Intranight optical variability of radio-quiet BL Lacertae objects

2015/01/31 by Yuan Liu, Jin Zhang, Shuang‐Nan Zhang +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #BL Lac object #Blazar #Gamma ray #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Physics #QUIET #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Variation (astronomy) #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425248

published as A&A 576, A3 (2015) · Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics; 7 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables

arxiv created 2015/02/02 · openalex publication_date 2015/02/02 · arxiv updated 2015/03/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Aims. Intranight variation (or microvariation) is a common phenomenon of radio-loud BL Lac objects. However, it is not clear whether the recently found radio-quiet BL Lac objects have the same properties. The occurrence rate of intranight variation is helpful in distinguishing the mechanism of the continuum of radio-quiet BL Lac objects.

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