Optical polarization of high-energy BL Lacertae objects

2016/08/30 by T. Hovatta, E. Lindfors, D. Blinov +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #BL Lac object #Blazar #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Light curve #Optical spectra #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Quasar #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628974

published as A&A 596, A78 (2016) · 13 pages, 10 figures + Appendix with 48 polarization curves. Accepted for publication in A&A

arxiv created 2016/08/30 · openalex publication_date 2016/09/06 · openalex created_date 2016/09/16 · arxiv updated 2016/12/07 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

Context. We investigate the optical polarization properties of high-energy BL Lac objects using data from the RoboPol blazar monitoring program and the Nordic Optical Telescope.

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