Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars

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Andruchow, Ileana; Cellone, Sergio Aldo; Romero, Gustavo Esteban
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2008
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We study the incidence of the underlying host galaxy light on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars. Our methodology consists of the implementation of simulated observations obtained under different atmospheric conditions, which are characterized by the Gaussian σ of the seeing function. The simulated host plus active nucleus systems span broad ranges in luminosity, structural properties, redshift and polarization; this allows us to test the response of the results against each of these parameters. Our simulations show that, as expected, the measured polarization is always lower than the intrinsic value, due to the contamination by non-polarized star light from the host. This effect is more significant when the host is brighter than the active nucleus, and/or a large photometric aperture is used. On the other hand, if seeing changes along the observing time under certain particular conditions, spurious microvariability could be obtained, especially when using a small photometric aperture. We thus give some recommendations in order to minimize both unwanted effects, as well as basic guidelines to estimate a lower limit of the true (nuclear) polarization. As an example, we apply the results of our simulations to real polarimetric observations, with high temporal resolution, of the blazar PKS 0521-365.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía
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Ciencias Astronómicas
BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 0521-365
Galaxies: active
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spelling Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazarsAndruchow, IleanaCellone, Sergio AldoRomero, Gustavo EstebanCiencias AstronómicasBL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 0521-365Galaxies: activeWe study the incidence of the underlying host galaxy light on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars. Our methodology consists of the implementation of simulated observations obtained under different atmospheric conditions, which are characterized by the Gaussian σ of the seeing function. The simulated host plus active nucleus systems span broad ranges in luminosity, structural properties, redshift and polarization; this allows us to test the response of the results against each of these parameters. Our simulations show that, as expected, the measured polarization is always lower than the intrinsic value, due to the contamination by non-polarized star light from the host. This effect is more significant when the host is brighter than the active nucleus, and/or a large photometric aperture is used. On the other hand, if seeing changes along the observing time under certain particular conditions, spurious microvariability could be obtained, especially when using a small photometric aperture. We thus give some recommendations in order to minimize both unwanted effects, as well as basic guidelines to estimate a lower limit of the true (nuclear) polarization. As an example, we apply the results of our simulations to real polarimetric observations, with high temporal resolution, of the blazar PKS 0521-365.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y GeofísicasInstituto de Astrofísica de La PlataInstituto Argentino de Radioastronomía2008info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf1766-1774http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84155enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0035-8711info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13502.xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:16:11Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/84155Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:16:11.439SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars
title Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars
spellingShingle Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars
Andruchow, Ileana
Ciencias Astronómicas
BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 0521-365
Galaxies: active
title_short Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars
title_full Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars
title_fullStr Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars
title_full_unstemmed Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars
title_sort Incidence of the host galaxy on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Andruchow, Ileana
Cellone, Sergio Aldo
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author Andruchow, Ileana
author_facet Andruchow, Ileana
Cellone, Sergio Aldo
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author_role author
author2 Cellone, Sergio Aldo
Romero, Gustavo Esteban
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Astronómicas
BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 0521-365
Galaxies: active
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 0521-365
Galaxies: active
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We study the incidence of the underlying host galaxy light on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars. Our methodology consists of the implementation of simulated observations obtained under different atmospheric conditions, which are characterized by the Gaussian σ of the seeing function. The simulated host plus active nucleus systems span broad ranges in luminosity, structural properties, redshift and polarization; this allows us to test the response of the results against each of these parameters. Our simulations show that, as expected, the measured polarization is always lower than the intrinsic value, due to the contamination by non-polarized star light from the host. This effect is more significant when the host is brighter than the active nucleus, and/or a large photometric aperture is used. On the other hand, if seeing changes along the observing time under certain particular conditions, spurious microvariability could be obtained, especially when using a small photometric aperture. We thus give some recommendations in order to minimize both unwanted effects, as well as basic guidelines to estimate a lower limit of the true (nuclear) polarization. As an example, we apply the results of our simulations to real polarimetric observations, with high temporal resolution, of the blazar PKS 0521-365.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata
Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía
description We study the incidence of the underlying host galaxy light on the measured optical linear polarization of blazars. Our methodology consists of the implementation of simulated observations obtained under different atmospheric conditions, which are characterized by the Gaussian σ of the seeing function. The simulated host plus active nucleus systems span broad ranges in luminosity, structural properties, redshift and polarization; this allows us to test the response of the results against each of these parameters. Our simulations show that, as expected, the measured polarization is always lower than the intrinsic value, due to the contamination by non-polarized star light from the host. This effect is more significant when the host is brighter than the active nucleus, and/or a large photometric aperture is used. On the other hand, if seeing changes along the observing time under certain particular conditions, spurious microvariability could be obtained, especially when using a small photometric aperture. We thus give some recommendations in order to minimize both unwanted effects, as well as basic guidelines to estimate a lower limit of the true (nuclear) polarization. As an example, we apply the results of our simulations to real polarimetric observations, with high temporal resolution, of the blazar PKS 0521-365.
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