Fast brightness variations of blazars in the radio and optical

Details Fast brightness variations of blazars in the radio and optical Fast brightness variations of blazars in the radio and optical

May 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009arep...53..401v&link_type=abstract

Astronomy Reports, Volume 53, Issue 5, pp.401-409

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

98.54.Cm, 95.85.Bh, 95.85.Kr

Scientific paper

We present coordinated synchronous observations of Active Galactic Nuclei in the radio and optical, aimed at searching for fast (intraday) flux variations and possible correlations in the flux variations in different wavebands. Our observations were performed with the 22-m radio telescope of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory at 22.2 and 36.8 GHz and the Zeiss-1000 reflector of the Special Astrophysical Observatory in the R filter, using a CCD photometer. We performed five observing runs of 7-10 nights each in 2004-2006. We obtained radio and optical light curves for the variable extragalactic radio sources DA 55, 1633+382, 2134+004, 2145+067, and 2251+158. We detected short-duration flares of DA 55 and 2134+004 in the R band with variations of 0.2 m within about 15 minutes. The other sources did not show any considerable flux variations. The radio flux variations of DA 55 and 2134+004 reached 1.5 Jy in about 15 minutes, and those of 2145+067 reached 2 Jy in 2 hours. We observed chaotic flux variations in 2251+158, by 2-2.5 Jy in half an hour. We detected no correlation between the radiation in the optical and radio.

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