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1. Analysis of the intra-night variability of BL Lacertae during its August 2020 flare

Author: Agarwal, Aditi, Mihov, B., Agrawal, Vipul, Zola, S., Ozdonmez, Aykut, Ege, Ergun, Slavcheva-Mihova, L., Reichart, D. E., Caton, D. B., Das, Avik Kumar, Agarwal, Aditi, Mihov, B., Agrawal, Vipul, Zola, S., Ozdonmez, Aykut, Ege, Ergun, Slavcheva-Mihova, L., Reichart, D. E., Caton, D. B., and Das, Avik Kumar
Abstract: We present an analysis of the $BVRI$ photometry of the blazar BL Lacertae on diverse timescales from mid-July to mid-September 2020. We have used 11 different optical telescopes around the world and have collected data over 84 observational nights. The observations cover the onset of a new activity phase of BL Lacertae started in August 2020 (termed as the August 2020 flare by us), and the analysis is focused on the intra-night variability. On short-term timescales, (i) flux varied with ~2.2\,mag in $R$ band, (ii) the spectral index was found to be weakly dependent on the flux (i.e., the variations could be considered mildly chromatic) and (iii) no periodicity was detected. On intra-night timescales, BL Lacertae was found to show bluer-when-brighter chromatism predominantly. We also found two cases of significant inter-band time lags of the order of a few minutes. The duty cycle of the blazar during the August 2020 flare was estimated to be quite high (~90\% or higher). We decomposed the intra-night light curves into individual flares and determined their characteristics. On the basis of our analysis and assuming the turbulent jet model, we determined some characteristics of the emitting regions: Doppler factor, magnetic field strength, electron Lorentz factor, and radius. The radii determined were discussed in the framework of the Kolmogorov theory of turbulence. We also estimated the weighted mean structure function slope on intra-night timescales, related it to the slope of the power spectral density, and discussed it with regard to the origin of intra-night variability., Comment: 46 pages, 19 figures, 8 tables, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (manuscript version after proof correction)
Published: 2023
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2. Refinement of the convex shape model and tumbling spin state of (99942) Apophis using the 2020-2021 apparition data

Author: Lee, H. -J., Kim, M. -J., Marciniak, A., Kim, D. -H., Moon, H. -K., Choi, Y. -J., Zoła, S., Chatelain, J., Lister, T. A., Gomez, E., Greenstreet, S., Pál, A., Szakáts, R., Erasmus, N., Lees, R., van Rensburg, P. Janse, Ogłoza, W., Dróżdż, M., Żejmo, M., Kamiński, K., Kamińska, M. K., Duffard, R., Roh, D. -G., Yim, H. -S., Kim, T., Mottola, S., Yoshida, F., Reichart, D. E., Sonbas, E., Caton, D. B., Kaplan, M., Erece, O., Yang, H., Lee, H. -J., Kim, M. -J., Marciniak, A., Kim, D. -H., Moon, H. -K., Choi, Y. -J., Zoła, S., Chatelain, J., Lister, T. A., Gomez, E., Greenstreet, S., Pál, A., Szakáts, R., Erasmus, N., Lees, R., van Rensburg, P. Janse, Ogłoza, W., Dróżdż, M., Żejmo, M., Kamiński, K., Kamińska, M. K., Duffard, R., Roh, D. -G., Yim, H. -S., Kim, T., Mottola, S., Yoshida, F., Reichart, D. E., Sonbas, E., Caton, D. B., Kaplan, M., Erece, O., and Yang, H.
Abstract: Context. The close approach of the near-Earth asteroid (99942) Apophis to Earth in 2029 will provide a unique opportunity to examine how the physical properties of the asteroid could be changed due to the Earth's gravitational perturbation. As a result, the Republic of Korea is planning a rendezvous mission to Apophis. Aims. Our aim was to use photometric data from the apparitions in 2020-2021 to refine the shape model and spin state of Apophis. Methods. Using thirty-six 1 to 2-m class ground-based telescopes and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, we performed a photometric observation campaign throughout the 2020-2021 apparition. The convex shape model and spin state were refined using the light-curve inversion method. Results. According to our best-fit model, Apophis is rotating in a short axis mode with rotation and precession periods of 264.178 hours and 27.38547 hours, respectively. The angular momentum vector orientation of Apophis was found as (275$^\circ$, -85$^\circ$) in the ecliptic coordinate system. The ratio of the dynamic moments of inertia of this asteroid was fitted to $I_a:I_b:I_c=0.64:0.97:1$, which corresponds to an elongated prolate ellipsoid. These findings regarding the spin state and shape model could be used to not only design the space mission scenario but also investigate the impact of the Earth's tidal force during close encounters., Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures; Accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics
Published: 2022

3. Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

Author: Oliveira, J. Marques, Sicardy, B., Gomes-Júnior, A. R., Ortiz, J. L., Strobel, D. F., Bertrand, T., Forget, F., Lellouch, E., Desmars, J., Bérard, D., Doressoundiram, A., Lecacheux, J., Leiva, R., Meza, E., Roques, F., Souami, D., Widemann, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Braga-Ribas, F., Morgado, B. E., Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira-Martins, R., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Santos-Filho, S., Banda-Huarca, M. V., Quispe-Huaynasi, F., Pereira, C. L., Rommel, F. L., Margoti, G., Dias-Oliveira, A., Colas, F., Berthier, J., Renner, S., Hueso, R., Pérez-Hoyos, S., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Rojas, J. F., Beisker, W., Kretlow, M., Herald, D., Gault, D., Bath, K. -L., Bode, H. -J., Bredner, E., Guhl, K., Haymes, T. V., Hummel, E., Kattentidt, B., Klös, O., Pratt, A., Thome, B., Avdellidou, C., Gazeas, K., Karampotsiou, E., Tzouganatos, L., Kardasis, E., Christou, A. A., Xilouris, E. M., Alikakos, I., Gourzelas, A., Liakos, A., Charmandaris, V., Jelínek, M., Štrobl, J., Eberle, A., Rapp, K., Gährken, B., Klemt, B., Kowollik, S., Bitzer, R., Miller, M., Herzogenrath, G., Frangenberg, D., Brandis, L., Pütz, I., Perdelwitz, V., Piehler, G. M., Riepe, P., von Poschinger, K., Baruffetti, P., Cenadelli, D., Christille, J. -M., Ciabattari, F., Di Luca, R., Alboresi, D., Leto, G., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Bruno, P., Occhipinti, G., Morrone, L., Cupolino, L., Noschese, A., Vecchione, A., Scalia, C., Savio, R. Lo, Giardina, G., Kamoun, S., Barbosa, R., Behrend, R., Spano, M., Bouchet, E., Cottier, M., Falco, L., Gallego, S., Tortorelli, L., Sposetti, S., Sussenbach, J., Abbeel, F. Van Den, André, P., Llibre, M., Pailler, F., Ardissone, J., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Bretton, M., Cailleau, A., Pic, V., Granier, L., Chauvet, R., Conjat, M., Dauvergne, J. L., Dechambre, O., Delay, P., Delcroix, M., Rousselot, L., Ferreira, J., Machado, P., Tanga, P., Rivet, J. -P., Frappa, E., Irzyk, M., Jabet, F., Kaschinski, M., Klotz, A., Rieugnie, Y., Klotz, A. N., Labrevoir, O., Lavandier, D., Walliang, D., Leroy, A., Bouley, S., Lisciandra, S., Coliac, J. -F., Metz, F., Erpelding, D., Nougayrède, P., Midavaine, T., Miniou, M., Moindrot, S., Morel, P., Reginato, B., Reginato, E., Rudelle, J., Tregon, B., Tanguy, R., David, J., Thuillot, W., Hestroffer, D., Vaudescal, G., Aissa, D. Baba, Grigahcene, Z., Briggs, D., Broadbent, S., Denyer, P., Haigh, N. J., Quinn, N., Thurston, G., Fossey, S. J., Arena, C., Jennings, M., Talbot, J., Alonso, S., Reche, A. Román, Casanova, V., Briggs, E., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Ibáñez, J. Abril, Martín, M. C. Díaz, González, H., García, J. L. Maestre, Marchant, J., Ordonez-Etxeberria, I., Martorell, P., Salamero, J., Organero, F., Ana, L., Fonseca, F., Peris, V., Brevia, O., Selva, A., Perello, C., Cabedo, V., Gonçalves, R., Ferreira, M., Dias, F. Marques, Daassou, A., Barkaoui, K., Benkhaldoun, Z., Guennoun, M., Chouqar, J., Jehin, E., Rinner, C., Lloyd, J., Moutamid, M. El, Lamarche, C., Pollock, J. T., Caton, D. B., Kouprianov, V., Timerson, B. W., Blanchard, G., Payet, B., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J. -P., Françoise, J., Mondon, B., Payet, T., Boissel, C., Castets, M., Hubbard, W. B., Hill, R., Reitsema, H. J., Mousis, O., Ball, L., Neilsen, G., Hutcheon, S., Lay, K., Anderson, P., Moy, M., Jonsen, M., Pink, I., Walters, R., Downs, B., Oliveira, J. Marques, Sicardy, B., Gomes-Júnior, A. R., Ortiz, J. L., Strobel, D. F., Bertrand, T., Forget, F., Lellouch, E., Desmars, J., Bérard, D., Doressoundiram, A., Lecacheux, J., Leiva, R., Meza, E., Roques, F., Souami, D., Widemann, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Braga-Ribas, F., Morgado, B. E., Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira-Martins, R., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Santos-Filho, S., Banda-Huarca, M. V., Quispe-Huaynasi, F., Pereira, C. L., Rommel, F. L., Margoti, G., Dias-Oliveira, A., Colas, F., Berthier, J., Renner, S., Hueso, R., Pérez-Hoyos, S., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Rojas, J. F., Beisker, W., Kretlow, M., Herald, D., Gault, D., Bath, K. -L., Bode, H. -J., Bredner, E., Guhl, K., Haymes, T. V., Hummel, E., Kattentidt, B., Klös, O., Pratt, A., Thome, B., Avdellidou, C., Gazeas, K., Karampotsiou, E., Tzouganatos, L., Kardasis, E., Christou, A. A., Xilouris, E. M., Alikakos, I., Gourzelas, A., Liakos, A., Charmandaris, V., Jelínek, M., Štrobl, J., Eberle, A., Rapp, K., Gährken, B., Klemt, B., Kowollik, S., Bitzer, R., Miller, M., Herzogenrath, G., Frangenberg, D., Brandis, L., Pütz, I., Perdelwitz, V., Piehler, G. M., Riepe, P., von Poschinger, K., Baruffetti, P., Cenadelli, D., Christille, J. -M., Ciabattari, F., Di Luca, R., Alboresi, D., Leto, G., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Bruno, P., Occhipinti, G., Morrone, L., Cupolino, L., Noschese, A., Vecchione, A., Scalia, C., Savio, R. Lo, Giardina, G., Kamoun, S., Barbosa, R., Behrend, R., Spano, M., Bouchet, E., Cottier, M., Falco, L., Gallego, S., Tortorelli, L., Sposetti, S., Sussenbach, J., Abbeel, F. Van Den, André, P., Llibre, M., Pailler, F., Ardissone, J., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Bretton, M., Cailleau, A., Pic, V., Granier, L., Chauvet, R., Conjat, M., Dauvergne, J. L., Dechambre, O., Delay, P., Delcroix, M., Rousselot, L., Ferreira, J., Machado, P., Tanga, P., Rivet, J. -P., Frappa, E., Irzyk, M., Jabet, F., Kaschinski, M., Klotz, A., Rieugnie, Y., Klotz, A. N., Labrevoir, O., Lavandier, D., Walliang, D., Leroy, A., Bouley, S., Lisciandra, S., Coliac, J. -F., Metz, F., Erpelding, D., Nougayrède, P., Midavaine, T., Miniou, M., Moindrot, S., Morel, P., Reginato, B., Reginato, E., Rudelle, J., Tregon, B., Tanguy, R., David, J., Thuillot, W., Hestroffer, D., Vaudescal, G., Aissa, D. Baba, Grigahcene, Z., Briggs, D., Broadbent, S., Denyer, P., Haigh, N. J., Quinn, N., Thurston, G., Fossey, S. J., Arena, C., Jennings, M., Talbot, J., Alonso, S., Reche, A. Román, Casanova, V., Briggs, E., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Ibáñez, J. Abril, Martín, M. C. Díaz, González, H., García, J. L. Maestre, Marchant, J., Ordonez-Etxeberria, I., Martorell, P., Salamero, J., Organero, F., Ana, L., Fonseca, F., Peris, V., Brevia, O., Selva, A., Perello, C., Cabedo, V., Gonçalves, R., Ferreira, M., Dias, F. Marques, Daassou, A., Barkaoui, K., Benkhaldoun, Z., Guennoun, M., Chouqar, J., Jehin, E., Rinner, C., Lloyd, J., Moutamid, M. El, Lamarche, C., Pollock, J. T., Caton, D. B., Kouprianov, V., Timerson, B. W., Blanchard, G., Payet, B., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J. -P., Françoise, J., Mondon, B., Payet, T., Boissel, C., Castets, M., Hubbard, W. B., Hill, R., Reitsema, H. J., Mousis, O., Ball, L., Neilsen, G., Hutcheon, S., Lay, K., Anderson, P., Moy, M., Jonsen, M., Pink, I., Walters, R., and Downs, B.
Abstract: A stellar occultation by Neptune's main satellite, Triton, was observed on 5 October 2017 from Europe, North Africa, and the USA. We derived 90 light curves from this event, 42 of which yielded a central flash detection. We aimed at constraining Triton's atmospheric structure and the seasonal variations of its atmospheric pressure since the Voyager 2 epoch (1989). We also derived the shape of the lower atmosphere from central flash analysis. We used Abel inversions and direct ray-tracing code to provide the density, pressure, and temperature profiles in the altitude range $\sim$8 km to $\sim$190 km, corresponding to pressure levels from 9 {\mu}bar down to a few nanobars. Results. (i) A pressure of 1.18$\pm$0.03 {\mu}bar is found at a reference radius of 1400 km (47 km altitude). (ii) A new analysis of the Voyager 2 radio science occultation shows that this is consistent with an extrapolation of pressure down to the surface pressure obtained in 1989. (iii) A survey of occultations obtained between 1989 and 2017 suggests that an enhancement in surface pressure as reported during the 1990s might be real, but debatable, due to very few high S/N light curves and data accessible for reanalysis. The volatile transport model analysed supports a moderate increase in surface pressure, with a maximum value around 2005-2015 no higher than 23 {\mu}bar. The pressures observed in 1995-1997 and 2017 appear mutually inconsistent with the volatile transport model presented here. (iv) The central flash structure does not show evidence of an atmospheric distortion. We find an upper limit of 0.0011 for the apparent oblateness of the atmosphere near the 8 km altitude., Comment: 52 pages, 26 figures in the main paper, 2 figures in appendix B, 9 figures in appendix C, 1 long table over 5 pages
Published: 2022
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4. Refinement of the convex shape model and tumbling spin state of (99942) Apophis using the 2020–2021 apparition data

Author: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, Lee, H. -J., Kim, M. J., Marciniak, A., Kim, D. -H., Moon, H.K., Choi, Y. -J., Zoła, S., Chatelain, J., Lister, T. A., Gomez, E., Greenstreet, S., Pál, A., Szakáts, R., Erasmus, N., Lees, R., Janse van Rensburg, P., Ogłoza, W., Dróżdż, M., Żejmo, M., Kaminski, K., Kamińska, M.K., Duffard, René D., Roh, D. -G., Yim, H. -S., Kim, T., Mottola, S., Yoshida, F., Reichart, D. E., Sonbas, E., Caton, D. B., Kaplan, M., Erece, O., Yang, H., Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, Lee, H. -J., Kim, M. J., Marciniak, A., Kim, D. -H., Moon, H.K., Choi, Y. -J., Zoła, S., Chatelain, J., Lister, T. A., Gomez, E., Greenstreet, S., Pál, A., Szakáts, R., Erasmus, N., Lees, R., Janse van Rensburg, P., Ogłoza, W., Dróżdż, M., Żejmo, M., Kaminski, K., Kamińska, M.K., Duffard, René D., Roh, D. -G., Yim, H. -S., Kim, T., Mottola, S., Yoshida, F., Reichart, D. E., Sonbas, E., Caton, D. B., Kaplan, M., Erece, O., and Yang, H.
Abstract: Context. The close approach of the near-Earth asteroid (99942) Apophis to Earth in 2029 will provide a unique opportunity to examine how the physical properties of the asteroid could be changed due to the Earth’s gravitational perturbation. As a result, the Republic of Korea is planning a rendezvous mission to Apophis. Aims. Our aim was to use photometric data from the apparitions in 2020−2021 to refine the shape model and spin state of Apophis. Methods. Using thirty-six 1- to 2-meter-class ground-based telescopes and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, we carried out a photometric observation campaign throughout the 2020−2021 apparition. The convex shape model and spin state were refined using the light-curve inversion method. Results. According to our best-fit model, Apophis is rotating in a short-axis mode with rotation and precession periods of 264.178 h and 27.38547 h, respectively. The angular momentum vector orientation of Apophis was found to be (275°, −85°) in the ecliptic coordinate system. The ratio of the dynamic moments of inertia of this asteroid was fitted to Ia : Ib : Ic = 0.64 : 0.97 : 1, which corresponds to an elongated prolate ellipsoid. These findings regarding the spin state and shape model can be used to both design the space mission scenario and investigate the impact of the Earth’s tidal force during close encounters. © ESO 2022.
Published: 2022

5. Host galaxy magnitude of OJ 287 from its colours at minimum light

Author: Valtonen, Mauri J., Dey, Lankeswar, Zola, S., Ciprini, S., Kidger, M., Pursimo, T., Gopakumar, A., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Caton, D. B., Nilsson, K., Komossa, S., Bagaglia, M., Baransky, A., Boumis, P., Boyd, D., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Debski, B., Drozdz, M., Pérez, A. Escartin, Fiorucci, M., Garcia, F., Gazeas, K., Ghosh, S., Godunova, V., Gomez, J. L., Gredel, R., Grupe, D., Haislip, J. B., Henning, T., Hurst, G., Janík, J., Kouprianov, V. V., Lehto, H., Liakos, A., Mathur, S., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Nucciarelli, G., Ogloza, W., Ojha, D. K., Pajdosz-Śmierciak, U., Pascolini, S., Poyner, G., Reichart, D. E., Rizzi, N., Roncella, F., Sahu, D. K., Sillanpää, A., Simon, A., Siwak, M., Alfaro, F. C. Soldán, Sonbas, E., Tosti, G., Vasylenko, V., Webb, J. R., Zielinski, P., Valtonen, Mauri J., Dey, Lankeswar, Zola, S., Ciprini, S., Kidger, M., Pursimo, T., Gopakumar, A., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Caton, D. B., Nilsson, K., Komossa, S., Bagaglia, M., Baransky, A., Boumis, P., Boyd, D., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Debski, B., Drozdz, M., Pérez, A. Escartin, Fiorucci, M., Garcia, F., Gazeas, K., Ghosh, S., Godunova, V., Gomez, J. L., Gredel, R., Grupe, D., Haislip, J. B., Henning, T., Hurst, G., Janík, J., Kouprianov, V. V., Lehto, H., Liakos, A., Mathur, S., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Nucciarelli, G., Ogloza, W., Ojha, D. K., Pajdosz-Śmierciak, U., Pascolini, S., Poyner, G., Reichart, D. E., Rizzi, N., Roncella, F., Sahu, D. K., Sillanpää, A., Simon, A., Siwak, M., Alfaro, F. C. Soldán, Sonbas, E., Tosti, G., Vasylenko, V., Webb, J. R., and Zielinski, P.
Abstract: OJ 287 is a BL Lacertae type quasar in which the active galactic nucleus (AGN) outshines the host galaxy by an order of magnitude. The only exception to this may be at minimum light when the AGN activity is so low that the host galaxy may make quite a considerable contribution to the photometric intensity of the source. Such a dip or a fade in the intensity of OJ 287 occurred in November 2017, when its brightness was about 1.75 magnitudes lower than the recent mean level. We compare the observations of this fade with similar fades in OJ 287 observed earlier in 1989, 1999, and 2010. It appears that there is a relatively strong reddening of the B$-$V colours of OJ 287 when its V-band brightness drops below magnitude 17. Similar changes are also seen V$-$R, V$-$I, and R$-$I colours during these deep fades. These data support the conclusion that the total magnitude of the host galaxy is $V=18.0 \pm 0.3$, corresponding to $M_{K}=-26.5 \pm 0.3$ in the K-band. This is in agreement with the results, obtained using the integrated surface brightness method, from recent surface photometry of the host. These results should encourage us to use the colour separation method also in other host galaxies with strongly variable AGN nuclei. In the case of OJ 287, both the host galaxy and its central black hole are among the biggest known, and its position in the black hole mass-galaxy mass diagram lies close to the mean correlation., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Published: 2022
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6. Refinement of the convex shape model and tumbling spin state of (99942) Apophis using the 2020-2021 apparition data

Author: Lee, H. -J., Kim, M. -J., Marciniak, A., Kim, D. -H., Moon, H. -K., Choi, Y. -J., Zoła, S., Chatelain, J., Lister, T. A., Gomez, E., Greenstreet, S., Pál, A., Szakáts, R., Erasmus, N., Lees, R., van Rensburg, P. Janse, Ogłoza, W., Dróżdż, M., Żejmo, M., Kamiński, K., Kamińska, M. K., Duffard, R., Roh, D. -G., Yim, H. -S., Kim, T., Mottola, S., Yoshida, F., Reichart, D. E., Sonbas, E., Caton, D. B., Kaplan, M., Erece, O., Yang, H., Lee, H. -J., Kim, M. -J., Marciniak, A., Kim, D. -H., Moon, H. -K., Choi, Y. -J., Zoła, S., Chatelain, J., Lister, T. A., Gomez, E., Greenstreet, S., Pál, A., Szakáts, R., Erasmus, N., Lees, R., van Rensburg, P. Janse, Ogłoza, W., Dróżdż, M., Żejmo, M., Kamiński, K., Kamińska, M. K., Duffard, R., Roh, D. -G., Yim, H. -S., Kim, T., Mottola, S., Yoshida, F., Reichart, D. E., Sonbas, E., Caton, D. B., Kaplan, M., Erece, O., and Yang, H.
Abstract: Context. The close approach of the near-Earth asteroid (99942) Apophis to Earth in 2029 will provide a unique opportunity to examine how the physical properties of the asteroid could be changed due to the Earth's gravitational perturbation. As a result, the Republic of Korea is planning a rendezvous mission to Apophis. Aims. Our aim was to use photometric data from the apparitions in 2020-2021 to refine the shape model and spin state of Apophis. Methods. Using thirty-six 1 to 2-m class ground-based telescopes and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, we performed a photometric observation campaign throughout the 2020-2021 apparition. The convex shape model and spin state were refined using the light-curve inversion method. Results. According to our best-fit model, Apophis is rotating in a short axis mode with rotation and precession periods of 264.178 hours and 27.38547 hours, respectively. The angular momentum vector orientation of Apophis was found as (275$^\circ$, -85$^\circ$) in the ecliptic coordinate system. The ratio of the dynamic moments of inertia of this asteroid was fitted to $I_a:I_b:I_c=0.64:0.97:1$, which corresponds to an elongated prolate ellipsoid. These findings regarding the spin state and shape model could be used to not only design the space mission scenario but also investigate the impact of the Earth's tidal force during close encounters., Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures; Accepted for publication on Astronomy & Astrophysics
Published: 2022
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7. Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

Author: Oliveira, J. Marques, Sicardy, B., Gomes-Júnior, A. R., Ortiz, J. L., Strobel, D. F., Bertrand, T., Forget, F., Lellouch, E., Desmars, J., Bérard, D., Doressoundiram, A., Lecacheux, J., Leiva, R., Meza, E., Roques, F., Souami, D., Widemann, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Braga-Ribas, F., Morgado, B. E., Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira-Martins, R., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Santos-Filho, S., Banda-Huarca, M. V., Quispe-Huaynasi, F., Pereira, C. L., Rommel, F. L., Margoti, G., Dias-Oliveira, A., Colas, F., Berthier, J., Renner, S., Hueso, R., Pérez-Hoyos, S., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Rojas, J. F., Beisker, W., Kretlow, M., Herald, D., Gault, D., Bath, K. -L., Bode, H. -J., Bredner, E., Guhl, K., Haymes, T. V., Hummel, E., Kattentidt, B., Klös, O., Pratt, A., Thome, B., Avdellidou, C., Gazeas, K., Karampotsiou, E., Tzouganatos, L., Kardasis, E., Christou, A. A., Xilouris, E. M., Alikakos, I., Gourzelas, A., Liakos, A., Charmandaris, V., Jelínek, M., Štrobl, J., Eberle, A., Rapp, K., Gährken, B., Klemt, B., Kowollik, S., Bitzer, R., Miller, M., Herzogenrath, G., Frangenberg, D., Brandis, L., Pütz, I., Perdelwitz, V., Piehler, G. M., Riepe, P., von Poschinger, K., Baruffetti, P., Cenadelli, D., Christille, J. -M., Ciabattari, F., Di Luca, R., Alboresi, D., Leto, G., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Bruno, P., Occhipinti, G., Morrone, L., Cupolino, L., Noschese, A., Vecchione, A., Scalia, C., Savio, R. Lo, Giardina, G., Kamoun, S., Barbosa, R., Behrend, R., Spano, M., Bouchet, E., Cottier, M., Falco, L., Gallego, S., Tortorelli, L., Sposetti, S., Sussenbach, J., Abbeel, F. Van Den, André, P., Llibre, M., Pailler, F., Ardissone, J., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Bretton, M., Cailleau, A., Pic, V., Granier, L., Chauvet, R., Conjat, M., Dauvergne, J. L., Dechambre, O., Delay, P., Delcroix, M., Rousselot, L., Ferreira, J., Machado, P., Tanga, P., Rivet, J. -P., Frappa, E., Irzyk, M., Jabet, F., Kaschinski, M., Klotz, A., Rieugnie, Y., Klotz, A. N., Labrevoir, O., Lavandier, D., Walliang, D., Leroy, A., Bouley, S., Lisciandra, S., Coliac, J. -F., Metz, F., Erpelding, D., Nougayrède, P., Midavaine, T., Miniou, M., Moindrot, S., Morel, P., Reginato, B., Reginato, E., Rudelle, J., Tregon, B., Tanguy, R., David, J., Thuillot, W., Hestroffer, D., Vaudescal, G., Aissa, D. Baba, Grigahcene, Z., Briggs, D., Broadbent, S., Denyer, P., Haigh, N. J., Quinn, N., Thurston, G., Fossey, S. J., Arena, C., Jennings, M., Talbot, J., Alonso, S., Reche, A. Román, Casanova, V., Briggs, E., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Ibáñez, J. Abril, Martín, M. C. Díaz, González, H., García, J. L. Maestre, Marchant, J., Ordonez-Etxeberria, I., Martorell, P., Salamero, J., Organero, F., Ana, L., Fonseca, F., Peris, V., Brevia, O., Selva, A., Perello, C., Cabedo, V., Gonçalves, R., Ferreira, M., Dias, F. Marques, Daassou, A., Barkaoui, K., Benkhaldoun, Z., Guennoun, M., Chouqar, J., Jehin, E., Rinner, C., Lloyd, J., Moutamid, M. El, Lamarche, C., Pollock, J. T., Caton, D. B., Kouprianov, V., Timerson, B. W., Blanchard, G., Payet, B., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J. -P., Françoise, J., Mondon, B., Payet, T., Boissel, C., Castets, M., Hubbard, W. B., Hill, R., Reitsema, H. J., Mousis, O., Ball, L., Neilsen, G., Hutcheon, S., Lay, K., Anderson, P., Moy, M., Jonsen, M., Pink, I., Walters, R., Downs, B., Oliveira, J. Marques, Sicardy, B., Gomes-Júnior, A. R., Ortiz, J. L., Strobel, D. F., Bertrand, T., Forget, F., Lellouch, E., Desmars, J., Bérard, D., Doressoundiram, A., Lecacheux, J., Leiva, R., Meza, E., Roques, F., Souami, D., Widemann, T., Santos-Sanz, P., Morales, N., Duffard, R., Fernández-Valenzuela, E., Castro-Tirado, A. J., Braga-Ribas, F., Morgado, B. E., Assafin, M., Camargo, J. I. B., Vieira-Martins, R., Benedetti-Rossi, G., Santos-Filho, S., Banda-Huarca, M. V., Quispe-Huaynasi, F., Pereira, C. L., Rommel, F. L., Margoti, G., Dias-Oliveira, A., Colas, F., Berthier, J., Renner, S., Hueso, R., Pérez-Hoyos, S., Sánchez-Lavega, A., Rojas, J. F., Beisker, W., Kretlow, M., Herald, D., Gault, D., Bath, K. -L., Bode, H. -J., Bredner, E., Guhl, K., Haymes, T. V., Hummel, E., Kattentidt, B., Klös, O., Pratt, A., Thome, B., Avdellidou, C., Gazeas, K., Karampotsiou, E., Tzouganatos, L., Kardasis, E., Christou, A. A., Xilouris, E. M., Alikakos, I., Gourzelas, A., Liakos, A., Charmandaris, V., Jelínek, M., Štrobl, J., Eberle, A., Rapp, K., Gährken, B., Klemt, B., Kowollik, S., Bitzer, R., Miller, M., Herzogenrath, G., Frangenberg, D., Brandis, L., Pütz, I., Perdelwitz, V., Piehler, G. M., Riepe, P., von Poschinger, K., Baruffetti, P., Cenadelli, D., Christille, J. -M., Ciabattari, F., Di Luca, R., Alboresi, D., Leto, G., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Bruno, P., Occhipinti, G., Morrone, L., Cupolino, L., Noschese, A., Vecchione, A., Scalia, C., Savio, R. Lo, Giardina, G., Kamoun, S., Barbosa, R., Behrend, R., Spano, M., Bouchet, E., Cottier, M., Falco, L., Gallego, S., Tortorelli, L., Sposetti, S., Sussenbach, J., Abbeel, F. Van Den, André, P., Llibre, M., Pailler, F., Ardissone, J., Boutet, M., Sanchez, J., Bretton, M., Cailleau, A., Pic, V., Granier, L., Chauvet, R., Conjat, M., Dauvergne, J. L., Dechambre, O., Delay, P., Delcroix, M., Rousselot, L., Ferreira, J., Machado, P., Tanga, P., Rivet, J. -P., Frappa, E., Irzyk, M., Jabet, F., Kaschinski, M., Klotz, A., Rieugnie, Y., Klotz, A. N., Labrevoir, O., Lavandier, D., Walliang, D., Leroy, A., Bouley, S., Lisciandra, S., Coliac, J. -F., Metz, F., Erpelding, D., Nougayrède, P., Midavaine, T., Miniou, M., Moindrot, S., Morel, P., Reginato, B., Reginato, E., Rudelle, J., Tregon, B., Tanguy, R., David, J., Thuillot, W., Hestroffer, D., Vaudescal, G., Aissa, D. Baba, Grigahcene, Z., Briggs, D., Broadbent, S., Denyer, P., Haigh, N. J., Quinn, N., Thurston, G., Fossey, S. J., Arena, C., Jennings, M., Talbot, J., Alonso, S., Reche, A. Román, Casanova, V., Briggs, E., Iglesias-Marzoa, R., Ibáñez, J. Abril, Martín, M. C. Díaz, González, H., García, J. L. Maestre, Marchant, J., Ordonez-Etxeberria, I., Martorell, P., Salamero, J., Organero, F., Ana, L., Fonseca, F., Peris, V., Brevia, O., Selva, A., Perello, C., Cabedo, V., Gonçalves, R., Ferreira, M., Dias, F. Marques, Daassou, A., Barkaoui, K., Benkhaldoun, Z., Guennoun, M., Chouqar, J., Jehin, E., Rinner, C., Lloyd, J., Moutamid, M. El, Lamarche, C., Pollock, J. T., Caton, D. B., Kouprianov, V., Timerson, B. W., Blanchard, G., Payet, B., Peyrot, A., Teng-Chuen-Yu, J. -P., Françoise, J., Mondon, B., Payet, T., Boissel, C., Castets, M., Hubbard, W. B., Hill, R., Reitsema, H. J., Mousis, O., Ball, L., Neilsen, G., Hutcheon, S., Lay, K., Anderson, P., Moy, M., Jonsen, M., Pink, I., Walters, R., and Downs, B.
Abstract: A stellar occultation by Neptune's main satellite, Triton, was observed on 5 October 2017 from Europe, North Africa, and the USA. We derived 90 light curves from this event, 42 of which yielded a central flash detection. We aimed at constraining Triton's atmospheric structure and the seasonal variations of its atmospheric pressure since the Voyager 2 epoch (1989). We also derived the shape of the lower atmosphere from central flash analysis. We used Abel inversions and direct ray-tracing code to provide the density, pressure, and temperature profiles in the altitude range $\sim$8 km to $\sim$190 km, corresponding to pressure levels from 9 {\mu}bar down to a few nanobars. Results. (i) A pressure of 1.18$\pm$0.03 {\mu}bar is found at a reference radius of 1400 km (47 km altitude). (ii) A new analysis of the Voyager 2 radio science occultation shows that this is consistent with an extrapolation of pressure down to the surface pressure obtained in 1989. (iii) A survey of occultations obtained between 1989 and 2017 suggests that an enhancement in surface pressure as reported during the 1990s might be real, but debatable, due to very few high S/N light curves and data accessible for reanalysis. The volatile transport model analysed supports a moderate increase in surface pressure, with a maximum value around 2005-2015 no higher than 23 {\mu}bar. The pressures observed in 1995-1997 and 2017 appear mutually inconsistent with the volatile transport model presented here. (iv) The central flash structure does not show evidence of an atmospheric distortion. We find an upper limit of 0.0011 for the apparent oblateness of the atmosphere near the 8 km altitude., Comment: 52 pages, 26 figures in the main paper, 2 figures in appendix B, 9 figures in appendix C, 1 long table over 5 pages
Published: 2022
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8. Multiwavelength variability power spectrum analysis of the blazars 3C 279 and PKS 1510-089 on multiple timescales

Author: Goyal, Arti, Soida, Marian, Stawarz, Lukasz, Wiita, Paul J., Nilsson, Kari, Jorstad, Svetlana, Marscher, Alan P., Aller, Margo F., Aller, Hugh D., Lahteenmaki, Anne, Hovatta, Talvikki, Zola, Staszek, Nalewajko, Krzysztof, Tornikoski, Merja, Tammi, Joni, Hodges, Mark, Kiehlmann, Sebastian, Readhead, Anthony C. S., Max-Moerbeck, Walter, Lindfors, Elina, Ramazani, Vandad Fallah, Reichart, D. E., Caton, D. B., Valverde, Janeth, Horan, Deirdre, Ojha, Roopesh, van Zyl, Pfesesani, Goyal, Arti, Soida, Marian, Stawarz, Lukasz, Wiita, Paul J., Nilsson, Kari, Jorstad, Svetlana, Marscher, Alan P., Aller, Margo F., Aller, Hugh D., Lahteenmaki, Anne, Hovatta, Talvikki, Zola, Staszek, Nalewajko, Krzysztof, Tornikoski, Merja, Tammi, Joni, Hodges, Mark, Kiehlmann, Sebastian, Readhead, Anthony C. S., Max-Moerbeck, Walter, Lindfors, Elina, Ramazani, Vandad Fallah, Reichart, D. E., Caton, D. B., Valverde, Janeth, Horan, Deirdre, Ojha, Roopesh, and van Zyl, Pfesesani
Abstract: We present the results of variability power spectral density (PSD) analysis using multiwavelength radio to GeV\,$\gamma$-ray light curves covering decades/years to days/minutes timescales for the blazars 3C 279 and PKS 1510-089. The PSDs are modeled as single power-laws, and the best-fit spectral shape is derived using the `power spectral response' method. With more than ten years of data obtained with weekly/daily sampling intervals, most of the PSDs cover ~2-4 decades in temporal frequency; moreover, in the optical band, the PSDs cover ~6 decades for 3C 279 due to the availability of intranight light curves. Our main results are the following: (1) on timescales ranging from decades to days, the synchrotron and the inverse Compton spectral components, in general, exhibit red-noise (slope ~2) and flicker-noise (slope ~1) type variability, respectively; (2) the slopes of $\gamma$-ray variability PSDs obtained using a 3-hr integration bin and a 3-weeks total duration exhibit a range between ~1.4 and ~2.0 (mean slope = 1.60$\pm$0.70), consistent within errors with the slope on longer timescales; (3) comparisons of fractional variability indicate more power on timescales $\leq$100\, days at $\gamma$-ray frequencies as compared to longer wavelengths, in general (except between $\gamma$-ray and optical frequencies for PKS 1510$-$089); (4) the normalization of intranight optical PSDs for 3C\,279 appears to be a simple extrapolation from longer timescales, indicating a continuous (single) process driving the variability at optical wavelengths; (5) the emission at optical/infrared wavelengths may involve a combination of disk and jet processes for PKS\,1510$-$089., Comment: ApJ accepted. Comments are welcome
Published: 2021
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9. Multiwavelength variability power spectrum analysis of the blazars 3C 279 and PKS 1510-089 on multiple timescales

Author: Goyal, Arti, Soida, Marian, Stawarz, Lukasz, Wiita, Paul J., Nilsson, Kari, Jorstad, Svetlana, Marscher, Alan P., Aller, Margo F., Aller, Hugh D., Lahteenmaki, Anne, Hovatta, Talvikki, Zola, Staszek, Nalewajko, Krzysztof, Tornikoski, Merja, Tammi, Joni, Hodges, Mark, Kiehlmann, Sebastian, Readhead, Anthony C. S., Max-Moerbeck, Walter, Lindfors, Elina, Ramazani, Vandad Fallah, Reichart, D. E., Caton, D. B., Valverde, Janeth, Horan, Deirdre, Ojha, Roopesh, van Zyl, Pfesesani, Goyal, Arti, Soida, Marian, Stawarz, Lukasz, Wiita, Paul J., Nilsson, Kari, Jorstad, Svetlana, Marscher, Alan P., Aller, Margo F., Aller, Hugh D., Lahteenmaki, Anne, Hovatta, Talvikki, Zola, Staszek, Nalewajko, Krzysztof, Tornikoski, Merja, Tammi, Joni, Hodges, Mark, Kiehlmann, Sebastian, Readhead, Anthony C. S., Max-Moerbeck, Walter, Lindfors, Elina, Ramazani, Vandad Fallah, Reichart, D. E., Caton, D. B., Valverde, Janeth, Horan, Deirdre, Ojha, Roopesh, and van Zyl, Pfesesani
Abstract: We present the results of variability power spectral density (PSD) analysis using multiwavelength radio to GeV\,$\gamma$-ray light curves covering decades/years to days/minutes timescales for the blazars 3C 279 and PKS 1510-089. The PSDs are modeled as single power-laws, and the best-fit spectral shape is derived using the `power spectral response' method. With more than ten years of data obtained with weekly/daily sampling intervals, most of the PSDs cover ~2-4 decades in temporal frequency; moreover, in the optical band, the PSDs cover ~6 decades for 3C 279 due to the availability of intranight light curves. Our main results are the following: (1) on timescales ranging from decades to days, the synchrotron and the inverse Compton spectral components, in general, exhibit red-noise (slope ~2) and flicker-noise (slope ~1) type variability, respectively; (2) the slopes of $\gamma$-ray variability PSDs obtained using a 3-hr integration bin and a 3-weeks total duration exhibit a range between ~1.4 and ~2.0 (mean slope = 1.60$\pm$0.70), consistent within errors with the slope on longer timescales; (3) comparisons of fractional variability indicate more power on timescales $\leq$100\, days at $\gamma$-ray frequencies as compared to longer wavelengths, in general (except between $\gamma$-ray and optical frequencies for PKS 1510$-$089); (4) the normalization of intranight optical PSDs for 3C\,279 appears to be a simple extrapolation from longer timescales, indicating a continuous (single) process driving the variability at optical wavelengths; (5) the emission at optical/infrared wavelengths may involve a combination of disk and jet processes for PKS\,1510$-$089., Comment: ApJ accepted. Comments are welcome
Published: 2021
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10. X-ray, UV and optical time delays in the bright Seyfert galaxy Ark 120 with co-ordinated Swift and ground-based observations

Author: Lobban, A. P., Zola, S., Pajdosz-Smierciak, U., Braito, V., Nardini, E., Bhatta, G., Markowitz, A., Bachev, R., Carosati, D., Caton, D. B., Damljanovic, G., Debski, B., Haislip, J. B., Hu, S. M., Kouprianov, V., Krzesinski, J., Porquet, D., Nunez, F. Pozo, Reeves, J., Reichart, D. E., Lobban, A. P., Zola, S., Pajdosz-Smierciak, U., Braito, V., Nardini, E., Bhatta, G., Markowitz, A., Bachev, R., Carosati, D., Caton, D. B., Damljanovic, G., Debski, B., Haislip, J. B., Hu, S. M., Kouprianov, V., Krzesinski, J., Porquet, D., Nunez, F. Pozo, Reeves, J., and Reichart, D. E.
Abstract: We report on the results of a multiwavelength monitoring campaign of the bright, nearby Seyfert galaxy, Ark 120 using a ~50-day observing programme with Swift and a ~4-month co-ordinated ground-based observing campaign, predominantly using the Skynet Robotic Telescope Network. We find Ark 120 to be variable at all optical, UV, and X-ray wavelengths, with the variability observed to be well-correlated between wavelength bands on short timescales. We perform cross-correlation analysis across all available wavelength bands, detecting time delays between emission in the X-ray band and the Swift V, B and UVW1 bands. In each case, we find that the longer-wavelength emission is delayed with respect to the shorter-wavelength emission. Within our measurement uncertainties, the time delays are consistent with the \tau ~ \lambda^{4/3} relation, as predicted by a disc reprocessing scenario. The measured lag centroids are \tau_{cent} = 11.90 +/- 7.33, 10.80 +/- 4.08, and 10.60 +/- 2.87 days between the X-ray and V, B, and UVW1 bands, respectively. These time delays are longer than those expected from standard accretion theory and, as such, Ark 120 may be another example of an active galaxy whose accretion disc appears to exist on a larger scale than predicted by the standard thin-disc model. Additionally, we detect further inter-band time delays: most notably between the ground-based I and B bands (\tau_{cent} = 3.46 +/- 0.86 days), and between both the Swift XRT and UVW1 bands and the I band (\tau_{cent} = 12.34 +/- 4.83 and 2.69 +/- 2.05 days, respectively), highlighting the importance of co-ordinated ground-based optical observations., Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables; accepted for publication in MNRAS
Published: 2020
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11. X-ray, UV and optical time delays in the bright Seyfert galaxy Ark 120 with co-ordinated Swift and ground-based observations

Author: Lobban, A. P., Zola, S., Pajdosz-Smierciak, U., Braito, V., Nardini, E., Bhatta, G., Markowitz, A., Bachev, R., Carosati, D., Caton, D. B., Damljanovic, G., Debski, B., Haislip, J. B., Hu, S. M., Kouprianov, V., Krzesinski, J., Porquet, D., Nunez, F. Pozo, Reeves, J., Reichart, D. E., Lobban, A. P., Zola, S., Pajdosz-Smierciak, U., Braito, V., Nardini, E., Bhatta, G., Markowitz, A., Bachev, R., Carosati, D., Caton, D. B., Damljanovic, G., Debski, B., Haislip, J. B., Hu, S. M., Kouprianov, V., Krzesinski, J., Porquet, D., Nunez, F. Pozo, Reeves, J., and Reichart, D. E.
Abstract: We report on the results of a multiwavelength monitoring campaign of the bright, nearby Seyfert galaxy, Ark 120 using a ~50-day observing programme with Swift and a ~4-month co-ordinated ground-based observing campaign, predominantly using the Skynet Robotic Telescope Network. We find Ark 120 to be variable at all optical, UV, and X-ray wavelengths, with the variability observed to be well-correlated between wavelength bands on short timescales. We perform cross-correlation analysis across all available wavelength bands, detecting time delays between emission in the X-ray band and the Swift V, B and UVW1 bands. In each case, we find that the longer-wavelength emission is delayed with respect to the shorter-wavelength emission. Within our measurement uncertainties, the time delays are consistent with the \tau ~ \lambda^{4/3} relation, as predicted by a disc reprocessing scenario. The measured lag centroids are \tau_{cent} = 11.90 +/- 7.33, 10.80 +/- 4.08, and 10.60 +/- 2.87 days between the X-ray and V, B, and UVW1 bands, respectively. These time delays are longer than those expected from standard accretion theory and, as such, Ark 120 may be another example of an active galaxy whose accretion disc appears to exist on a larger scale than predicted by the standard thin-disc model. Additionally, we detect further inter-band time delays: most notably between the ground-based I and B bands (\tau_{cent} = 3.46 +/- 0.86 days), and between both the Swift XRT and UVW1 bands and the I band (\tau_{cent} = 12.34 +/- 4.83 and 2.69 +/- 2.05 days, respectively), highlighting the importance of co-ordinated ground-based optical observations., Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures, 4 tables; accepted for publication in MNRAS
Published: 2020
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12. Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye

Author: Wyrzykowski, Łukasz, Mróz, P., Rybicki, K. A., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S. T., Abe, L., Aldi, G. F., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Qasim, A. Al, Anupama, G. C., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakıs, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I. F., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A. Z., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Bruni, I., Burenin, R. A., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H. E., Caton, D. B., Novati, S. Calchi, Carrasco, J. M., Cassan, A., Cepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D'Ago, G., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Ereceantalya, O., Eselevich, M. V., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Jaimes, R. Figuera, Fossey, S. J., Galeev, A. I., Grebenev, S. A., Gupta, A. C., Gutaev, A. G., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J. B., Hanlon, L., Hardy, L. K., Harrison, D. L., van Heerden, H. J., Hoette, V. L., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec, N., Irtuganov, E. N., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Jovanovic, M. D., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I. M., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kopacki, G., Kouprianov, V. V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S. P., Lu, J., Manser, C. J., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J. P., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J. R., Meintjes, P. J., Melnikov, S. S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Murphy, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C. -C., Norton, A. J., Ofek, E. O., Pakstienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., Pawlak, M., Penny, M. T., Penprase, B. E., Piascik, A., Prieto, J. L., Qvam, J. K. T., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D. E., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J. -P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D. M., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B. J., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P. S., van Soelen, B., Spetsieri, Z. T., Stankeviciūtė, A., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Strobl, J., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Ramirez, L. M. Tinjaca, Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Vernet, D., Villanueva Jr., S., Vince, O., Wambsganss, J., van der Westhuizen, I. P., Wiersema, K., Wium, D., Wilson, R. W., Yoldas, A., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Zhukov, D. G., Zdanavicius, J., Zoła, S., Zubareva, A., Wyrzykowski, Łukasz, Mróz, P., Rybicki, K. A., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S. T., Abe, L., Aldi, G. F., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Qasim, A. Al, Anupama, G. C., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakıs, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I. F., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A. Z., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Bruni, I., Burenin, R. A., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H. E., Caton, D. B., Novati, S. Calchi, Carrasco, J. M., Cassan, A., Cepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D'Ago, G., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Ereceantalya, O., Eselevich, M. V., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Jaimes, R. Figuera, Fossey, S. J., Galeev, A. I., Grebenev, S. A., Gupta, A. C., Gutaev, A. G., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J. B., Hanlon, L., Hardy, L. K., Harrison, D. L., van Heerden, H. J., Hoette, V. L., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec, N., Irtuganov, E. N., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Jovanovic, M. D., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I. M., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kopacki, G., Kouprianov, V. V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S. P., Lu, J., Manser, C. J., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J. P., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J. R., Meintjes, P. J., Melnikov, S. S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Murphy, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C. -C., Norton, A. J., Ofek, E. O., Pakstienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., Pawlak, M., Penny, M. T., Penprase, B. E., Piascik, A., Prieto, J. L., Qvam, J. K. T., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D. E., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J. -P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D. M., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B. J., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P. S., van Soelen, B., Spetsieri, Z. T., Stankeviciūtė, A., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Strobl, J., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Ramirez, L. M. Tinjaca, Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Vernet, D., Villanueva Jr., S., Vince, O., Wambsganss, J., van der Westhuizen, I. P., Wiersema, K., Wium, D., Wilson, R. W., Yoldas, A., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Zhukov, D. G., Zdanavicius, J., Zoła, S., and Zubareva, A.
Abstract: Gaia16aye was a binary microlensing event discovered in the direction towards the northern Galactic disc and was one of the first microlensing events detected and alerted to by the Gaia space mission. Its light curve exhibited five distinct brightening episodes, reaching up to I=12 mag, and it was covered in great detail with almost 25,000 data points gathered by a network of telescopes. We present the photometric and spectroscopic follow-up covering 500 days of the event evolution. We employed a full Keplerian binary orbit microlensing model combined with the motion of Earth and Gaia around the Sun to reproduce the complex light curve. The photometric data allowed us to solve the microlensing event entirely and to derive the complete and unique set of orbital parameters of the binary lensing system. We also report on the detection of the first-ever microlensing space-parallax between the Earth and Gaia located at L2. The properties of the binary system were derived from microlensing parameters, and we found that the system is composed of two main-sequence stars with masses 0.57$\pm$0.05 $M_\odot$ and 0.36$\pm$0.03 $M_\odot$ at 780 pc, with an orbital period of 2.88 years and an eccentricity of 0.30. We also predict the astrometric microlensing signal for this binary lens as it will be seen by Gaia as well as the radial velocity curve for the binary system. Events such as Gaia16aye indicate the potential for the microlensing method of probing the mass function of dark objects, including black holes, in directions other than that of the Galactic bulge. This case also emphasises the importance of long-term time-domain coordinated observations that can be made with a network of heterogeneous telescopes., Comment: accepted for publication in A&A, 24 pages, 10 figures, tables with the data will be available electronically
Published: 2019
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13. Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye

Author: Wyrzykowski, Łukasz, Mróz, P., Rybicki, K. A., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S. T., Abe, L., Aldi, G. F., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Qasim, A. Al, Anupama, G. C., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakıs, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I. F., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A. Z., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Bruni, I., Burenin, R. A., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H. E., Caton, D. B., Novati, S. Calchi, Carrasco, J. M., Cassan, A., Cepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D'Ago, G., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Ereceantalya, O., Eselevich, M. V., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Jaimes, R. Figuera, Fossey, S. J., Galeev, A. I., Grebenev, S. A., Gupta, A. C., Gutaev, A. G., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J. B., Hanlon, L., Hardy, L. K., Harrison, D. L., van Heerden, H. J., Hoette, V. L., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec, N., Irtuganov, E. N., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Jovanovic, M. D., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I. M., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kopacki, G., Kouprianov, V. V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S. P., Lu, J., Manser, C. J., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J. P., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J. R., Meintjes, P. J., Melnikov, S. S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Murphy, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C. -C., Norton, A. J., Ofek, E. O., Pakstienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., Pawlak, M., Penny, M. T., Penprase, B. E., Piascik, A., Prieto, J. L., Qvam, J. K. T., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D. E., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J. -P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D. M., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B. J., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P. S., van Soelen, B., Spetsieri, Z. T., Stankeviciūtė, A., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Strobl, J., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Ramirez, L. M. Tinjaca, Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Vernet, D., Villanueva Jr., S., Vince, O., Wambsganss, J., van der Westhuizen, I. P., Wiersema, K., Wium, D., Wilson, R. W., Yoldas, A., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Zhukov, D. G., Zdanavicius, J., Zoła, S., Zubareva, A., Wyrzykowski, Łukasz, Mróz, P., Rybicki, K. A., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S. T., Abe, L., Aldi, G. F., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Qasim, A. Al, Anupama, G. C., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakıs, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I. F., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A. Z., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Bruni, I., Burenin, R. A., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H. E., Caton, D. B., Novati, S. Calchi, Carrasco, J. M., Cassan, A., Cepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D'Ago, G., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Ereceantalya, O., Eselevich, M. V., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Jaimes, R. Figuera, Fossey, S. J., Galeev, A. I., Grebenev, S. A., Gupta, A. C., Gutaev, A. G., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J. B., Hanlon, L., Hardy, L. K., Harrison, D. L., van Heerden, H. J., Hoette, V. L., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec, N., Irtuganov, E. N., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Jovanovic, M. D., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I. M., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kopacki, G., Kouprianov, V. V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S. P., Lu, J., Manser, C. J., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J. P., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J. R., Meintjes, P. J., Melnikov, S. S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Murphy, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C. -C., Norton, A. J., Ofek, E. O., Pakstienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., Pawlak, M., Penny, M. T., Penprase, B. E., Piascik, A., Prieto, J. L., Qvam, J. K. T., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D. E., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J. -P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D. M., Sanchez, R. Zanmar, Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B. J., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P. S., van Soelen, B., Spetsieri, Z. T., Stankeviciūtė, A., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Strobl, J., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Ramirez, L. M. Tinjaca, Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Vernet, D., Villanueva Jr., S., Vince, O., Wambsganss, J., van der Westhuizen, I. P., Wiersema, K., Wium, D., Wilson, R. W., Yoldas, A., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Zhukov, D. G., Zdanavicius, J., Zoła, S., and Zubareva, A.
Abstract: Gaia16aye was a binary microlensing event discovered in the direction towards the northern Galactic disc and was one of the first microlensing events detected and alerted to by the Gaia space mission. Its light curve exhibited five distinct brightening episodes, reaching up to I=12 mag, and it was covered in great detail with almost 25,000 data points gathered by a network of telescopes. We present the photometric and spectroscopic follow-up covering 500 days of the event evolution. We employed a full Keplerian binary orbit microlensing model combined with the motion of Earth and Gaia around the Sun to reproduce the complex light curve. The photometric data allowed us to solve the microlensing event entirely and to derive the complete and unique set of orbital parameters of the binary lensing system. We also report on the detection of the first-ever microlensing space-parallax between the Earth and Gaia located at L2. The properties of the binary system were derived from microlensing parameters, and we found that the system is composed of two main-sequence stars with masses 0.57$\pm$0.05 $M_\odot$ and 0.36$\pm$0.03 $M_\odot$ at 780 pc, with an orbital period of 2.88 years and an eccentricity of 0.30. We also predict the astrometric microlensing signal for this binary lens as it will be seen by Gaia as well as the radial velocity curve for the binary system. Events such as Gaia16aye indicate the potential for the microlensing method of probing the mass function of dark objects, including black holes, in directions other than that of the Galactic bulge. This case also emphasises the importance of long-term time-domain coordinated observations that can be made with a network of heterogeneous telescopes., Comment: accepted for publication in A&A, 24 pages, 10 figures, tables with the data will be available electronically
Published: 2019
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14. Authenticating the Presence of a Relativistic Massive Black Hole Binary in OJ 287 Using Its General Relativity Centenary Flare : Improved Orbital Parameters

Author: Dey, Lankeswar, Valtonen, M. J., Gopakumar, A., Zola, S., Hudec, R., Pihajoki, P., Ciprini, S., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Kidger, M., Nilsson, K., Mikkola, S., Sillanpaa, A., Takalo, L. O., Lehto, H. J., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Baliyan, K. S., Pursimo, T., Caton, D. B., Alicavus, F., Baransky, A., Blay, P., Boumis, P., Boyd, D., Campas Torrent, M., Campos, F., Carrillo Gomez, J., Chandra, S., Chavushyan, V., Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Escartin Perez, A., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Gafton, Emanuel, Ganesh, S., Garcia, F., Gazeas, K., Godunova, V., Gomez Pinilla, F., Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Harmanen, J., Hurst, G., Janik, J., Jelinek, M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Karjalainen, R., Kaur, N., Keel, W. C., Kouprianov, V. V., Kundera, T., Kurowski, S., Kvammen, A., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Liakos, A., Lindfors, E., Lozano de Haro, J., Mugrauer, M., Naves Nogues, R., Neely, A. W., Nelson, R. H., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pajdosz-Smierciak, U., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Raj, A., Reichart, D. E., Reinthal, R., Reynolds, T., Saario, J., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Salto Gonzalez, J. -L., Sameer, Schweyer, T., Simon, A., Siwak, M., Soldan Alfaro, F. C., Sonbas, E., Steele, I., Stocke, J. T., Strobl, J., Tomov, T., Tremosa Espasa, L., Valdes, J. R., Valero Perez, J., Verrecchia, F., Vasylenko, V., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Zielinski, P., Dey, Lankeswar, Valtonen, M. J., Gopakumar, A., Zola, S., Hudec, R., Pihajoki, P., Ciprini, S., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Kidger, M., Nilsson, K., Mikkola, S., Sillanpaa, A., Takalo, L. O., Lehto, H. J., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Baliyan, K. S., Pursimo, T., Caton, D. B., Alicavus, F., Baransky, A., Blay, P., Boumis, P., Boyd, D., Campas Torrent, M., Campos, F., Carrillo Gomez, J., Chandra, S., Chavushyan, V., Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Escartin Perez, A., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Gafton, Emanuel, Ganesh, S., Garcia, F., Gazeas, K., Godunova, V., Gomez Pinilla, F., Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Harmanen, J., Hurst, G., Janik, J., Jelinek, M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Karjalainen, R., Kaur, N., Keel, W. C., Kouprianov, V. V., Kundera, T., Kurowski, S., Kvammen, A., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Liakos, A., Lindfors, E., Lozano de Haro, J., Mugrauer, M., Naves Nogues, R., Neely, A. W., Nelson, R. H., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pajdosz-Smierciak, U., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Raj, A., Reichart, D. E., Reinthal, R., Reynolds, T., Saario, J., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Salto Gonzalez, J. -L., Sameer, Schweyer, T., Simon, A., Siwak, M., Soldan Alfaro, F. C., Sonbas, E., Steele, I., Stocke, J. T., Strobl, J., Tomov, T., Tremosa Espasa, L., Valdes, J. R., Valero Perez, J., Verrecchia, F., Vasylenko, V., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., and Zielinski, P.
Abstract: Results from regular monitoring of relativistic compact binaries like PSR 1913+16 are consistent with the dominant (quadrupole) order emission of gravitational waves (GWs). We show that observations associated with the binary black hole (BBH) central engine of blazar OJ 287 demand the inclusion of gravitational radiation reaction effects beyond the quadrupolar order. It turns out that even the effects of certain hereditary contributions to GW emission are required to predict impact flare timings of OJ 287. We develop an approach that incorporates this effect into the BBH model for OJ 287. This allows us to demonstrate an excellent agreement between the observed impact flare timings and those predicted from ten orbital cycles of the BBH central engine model. The deduced rate of orbital period decay is nine orders of magnitude higher than the observed rate in PSR 1913+16, demonstrating again the relativistic nature of OJ 287's central engine. Finally, we argue that precise timing of the predicted 2019 impact flare should allow a test of the celebrated black hole no-hair theorem at the 10% level.
Published: 2018
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15. Signatures of the disk-jet coupling in the Broad-line Radio Quasar 4C+74.26

Author: Bhatta, G., Stawarz, L., Markowitz, A., Balasubramaniam, K., Zola, S., Zdziarski, A. A., Jamrozy, M., Ostrowski, M., Kuzmicz, A., Ogloza, W., Drozdz, M., Siwak, M., Koziel-Wierzbowska, D., Debski, B., Kundera, T., Stachowski, G., Machalski, J., Paliya, V. S., Caton, D. B., Bhatta, G., Stawarz, L., Markowitz, A., Balasubramaniam, K., Zola, S., Zdziarski, A. A., Jamrozy, M., Ostrowski, M., Kuzmicz, A., Ogloza, W., Drozdz, M., Siwak, M., Koziel-Wierzbowska, D., Debski, B., Kundera, T., Stachowski, G., Machalski, J., Paliya, V. S., and Caton, D. B.
Abstract: Here we explore the disk-jet connection in the broad-line radio quasar 4C+74.26, utilizing the results of the multiwavelength monitoring of the source. The target is unique in that its radiative output at radio wavelengths is dominated by a moderately-beamed nuclear jet, at optical frequencies by the accretion disk, and in the hard X-ray range by the disk corona. Our analysis reveals a correlation (local and global significance of 96\% and 98\%, respectively) between the optical and radio bands, with the disk lagging behind the jet by $250 \pm 42$ days. We discuss the possible explanation for this, speculating that the observed disk and the jet flux changes are generated by magnetic fluctuations originating within the innermost parts of a truncated disk, and that the lag is related to a delayed radiative response of the disk when compared with the propagation timescale of magnetic perturbations along relativistic outflow. This scenario is supported by the re-analysis of the NuSTAR data, modelled in terms of a relativistic reflection from the disk illuminated by the coronal emission, which returns the inner disk radius $R_{\rm in}/R_{\rm ISCO} =35^{+40}_{-16}$. We discuss the global energetics in the system, arguing that while the accretion proceeds at the Eddington rate, with the accretion-related bolometric luminosity $L_{\rm bol} \sim 9 \times 10^{46}$ erg s$^{-1}$ $\sim 0.2 L_{\rm Edd}$, the jet total kinetic energy $L_\textrm{j} \sim 4 \times 10^{44}$ erg s$^{-1}$, inferred from the dynamical modelling of the giant radio lobes in the source, constitutes only a small fraction of the available accretion power., Comment: 9 pages and 6 figures, ApJ accepted
Published: 2018
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16. Toward Understanding the B[e] Phenomenon. VII. AS 386, a single-lined binary with a candidate black hole component

Author: Khokhlov, S. A., Miroshnichenko, A. S., Zharikov, S. V., Manset, N., Arkharov, A. A., Efimova, N., Klimanov, S., Larionov, V M., Kusakin, A. V., Kokumbaeva, R. I., Omarov, Ch. T., Kuratov, K. S., Kuratova, A. K., Rudy, R. J., Laag, E. A., Crawford, K. B., Swift, T. K., Puetter, R. C., Perry, R. B., Chojnowski, S. D., Agishev, A., Caton, D. B., Hawkins, R. L., Smith, A. B., Reichart, D. E., Kouprianov, V. V., Haislip, J. B., Khokhlov, S. A., Miroshnichenko, A. S., Zharikov, S. V., Manset, N., Arkharov, A. A., Efimova, N., Klimanov, S., Larionov, V M., Kusakin, A. V., Kokumbaeva, R. I., Omarov, Ch. T., Kuratov, K. S., Kuratova, A. K., Rudy, R. J., Laag, E. A., Crawford, K. B., Swift, T. K., Puetter, R. C., Perry, R. B., Chojnowski, S. D., Agishev, A., Caton, D. B., Hawkins, R. L., Smith, A. B., Reichart, D. E., Kouprianov, V. V., and Haislip, J. B.
Abstract: We report the results of spectroscopic and photometric observations of the emission-line object AS 386. For the first time, we found that it exhibits the B[e] phenomenon and fits the definition of an FS CMa type object. The optical spectrum shows the presence of a B-type star with the following properties: T_ eff = 11000+/-500 K, log L/L_sun = 3.7+/-0.3, a mass of 7+/-1 M_sun, and a distance D = 2.4+/-0.3 kpc from the Sun. We detected regular radial velocity variations of both absorption and emission lines with the following orbital parameters: P_orb = 131.27+/-0.09 days, semi-amplitude K_1 = 51.7+/-3.0 km/s, systemic radial velocity gamma = -31.8+/-2.6 km/s, and a mass function of f(m) = 1.9+/-0.3 M_sun. AS 386 exhibits irregular variations of the optical brightness (V=10.92+/-0.05 mag), while the near-IR brightness varies up to ~0.3 mag following the spectroscopic period. We explain this behavior by a variable illumination of the dusty disk inner rim by the B-type component. Doppler tomography based on the orbital variations of emission-line profiles shows that the material is distributed near the B-type component and in a circumbinary disk. We conclude that the system has undergone a strong mass transfer that created the circumstellar material and increased the B-type component mass. The absence of any traces of a secondary component, whose mass should be >= 7 M_sun, suggests that it is most likely a black hole., Comment: 18 pages, 4 tables, 13 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
Published: 2018
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17. Signatures of the disk-jet coupling in the Broad-line Radio Quasar 4C+74.26

Author: Bhatta, G., Stawarz, L., Markowitz, A., Balasubramaniam, K., Zola, S., Zdziarski, A. A., Jamrozy, M., Ostrowski, M., Kuzmicz, A., Ogloza, W., Drozdz, M., Siwak, M., Koziel-Wierzbowska, D., Debski, B., Kundera, T., Stachowski, G., Machalski, J., Paliya, V. S., Caton, D. B., Bhatta, G., Stawarz, L., Markowitz, A., Balasubramaniam, K., Zola, S., Zdziarski, A. A., Jamrozy, M., Ostrowski, M., Kuzmicz, A., Ogloza, W., Drozdz, M., Siwak, M., Koziel-Wierzbowska, D., Debski, B., Kundera, T., Stachowski, G., Machalski, J., Paliya, V. S., and Caton, D. B.
Abstract: Here we explore the disk-jet connection in the broad-line radio quasar 4C+74.26, utilizing the results of the multiwavelength monitoring of the source. The target is unique in that its radiative output at radio wavelengths is dominated by a moderately-beamed nuclear jet, at optical frequencies by the accretion disk, and in the hard X-ray range by the disk corona. Our analysis reveals a correlation (local and global significance of 96\% and 98\%, respectively) between the optical and radio bands, with the disk lagging behind the jet by $250 \pm 42$ days. We discuss the possible explanation for this, speculating that the observed disk and the jet flux changes are generated by magnetic fluctuations originating within the innermost parts of a truncated disk, and that the lag is related to a delayed radiative response of the disk when compared with the propagation timescale of magnetic perturbations along relativistic outflow. This scenario is supported by the re-analysis of the NuSTAR data, modelled in terms of a relativistic reflection from the disk illuminated by the coronal emission, which returns the inner disk radius $R_{\rm in}/R_{\rm ISCO} =35^{+40}_{-16}$. We discuss the global energetics in the system, arguing that while the accretion proceeds at the Eddington rate, with the accretion-related bolometric luminosity $L_{\rm bol} \sim 9 \times 10^{46}$ erg s$^{-1}$ $\sim 0.2 L_{\rm Edd}$, the jet total kinetic energy $L_\textrm{j} \sim 4 \times 10^{44}$ erg s$^{-1}$, inferred from the dynamical modelling of the giant radio lobes in the source, constitutes only a small fraction of the available accretion power., Comment: 9 pages and 6 figures, ApJ accepted
Published: 2018
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18. Toward Understanding the B[e] Phenomenon. VII. AS 386, a single-lined binary with a candidate black hole component

Author: Khokhlov, S. A., Miroshnichenko, A. S., Zharikov, S. V., Manset, N., Arkharov, A. A., Efimova, N., Klimanov, S., Larionov, V M., Kusakin, A. V., Kokumbaeva, R. I., Omarov, Ch. T., Kuratov, K. S., Kuratova, A. K., Rudy, R. J., Laag, E. A., Crawford, K. B., Swift, T. K., Puetter, R. C., Perry, R. B., Chojnowski, S. D., Agishev, A., Caton, D. B., Hawkins, R. L., Smith, A. B., Reichart, D. E., Kouprianov, V. V., Haislip, J. B., Khokhlov, S. A., Miroshnichenko, A. S., Zharikov, S. V., Manset, N., Arkharov, A. A., Efimova, N., Klimanov, S., Larionov, V M., Kusakin, A. V., Kokumbaeva, R. I., Omarov, Ch. T., Kuratov, K. S., Kuratova, A. K., Rudy, R. J., Laag, E. A., Crawford, K. B., Swift, T. K., Puetter, R. C., Perry, R. B., Chojnowski, S. D., Agishev, A., Caton, D. B., Hawkins, R. L., Smith, A. B., Reichart, D. E., Kouprianov, V. V., and Haislip, J. B.
Abstract: We report the results of spectroscopic and photometric observations of the emission-line object AS 386. For the first time, we found that it exhibits the B[e] phenomenon and fits the definition of an FS CMa type object. The optical spectrum shows the presence of a B-type star with the following properties: T_ eff = 11000+/-500 K, log L/L_sun = 3.7+/-0.3, a mass of 7+/-1 M_sun, and a distance D = 2.4+/-0.3 kpc from the Sun. We detected regular radial velocity variations of both absorption and emission lines with the following orbital parameters: P_orb = 131.27+/-0.09 days, semi-amplitude K_1 = 51.7+/-3.0 km/s, systemic radial velocity gamma = -31.8+/-2.6 km/s, and a mass function of f(m) = 1.9+/-0.3 M_sun. AS 386 exhibits irregular variations of the optical brightness (V=10.92+/-0.05 mag), while the near-IR brightness varies up to ~0.3 mag following the spectroscopic period. We explain this behavior by a variable illumination of the dusty disk inner rim by the B-type component. Doppler tomography based on the orbital variations of emission-line profiles shows that the material is distributed near the B-type component and in a circumbinary disk. We conclude that the system has undergone a strong mass transfer that created the circumstellar material and increased the B-type component mass. The absence of any traces of a secondary component, whose mass should be >= 7 M_sun, suggests that it is most likely a black hole., Comment: 18 pages, 4 tables, 13 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJ
Published: 2018
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19. Stochastic modeling of multiwavelength variability of the classical BL Lac object OJ 287 on timescales ranging from decades to hours

Author: Goyal, A., Stawarz, L., Zola, S., Marchenko, V., Soida, M., Nilsson, K., Ciprini, S., Baran, A., Ostrowski, M., Wiita, P. J., Gopal-Krishna, Siemiginowska, A., Sobolewska, M., Jorstad, S., Marscher, A., Hovatta, M. F. Aller H. D. Aller T., Caton, D. B., Reichart, D., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Gazeas, K., Kidger, M., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Alicavus, F., Baliyan, K. S., Baransky, A., Berdyugin, A., Blay, P., Boumis, P., Boyd, D., Bufan, Y., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Gafton, E., Garcia, F., Godunova, V., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Haque, S., Harmanen, J., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Karaman, N., Karjalainen, R., Kaur, N., l-Wierzbowska, D. Kozie, Kuligowska, E., Kundera, T., Kurowski, S., Kvammen, A., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Liakos, A., de Haro, J. Lozano, Mohammed, I., Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pajdosz, U., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Rajkumar, B., Reinthal, R., Reynolds, T., Saario, J., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Sameer, Heung, A., Simon, O., Siwak, M., Schweyer, T., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Vasylenko, V. V., Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Zielinski, P., Janik, J., Chavushyan, V., Cheung, C. C., Giroletti, M., Goyal, A., Stawarz, L., Zola, S., Marchenko, V., Soida, M., Nilsson, K., Ciprini, S., Baran, A., Ostrowski, M., Wiita, P. J., Gopal-Krishna, Siemiginowska, A., Sobolewska, M., Jorstad, S., Marscher, A., Hovatta, M. F. Aller H. D. Aller T., Caton, D. B., Reichart, D., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Gazeas, K., Kidger, M., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Alicavus, F., Baliyan, K. S., Baransky, A., Berdyugin, A., Blay, P., Boumis, P., Boyd, D., Bufan, Y., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Gafton, E., Garcia, F., Godunova, V., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Haque, S., Harmanen, J., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Karaman, N., Karjalainen, R., Kaur, N., l-Wierzbowska, D. Kozie, Kuligowska, E., Kundera, T., Kurowski, S., Kvammen, A., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Liakos, A., de Haro, J. Lozano, Mohammed, I., Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pajdosz, U., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Rajkumar, B., Reinthal, R., Reynolds, T., Saario, J., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Sameer, Heung, A., Simon, O., Siwak, M., Schweyer, T., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Vasylenko, V. V., Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Zielinski, P., Janik, J., Chavushyan, V., Cheung, C. C., and Giroletti, M.
Abstract: We present the results of our power spectral density analysis for the BL Lac object OJ\,287, utilizing the {\it Fermi}-LAT survey at high-energy $\gamma$-rays, {\it Swift}-XRT in X-rays, several ground-based telescopes and the {\it Kepler} satellite in the optical, and radio telescopes at GHz frequencies. The light curves are modeled in terms of continuous-time auto-regressive moving average (CARMA) processes. Owing to the inclusion of the {\it Kepler} data, we were able to construct \emph{for the first time} the optical variability power spectrum of a blazar without any gaps across $\sim6$ dex in temporal frequencies. Our analysis reveals that the radio power spectra are of a colored-noise type on timescales ranging from tens of years down to months, with no evidence for breaks or other spectral features. The overall optical power spectrum is also consistent with a colored noise on the variability timescales ranging from 117 years down to hours, with no hints of any quasi-periodic oscillations. The X-ray power spectrum resembles the radio and optical power spectra on the analogous timescales ranging from tens of years down to months. Finally, the $\gamma$-ray power spectrum is noticeably different from the radio, optical, and X-ray power spectra of the source: we have detected a characteristic relaxation timescale in the {\it Fermi}-LAT data, corresponding to $\sim 150$\,days, such that on timescales longer than this, the power spectrum is consistent with uncorrelated (white) noise, while on shorter variability timescales there is correlated (colored) noise., Comment: ApJ accepted
Published: 2017
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20. Stochastic modeling of multiwavelength variability of the classical BL Lac object OJ 287 on timescales ranging from decades to hours

Author: Goyal, A., Stawarz, L., Zola, S., Marchenko, V., Soida, M., Nilsson, K., Ciprini, S., Baran, A., Ostrowski, M., Wiita, P. J., Gopal-Krishna, Siemiginowska, A., Sobolewska, M., Jorstad, S., Marscher, A., Hovatta, M. F. Aller H. D. Aller T., Caton, D. B., Reichart, D., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Gazeas, K., Kidger, M., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Alicavus, F., Baliyan, K. S., Baransky, A., Berdyugin, A., Blay, P., Boumis, P., Boyd, D., Bufan, Y., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Gafton, E., Garcia, F., Godunova, V., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Haque, S., Harmanen, J., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Karaman, N., Karjalainen, R., Kaur, N., l-Wierzbowska, D. Kozie, Kuligowska, E., Kundera, T., Kurowski, S., Kvammen, A., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Liakos, A., de Haro, J. Lozano, Mohammed, I., Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pajdosz, U., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Rajkumar, B., Reinthal, R., Reynolds, T., Saario, J., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Sameer, Heung, A., Simon, O., Siwak, M., Schweyer, T., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Vasylenko, V. V., Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Zielinski, P., Janik, J., Chavushyan, V., Cheung, C. C., Giroletti, M., Goyal, A., Stawarz, L., Zola, S., Marchenko, V., Soida, M., Nilsson, K., Ciprini, S., Baran, A., Ostrowski, M., Wiita, P. J., Gopal-Krishna, Siemiginowska, A., Sobolewska, M., Jorstad, S., Marscher, A., Hovatta, M. F. Aller H. D. Aller T., Caton, D. B., Reichart, D., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Gazeas, K., Kidger, M., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Alicavus, F., Baliyan, K. S., Baransky, A., Berdyugin, A., Blay, P., Boumis, P., Boyd, D., Bufan, Y., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Gafton, E., Garcia, F., Godunova, V., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Haque, S., Harmanen, J., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Karaman, N., Karjalainen, R., Kaur, N., l-Wierzbowska, D. Kozie, Kuligowska, E., Kundera, T., Kurowski, S., Kvammen, A., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Liakos, A., de Haro, J. Lozano, Mohammed, I., Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pajdosz, U., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Rajkumar, B., Reinthal, R., Reynolds, T., Saario, J., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Sameer, Heung, A., Simon, O., Siwak, M., Schweyer, T., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Vasylenko, V. V., Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Zielinski, P., Janik, J., Chavushyan, V., Cheung, C. C., and Giroletti, M.
Abstract: We present the results of our power spectral density analysis for the BL Lac object OJ\,287, utilizing the {\it Fermi}-LAT survey at high-energy $\gamma$-rays, {\it Swift}-XRT in X-rays, several ground-based telescopes and the {\it Kepler} satellite in the optical, and radio telescopes at GHz frequencies. The light curves are modeled in terms of continuous-time auto-regressive moving average (CARMA) processes. Owing to the inclusion of the {\it Kepler} data, we were able to construct \emph{for the first time} the optical variability power spectrum of a blazar without any gaps across $\sim6$ dex in temporal frequencies. Our analysis reveals that the radio power spectra are of a colored-noise type on timescales ranging from tens of years down to months, with no evidence for breaks or other spectral features. The overall optical power spectrum is also consistent with a colored noise on the variability timescales ranging from 117 years down to hours, with no hints of any quasi-periodic oscillations. The X-ray power spectrum resembles the radio and optical power spectra on the analogous timescales ranging from tens of years down to months. Finally, the $\gamma$-ray power spectrum is noticeably different from the radio, optical, and X-ray power spectra of the source: we have detected a characteristic relaxation timescale in the {\it Fermi}-LAT data, corresponding to $\sim 150$\,days, such that on timescales longer than this, the power spectrum is consistent with uncorrelated (white) noise, while on shorter variability timescales there is correlated (colored) noise., Comment: ApJ accepted
Published: 2017
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21. Primary black hole spin in OJ287 as determined by the General Relativity centenary flare

Author: Valtonen, M. J., Zola, S., Ciprini, S., Gopakumar, A., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Kidger, M., Gazeas, K., Nilsson, K., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Baliyan, K. S., Alicavus, F., Boyd, D., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Caton, D. B., Chavushyan, V., Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Ganesh, S., Garcia, F., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Jelinek, M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Kaur, N., Keel, W. C., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Lindfors, E., de Haro, J. Lozano, Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Nelson, R. H., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Pihajoki, P., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Reichart, D. E., Reinthal, R., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Schweyer, T., Siwak, M., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Steele, I., Stocke, J. T., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Tomov, T., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Perez, J. Valero, Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Telting, J., Saario, J., Reynolds, T., Kvammen, A., Gafton, E., Karjalainen, R., Harmanen, J., Blay, P., Valtonen, M. J., Zola, S., Ciprini, S., Gopakumar, A., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Kidger, M., Gazeas, K., Nilsson, K., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Baliyan, K. S., Alicavus, F., Boyd, D., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Caton, D. B., Chavushyan, V., Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Ganesh, S., Garcia, F., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Jelinek, M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Kaur, N., Keel, W. C., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Lindfors, E., de Haro, J. Lozano, Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Nelson, R. H., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Pihajoki, P., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Reichart, D. E., Reinthal, R., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Schweyer, T., Siwak, M., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Steele, I., Stocke, J. T., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Tomov, T., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Perez, J. Valero, Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Telting, J., Saario, J., Reynolds, T., Kvammen, A., Gafton, E., Karjalainen, R., Harmanen, J., and Blay, P.
Abstract: OJ287 is a quasi-periodic quasar with roughly 12 year optical cycles. It displays prominent outbursts which are predictable in a binary black hole model. The model predicted a major optical outburst in December 2015. We found that the outburst did occur within the expected time range, peaking on 2015 December 5 at magnitude 12.9 in the optical R-band. Based on Swift/XRT satellite measurements and optical polarization data, we find that it included a major thermal component. Its timing provides an accurate estimate for the spin of the primary black hole, chi = 0.313 +- 0.01. The present outburst also confirms the established general relativistic properties of the system such as the loss of orbital energy to gravitational radiation at the 2 % accuracy level and it opens up the possibility of testing the black hole no-hair theorem with a 10 % accuracy during the present decade.
Published: 2016
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22. Primary black hole spin in OJ287 as determined by the General Relativity centenary flare

Author: Valtonen, M. J., Zola, S., Ciprini, S., Gopakumar, A., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Kidger, M., Gazeas, K., Nilsson, K., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Baliyan, K. S., Alicavus, F., Boyd, D., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Caton, D. B., Chavushyan, V., Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Ganesh, S., Garcia, F., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Jelinek, M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Kaur, N., Keel, W. C., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Lindfors, E., de Haro, J. Lozano, Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Nelson, R. H., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Pihajoki, P., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Reichart, D. E., Reinthal, R., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Schweyer, T., Siwak, M., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Steele, I., Stocke, J. T., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Tomov, T., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Perez, J. Valero, Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Telting, J., Saario, J., Reynolds, T., Kvammen, A., Gafton, E., Karjalainen, R., Harmanen, J., Blay, P., Valtonen, M. J., Zola, S., Ciprini, S., Gopakumar, A., Matsumoto, K., Sadakane, K., Kidger, M., Gazeas, K., Nilsson, K., Berdyugin, A., Piirola, V., Jermak, H., Baliyan, K. S., Alicavus, F., Boyd, D., Torrent, M. Campas, Campos, F., Gomez, J. Carrillo, Caton, D. B., Chavushyan, V., Dalessio, J., Debski, B., Dimitrov, D., Drozdz, M., Er, H., Erdem, A., Perez, A. Escartin, Ramazani, V. Fallah, Filippenko, A. V., Ganesh, S., Garcia, F., Pinilla, F. Gomez, Gopinathan, M., Haislip, J. B., Hudec, R., Hurst, G., Ivarsen, K. M., Jelinek, M., Joshi, A., Kagitani, M., Kaur, N., Keel, W. C., LaCluyze, A. P., Lee, B. C., Lindfors, E., de Haro, J. Lozano, Moore, J. P., Mugrauer, M., Nogues, R. Naves, Neely, A. W., Nelson, R. H., Ogloza, W., Okano, S., Pandey, J. C., Perri, M., Pihajoki, P., Poyner, G., Provencal, J., Pursimo, T., Raj, A., Reichart, D. E., Reinthal, R., Sadegi, S., Sakanoi, T., Gonzalez, J. L. Salto, Schweyer, T., Siwak, M., Alfaro, F. C. Soldan, Sonbas, E., Steele, I., Stocke, J. T., Strobl, J., Takalo, L. O., Tomov, T., Espasa, L. Tremosa, Valdes, J. R., Perez, J. Valero, Verrecchia, F., Webb, J. R., Yoneda, M., Zejmo, M., Zheng, W., Telting, J., Saario, J., Reynolds, T., Kvammen, A., Gafton, E., Karjalainen, R., Harmanen, J., and Blay, P.
Abstract: OJ287 is a quasi-periodic quasar with roughly 12 year optical cycles. It displays prominent outbursts which are predictable in a binary black hole model. The model predicted a major optical outburst in December 2015. We found that the outburst did occur within the expected time range, peaking on 2015 December 5 at magnitude 12.9 in the optical R-band. Based on Swift/XRT satellite measurements and optical polarization data, we find that it included a major thermal component. Its timing provides an accurate estimate for the spin of the primary black hole, chi = 0.313 +- 0.01. The present outburst also confirms the established general relativistic properties of the system such as the loss of orbital energy to gravitational radiation at the 2 % accuracy level and it opens up the possibility of testing the black hole no-hair theorem with a 10 % accuracy during the present decade.
Published: 2016
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23. Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye

Author: Wyrzykowski, Ł., Mróz, P., Rybicki, K. A., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S. T., Abe, L., Aldi, G. F., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Al Qasim, A., Anupama, G. C., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakış, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I. F., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A. Z., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Bruni, I., Burenin, R. A., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H. E., Caton, D. B., Calchi Novati, S., Carrasco, J. M., Cassan, A., Čepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D’Ago, G., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Erece, O., Eselevich, M. V., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Figuera Jaimes, R., Fossey, S. J., Galeev, A. I., Grebenev, S. A., Gupta, A. C., Gutaev, A. G., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J. B., Hanlon, L., Hardy, L. K., Harrison, D. L., van Heerden, H. J., Hoette, V. L., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec, N., Irtuganov, E. N., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Jovanovic, M. D., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I. M., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kopacki, G., Kouprianov, V. V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C.-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S. P., Lu, J., Manser, C. J., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J. P., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J. R., Meintjes, P. J., Melnikov, S. S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Murphy, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C.-C., Norton, A. J., Ofek, E. O., Pakštienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., Pawlak, M., Penny, M. T., Penprase, B. E., Piascik, A., Prieto, J. L., Qvam, J. K. T., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D. E., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J.-P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D. M., Zanmar Sanchez, R., Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B. J., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P. S., van Soelen, B., Spetsieri, Z. T., Stankevičiūtė, A., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Strobl, J., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Tinjaca Ramirez, L. M., Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Vernet, D., Villanueva, S., Vince, O., Wambsganss, J., van der Westhuizen, I. P., Wiersema, K., Wium, D., Wilson, R. W., Yoldas, A., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Zhukov, D. G., Zdanavičius, J., Zoła, S., Zubareva, A., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Mróz, P., Rybicki, K. A., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S. T., Abe, L., Aldi, G. F., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Al Qasim, A., Anupama, G. C., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakış, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I. F., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A. Z., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Bruni, I., Burenin, R. A., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H. E., Caton, D. B., Calchi Novati, S., Carrasco, J. M., Cassan, A., Čepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D’Ago, G., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Erece, O., Eselevich, M. V., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Figuera Jaimes, R., Fossey, S. J., Galeev, A. I., Grebenev, S. A., Gupta, A. C., Gutaev, A. G., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J. B., Hanlon, L., Hardy, L. K., Harrison, D. L., van Heerden, H. J., Hoette, V. L., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec, N., Irtuganov, E. N., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Jovanovic, M. D., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I. M., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kopacki, G., Kouprianov, V. V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C.-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S. P., Lu, J., Manser, C. J., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J. P., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J. R., Meintjes, P. J., Melnikov, S. S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Murphy, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C.-C., Norton, A. J., Ofek, E. O., Pakštienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., Pawlak, M., Penny, M. T., Penprase, B. E., Piascik, A., Prieto, J. L., Qvam, J. K. T., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D. E., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J.-P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D. M., Zanmar Sanchez, R., Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B. J., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P. S., van Soelen, B., Spetsieri, Z. T., Stankevičiūtė, A., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Strobl, J., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Tinjaca Ramirez, L. M., Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Vernet, D., Villanueva, S., Vince, O., Wambsganss, J., van der Westhuizen, I. P., Wiersema, K., Wium, D., Wilson, R. W., Yoldas, A., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Zhukov, D. G., Zdanavičius, J., Zoła, S., and Zubareva, A.
Abstract: Gaia16aye was a binary microlensing event discovered in the direction towards the northern Galactic disc and was one of the first microlensing events detected and alerted to by the Gaia space mission. Its light curve exhibited five distinct brightening episodes, reaching up to I = 12 mag, and it was covered in great detail with almost 25 000 data points gathered by a network of telescopes. We present the photometric and spectroscopic follow-up covering 500 days of the event evolution. We employed a full Keplerian binary orbit microlensing model combined with the motion of Earth and Gaia around the Sun to reproduce the complex light curve. The photometric data allowed us to solve the microlensing event entirely and to derive the complete and unique set of orbital parameters of the binary lensing system. We also report on the detection of the first-ever microlensing space-parallax between the Earth and Gaia located at L2. The properties of the binary system were derived from microlensing parameters, and we found that the system is composed of two main-sequence stars with masses 0.57 ± 0.05 M⊙ and 0.36 ± 0.03 M⊙ at 780 pc, with an orbital period of 2.88 years and an eccentricity of 0.30. We also predict the astrometric microlensing signal for this binary lens as it will be seen by Gaia as well as the radial velocity curve for the binary system. Events such as Gaia16aye indicate the potential for the microlensing method of probing the mass function of dark objects, including black holes, in directions other than that of the Galactic bulge. This case also emphasises the importance of long-term time-domain coordinated observations that can be made with a network of heterogeneous telescopes.

24. Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye

Author: Wyrzykowski, Ł., Mróz, P., Rybicki, K. A., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S. T., Abe, L., Aldi, G. F., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Al Qasim, A., Anupama, G. C., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakış, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I. F., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A. Z., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Bruni, I., Burenin, R. A., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H. E., Caton, D. B., Calchi Novati, S., Carrasco, J. M., Cassan, A., Čepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D’Ago, G., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Erece, O., Eselevich, M. V., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Figuera Jaimes, R., Fossey, S. J., Galeev, A. I., Grebenev, S. A., Gupta, A. C., Gutaev, A. G., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J. B., Hanlon, L., Hardy, L. K., Harrison, D. L., van Heerden, H. J., Hoette, V. L., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec, N., Irtuganov, E. N., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Jovanovic, M. D., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I. M., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kopacki, G., Kouprianov, V. V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C.-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S. P., Lu, J., Manser, C. J., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J. P., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J. R., Meintjes, P. J., Melnikov, S. S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Murphy, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C.-C., Norton, A. J., Ofek, E. O., Pakštienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., Pawlak, M., Penny, M. T., Penprase, B. E., Piascik, A., Prieto, J. L., Qvam, J. K. T., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D. E., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J.-P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D. M., Zanmar Sanchez, R., Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B. J., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P. S., van Soelen, B., Spetsieri, Z. T., Stankevičiūtė, A., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Strobl, J., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Tinjaca Ramirez, L. M., Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Vernet, D., Villanueva, S., Vince, O., Wambsganss, J., van der Westhuizen, I. P., Wiersema, K., Wium, D., Wilson, R. W., Yoldas, A., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Zhukov, D. G., Zdanavičius, J., Zoła, S., Zubareva, A., Wyrzykowski, Ł., Mróz, P., Rybicki, K. A., Gromadzki, M., Kołaczkowski, Z., Zieliński, M., Zieliński, P., Britavskiy, N., Gomboc, A., Sokolovsky, K., Hodgkin, S. T., Abe, L., Aldi, G. F., AlMannaei, A., Altavilla, G., Al Qasim, A., Anupama, G. C., Awiphan, S., Bachelet, E., Bakış, V., Baker, S., Bartlett, S., Bendjoya, P., Benson, K., Bikmaev, I. F., Birenbaum, G., Blagorodnova, N., Blanco-Cuaresma, S., Boeva, S., Bonanos, A. Z., Bozza, V., Bramich, D. M., Bruni, I., Burenin, R. A., Burgaz, U., Butterley, T., Caines, H. E., Caton, D. B., Calchi Novati, S., Carrasco, J. M., Cassan, A., Čepas, V., Cropper, M., Chruślińska, M., Clementini, G., Clerici, A., Conti, D., Conti, M., Cross, S., Cusano, F., Damljanovic, G., Dapergolas, A., D’Ago, G., de Bruijne, J. H. J., Dennefeld, M., Dhillon, V. S., Dominik, M., Dziedzic, J., Erece, O., Eselevich, M. V., Esenoglu, H., Eyer, L., Figuera Jaimes, R., Fossey, S. J., Galeev, A. I., Grebenev, S. A., Gupta, A. C., Gutaev, A. G., Hallakoun, N., Hamanowicz, A., Han, C., Handzlik, B., Haislip, J. B., Hanlon, L., Hardy, L. K., Harrison, D. L., van Heerden, H. J., Hoette, V. L., Horne, K., Hudec, R., Hundertmark, M., Ihanec, N., Irtuganov, E. N., Itoh, R., Iwanek, P., Jovanovic, M. D., Janulis, R., Jelínek, M., Jensen, E., Kaczmarek, Z., Katz, D., Khamitov, I. M., Kilic, Y., Klencki, J., Kolb, U., Kopacki, G., Kouprianov, V. V., Kruszyńska, K., Kurowski, S., Latev, G., Lee, C.-H., Leonini, S., Leto, G., Lewis, F., Li, Z., Liakos, A., Littlefair, S. P., Lu, J., Manser, C. J., Mao, S., Maoz, D., Martin-Carrillo, A., Marais, J. P., Maskoliūnas, M., Maund, J. R., Meintjes, P. J., Melnikov, S. S., Ment, K., Mikołajczyk, P., Morrell, M., Mowlavi, N., Moździerski, D., Murphy, D., Nazarov, S., Netzel, H., Nesci, R., Ngeow, C.-C., Norton, A. J., Ofek, E. O., Pakštienė, E., Palaversa, L., Pandey, A., Paraskeva, E., Pawlak, M., Penny, M. T., Penprase, B. E., Piascik, A., Prieto, J. L., Qvam, J. K. T., Ranc, C., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., Reichart, D. E., Reig, P., Rhodes, L., Rivet, J.-P., Rixon, G., Roberts, D., Rosi, P., Russell, D. M., Zanmar Sanchez, R., Scarpetta, G., Seabroke, G., Shappee, B. J., Schmidt, R., Shvartzvald, Y., Sitek, M., Skowron, J., Śniegowska, M., Snodgrass, C., Soares, P. S., van Soelen, B., Spetsieri, Z. T., Stankevičiūtė, A., Steele, I. A., Street, R. A., Strobl, J., Strubble, E., Szegedi, H., Tinjaca Ramirez, L. M., Tomasella, L., Tsapras, Y., Vernet, D., Villanueva, S., Vince, O., Wambsganss, J., van der Westhuizen, I. P., Wiersema, K., Wium, D., Wilson, R. W., Yoldas, A., Zhuchkov, R. Ya., Zhukov, D. G., Zdanavičius, J., Zoła, S., and Zubareva, A.
Abstract: Gaia16aye was a binary microlensing event discovered in the direction towards the northern Galactic disc and was one of the first microlensing events detected and alerted to by the Gaia space mission. Its light curve exhibited five distinct brightening episodes, reaching up to I = 12 mag, and it was covered in great detail with almost 25 000 data points gathered by a network of telescopes. We present the photometric and spectroscopic follow-up covering 500 days of the event evolution. We employed a full Keplerian binary orbit microlensing model combined with the motion of Earth and Gaia around the Sun to reproduce the complex light curve. The photometric data allowed us to solve the microlensing event entirely and to derive the complete and unique set of orbital parameters of the binary lensing system. We also report on the detection of the first-ever microlensing space-parallax between the Earth and Gaia located at L2. The properties of the binary system were derived from microlensing parameters, and we found that the system is composed of two main-sequence stars with masses 0.57 ± 0.05 M⊙ and 0.36 ± 0.03 M⊙ at 780 pc, with an orbital period of 2.88 years and an eccentricity of 0.30. We also predict the astrometric microlensing signal for this binary lens as it will be seen by Gaia as well as the radial velocity curve for the binary system. Events such as Gaia16aye indicate the potential for the microlensing method of probing the mass function of dark objects, including black holes, in directions other than that of the Galactic bulge. This case also emphasises the importance of long-term time-domain coordinated observations that can be made with a network of heterogeneous telescopes.

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1. Analysis of the intra-night variability of BL Lacertae during its August 2020 flare

2. Refinement of the convex shape model and tumbling spin state of (99942) Apophis using the 2020-2021 apparition data

3. Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

4. Refinement of the convex shape model and tumbling spin state of (99942) Apophis using the 2020–2021 apparition data

5. Host galaxy magnitude of OJ 287 from its colours at minimum light

6. Refinement of the convex shape model and tumbling spin state of (99942) Apophis using the 2020-2021 apparition data

7. Constraints on the structure and seasonal variations of Triton's atmosphere from the 5 October 2017 stellar occultation and previous observations

8. Multiwavelength variability power spectrum analysis of the blazars 3C 279 and PKS 1510-089 on multiple timescales

9. Multiwavelength variability power spectrum analysis of the blazars 3C 279 and PKS 1510-089 on multiple timescales

10. X-ray, UV and optical time delays in the bright Seyfert galaxy Ark 120 with co-ordinated Swift and ground-based observations

11. X-ray, UV and optical time delays in the bright Seyfert galaxy Ark 120 with co-ordinated Swift and ground-based observations

12. Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye

13. Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye

14. Authenticating the Presence of a Relativistic Massive Black Hole Binary in OJ 287 Using Its General Relativity Centenary Flare : Improved Orbital Parameters

15. Signatures of the disk-jet coupling in the Broad-line Radio Quasar 4C+74.26

16. Toward Understanding the B[e] Phenomenon. VII. AS 386, a single-lined binary with a candidate black hole component

17. Signatures of the disk-jet coupling in the Broad-line Radio Quasar 4C+74.26

18. Toward Understanding the B[e] Phenomenon. VII. AS 386, a single-lined binary with a candidate black hole component

19. Stochastic modeling of multiwavelength variability of the classical BL Lac object OJ 287 on timescales ranging from decades to hours

20. Stochastic modeling of multiwavelength variability of the classical BL Lac object OJ 287 on timescales ranging from decades to hours

21. Primary black hole spin in OJ287 as determined by the General Relativity centenary flare

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