Study for relation between direction of relativistic jet and optical polarization angle with multi-wavelength observation

TL;DR

This study investigates the relationship between the direction of relativistic jets and optical polarization angles in blazars through multi-wavelength observations, revealing diverse emission region sizes and supporting the shock-in-jet model.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the emission region sizes and polarization behavior in blazars, supporting the shock-in-jet scenario for flare mechanisms.

Findings

Wide range of emission region sizes from 10^14 to 10^16 cm.

Emergence of new emission components during flares.

Support for the shock-in-jet model explaining polarization and flare behavior.

Abstract

Blazars are thought to possess a relativistic jet that is pointing toward the direction of the Earth and the elect of relativistic beaming enhances its apparent brightness. They radiate in all wavebands from the radio to the gamma-ray bands via the synchrotron and the inverse Compton scattering process. Numerous observations are performed but the mechanism of variability, creation and composition of jets are still controversial. We performed multi-wavelength monitoring with optical polarization for 3C 66A, Mrk 421, CTA 102 and PMN J0948+0022 to investigate the mechanisms of variability and research the emission region in the relativistic jets. Consequently, an emergence of new emission component in flaring state is suggested in each object. The most significant aspect of these results is its wide range of sizes of emission regions from $10^{14}-10^{16}$ cm, which implies the model with a number of independent emission regions with variety sizes and randomly orientation. The "shock-in-jet" scenario can explain high PD and direction of PA in each objects. It might reflect the common mechanism of flares in the relativistic jets.