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Observations of possible jet formation in the binary blazar OJ287

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2017

Helen Jermak
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L3 5RF, UK. email: [email protected], [email protected] Dept. of Physics, Lancaster University, Bailrigg Campus, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK. email: [email protected]
Iain A. Steele
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L3 5RF, UK. email: [email protected], [email protected]
Gavin P. Lamb
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, 146 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L3 5RF, UK. email: [email protected], [email protected]
Mauri Valtonen
Affiliation:
FINCA, University of Turku, Väisäläntie 20, 21500 Piikkiö, Finland. email: [email protected]
Staszek Zola
Affiliation:
Jagiellonian University, Gołçbia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland. email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The blazar, OJ287, underwent a predicted period of flaring in late 2015, triggering multiple observing campaigns to conduct intensive monitoring. We present the polarisation data taken during this event with the Ringo3 polarimeter on the Liverpool Telescope and discuss two possible causes of the flares.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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