THE OPTICAL MICROVARIABILITY AND SPECTRAL CHANGES OF THE BL LACERTAE OBJECT S5 0716+714

Journal Article · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2009 · Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/185/2/511; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)· OSTI ID:21301467

Poon, H; Fu, J N ^[1]

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1. Astronomy Department, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875 (China)

We monitored the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 in the optical band during 2008 October and December and 2009 February with a best temporal resolution of about 5 minutes in the BVRI bands. Four fast flares were observed with amplitudes ranging from 0.3 to 0.75 mag. The source remained active during the whole monitoring campaign, showing microvariability in all days except for one. The overall variability amplitudes are {delta}B {approx} 0fm89, {delta}V {approx} 0fm80, {delta}R {approx} 0fm73, and {delta}I{approx} 0fm51. Typical timescales of microvariability range from 2 to 8 hr. The overall V - R color index ranges from 0.37 to 0.59. Strong bluer-when-brighter chromatism was found on internight timescales. However, a different spectral behavior was found on intranight timescales. A possible time lag of {approx}11 minutes between B and I bands was found on one night. The shock-in-jet model and geometric effects can be applied to explain the source's intranight behavior.

• OSTI ID: 21301467
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 185; ISSN 0067-0049; ISSN APJSA2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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