2025PASJ...77..193H -
Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 77, 193-207 (2025/February-0)
The possible long-term periodic variability of the extremely luminous quasar WISE J090924.01+000211.1.
HORIUCHI T., TOBA Y., MISAWA T., MURATA K.L., ISOGAI K., YATSU Y., TAKAHASHI I., SASADA M., NIWANO M., HIGUCHI N., HAYATSU S., SEKI H., OASA Y. and SATO R.
Abstract (from CDS):
The extremely luminous infrared galaxy (ELIRG), WISE J090924.01$+$000211.1 (hereafter WISE J0909$+$0002, $z=1.87$) is an extraordinary object with a quasar aspect. This study performed monitoring observations of WISE J0909$+$0002 with the 105$\:$cm Murikabushi telescope, Okayama and Akeno 50$\:$cm telescopes/MITSuME ($g^{\,\prime}$, $R_{\rm c}$, and $I_{\rm c}$ bands), and the SaCRA 55$\:$cm telescope/MuSaSHI (r, i, and z bands) for three years. We obtain the following results by combining the UV/optical light curves of the CRTS, Pan-STARRS, and ZTF archive data, and our observational data: (1) the light curves of WISE J0909$+$0002 present quasi-periodic (sinusoidal) oscillations with the rest-frame period of $\sim \!660$-$689\:$d; (2) the structure functions of WISE J0909$+$0002 do not show a damped random walk (DRW) trend; (3) the mock DRW light curves present periodic-like trend on rare occasions in 10000 simulations; (4) the relativistic boost scenario is favored, since the relation between variability amplitude and power-law slope ratio is consistent with the theoretical prediction of this scenario, and a substantial parameter space exists between the inclination angles and the black hole mass; (5) the circumbinary disk model is insufficient to explain the spectral energy distribution of our target; (6) the significant radio flux density of WISE J0909+0002 is not detected from the VLA FIRST Survey, thus the radio jet precession scenario is ruled out. The Doppler boost scenario is, from our results, likely as a cause of the periodic variability; consequently the quasi-periodic oscillations in WISE J0909$+$0002 is possibly interpreted by a supermassive black hole binary. Additional observations to investigate the continuity of the periodic trend would bring new insights into mechanisms of the quasi-periodic oscillations and/or ELIRGs.
Abstract Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: active - infrared: galaxies - quasars: individual (WISE J090924.01+000211.1)
Simbad objects:
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