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Multiwavelength analysis of the variability of the blazar 3C 273.

S Fernandes1, V M Patiño-Álvarez2, V Chavushyan2, E M Schlegel1, J R Valdés2.   

Abstract

We present multiwavelength light curves and polarimetric data of the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 273 over 8 yr. The wavelength range of our data set extends from radio to gamma-rays. We found that the optical emission in this source is dominated by the accretion disc during the entire time-frame of study. We additionally find that in contrast with the observed behaviour in other blazars, 3C 273 does not show a correlation between the gamma-ray spectral index and the gamma-ray luminosity. Finally, we identified an anticorrelation between the 15 GHz and V-band light curves for the time-range JD 245 = 4860-5760, which we speculate is the consequence of the inner part of the accretion disc falling into the black hole, followed by the ejection of a component into the jet.
© 2020 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Keywords:  galaxies: active; galaxies: jets; gamma-rays: galaxies; quasars: individual: 3C 273

Year:  2020        PMID: 32778847      PMCID: PMC7403487          DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2013

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Mon Not R Astron Soc        ISSN: 0035-8711            Impact factor:   5.287


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1.  Observational evidence for the accretion-disk origin for a radio jet in an active galaxy.

Authors:  Alan P Marscher; Svetlana G Jorstad; José-Luis Gómez; Margo F Aller; Harri Teräsranta; Matthew L Lister; Alastair M Stirling
Journal:  Nature       Date:  2002-06-06       Impact factor: 49.962

2.  A change in the optical polarization associated with a gamma-ray flare in the blazar 3C 279.

Authors: 
Journal:  Nature       Date:  2010-02-18       Impact factor: 49.962

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