1. Distinguishing radiation mechanisms and particle populations in blazar jets through long-term multiband monitoring with RINGO3 and Fermi.
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McCall, Callum, Jermak, Helen, Steele, Iain A, Agudo, Iván, Barres de Almeida, Ulisses, Hovatta, Talvikki, Lamb, Gavin P, Lindfors, Elina, and Mundell, Carole
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RADIATION , *BL Lacertae objects , *ACTIVE galaxies , *POLARISCOPE - Abstract
We present the results of seven years of multicolour photometric monitoring of a sample of 31 |$\gamma$| -ray bright blazars using the RINGO3 polarimeter on the Liverpool Telescope from 2013–2020. We explore the relationships between simultaneous observations of flux in three optical wavebands along with Fermi |$\gamma$| -ray data in order to explore the radiation mechanisms and particle populations in blazar jets. We find significant correlations between optical and |$\gamma$| -ray flux with no detectable time lag, suggesting leptonic emission processes in the jets of these sources. Furthermore, we find the spectral behaviour against optical and |$\gamma$| -ray flux for many sources is best fit logarithmically. This is suggestive of a transition between bluer-/redder-when-brighter into stable-when-brighter behaviour during high activity states; a behaviour that might be missed in poorly sampled data, resulting in apparent linear relationships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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