A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Black hole binary OJ287 as a testing platform for general relativity
Authors: Valtonen M. J., Gopakumar A., Mikkola S., Wiik K., Lehto, H. J.
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume: 484
Issue: 1
Number of pages: 4
ISSN: 1742-6588
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/484/1/012025
Web address : http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014JPhCS.484a2025V
he blazar OJ287 is the most promising (and the only) case for an extragalactic binary black hole system inspiralling under the action of gravitational radiation reaction. At present, though it is not possible to directly observe the binary components, it is possible to observe the jet emanating from the primary black hole. We have argued that the orbital motion of the secondary black hole is reflected in the wobble of the jet, and demonstrated that the wobble is orbital position dependent. The erratic wobble of the jet is analyzed by taking into account the binary nature of the system, and we have found that the erratic component of jet wobble is very small.