Micro-variability of Blazars: Correlations and Duty Cycles

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May 2007

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American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #02.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.93

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We have analyzed four years of micro-variability data of fifteen OVV quasars and BL Lac sources. The data consists of monitoring, multi-color and micro-variability observations using the SARA 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak. Over ninety nights of CCD observations were collected and reduced. Additional observations from other observers and gleaned from the literature supplement this work. We find that there is no correlation between the presence of micro-variations in the light curves and brightness of the source. We continue to analyze the data to see if there are correlations between the “short term variability” and micro-variations as suggested by Howard et al (2004). The duty cycles for micro-variability is around 70% regardless of source classification, but there is a large variation depending on the particular source. We also discuss possible physical models responsible for the micro-variations. This research was supported by NSF AST 0324238.

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