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Characterization of the optical polarimetric variability in a sample of blazars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2004

T. P. Dominici ,
Z. Abraham ,
A. Pereyra  and
A. M. Magalhães
T. P. Dominici
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Z. Abraham
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
A. Pereyra
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
A. M. Magalhães
Affiliation:
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Abstract

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Brightness variations across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, occurring at several time scales, are known properties of blazars. The variability of the continuum emission may be related to the formation and propagation of shock waves in the relativistic jet. In this case we may expect variations also in the degree of polarization and its position angle. In order to effectively constrain such models, we begun in 2003 a program to monitor the optical polarimetry of a sample of blazars, of which we present here the first results.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2004 , Issue IAUS222 , March 2004 , pp. 89 - 90
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© 2004 International Astronomical Union

Footnotes

Based on observations made at Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica (MCT/CNPq)