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RoboPol: Do optical polarization rotations occur in all blazars? / Blinov, D.; Pavlidou, V.; Papadakis, I.; Kiehlmann, S.; Liodakis, I.; Panopoulou, G.V.; Pearson, T.J.; Angelakis, E.; Balokovi, M.; Hovatta, T.; Joshi, V.; King, O.G.; Kus, A.; Kylafis, N.; Mahabal, A.; Marecki, A.; Myserlis, I.; Paleologou, E.; Papamastorakis, I.; Pazderski, E.; Prabhudesai, S.; Ramaprakash, A.; Readhead, A.C.S.; Reig, P.; Tassis, K.; Zensus, J.A.
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 462, No. 2, 2016, p. 1775-1785.
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Blinov, D, Pavlidou, V, Papadakis, I, Kiehlmann, S, Liodakis, I, Panopoulou, GV, Pearson, TJ, Angelakis, E, Balokovi, M, Hovatta, T, Joshi, V, King, OG, Kus, A, Kylafis, N, Mahabal, A, Marecki, A, Myserlis, I, Paleologou, E, Papamastorakis, I, Pazderski, E, Prabhudesai, S, Ramaprakash, A, Readhead, ACS, Reig, P, Tassis, K & Zensus, JA 2016, '
RoboPol: Do optical polarization rotations occur in all blazars?',
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol. 462, no. 2, pp. 1775-1785.
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1732
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Blinov, D., Pavlidou, V., Papadakis, I., Kiehlmann, S., Liodakis, I., Panopoulou, G. V., Pearson, T. J., Angelakis, E., Balokovi, M., Hovatta, T., Joshi, V., King, O. G., Kus, A., Kylafis, N., Mahabal, A., Marecki, A., Myserlis, I., Paleologou, E., Papamastorakis, I., ... Zensus, J. A. (2016).
RoboPol: Do optical polarization rotations occur in all blazars? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
462(2), 1775-1785.
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1732
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Blinov, D. ; Pavlidou, V. ; Papadakis, I. ; Kiehlmann, S. ; Liodakis, I. ; Panopoulou, G.V. ; Pearson, T.J. ; Angelakis, E. ; Balokovi, M. ; Hovatta, T. ; Joshi, V. ; King, O.G. ; Kus, A. ; Kylafis, N. ; Mahabal, A. ; Marecki, A. ; Myserlis, I. ; Paleologou, E. ; Papamastorakis, I. ; Pazderski, E. ; Prabhudesai, S. ; Ramaprakash, A. ; Readhead, A.C.S. ; Reig, P. ; Tassis, K. ; Zensus, J.A. /
RoboPol: Do optical polarization rotations occur in all blazars?. In:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2016 ; Vol. 462, No. 2. pp. 1775-1785.
BibTeX
@article{bd25a00378ba46b1b2a67344e3334db2,
title = "RoboPol: Do optical polarization rotations occur in all blazars?",
abstract = "{\textcopyright} 2016 The Authors.We present a new set of optical polarization plane rotations in blazars, observed during the third year of operation of RoboPol. The entire set of rotation events discovered during three years of observations is analysed with the aim of determining whether these events are inherent in all blazars. It is found that the frequency of the polarization plane rotations varies widely among blazars. This variation cannot be explained either by a difference in the relativistic boosting or by selection effects caused by a difference in the average fractional polarization. We conclude that the rotations are characteristic of a subset of blazars and that they occur as a consequence of their intrinsic properties.",
author = "D. Blinov and V. Pavlidou and I. Papadakis and S. Kiehlmann and I. Liodakis and G.V. Panopoulou and T.J. Pearson and E. Angelakis and M. Balokovi and T. Hovatta and V. Joshi and O.G. King and A. Kus and N. Kylafis and A. Mahabal and A. Marecki and I. Myserlis and E. Paleologou and I. Papamastorakis and E. Pazderski and S. Prabhudesai and A. Ramaprakash and A.C.S. Readhead and P. Reig and K. Tassis and J.A. Zensus",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1093/mnras/stw1732",
language = "English",
volume = "462",
pages = "1775--1785",
journal = "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society",
issn = "0035-8711",
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RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - RoboPol: Do optical polarization rotations occur in all blazars?
AU - Blinov, D.
AU - Pavlidou, V.
AU - Papadakis, I.
AU - Kiehlmann, S.
AU - Liodakis, I.
AU - Panopoulou, G.V.
AU - Pearson, T.J.
AU - Angelakis, E.
AU - Balokovi, M.
AU - Hovatta, T.
AU - Joshi, V.
AU - King, O.G.
AU - Kus, A.
AU - Kylafis, N.
AU - Mahabal, A.
AU - Marecki, A.
AU - Myserlis, I.
AU - Paleologou, E.
AU - Papamastorakis, I.
AU - Pazderski, E.
AU - Prabhudesai, S.
AU - Ramaprakash, A.
AU - Readhead, A.C.S.
AU - Reig, P.
AU - Tassis, K.
AU - Zensus, J.A.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - © 2016 The Authors.We present a new set of optical polarization plane rotations in blazars, observed during the third year of operation of RoboPol. The entire set of rotation events discovered during three years of observations is analysed with the aim of determining whether these events are inherent in all blazars. It is found that the frequency of the polarization plane rotations varies widely among blazars. This variation cannot be explained either by a difference in the relativistic boosting or by selection effects caused by a difference in the average fractional polarization. We conclude that the rotations are characteristic of a subset of blazars and that they occur as a consequence of their intrinsic properties.
AB - © 2016 The Authors.We present a new set of optical polarization plane rotations in blazars, observed during the third year of operation of RoboPol. The entire set of rotation events discovered during three years of observations is analysed with the aim of determining whether these events are inherent in all blazars. It is found that the frequency of the polarization plane rotations varies widely among blazars. This variation cannot be explained either by a difference in the relativistic boosting or by selection effects caused by a difference in the average fractional polarization. We conclude that the rotations are characteristic of a subset of blazars and that they occur as a consequence of their intrinsic properties.
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stw1732
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stw1732
M3 - Article
VL - 462
SP - 1775
EP - 1785
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SN - 0035-8711
IS - 2
ER -
