Abdo AA, Ackermann M, Ajello M, Axelsson M, Baldini L, Ballet J, Barbiellini G, Bastieri D, Baughman BM, Bechtol K, Bellazzini R, Berenji B, Blandford RD, Bloom ED, Bock DCJ, Bogart JR, Bonamente E, Borgland AW, Bouvier A, Bregeon J, Brez A, Brigida M, Bruel P, Burnett TH, Buson S, Caliandro GA, Cameron RA, Caraveo PA, Casandjian JM, Cavazzuti E, Cecchi C, Celik O, Chekhtman A, Cheung CC, Chiang J, Ciprini S, Claus R, Cohen-Tanugi J, Collmar W, Cominsky LR, Conrad J, Corbel S, Corbet R, Costamante L, Cutini S, Dermer CD, De Angelis A, De Palma F, Digel SW, Do Couto E Silva E, Drell PS, Dubois R, Dumora D, Farnier C, Favuzzi C, Fegan SJ, Ferrara EC, Focke WB, Fortin P, Frailis M, Fuhrmann L, Fukazawa Y, Funk S, Fusco P, Gargano F, Gasparrini D, Gehrels N, Germani S, Giebels B, Giglietto N, Giommi P, Giordano F, Giroletti M, Glanzman T, Godfrey G, Grenier IA, Grove JE, Guillemot L, Guiriec S, Hanabata Y, Harding AK, Hayashida M, Hays E, Horan D, Hughes RE, Iafrate G, Itoh R, Jackson MS, Johannesson G, Johnson AS, Johnson WN, Kadler M, Kamae T, Katagiri H, Kataoka J, Kawai N, Kerr M, Knoedlseder J, Kocian ML, Kuss MW, Lande J, Larsson S, Latronico L, Lemoine-Goumard M, Longo F, Loparco F, Lott B, Lovellette MN, Lubrano P, Macquart JPR, Madejski GM, Makeev A, Max-Moerbeck W, Mazziotta MN, Mcconville W, Mcenery JE, Mcglynn S, Meurer C, Michelson F, Mitthumsiri W, Mizuno T, Moiseev AA, Monte C, Monzani ME, Morselli A, Moskalenko IV, Murgia S, Nestoras I, Nolan PL, Norris JP, Nuss E, Ohsugi T, Okumura A, Omodei N, Orlando E, Ormes JF, Paneque D, Panetta JH, Parent D, Pavlidou V, Pearson TJ, Pelassa V, Pepe M, Pesce-Rollins M, Piron F, Porter TA, Raino S, Rando R, Razzano M, Readhead A, Reimer A, Reimer O, Reposeur T, Reyes LC, Richards JL, Rochester LS, Rodriguez AY, Roth M, Ryde F, Sadrozinski HFW, Sanchez D, Sander A, Parkinson PMS, Scargle JD, Sgro C, Shaw MS, Shrader C, Siskind EJ, Smith DA, Smith PD, Spandre G, Spinelli P, Stawarz L, Stevenson M, Strickman MS, Suson DJ, Tajima H, Takahashi HH, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Taylor GB, Thayer JB, Thayer JG, Thompson DJ, Tibaldo L, Torres DF, Tosti G, Tramacere A, Uchiyama Y, Usher TL, Vasileiou V, Vilchez N, Vitale V, Waite AP, Wang P, Wehrle AE, Winer BL, Wood KS, Ylinen T, Zensus JA, Ziegler M, Uemura M, Ikejiri Y, Kawabata KS, Kino M, Sakimoto K, Sasada M, Sato S, Yamanaka M, Villata M, Raiteri CM, Agudo I, Aller HD, Aller MF, Angelakis E, Arkharov AA, Bach U, Benitez E, Berdyugin A, Blinov DA, Boettcher M, Buemi CS, Chen WP, Dolci M, Dultzin D, Efimova NV, Gurwell MA, Gusbar C, Gomez JL, Heidt J, Hiriart D, Hovatta T, Jorstad SG, Konstantinova TS, Kopatskaya EN, Koptelova E, Kurtanidze OM, Lahteenmaki A, Larionov VM, Larionova EG, Leto P, Lin HC, Lindfors E, Marscher AP, Mchardy IM, Melnichuk DA, Mommert M, Nilsson K, Di Paola A, Reinthal R, Richter GM, Roca-Sogorb M, Roustazadeh P, Sigua LA, Takalo LO, Tornikoski M, Trigilio C, Troitsky IS, Umana G, Villforth C, Grainge K, Moderski R, Nalewajko K, Sikora M (2010)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2010
Book Volume: 463
Pages Range: 919-923
Journal Issue: 7283
DOI: 10.1038/nature08841
It is widely accepted that strong and variable radiation detected over all accessible energy bands in a number of active galaxies arises from a relativistic, Doppler-boosted jet pointing close to our line of sight(1). The size of the emitting zone and the location of this region relative to the central supermassive black hole are, however, poorly known, with estimates ranging from light-hours to a light-year or more. Here we report the coincidence of a gamma (gamma)-ray flare with a dramatic change of optical polarization angle. This provides evidence for co-spatiality of optical and gamma-ray emission regions and indicates a highly ordered jet magnetic field. The results also require a non-axisymmetric structure of the emission zone, implying a curved trajectory for the emitting material within the jet, with the dissipation region located at a considerable distance from the black hole, at about 10(5) gravitational radii.
APA:
Abdo, A.A., Ackermann, M., Ajello, M., Axelsson, M., Baldini, L., Ballet, J.,... Sikora, M. (2010). A change in the optical polarization associated with a gamma-ray flare in the blazar 3C 279. Nature, 463(7283), 919-923. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08841
MLA:
Abdo, A. A., et al. "A change in the optical polarization associated with a gamma-ray flare in the blazar 3C 279." Nature 463.7283 (2010): 919-923.
BibTeX: Download