Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Sep 1996
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996ap%26ss.240..295d&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 240, Issue 2, pp.295-303
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Scientific paper
We report the first polarimetric observations in the ultraviolet of two AGN's, the blazar BL Lac and the gravitational lens candidate Q2345+007. We find strong (p>3%) and variable UV polarization in BL Lac, two of the characteristics exhibited by blazars in the visible. The polarization of BL Lac in the UV decreased significantly (from 18% to <5%) over a timescale of days. The flux density in the polarimetric bandpass showed changes which were not correlated with the polarimetric changes. The behavior of BL Lac in the UV is consistent with the two-component model of its polarized flux proposed by Brindleet al. (1985). The UV properties of the images in the Q2345+007 system are consistent with a gravitational lens interpretation. The QSO imaged in Q2345+007A is an excellent candidate to monitor for variable polarization on a timescale of weeks. Detecting the same polarimetric variation in each image of a gravitational lens may be the most effective method of determining the time-of-flight difference between the two image paths.
Boyd Patricia T.
Dolan Joseph F.
Nelson Jonathan M.
Percival Will J.
Taylor Mary Jane
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