J 2020

Deterministic Aspect of the gamma-Ray Variability in Blazars

BHATTA, Gopal, Radim PÁNIS and Zdeněk STUCHLÍK

Basic information

Original name

Deterministic Aspect of the gamma-Ray Variability in Blazars

Authors

BHATTA, Gopal, Radim PÁNIS (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Zdeněk STUCHLÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Astrophysical Journal, 2020, 0004-637X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/47813059:19630/20:A0000055

Organization unit

Institute of physics in Opava

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abc625

UT WoS

000601622200001

Keywords in English

Time series analysis; Time domain astronomy; Blazars; Relativistic jets; Gamma-ray transient sources; High energy astrophysics; Active galactic nuclei; Supermassive black holes

Tags

EF19-073-0016951, , FÚ2020, RIV21, RIVOK, UF

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

Links

EF19_073/0016951, research and development project.
Změněno: 23/3/2021 18:31, RNDr. Jan Hladík, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Linear time series analysis, mainly the Fourier transform-based methods, has been quite successful in extracting information contained in the ever-modulating light curves of active galactic nuclei, and thereby contribute in characterizing the general features of supermassive black hole systems. In particular, the statistical properties of gamma-ray variability of blazars are found to be fairly represented by flicker noise in the temporal frequency domain. However, these conventional methods have not been able to fully encapsulate the richness and the complexity displayed in the light curves of the sources. In this work, to complement our previous study on a similar topic, we perform nonlinear time series analysis of the decade-long Fermi/LAT observations of 20 gamma-ray bright blazars. The study is motivated to address one of the most relevant queries: whether the dominant dynamical processes leading to the observed gamma-ray variability are of deterministic or stochastic nature. For the purpose, we perform recurrence quantification analysis of the blazars and directly measure the quantities, which suggest that the dynamical processes in blazars could be a combination of deterministic and stochastic processes, while some of the source light curves revealed significant deterministic content. The result, with possible implication of strong disk-jet connection in blazars, could prove to be significantly useful in constructing models that can explain the rich and complex multiwavelength observational features in active galactic nuclei. In addition, we estimate the dynamical timescales, so-called trapping timescales, in the order of a few weeks.
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