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2015MNRAS.451L..21B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 451, L21-L24 (2015/July-3)

Violent intranight optical variability of the blazar S4 0954+65 during its unprecedented 2015 February outburst.

BACHEV R.

Abstract (from CDS):

In this letter, we present results from intranight monitoring in three colours (BRI) of the blazar S4 0954+65 during its recent (2015 February) unprecedented high state. We find violent variations on very short time-scales, reaching magnitude change levels of 0.1-0.2 mag h-1. On some occasions, changes of ∼ 0.1mag are observed even within ∼ 10 min. During the night of 2015 February 14, an exponential drop of ∼ 0.7 mag is detected for about 5 h. Cross-correlation between the light curves does not reveal any detectable wavelength-dependent time delays, larger than ∼ 5 min. Colour changes `bluer-when-brighter' are observed on longer time-scales. Possible variability mechanisms to explain the observations are discussed and a preference to the geometrical one is given.

Abstract Copyright: © 2015 The Author Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society (2015)

Journal keyword(s): BL Lacertae objects: general - BL Lacertae objects: individual: S4 0954+65

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