
arXiv: 2407.11128
handle: 10261/385306 , 11577/3541594 , 2108/395205 , 11590/491508 , 11568/1273979 , 2318/2123100
arXiv: 2407.11128
handle: 10261/385306 , 11577/3541594 , 2108/395205 , 11590/491508 , 11568/1273979 , 2318/2123100
Abstract We present multiwavelength polarization measurements of the luminous blazar Mrk 501 over a 14 month period. The 2–8 keV X-ray polarization was measured with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) with six 100 ks observations spanning from 2022 March to 2023 April. Each IXPE observation was accompanied by simultaneous X-ray data from NuSTAR, Swift/XRT, and/or XMM-Newton. Complementary optical–infrared polarization measurements were also available in the B, V, R, I, and J bands, as were radio polarization measurements from 4.85 GHz to 225.5 GHz. Among the first five IXPE observations, we did not find significant variability in the X-ray polarization degree and angle with IXPE. However, the most recent sixth observation found an elevated polarization degree at >3σ above the average of the other five observations. The optical and radio measurements show no apparent correlations with the X-ray polarization properties. Throughout the six IXPE observations, the X-ray polarization degree remained higher than, or similar to, the R-band optical polarization degree, which remained higher than the radio value. This is consistent with the energy-stratified shock scenario proposed to explain the first two IXPE observations, in which the polarized X-ray, optical, and radio emission arises from different regions.
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), X-ray active galactic nuclei, Black holes, FOS: Physical sciences, Blazars; Active galaxies; Black holes; Relativistic jets; Spectropolarimetry; Polarimetry; X-ray active galactic nuclei; 164; 17; 162; 1390; 1973; 1278; 2035; Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics, 530, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, 520, cosmologia e scienza dello spazio, [SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics], QB460-466, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Polarimetry, Active galaxies, Settore PHYS-05/A - Astrofisica, Relativistic jets, Spectropolarimetry, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Blazars
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), X-ray active galactic nuclei, Black holes, FOS: Physical sciences, Blazars; Active galaxies; Black holes; Relativistic jets; Spectropolarimetry; Polarimetry; X-ray active galactic nuclei; 164; 17; 162; 1390; 1973; 1278; 2035; Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics, 530, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, 520, cosmologia e scienza dello spazio, [SDU] Sciences of the Universe [physics], QB460-466, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Polarimetry, Active galaxies, Settore PHYS-05/A - Astrofisica, Relativistic jets, Spectropolarimetry, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Blazars
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