2015ApJ...799..207H


Query : 2015ApJ...799..207H

2015ApJ...799..207H - Astrophys. J., 799, 207 (2015/February-1)

Constraining the physical conditions in the jets of γ-ray flaring blazars using centimeter-band polarimetry and radiative transfer simulations. II. Exploring parameter space and implications.

HUGHES P.A., ALLER M.F. and ALLER H.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We analyze the shock-in-jet models for the γ-ray flaring blazars 0420-014, OJ 287, and 1156+295 presented in Paper I, quantifying how well the modeling constrains internal properties of the flow (low-energy spectral cutoff, partition between random and ordered magnetic field), the flow dynamics (quiescent flow speed and orientation), and the number and strength of the shocks responsible for radio-band flaring. We conclude that well-sampled, multifrequency polarized flux light curves are crucial for defining source properties. We argue for few, if any, low-energy particles in these flows, suggesting no entrainment and efficient energization of jet material, and for approximate energy equipartition between the random and ordered magnetic field components, suggesting that the ordered field is built by nontrivial dynamo action from the random component, or that the latter arises from a jet instability that preserves the larger-scale, ordered flow. We present evidence that the difference between orphan radio-band (no γ-ray counterpart) and non-orphan flares is due to more complex shock interactions in the latter case.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: jets - magnetic fields - polarization - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - shock waves

Simbad objects: 7

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Number of rows : 7
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024
#notes
1 QSO B0420-0127 QSO 04 23 15.80072217 -01 20 33.0656073   17.50 17.00 16.28   ~ 1208 3
2 QSO J0854+2006 BLL 08 54 48.8749846272 +20 06 30.639583620   15.91 15.43 15.56   ~ 2335 1
3 Ton 599 Sy1 11 59 31.83391383 +29 14 43.8268224   14.80 14.41 17.652 13.39 ~ 926 1
4 ICRF J122454.4+212246 Sy1 12 24 54.4583146056 +21 22 46.385507388   17.56 17.50 18.2   ~ 704 2
5 QSO J1512-0906 Bla 15 12 50.53293048 -09 05 59.8297908   16.74 16.54     ~ 1317 1
6 QSO B2126-15 Bla 21 29 12.17589329 -15 38 41.0419083   17.61 17.3 17.3   ~ 504 1
7 3C 454.3 Bla 22 53 57.7480438728 +16 08 53.561508864   16.57 16.10 15.22   ~ 2851 2

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