The October 2022 flare in OJ 287 and the mass of its primary black hole
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Abstract The bright blazar OJ 287 has demonstrated a sequence of flares, which are well explained by a quasi-Keplerian orbit model. The flares are associated with the impact of the secondary on the accretion disk of the primary. The orbit must precess in order to produce the correct sequence of flares, and from the precession rate we calculate the mass of the primary. This precession rate gives the mass of the primary MBH = (18.35 ± 0.05) × 109M⊙. Two kinds of flares have been identified: direct flares from the impacts, and tidal flares arising from an increased accretion flow into the jet. The precession rate and the primary black hole mass may be independently determined from both sets of flares; the tidal flare of October 2022 was recommended for an intense campaign for this reason. This paper describes these observations over a wide spectral range. We show that the October 2022 flare fits the expectations for a tidal flare and thus supports the earlier determination of the mass of the binary black hole system in OJ 287. The mass of the primary may also be deduced from secondary indicators such as the correlation with the hydrogen line strength and the black hole mass. These studies require that the mass is above MBH ~ 1010M⊙, but do not specify the value more exactly.
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| Authors | M. J. Valtonen, Staszek Zola, M. Singh, A. Berdyugin, K. Nilsson, A Gopakumar, Alok C. Gupta, T. Pursimo, A. E. Volvach, Marek Drozdz, W. Ogłoza, R. Hudec, M. Jelínek, J. Štrobl, M. Żejmo, S. Ciprini, Daniel E Reichart, Vladimir Kouprianov, Alberto Sadun, M. Mugrauer, Katsura Matsumoto, Ryo Imazawa Makoto Uemura, Lankeswar Dey |
| Journal | monthly notices of the royal astronomical society |
| Year | 2026 |
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10.1093/mnras/stag1678
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