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Polarization Properties of Intraday Variable Blazars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

A. Kraus
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, 53010 Bonn, Germany
T. P. Krichbaum
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, 53010 Bonn, Germany
A. Witzel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, 53010 Bonn, Germany

Abstract

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Intraday variability (IDV) is a common phenomenon within blazars, and is seen in about 30 % of all sources in this class. Here we report on IDV observations carried out with the 100m telescope of the MPIfR, especially focusing on variations of the linear polarization.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

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