Multiband Photopolarimetric Monitoring of an Outburst of the Blazar 3C 454.3 in 2007
Multiband Photopolarimetric Monitoring of an Outburst of the Blazar 3C 454.3 in 2007
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10.1093/pasj/62.3.645
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2010-03
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2.3
通讯作者：
M. Sasada;M. Uemura;A. Arai;Y. Fukazawa;K. Kawabata;T. Ohsugi;T. Yamashita;M. Isogai;O. Nagae-O
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M. Sasada;M. Uemura;A. Arai;Y. Fukazawa;K. Kawabata;T. Ohsugi;T. Yamashita;M. Isogai;O. Nagae-O
本文报道了一颗耀变体3C454.3在200天内的光学-近红外光谱偏振观测。该天体在2007年7月经历了一次光学爆发。这次爆发之后是一个比V=15.2等弱的短状态，持续了25天。然后，该物体进入活跃状态，在此期间，我们观察到时间尺度为3-10 d的短耀斑。该天体在颜色-星等关系中表现出两种类型的特征。一种是在爆发状态下的“更亮时更蓝”趋势，另一种是在微弱状态下的“更亮时更红”趋势。这两种类型的功能建议的热发射所观察到的通量的贡献，怀疑在以前的研究。我们的偏振观测检测到两个事件的偏振矢量的旋转。第一个是在爆发状态下在$QU$平面内的逆时针旋转。在偏振矢量的旋转事件之后，物体进入快速衰落阶段。第二个是在活动状态期间的一系列耀斑中看到的。每个耀斑都有一个特定的偏振位置角，从第一个耀斑到最后一个耀斑，它显然是顺时针旋转的。因此，该物体表现出偏振矢量在相反方向上的旋转。我们估计了短耀斑在活动状态下的衰减时间尺度，然后计算了磁场强度的上限，$B$=0.2 G，假设耀变体的典型聚束因子，$\delta=20$。该上限$B$小于先前从谱分析估计的上限。
We report on optical-near-infrared photopolarimetric observations of a blazar 3C 454.3 over 200 d. The object experienced an optical outburst in July 2007. This outburst was followed by a short state fainter than $V=15.2$ mag lasting $\sim 25$ d. The object, then, entered an active state during which we observed short flares having a timescale of 3-10 d. The object showed two types of features in the color-magnitude relationship. One is a "bluer-when-brighter" trend in the outburst state, and the other is a "redder-when-brighter" trend in the faint state. These two types of features suggest a contribution of a thermal emission to the observed flux, as suspected in previous studies. Our polarimetric observation detected two episodes of the rotation of the polarization vector. The first one was a counterclockwise rotation in the $QU$ plane during the outburst state. After this rotation event of the polarization vector, the object entered a rapidly fading stage. The second one was seen in a series of flares during the active state. Each flare had a specific position angle of polarization, and it apparently rotated clockwise from the first to the last flares. Thus, the object exhibited rotations of the polarization vector in opposite directions. We estimated a decay timescale of the short flares during the active state, and then calculated an upper limit of the strength of the magnetic field, $B$=0.2 G, assuming a typical beaming factor of blazars, $\delta=20$. This upper limit of $B$ is smaller than those previously estimated from spectral analysis.