A Blazar-Like Radio Flare in Mrk 231

Radio monitoring of the broad absorption line quasar (BALQSO) Mrk 231 from 13.9 GHz to 17.6 GHz detected a strong flat spectrum flare. Even though BALQSOs are typically weak radio sources, the 17.6 GHz flux density doubled in ≈150 days, from ≈135 mJy to ≈270 mJy. It is demonstrated that the elapsed...

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Main Authors: Reynolds, Cormac, Punsly, B., O'Dea, C., Hurley-Walker, Natasha
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc. 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28827