Investigating the Innermost Jet Structures of Blazar S5 0716+714 Using Uniquely Dense Intra-day Photo-polarimetric Observations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Multi-Site Extended WEBT Campaigns
2.1. Multi-Site Campaign on S5 0716+714 in 2009 and Results
2.2. Multi-Site Photo-Polarimetric Campaign on S5 0716+714 in 2014 and Results
3. Discussion and Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bhatta, G. Investigating the Innermost Jet Structures of Blazar S5 0716+714 Using Uniquely Dense Intra-day Photo-polarimetric Observations. Galaxies 2016, 4, 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040056
Bhatta G. Investigating the Innermost Jet Structures of Blazar S5 0716+714 Using Uniquely Dense Intra-day Photo-polarimetric Observations. Galaxies. 2016; 4(4):56. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040056
Chicago/Turabian StyleBhatta, Gopal. 2016. "Investigating the Innermost Jet Structures of Blazar S5 0716+714 Using Uniquely Dense Intra-day Photo-polarimetric Observations" Galaxies 4, no. 4: 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040056