and two other blazars found serendipitously in the SDSS AGN catalog. In this work, we find tentative evidence for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-02-08 Ashutosh Tripathi , Krista Lynne Smith , Paul J. Wiita , Robert V. Wagoner

We analyzed 19 years of $R$-band data of the blazar 3C 454.3 from the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) archive, along with new data from its members and from public archives such as those provided by the Small and Moderate Aperture…

We present periodicity search analyses on the $\gamma$-ray lightcurve of the TeV blazar PKS 1510-089 observed by the \textit{Fermi} Large Area Telescope. We report the detection of two transient quasi-periodic oscillations: a 3.6-day QPO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 Abhradeep Roy , Arkadipta Sarkar , Anshu Chatterjee , Alok C. Gupta , Varsha R. Chitnis , Paul J. Wiita

We present time series analyses of three-decade long radio observations of the BL Lacertae object AO 0235+164 made at the University of Michigan Radio Astronomical Observatory operating at three central frequencies of 4.8 GHz, 8.0 GHz and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-26 Ashutosh Tripathi , Alok C. Gupta , Margo F. Aller , Paul J. Wiita , Cosimo Bambi , Hugh Aller , Minfeng Gu

The detection of periodicities in light curves of active galacticnuclei (AGN) could have profound consequences for our understanding of the nature and radiation physics of these objects. At high energies (HE; E>100 MeV) 5 blazars (PG…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-02-26 F. Ait Benkhali , W. Hofmann , F. M. Rieger , N. Chakraborty

Based on the long-term light curves collected from the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) (from 2005 to 2013) and the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) (from 2014 to 2018), optical quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) about 300 days…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-17 Qi Zheng , Xueguang Zhang , Qirong Yuan

The data for BL Lac object S5 0716+714 optical B, R and I bands are collected from November 10, 2017 to May 15, 2018. The raw data consists of 21396 quasi-simultaneous multi-band points, with 7132 data points for each band. To search for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-06 Lin Lu , Hao-Jing Zhang , Guo-Wei Ren

Long-standing optical quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) with periodicity of hundreds to thousands of days have been accepted as indicators for central sub-pc binary black hole systems (BBHs) in broad line active galactic nuclei (BLAGN).…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-11 Liao GuiLin , Chen XingQian , Cheng PeiZhen , Zhang XueGuang

We examine lengthy radio light curves of the flat spectrum radio galaxy 3C 454.3 for possible quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs). The data used in this work were collected at five radio frequencies, 4.8, 8.0, 14.5, 22.0, and 37.0 GHz…

Detection of periodicity in the broad-band non-thermal emission of blazars has so far been proven to be elusive. However, there are a number of scenarios which could lead to quasi-periodic variations in blazar light curves. For example,…

In the manuscript, a 3.8yr optical quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) is reported in blue quasar SDSS J132144+033055 (=\obj) at $z=0.269$, based on 16.3yr-long light curve from both CSS and ZTF directly described by a sinusoidal function.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-21 XueGuang Zhang

In order to search for the evidence of quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in blazar, multicolor optical observations of the BL Lacertae object S5 0716+714 were performed from 2005 to 2012. For $I$ band on March 19 2010 with low variability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-27 Shanwei Hong , Dingrong Xiong , Jinming Bai

We carried out a high time-resolution, multicolour optical observing campaign for eight $\gamma$-ray detected blazars during 2010-2020. We analyze flux variations, correlations between magnitudes and colours on different timescales.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-15 X. Chang , T. F. Yi , D. R. Xiong , C. X. Liu , X. Yang , H. Z. Li , Y. L. Gong , W. W. Na , Y. Li , Z. H. Chen , J. P. Chen , L. S. Mao

Transient quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) are extremely interesting observational phenomena. However, the precise physical mechanisms leading to their generation are still hotly debated. We performed a systematic search for transient QPO…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-01 Junping Chen , Jinjie Yu , Weitian Huang , Nan Ding

We present an analysis of multifrequency light curves of the sources 2223-052 (3C 446), 2230+114 (CTA 102), and 2251+158 (3C 454.3), which had shown evidence of quasi-periodic activity. The analysis made use of data from the University of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. A. Kudryavtseva , T. B. Pyatunina

In this work, we explore the long-term variability properties of the blazar PKS 0219-164 in the radio and the $\gamma$-ray regime, utilizing the OVRO 15 GHz and the \fermi/LAT observations from the period 2008--2017. We found that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Gopal Bhatta

Quasi-periodic fluctuations in the light curves of blazars can provide insight into the underlying emission process. This type of flux modulation hints at periodic physical processes that result in emission. CTA 102, a flat spectrum radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-15 Arkadipta Sarkar , Pankaj Kushwaha , Alok C. Gupta , Varsha R. Chitnis , Paul J. Wiita

While there has been an increase in interest in the possibility of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in blazars, the search has hitherto been restricted to sources with well-sampled light curves. Objects with light curves that include gaps…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-09-18 M. A. Hashad , Amr A. El-Zant , Y. Abdou , H. M. Badran

We report on quasi-periodic variability found in two blazars included in the Steward Observatory Blazar Monitoring data sample: the BL Lac object 3C 66A and the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar B2 1633+38. We collect optical photometric and…