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We report the detection of modulated circular polarization in V795 Her. The degree of polarization increases with wavelength and is modulated with a period of 19.54 min, which is very close to the reported optical QPO period. The modulation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Rodriguez-Gil , J. Casares , I. G. Martinez-Pais , P. Hakala

We present high sensitivity polarimetric observations in 6 bands covering the 5.5-38 GHz range of a complete sample of 53 compact extragalactic radio sources brighter than 200 mJy at 20 GHz. The observations, carried out with the Australia…

We report on the variability of 443 flat spectrum, compact radio sources monitored using the VLA for 3 days in 4 epochs at ~ 4 month intervals at 5 GHz as part of the Micro-Arcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability (MASIV) survey. Over…

We investigate the relationship between 5 GHz interstellar scintillation (ISS) and 15 GHz intrinsic variability of compact, radio-selected AGNs drawn from the Microarcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability (MASIV) Survey and the Owens…

We explore the variability and cross-frequency correlation of the flux density and polarization of the blazar OJ287, using imaging at 43 GHz with the Very Long Baseline Array, as well as optical and near-infrared polarimetry. The…

Very recently, J 1128+5925 was found to show strong intraday variability at radio wavelengths and may be a new source with annual modulation of the timescale of its radio variability. Therefore, its radio variability can be best explained…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Jianghua Wu , Xu Zhou , Jun Ma , Zhenyu Wu , Zhaoji Jiang , Jiansheng Chen

The 4.9 GHz Micro-Arcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability (MASIV) Survey detected a drop in Interstellar Scintillation (ISS) for sources at redshifts z > 2, indicating an apparent increase in angular diameter or a decrease in flux…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-09-09 J. Y Koay , J. -P. Macquart , B. J. Rickett , H. E. Bignall , J. E. J. Lovell , C. Reynolds , D. L. Jauncey , T. Pursimo , L. Kedziora-Chudczer , R. Ojha

The bright radio source S5 0716+714, that is usually classified as BL Lac object, is one of the most intensively studied. S5 0716+714 demonstrates extremely peculiar properties such as the shortest time-scale of optical and polarimetric…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-12-05 E. S. Shablovinskaya , V. L. Afanasiev

Intraday Variability of compact extragalactic radio sources can be interpreted as quenched scintillation due to turbulent density fluctuations of the nearby ionized interstellar medium. We demonstrate that the statistical analysis of IDV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Beckert , L. Fuhrmann , G. Cimo , T. P. Krichbaum , A. Witzel , J. A. Zensus

An 11-day monitoring campaign in late 2005 reveals clear correlation in polarization between the optical emission and the region of the intensity peak (the "pseudocore") at the upstream end of the jet in 43 GHz Very Long Baseline Array…

Some rapidly variable extra-galactic radio sources show very high brightness temperatures T_B>10^{12}K and high degrees of circular polarisation (1%). Standard synchrotron models that assume a power-law electron distribution cannot produce…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. G. Kirk , O. Tsang

The gamma-ray binary LS I+61 303 has been widely monitored at different wavelengths since its discovery more than sixty years ago. However, the nature of the compact object and the peculiar behavior of the system are still largely debated.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-14 J. Lopez-Miralles , Sara E. Motta , S. Migliari , F. Jaron

Aims: In this work, we analyse the multiwavelength brightness variations and flaring activity of FSRQ PKS1510-089, aiming to constrain the position of the emission sources. Methods: We report 7 mm (43 GHz) radio and R-band polarimetric…

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NGC 3783 was observed for approximately 210ks by Suzaku and in this time showed significant spectral and flux variability at both short (20ks) and long (100ks) time scales. The full observation is found to consist of approximately six…

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We present variability analyses of twenty pointed XMM-Newton observations of the high energy peaked TeV blazar PG 1553+113 taken during 2010 to 2018. We found intraday variability in the total X-ray energy range (0.3 -- 10 keV) in 16 out of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-30 Vinit Dhiman , Alok C. Gupta , Haritma Gaur , Paul J. Wiita

The remarkable rapid variations in radio flux density and polarization of the quasar PKS 0405-385 observed in 1996 are subject to a correlation analysis, from which characteristic time scales and amplitudes are derived. The variations are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Barney J. Rickett , Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer , David L. Jauncey

We investigate the statistical properties of the polarized emission of extragalactic radio sources and estimate their contribution to the power spectrum of polarization fluctuations in the microwave region. The basic ingredients of our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Mesa , C. Baccigalupi , G. De Zotti , L. Gregorini , K. -H. Mack , M. Vigotti , U. Klein

We present time-series linear-polarization observations of the bright O4 supergiant $\zeta$ Puppis. The star is found to show polarization variation on timescales of around an hour and longer. Many of the observations were obtained…

The intra-day variable source 0917+624 displays annual changes in its timescale of variability. This is explained in terms of a scintillation model in which changes in the variability timescale are due to changes in the relative velocity of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 D. L. Jauncey , J. -P. Macquart