2025MNRAS.544.2455N -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 544, 2455-2466 (2025/December-1)
Transitional spectral behaviour in Blazar OJ 287: A comprehensive multi-epoch SED study.
NAVANEETH P.K., BHATTA G. and KIZHAKKEKALAM S.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present a comprehensive multiwavelength investigation of BL Lac object OJ 287 using Swift and Fermi observatories spanning 2008-2025. The source exhibits significant flux variability across optical-UV, X-ray, and $\gamma$-ray regimes, with outbursts observed in optical, UV, and X-ray wavelengths. Variability and correlation analyses of the long-term light curves reveal strong correlations among optical, UV, and X-ray bands, whereas there is no significant correlation between $\gamma$-ray and other bands. Using a decade-long data set (MJD 57382-60448), we analysed X-ray spectral variability across different flux states (flare, intermediate, and quiescent). Multiwavelength spectral energy distributions (SEDs) were constructed using a one-zone leptonic model to investigate the transitional nature of the X-ray spectral position in the broad-band. The analysis reveals OJ 287's consistent flux-dependent transitional spectral behaviour: quiescent states show hard X-ray spectra dominated by inverse Compton emission; intermediate states exhibit contributions from both inverse Compton and synchrotron components with moderately hard spectra; flaring events are characterized by predominantly synchrotron emission, resulting in soft X-ray spectra. Broad-band SED modelling captures the systematic evolution of model parameters across different activity states, with correlation analysis revealing strong positive correlations between synchrotron peak frequency, synchrotron-self Compton peak frequency, and X-ray flux, providing quantitative evidence for the changing dominance of emission components within the blazar's relativistic jet.
Abstract Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - galaxies: active - galaxies: BL Lacertae objects: individual: OJ 287 - galaxies: jets - gamma-rays: galaxies - X-rays: galaxies
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