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A Critical Study of Relativistic Jets in Blazars

2011/01/B/ST9/04618

Keywords:

blazars jets optical and radio studies

Descriptors:

  • ST9_12: Relativistic astrophysics
  • ST9_9: Formation and evolution of galaxies
  • ST9_15: Cosmology

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Andrzej Kus 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 9

Call: OPUS 1 - announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded: 490 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2011-12-20

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2014-12-19

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Polarymetr optyczny RoboPol - cześć trzecia, udział w wytworzeniu aparatury: filtry optyczne BV (5 943 PLN)
  2. Komputery typu notebook (2 szt.) (8 000 PLN)
  3. Komputery stacjonarne typu PC (2 szt.) (12 000 PLN)
  4. Polarymetr optyczny RoboPol - część 2, udział w wytworzeniu aparatury: control software for RoboPol instrument (35 000 PLN)
  5. Polarymetr optyczny RoboPol - część pierwsza, udział w wytworzeniu aparatury: Wollaston prism, optics fabrication. (105 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  1. Early-time polarized optical light curve of GRB 131030A
    Authors:
    King, O. G.; Blinov, D.; Giannios, D.; Papadakis, I.; Angelakis, E.; Baloković, M.; Fuhrmann, L.; Hovatta, T.; Khodade, P.; Kiehlmann, S.; Kylafis, N.; Kus, A.; Myserlis, I.; Modi, D.; Panopoulou, G.; Papamastorakis, I.; Pavlidou, V.; Pazderska, B.; Pazderski, E.; Pearson, T. J.; Rajarshi, C.; Ramaprakash, A. N.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Reig, P.; Tassis, K.; Zensus, J. A.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2014, tom: 445, strony: L114-L118), Wydawca: The Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnrasl/slu149 - link to the publication
  2. RoboPol: First season rotations of optical polarization plane in blazars
    Authors:
    Blinov, D., Pavlidou, V., Papadakis, L., Kiehlmann, S., Panopoulou, G., Liodakis, L., King, O. G., Angelakis, E., Balokovic, M., Feiler, R., Fuhrmann, L., Hovatta, T., Khodade, P., Kus, A., Kylas. Myserlis, N., Modi, D., Pazderska, B., Pazderski, E., Papamastorakis, I., Pearson, T. J., Rajarshi, C., Ramaprakash, A., Reig, P., Readhead, A. C. S., Tassis, K., Zensus, A.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2015, tom: 453, strony: 1669-1683), Wydawca: The Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv1723 - link to the publication
  3. RoboPol: The optical polarisation of gamma-loud and gamma-quiet blazars
    Authors:
    E. Angelakis, T. Hovatta, D. Blinov, V. Pavlidou, I. Myserlis, S. Kiehlmann, G. Panopoulou, M. Balokovic, V. Joshi, O.G. King, A. Kus, N. Kylafis, I. Liodakis, A. Mahabal, A. Marecki, E. Paleologou, I. Papadakis, I. Papamastorakis, E. Pazderski, T. J. Pearson, S. Prabhubesai, A.N. Ramaprakash, A. C. S. Readhead, P. Reig, K. Tassis and J.A. Zensus
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2016, tom: b.d., strony: b.d.), Wydawca: The Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Submitted
    DOI:
  4. The RoboPol Pipeline and Control System
    Authors:
    King, O. G.; Blinov, D.; Ramaprakash, A. N.; Myserlis, I.; Angelakis, E.; Baloković, M.; Feiler, R.; Fuhrmann, L.; Hovatta, T.; Khodade, P.; Kougentakis, A.; Kylafis, N.; Kus, A.; Paleologou, E.; Panopoulou, G.; Papadakis, I.; Papamastorakis, I.; Paterakis, G.; Pavlidou, V.; Pazderska, B.; Pazderski, E.; Pearson, T. J.; Rajarshi, C.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Reig, P.; Rouneq, R.; Steiakaki, A.; Tassis, K.; Zensus, J. A.
    Academic press:
    Montly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2014, tom: 442, strony: 1706-1717), Wydawca: The Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stu176 - link to the publication
  5. The RoboPol optical polarization survey of gamma-ray- loud blazars
    Authors:
    Pavlidou, V.; Angelakis, E.; Myserlis, I.; Blinov, D.; King, O. G.; Papadakis, I.; Tassis, K.; Hovatta, T.; Pazderska, B.; Paleologou, E.; Baloković, M.; Feiler, R.; Fuhrmann, L.; Khodade, P.; Kus, A.; Kylafis, N.; Modi, D.; Panopoulou, G.; Papamastorakis, I.; Pazderski, E.; Pearson, T. J.; Rajarshi, C.; Ramaprakash, A.; Reig, P.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Steiakaki, A.; Zensus, J. A.
    Academic press:
    Monthhly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2014, tom: 442, strony: 1693-1705), Wydawca: The Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stu904 - link to the publication
  6. RoboPol: Do all blazars rotate optical polarization-planes?
    Authors:
    D. Blinov, V. Pavlidou, I. Papadakis, S. Kiehlmann, I. Liodakis, G. V. Panopoulou, E. Angelakis, M. Balokovic, T. Hovatta, V. Joshi, O. G. King, A. Kus, N. Kylafis, A. Mahabal, A. Marecki, I. Myserlis, E. Paleologou, I. Papamastorakis, E. Pazderski, T. Pearson, S. Prabhubesai, A. Ramaprakash, A.C. S. Readhead, P. Reig, K. Tassis, J. A. Zensus
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2016, tom: b.d., strony: b.d.), Wydawca: The Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Submitted
    DOI:
  7. RoboPol: optical polarization-plane rotations and flaring activity in blazars
    Authors:
    D. Blinov, V. Pavlidou, I. E. Papadakis, T. Hovatta, T. J. Pearson, I. Liodakis, G. V. Panopoulou, E. Angelakis, M. Baloković, H. Das, P. Khodade, S. Kiehlmann, O. G. King, A. Kus, N. Kylafis, A. Mahabal, A. Marecki, D. Modi, I. Myserlis, E. Paleologou, I. Papamastorakis, B. Pazderska, E. Pazderski, C. Rajarshi, A. Ramaprakash, A. C. S. Readhead, P. Reig, K. Tassis, J. A. Zensus
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2016, tom: 457, strony: 2252-2262), Wydawca: The Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stw158 - link to the publication
  8. Optical polarization map of the Polaris Flare with RoboPol
    Authors:
    Panopoulou, G.; Tassis, K.; Blinov, D.; Pavlidou, V.; King, O. G.; Paleologou, E.; Ramaprakash, A.; Angelakis, E.; Baloković, M.; Das, H. K.; Feiler, R.; Hovatta, T.; Khodade, P.; Kiehlmann, S.; Kus, A.; Kylafis, N.; Liodakis, I.; Mahabal, A.; Modi, D.; Myserlis, I.; Papadakis, I.; Papamastorakis, I.; Pazderska, B.; Pazderski, E.; Pearson, T. J.; Rajarshi, C.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Reig, P.; Zensus, J. A.
    Academic press:
    Montly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2015, tom: 452, strony: 715-726), Wydawca: The Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stv1301 - link to the publication