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Main Authors: Ren, Guowei, Sun, Mouyuan, Ding, Nan, Yang, Xing, Zhang, Zhixiang
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06366
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author Ren, Guowei
Sun, Mouyuan
Ding, Nan
Yang, Xing
Zhang, Zhixiang
author_facet Ren, Guowei
Sun, Mouyuan
Ding, Nan
Yang, Xing
Zhang, Zhixiang
contents Studying the periodic flux-variation behavior of blazars is vital for probing supermassive black hole binaries and the kinematics of relativistic jets. In this work, we report the detection of the multi-band possible periodic variations of the blazar PKS J2134-0153, including the infrared ($1.6(\pm0.4)\times 10^3$ days) and optical ($1.8(\pm1)\times 10^3$ days). The periods in the infrared and optical bands are statistically consistent with the period in the radio band ($P_{\mathrm{Radio}}$$ = 1760\pm33$ days, obtained from our previous work). Moreover, flux variations in different bands are correlated with evident inter-band time delays, and the time lags of infrared and optical emission with respect to radio emission are $(3.3\pm2.3)\times10^{2}$ days and $(3.0\pm2.3)\times10^{2}$ days, respectively. The cross-correlations indicate a common origin of radio, infrared, and optical emission. The relative positions between emission regions of infrared and optical emission to radio emission are estimated according to the time lags, i.e., $0.37\pm0.26$ pc and $0.33\pm0.26$ pc. The relative distances seem to be quantitatively consistent with the theoretical prediction.
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spellingShingle SMBH binary candidate PKS J2134-0153: Possible multi-band periodic variability and inter-band time lags
Ren, Guowei
Sun, Mouyuan
Ding, Nan
Yang, Xing
Zhang, Zhixiang
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Studying the periodic flux-variation behavior of blazars is vital for probing supermassive black hole binaries and the kinematics of relativistic jets. In this work, we report the detection of the multi-band possible periodic variations of the blazar PKS J2134-0153, including the infrared ($1.6(\pm0.4)\times 10^3$ days) and optical ($1.8(\pm1)\times 10^3$ days). The periods in the infrared and optical bands are statistically consistent with the period in the radio band ($P_{\mathrm{Radio}}$$ = 1760\pm33$ days, obtained from our previous work). Moreover, flux variations in different bands are correlated with evident inter-band time delays, and the time lags of infrared and optical emission with respect to radio emission are $(3.3\pm2.3)\times10^{2}$ days and $(3.0\pm2.3)\times10^{2}$ days, respectively. The cross-correlations indicate a common origin of radio, infrared, and optical emission. The relative positions between emission regions of infrared and optical emission to radio emission are estimated according to the time lags, i.e., $0.37\pm0.26$ pc and $0.33\pm0.26$ pc. The relative distances seem to be quantitatively consistent with the theoretical prediction.
title SMBH binary candidate PKS J2134-0153: Possible multi-band periodic variability and inter-band time lags
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06366