Palomar-QUEST巡天中的高度可变天体：利用光学变率的Blazar搜索
Highly Variable Objects in the Palomar-QUEST Survey: A Blazar Search using Optical Variability
摘要：
我们在Palomar-QUEST调查的7，200平方度中确定了3，113个高度可变的物体，每个物体在两个宽带光学滤波器中同时变化超过0.4个星等，时间尺度从几小时到大约3.5年。选择的主要目标是通过耀变体的强烈光学变化来寻找耀变体。由于大多数已知的耀变体都是在无线电和/或X射线波长下发现的，因此通过光学变化发现的样品可能具有非常不同的选择效应，阐明了这些系统中可能的行为范围。以这种不寻常的方式选择的一组耀变体将提高我们对这类极其多变和多样化的活动星系核背后的物理学的理解。使用Palomar-QUEST CasJobs服务器可以获得对象位置、可变性统计和颜色信息。在大范围的天空中，时间域才刚刚开始探索;我们不知道剧烈变化的样本会有什么样的结果。大约20%的样本已经在文献中分类，其中超过70%的物体是已知的或可能的活动星系核。其余的大部分由各种各样的变星组成，包括一些天琴座RR型变星和激变变星。
英文摘要：
We identify 3,113 highly variable objects in 7,200 square degrees of the Palomar-QUEST Survey, which each varied by more than 0.4 magnitudes simultaneously in two broadband optical filters on timescales from hours to roughly 3.5 years. The primary goal of the selection is to find blazars by their well-known violent optical variability. Because most known blazars have been found in radio and/or X-ray wavelengths, a sample discovered through optical variability may have very different selection effects, elucidating the range of behavior possible in these systems. A set of blazars selected in this unusual manner will improve our understanding of the physics behind this extremely variable and diverse class of AGN. The object positions, variability statistics, and color information are available using the Palomar-QUEST CasJobs server. The time domain is just beginning to be explored over large sky areas; we do not know exactly what a violently variable sample will hold. About 20% of the sample has been classified in the literature; over 70% of those objects are known or likely AGN. The remainder largely consists of a variety of variable stars, including a number of RR Lyrae and cataclysmic variables.
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