2 papers
astro-ph.HE2011
Photopolarimetric Monitoring of Blazars in the Optical and Near-Infrared Bands with the Kanata Telescope. I. Correlations between Flux, Color, and Polarization
Yuki Ikejiri, Makoto Uemura, Mahito Sasada +10
We report on the correlation between the flux, color and polarization variations on time scales of days--months in blazars, and discuss their universal aspects. We performed monito…
astro-ph.HE2009
Photopolarimetric monitoring of 41 blazars in the optical and near-infrared bands with the Kanata telescope
Y. Ikejiri, M. Uemura, M. Sasada +7
Blazars are a kind of active galactic nuclei (AGN) in which a relativistic jet is considered to be directed along the line of sight. They are characterized by strong and rapid vari…