Behaviour of the Blazar CTA 102 during two giant outbursts

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© 2017 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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2017-11-30
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10.3390/galaxies5040091
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Larionov, V.M.
Jorstad, S.G.
Marscher, A.P.
Smith, P.S.
Savchenko, S.
Morozova, D.
Grishina, T.
Kopatskaya, E.
Larionova, L.
Larionova, E.
Mokrushina, A.
Troitsky, I.
Troitskaya, Y.
Borman, G.
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VM Larionov, SG Jorstad, AP Marscher, PS Smith, S Savchenko, D Morozova, T Grishina, E Kopatskaya, L Larionova, E Larionova, A Mokrushina, I Troitsky, Y Troitskaya, G Borman. 2017. "Behaviour of the Blazar CTA 102 during Two Giant Outbursts." Galaxies, Volume 5, pp. 1 - 1 (7).
Abstract
Blazar CTA 102 underwent exceptional optical and high-energy outbursts in 2012 and 2016-2017. We analyze its behaviour during these events, focusing on polarimetry as a tool that allows us to trace changes in the physical conditions and geometric configuration of the emission source close to the central black hole. We also use Fermi gamma-ray data in conjunction with optical photometry in an effort to localize the origin of the outbursts.
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© 2017 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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