Precession-induced Variability in AGN Jets and OJ 287

J 2023

Precession-induced Variability in AGN Jets and OJ 287

BRITZEN, Silke; Michal ZAJAČEK; Gopal KRISHNA; Christian FENDT; Emma KUN et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Precession-induced Variability in AGN Jets and OJ 287

Autoři

BRITZEN, Silke; Michal ZAJAČEK; Gopal KRISHNA; Christian FENDT; Emma KUN; Frédéric JARON; Aimo SILLANPÄÄ a Andreas ECKART

Vydání

The Astrophysical Journal, IOP Publishing Ltd, 2023, 0004-637X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10308 Astronomy

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL, URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 4.800

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00134217

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Active Galactic Nuclei; Blazars; Relativistic Jets; Galaxy mergers; Radio interferometry; Gravitational waves

Štítky

14312040, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 7. 9. 2023 12:29, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The combined study of the flaring of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at radio wavelengths and parsec-scale jet kinematics with Very Long Baseline Interferometry has led to the view that (i) the observed flares are associated with ejections of synchrotron blobs from the core, and (ii) most of the flaring follows a one-to-one correlation with the ejection of the component. Recent results have added to the mounting evidence showing that the quasi-regular component injections into the relativistic jet may not be the only cause of the flux variability. We propose that AGN flux variability and changes in jet morphology can both be of deterministic nature, i.e., having a geometric/kinetic origin linked to the time-variable Doppler beaming of the jet emission as its direction changes due to precession (and nutation). The physics of the underlying jet leads to shocks, instabilities, or ejections of plasmoids. The appearance (morphology, flux, etc.) of the jet can, however, be strongly affected and modulated by precession. We demonstrate this modulating power of precession for OJ 287. For the first time, we show that the spectral state of the spectral energy distribution (SED) can be directly related to the jet's precession phase. We model the SED evolution and reproduce the precession parameters. Further, we apply our precession model to 11 prominent AGNs. We show that for OJ 287 precession seems to dominate the long-term variability (≳1 yr) of the AGN flux, SED spectral state, and jet morphology, while stochastic processes affect the variability on short timescales (≲0.2 yr).

Návaznosti

GX21-13491X, projekt VaV

Název: Zkoumání žhavého vesmíru a porozumění kosmické zpětné vazbě (Akronym: EHU)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Exploring the Hot Universe and Understanding Comic Feedback

Citovat

BRITZEN, Silke; Michal ZAJAČEK; Gopal KRISHNA; Christian FENDT; Emma KUN; Frédéric JARON; Aimo SILLANPÄÄ a Andreas ECKART. Precession-induced Variability in AGN Jets and OJ 287. The Astrophysical Journal. IOP Publishing Ltd, 2023, roč. 951, č. 2, s. 1-38. ISSN 0004-637X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/accbbc.

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   language = {eng},
   issn = {0004-637X},
   journal = {The Astrophysical Journal},
   title = {Precession-induced Variability in AGN Jets and OJ 287},
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   volume = {951},
   year = {2023}
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N2  - The combined study of the flaring of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at radio wavelengths and parsec-scale jet kinematics with Very Long Baseline Interferometry has led to the view that (i) the observed flares are associated with ejections of synchrotron blobs from the core, and (ii) most of the flaring follows a one-to-one correlation with the ejection of the component. Recent results have added to the mounting evidence showing that the quasi-regular component injections into the relativistic jet may not be the only cause of the flux variability. We propose that AGN flux variability and changes in jet morphology can both be of deterministic nature, i.e., having a geometric/kinetic origin linked to the time-variable Doppler beaming of the jet emission as its direction changes due to precession (and nutation). The physics of the underlying jet leads to shocks, instabilities, or ejections of plasmoids. The appearance (morphology, flux, etc.) of the jet can, however, be strongly affected and modulated by precession. We demonstrate this modulating power of precession for OJ 287. For the first time, we show that the spectral state of the spectral energy distribution (SED) can be directly related to the jet's precession phase. We model the SED evolution and reproduce the precession parameters. Further, we apply our precession model to 11 prominent AGNs. We show that for OJ 287 precession seems to dominate the long-term variability (≳1 yr) of the AGN flux, SED spectral state, and jet morphology, while stochastic processes affect the variability on short timescales (≲0.2 yr).
ER  -

BRITZEN, Silke; Michal ZAJAČEK; Gopal KRISHNA; Christian FENDT; Emma KUN; Frédéric JARON; Aimo SILLANPÄÄ a Andreas ECKART. Precession-induced Variability in AGN Jets and OJ 287. \textit{The Astrophysical Journal}. IOP Publishing Ltd, 2023, roč.~951, č.~2, s.~1-38. ISSN~0004-637X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/accbbc.

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