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A precessing and nutating jet in OJ287
Authors: Silke Britzen, C. Fendt, G. Witzel, S.-J. Qian, I. N. Pashchenko, O. Kurtanidze, M. Zajacek, G. Martinez, V. Karas, M. Aller, H. Aller, A. Eckart, K. Nilsson, P. Arévalo, J. Cuadra, M. Subroweit, A. Witzel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Journal name in source: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume: 14
First page : 250
Last page: 251
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921318008049(external)
We re-analyzed OJ287 in 120 Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA, MOJAVE)
observations (at 15 GHz) covering the time span between Apr. 1995 and
Apr. 2017. We find that the radio jet motion over the sky is consistent
with a precessing and nutating jet source. The variability of the radio
flux-density can be explained by Doppler beaming due to a change in the
viewing angle. We suggest that part of the optical emission is due to
synchrotron emission related to the jet radiation. We find a strikingly
similar scaling for the timescales for precession and nutation as
indicated for SS433 with a factor of roughly 50 times longer in OJ287.
