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2025MNRAS.537.2931R - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 537, 2931-2944 (2025/March-1)

SMBH binary candidate PKS J2134-0153: possible multi-band periodic variability and inter-band time lags.

REN G.-W., SUN M., DING N., YANG X. and ZHANG Z.-X.

Abstract (from CDS):

Studying the periodic flux-variation behaviour of blazars is vital for probing supermassive black hole binaries and the kinematics of relativistic jets. In this work, we report the detection of multi-band possible periodic variations of the blazar PKS J2134-0153, including infrared ($1.6(\pm 0.4)\times 10^3$ day) and optical ($1.8(\pm 1)\times 10^3$ day) wavelengths. The periods in the infrared and optical bands are statistically consistent with the period in the radio band ($P_{\mathrm{Radio}} = 1760\pm 33$ days, obtained from our previous work). Moreover, flux variations in different bands are correlated with evident inter-band time delays, and the time lags of infrared and optical emission with respect to radio emission are $(3.3\pm 2.3)\times 10^{2}$ days and $(3.0\pm 2.3)\times 10^{2}$ days, respectively. The cross-correlations indicate a common origin of radio, infrared, and optical emission. The relative positions between emission regions of infrared and optical emission and radio emission are estimated according to the time lags, i.e. $0.37\pm 0.26$ and $0.33\pm 0.26$ pc. The relative distances seem to be quantitatively consistent with the theoretical prediction.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: jets - quasars: supermassive black holes

Simbad objects: 6

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