Quasi-periodic behaviour in the optical and γ-ray light curves of blazars 3C 66A and B2 1633+38
Author
Otero-Santos, JAcosta-Pulido, J A
Becerra González, J
Raiteri, C M
Larionov, V M
Peñil, P
Smith, P S
Ballester Niebla, C
Borman, G A
Carnerero, M I
Castro Segura, N
Grishina, T S
Kopatskaya, E N
Larionova, E G
Morozova, D A
Nikiforova, A A
Savchenko, S S
Troitskaya, Yu V
Troitsky, I S
Vasilyev, A A
Villata, M
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Univ Arizona, Steward ObservIssue Date
2020-01-16Keywords
galaxies: activeBL Lacertae objects: general
BL Lacertae objects: individual (3C 66A, B2 1633+38)
galaxies: nuclei
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J Otero-Santos, J A Acosta-Pulido, J Becerra González, C M Raiteri, V M Larionov, P Peñil, P S Smith, C Ballester Niebla, G A Borman, M I Carnerero, N Castro Segura, T S Grishina, E N Kopatskaya, E G Larionova, D A Morozova, A A Nikiforova, S S Savchenko, Yu V Troitskaya, I S Troitsky, A A Vasilyev, M Villata, Quasi-periodic behaviour in the optical and γ-ray light curves of blazars 3C 66A and B2 1633+38, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 492, Issue 4, March 2020, Pages 5524–5539, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa134Rights
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We report on quasi-periodic variability found in two blazars included in the Steward Observatory Blazar Monitoring data sample: the RI_ Lac object 3C 66A and the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 132 1633+38. We collect optical photometric mid polarimetric data in V and R bands of these sources from different observatories: St, Petersburg University, Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, WEBT GASP, Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey, Steward Observatory, STELLA Robotic Observatory, and Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope. In addition, an analysis of the y-ray light curves from Fermi LAI' is included, Three methods are used to search for any periodic behaviour in the data: the Z-trans form Discrete Correlation Function, the Lomb Scargle periodogram and the Weighted Wavelet Z-transform. We find pieces of evidence of possible quasi-periodic variability in the optical photometric data of both sources with periods of 3 yr for 3C 66A and 1.9 yr for B2 1633+38, with significances between 3o- and 50-. Only B2 1633+38 shows evidence of this behaviour in the optical polarized data set at a confidence level of 20-,10-. This is the first reported evidence of quasi periodic behaviour in the optical light curve of B2 1633+38. Also, a hint of quasi-periodic behaviour is found in the y-ray light curve of B2 1633+38 with a confidence level >20-, while no periodicity is observed for 3C 66A in this energy range. We propose different jet emission models that could explain the quasi-periodic variability and the differences found between these two sources.ISSN
0035-8711Version
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10.1093/mnras/staa134