2025ApJ...980..153S -
Astrophys. J., 980, 153 (2025/February-2)
Multiwavelength Variability Analysis of the Blazar PKS 0727-11: An ∼ 168 day Quasiperiodic Oscillation in the γ-Ray.
SHEN Y., YI T., DHIMAN V., MAO L. and DONG L.
Abstract (from CDS):
We performed variability analysis of the multiwavelength light curves (LCs) for the flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS 0727-11. Using the generalized Lomb-Scargle periodogram, we identified a possible quasiperiodic oscillation (QPO) of ∼168.6 days (persisted for six cycles, with a significance of 3.8σ) in the γ-ray LC during the flare period (MJD 54687-55738). It is the first time that periodic variations have been detected in this source, and further supported by other methods: weighted wavelet z-transform, phase dispersion minimization, REDFIT, autoregressive integrated moving average model, and structure function analysis. Cross-correlation analysis shows that there is a strong correlation between multiband light variations, indicating that γ-ray and radio flares may originate from the same disturbance, and the distance between the emission regions of γ-ray and radio flares is calculated based on the time lag. We demonstrate that QPO arising from the non-ballistic helical jet motion driven by the orbital motion in a supermassive binary black hole is a plausible physical explanation. In this scenario, the estimated mass of the primary black hole is M ∼ 3.66 × 108-5.79 × 109M⊙.
Abstract Copyright:
© 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
Blazars - Flat-spectrum radio quasars
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