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Authenticating the Presence of a Relativistic Massive Black Hole Binary in OJ 287 Using Its General Relativity Centenary Flare: Improved Orbital Parameters

  • Lankeswar Dey
  • , M. J. Valtonen
  • , A. Gopakumar
  • , S. Zola
  • , R. Hudec
  • , P. Pihajoki
  • , S. Ciprini
  • , K. Matsumoto
  • , K. Sadakane
  • , M. Kidger
  • , K. Nilsson
  • , S. Mikkola
  • , A. Sillanpää
  • , L. O. Takalo
  • , H. J. Lehto
  • , A. Berdyugin
  • , V. Piirola
  • , H. Jermak
  • , K. S. Baliyan
  • , T. Pursimo
  • D. B. Caton, F. Alicavus, A. Baransky, P. Blay, P. Boumis, D. Boyd, M. Campas Torrent, F. Campos, J. Carrillo Gómez, S. Chandra, V. Chavushyan, J. Dalessio, B. Debski, M. Drozdz, H. Er, A. Erdem, A. Escartin Pérez, V. Fallah Ramazani, A. V. Filippenko, E. Gafton, S. Ganesh, F. Garcia, K. Gazeas, V. Godunova, F. Gómez Pinilla, M. Gopinathan, J. B. Haislip, J. Harmanen, G. Hurst, J. Janík, M. Jelinek, A. Joshi, M. Kagitani, R. Karjalainen, N. Kaur, W. C. Keel, V. V. Kouprianov, T. Kundera, S. Kurowski, A. Kvammen, A. P. Lacluyze, B. C. Lee, A. Liakos, E. Lindfors, J. Lozano De Haro, M. Mugrauer, R. Naves Nogues, A. W. Neely, R. H. Nelson, W. Ogloza, S. Okano, U. Pajdosz-Śmierciak, J. C. Pandey, M. Perri, G. Poyner, J. Provencal, A. Raj, D. E. Reichart, R. Reinthal, T. Reynolds, J. Saario, S. Sadegi, T. Sakanoi, J. L.Salto González, Sameer, T. Schweyer, A. Simon, M. Siwak, F. C.Soldán Alfaro, E. Sonbas, I. Steele, J. T. Stocke, J. Strobl, T. Tomov, L. Tremosa Espasa, J. R. Valdes, J. Valero Pérez, F. Verrecchia, V. Vasylenko, J. R. Webb, M. Yoneda, M. Zejmo, W. Zheng, P. Zielinski
  • Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research
  • University Of Turku
  • Jagiellonian University
  • Pedagogical University
  • Czech Technical University in Prague
  • Kazan Federal University
  • University of Helsinki
  • Space Science Data Center-Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
  • Sezione Di Perugia
  • Osaka Kyoiku University
  • European Space Agency European Space Astronomy Centre
  • Liverpool John Moores University
  • Physical Research Laboratory India
  • Nordic Optical Telescope
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
  • Taras Shevshenko National University of Kyiv
  • Valencian International University (VIU)
  • National Observatory of Athens
  • BAA Variable Star Section
  • C/.Riera
  • Carretera de Martos
  • North-West University
  • Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
  • University of Delaware
  • Ataturk University
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Univ. Stockholm
  • Munas de Arriba la Vara
  • University of Athens
  • Icamer Observatory Of Nasu
  • Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Masaryk University
  • Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic v.v.i.
  • Tohoku University
  • Isaac Newton Group
  • The University of Alabama
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Univ. Tromsø
  • Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
  • University Of Science And Technology
  • Partida de Maitino
  • Astrophysikalisches Institut
  • 52 Observatory Montcabrer
  • NF/Observatory
  • INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma
  • BAA Variable Star Section
  • Indian Institute of Astrophysics
  • Instituut voor Sterrenkunde
  • Universität Heidelberg
  • Observatori Cal Maciarol Módul 8. Masia Cal Maciarol
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  • Technische Universitat München
  • C/Petrarca 6 1a
  • University of Adiyaman
  • University of Colorado Boulder
  • Nicolaus Copernicus University In Toruń
  • C/Cardenal Vidal i Barraquee No 3
  • C/Matarrasa
  • Florida International University
  • Kiepenheuer-Institut fur Sonnenphysic
  • University Of Zielona Góra
  • Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Original languageEnglish
Article number11
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume866
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 10 2018

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • black hole physics
  • gravitation
  • quasars: general
  • quasars: individual (OJ 287)

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