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2016MNRAS.462L..80P - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 462, L80-L83 (2016/October-2)

Evidence for quasi-periodic oscillations in the optical polarization of the blazar PKS 2155-304.

PEKEUR N.W., TAYLOR A.R., POTTER S.B. and KRAAN-KORTEWEG R.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

Evidence for the presence of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the optical polarization of the blazar PKS 2155-304, during a period of enhanced gamma-ray brightness, is presented. The periodogram of the polarized flux revealed the existence of a prominent peak at T ∼ 13 min, detected at >99.7 per cent significance, and T ∼ 30 min, which was nominally significant at >99 per cent. This is the first evidence of QPOs in the polarization of an active galactic nucleus, potentially opening up a new avenue of studying this phenomenon.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: active

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