2 papers
astro-ph.HE2025
Identifying the secondary jet in the RadioAstron image of OJ~287
Mauri J. Valtonen, Lankeswar Dey, Staszek Zola +26
The 136 year long optical light curve of OJ~287 is explained by a binary black hole model where the secondary is in a 12 year orbit around the primary. Impacts of the secondary on…
astro-ph.HE2024
Evidence of jet activity from the secondary black hole in the OJ287 binary system
Mauri J. Valtonen, Staszek Zola, Alok C. Gupta +29
We report the study of a huge optical intraday flare on November 12, 2021, at 2 am UT, in the blazar OJ287. In the binary black hole model it is associated with an impact of the se…