A Search for QPOs in the Blazar OJ287: Preliminary Results from the 2015/2016 Observing Campaign
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Search for QPOs
2.1. Ground-Based Data
2.2. K2 Observations
3. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
BH | Black Hole |
SMBH | Supermassive Black Hole |
ISCO | Innermost Stable Circular Orbit |
PSD | Power Spectral Density |
LSP | Lomb–Scargle Periodogram |
QPO | Quasi-Periodic Oscillation |
WWZ | Weighted Wavelet Z-transform |
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Zola, S.; Valtonen, M.; Bhatta, G.; Goyal, A.; Debski, B.; Baran, A.; Krzesinski, J.; Siwak, M.; Ciprini, S.; Gopakumar, A.; et al. A Search for QPOs in the Blazar OJ287: Preliminary Results from the 2015/2016 Observing Campaign. Galaxies 2016, 4, 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040041
Zola S, Valtonen M, Bhatta G, Goyal A, Debski B, Baran A, Krzesinski J, Siwak M, Ciprini S, Gopakumar A, et al. A Search for QPOs in the Blazar OJ287: Preliminary Results from the 2015/2016 Observing Campaign. Galaxies. 2016; 4(4):41. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040041
Chicago/Turabian StyleZola, S., M. Valtonen, G. Bhatta, A. Goyal, B. Debski, A. Baran, J. Krzesinski, M. Siwak, S. Ciprini, A. Gopakumar, and et al. 2016. "A Search for QPOs in the Blazar OJ287: Preliminary Results from the 2015/2016 Observing Campaign" Galaxies 4, no. 4: 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040041