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Synchrotron source models and the infrared-optical variability of blazars

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Variability of Active Galaxies

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I explore whether the source models developed for extended radio sources can be scaled down to explain the polarized infrared-optical continua of blazars and their dramatic variations. I discuss in some detail the overall polarization and flux from a jet with a helical field containing a shock. It turns out that even very simple models of this class are able to explain the exotic behaviour observed in OJ 287 in January 1983.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Klaus Meisenheimer

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Wolfgang J. Duschl Stefan J. Wagner Max Camenzind

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Meisenheimer, K. (1991). Synchrotron source models and the infrared-optical variability of blazars. In: Duschl, W.J., Wagner, S.J., Camenzind, M. (eds) Variability of Active Galaxies. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 377. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030054

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