| dc.creator | Raúl Mújica García | |
| dc.date | 2013-04-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-25T16:25:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-07-25T16:25:17Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/2268 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7807448 | |
| dc.description | A detailed analysis of the optical polarimetric variability of the TeV blazar 1ES 1959+650 from 2007 October 18 to 2011 May 5 is presented. The source showed a maximum and minimum brightness states in the R-band of 14.08±0.03 mag and 15.20±0.03 mag, respectively, with a maximum variation of 1.12 mag, and also a maximum polarization degree of P =(12.2±0.7)%, with a maximum variation of 10.7%. From August to November 2009, a correlation between the optical R-band flux and the degree of linear polarization was found, with a correlation coefficient rpol=0.984±0.025. The source presented a preferential position angle of optical polarization of ∼153°, with variations of 10°-50°, that is in agreement with the projected position angle of the parsec scale jet found at 43 GHz. From the Stokes parameters we infer the existence of two optically-thin synchrotron components that contribute to the polarized flux. One of them is stable, with a constant polarization degree of 4%. Assuming a stationary shock for the variable component, we estimated some parameters associated with the physics of the relativistic jet: the magnetic field, B ∼0.06 G, the Doppler factor, δ₀ ∼23, the viewing angle, Φ∼2.4°, and the size of the emission region rb ∼5.6×10¹⁷ cm. Our study is consistent with the spine-sheath model to explain the polarimetric variability displayed by this source during our monitoring. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | |
| dc.relation | citation:Sorcia, Marco, et al., (2013), Long-term optical polarization variability of the TeV blazar 1ES 1959+650, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 206(2):1-58 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 | |
| dc.subject | info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/(galaxies:) BL Lacertae objects: individual (1ES 1959+650) | |
| dc.subject | info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: jets | |
| dc.subject | info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: photometry | |
| dc.subject | info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Polarization | |
| dc.subject | info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1 | |
| dc.subject | info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21 | |
| dc.subject | info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21 | |
| dc.title | Long-term optical polarization variability of the TeV blazar 1ES 1959+650 | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion | |
| dc.audience | students | |
| dc.audience | researchers | |
| dc.audience | generalPublic | |
