Chaotic Feature in the Light Curve of 3C 273
arXiv:astro-ph/0603304 · doi:10.1088/1009-9271/6/6/04
Abstract
Some nonlinear dynamical techniques, including state-space reconstruction and correlation integral, are used to analyze the light curve of 3C 273. The result is compared with a chaotic model. The similarity between them suggests that there is a low-dimensional chaotic attractor in the light curve of 3C 273.
7 pages, 4 figures, accepted by Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics