The RoboPol Program: Optical Polarimetric Monitoring of Blazars. (arXiv:1904.05223v1 [astro-ph.HE])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Blinov_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Dmitry Blinov</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Pavlidou_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Vasiliki Pavlidou</a> (for the RoboPol collaboration)
After three years of polarimetric monitoring of blazars, the RoboPol project
has uncovered several key characteristics of polarimetric rotations in the
optical for these most variable sources. The most important of these is that
polarization properties of the synchrotron emission in the optical appear to be
directly linked with gamma-ray activity. In this paper, we discuss the evidence
for this connection, as well as the broader features of polarimetric behavior
in blazars that are key in making progress with theoretical modeling of blazar
emission.
After three years of polarimetric monitoring of blazars, the RoboPol project
has uncovered several key characteristics of polarimetric rotations in the
optical for these most variable sources. The most important of these is that
polarization properties of the synchrotron emission in the optical appear to be
directly linked with gamma-ray activity. In this paper, we discuss the evidence
for this connection, as well as the broader features of polarimetric behavior
in blazars that are key in making progress with theoretical modeling of blazar
emission.
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