Polarization Vector Rotations: Real, Spurious, Hidden and Imaginary

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作者
Larionov, Valeri M. [1 ]
Jorstad, Svetlana G. [1 ,2 ]
Marscher, Alan P. [2 ]
Smith, Paul S. [3 ]
机构
[1] St Petersburg State Univ, Astron Inst, St Petersburg 198504, Russia
[2] Boston Univ, Inst Astrophys Res, Boston, MA 02215 USA
[3] Univ Arizona, Steward Observ, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
关键词
blazars; polarimetry; methods of analysis;
D O I
10.3390/galaxies4040043
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Large and variable polarization is an inherent property of a majority of blazars. Systematic rotations of the polarization vector have been claimed for several blazars. In some cases, however, the reality of these rotations may be questionable. We suggest an additional method for the verification of the reality of polarization position angle rotations based on the correlation of the normalized Stokes parameters.
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