Interstellar scintillation, ISS, and intrinsic variability of radio AGN

David L. Jauncey; Jun Yi Koay; Hayley Bignall; Jean Pierre Macquart; Tapio Pursimo; Marcello Giroletti; Talvikki Hovatta; Sebastian Kiehlmann; Barney Rickett; Anthony Readhead; Walter Max-Moerbeck; Harish Vedantham; Cormac Reynolds; James Lovell; Roopesh Ojha; Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2019.05.003

Interstellar scintillation, ISS, and intrinsic variability of radio AGN

David L. Jauncey^*, Jun Yi Koay, Hayley Bignall, Jean Pierre Macquart, Tapio Pursimo, Marcello Giroletti, Talvikki Hovatta, Sebastian Kiehlmann, Barney Rickett, Anthony Readhead, Walter Max-Moerbeck, Harish Vedantham, Cormac Reynolds, James Lovell, Roopesh Ojha, Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer

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We investigate the relationship between the 5 GHz interstellar scintillation (ISS) and the 15 GHz intrinsic variability of the compact, radio-selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) common to the Microarcsecond Scintillation-Induced Variability (MASIV) Survey and the Owens Valley Radio Observatory blazar flux density monitoring program. As part of this investigation, we also re-examine the reported intrinsic nature of the February 1990 VLA observations of the blazar S5 0716+714. We are also examining the presence of IDV/ISS in the Owens Valley 15 GHz flux density monitoring data. We find a significant relationship between the Owens Valley 15 GHz modulation index and the MASIV modulation index. We also discuss the implications of these findings for RadioAstron.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	756-762
Number of pages	7
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	65
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2019.05.003
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2020

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Jauncey, D. L., Koay, J. Y., Bignall, H., Macquart, J. P., Pursimo, T., Giroletti, M., Hovatta, T., Kiehlmann, S., Rickett, B., Readhead, A., Max-Moerbeck, W., Vedantham, H., Reynolds, C., Lovell, J., Ojha, R., & Kedziora-Chudczer, L. (2020). Interstellar scintillation, ISS, and intrinsic variability of radio AGN. Advances in Space Research, 65(2), 756-762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2019.05.003

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