dc.creatorAndruchow, Ileana
dc.creatorRomero, Gustavo Esteban
dc.creatorCellone, Sergio Aldo
dc.date2005-10
dc.date2021-09-01T15:37:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-15T02:51:42Z
dc.date.available2023-07-15T02:51:42Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/123962
dc.identifierissn:0004-6361
dc.identifierissn:1432-0746
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7463549
dc.descriptionWe present the results of a systematic observational campaign designed to search for microvariability in the optical polarization of BL Lac objects. We observed a sample formed by 8 X-ray-selected and 10 radio-selected sources, looking for rapid changes in both the degree of linear polarization and the corresponding polarization angle. The whole campaign was carried out during the last three years, and most of the objects were observed on at least two consecutive nights. The statistical properties of both classes of BL Lac objects are compared, and some general conclusions on the nature of the phenomenon are drawn. In general, radio selected sources seem to display higher duty cycles for polarimetric microvariability and, on average, they have a stronger polarization.
dc.descriptionFacultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
dc.descriptionInstituto Argentino de Radioastronomía
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format97-107
dc.languagees
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
dc.subjectAstronomía
dc.subjectgalaxies: active
dc.subjectgalaxies: BL Lacertae objects: general
dc.subjectpolarization
dc.titlePolarization microvariability of BL Lacertae objects
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeArticulo


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