PKS 2155-304: Long-Term Optical Photometric Monitoring and Variability Analysis

arXiv:2607.03420 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-03 · Read on arXiv

J. L. Weiss, I. Andruchow, E. J. Marchesini, S. Cellone, L. Zibecchi, J. P. Varela, L. Mammana, E. Jofré, R. Petrucci

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Submitted: 2026-07-03

Journal ref: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 547, Issue 2, April 2026, stag416

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stag416

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• AGN — 11× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Discrete Correlation Function — 4× in this paper
• Z-transformed Discrete Correlation Function — 2× in this paper
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Jorge Sahade Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Phase Dispersion Minimization — 1× in this paper
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Improved AGN light curve analysis with the z-transformed discrete correlation function
• Long term variability of the blazar PKS 2155-304
• Revisiting the TeV flare of PKS 2155-304 in 2006

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