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Milliarcsecond Core Size Dependence of the Radio Variability of Blazars




AuthorsHsu Po-Chih, Yi Koay Jun, Matsushita Satoki, Hwang Chorng-Yuan, Hovatta Talvikki, Kiehlmann Sebastian, Max-Moerbeck Walter, Pearson Tim, Readhead Anthony, Reeves Rodrigo, Vedantham Harish

EditorsIoannis Liodakis, Margo F. Aller, Henric Krawczynski, Anne Lähteenmäki, Timothy J. Pearson

Conference nameSymposium of the International Astronomical Union

Publication year2023

JournalProceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Book title The Multimessenger Chakra of Blazar Jets

Series titleProceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Number in seriesS375

Volume17

First page 22

Last page26

ISSN1743-9213

eISSN1743-9221

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921323000777

Web address https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-international-astronomical-union/article/milliarcsecond-core-size-dependence-of-the-radio-variability-of-blazars/2C210D6BE09278C1C625FC7FD7A8A973


Abstract

Studying blazar radio variability on timescales ranging from months to years provides information on the sub-parsec-scale structures of the jets, and the physics of the central active galactic nuclei. In this study, we focus on the radio variability of 1158 blazars observed at 15 GHz through the Owens Valley Radio Observatory Blazar Monitoring Program, where these sources have been observed about twice a week for over a decade. We investigate the dependence of the variability amplitudes and timescales, derived using a simple model fit to the structure function, on the milliarcsecond radio core sizes measured by Very Long Baseline Interferometry. The most compact sources exhibit larger variability amplitudes and shorter variability timescales than the more extended sources; this could be explained by light travel-time effects.



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