S5 0716+714 is one of the targets in our long term blazar monitoring program carried out with the 1.56-m telescope at Sheshan Station of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China. We report a very rapid variability of...S5 0716+714 is one of the targets in our long term blazar monitoring program carried out with the 1.56-m telescope at Sheshan Station of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China. We report a very rapid variability of △I=0.611±0.102 mag over 3.6 min detected in our monitoring program during the period from December 2000 to March 2007. The rapid variability suggests that the mass for the central black hole is log(M/M⊙) = 7.68 - 8.38.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundationof China(Grant Nos.10633010 and 11173009)the National Basic Research Program of China(973 program,2007CB815405)+2 种基金the Bureau of Education of Guangzhou Municipality(No.11 Sui-Jiao-Ke[2009])Guangdong Province Universities and Colleges Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme(GDUPS)(2009)Yangcheng Scholar Funded Scheme(10A027S) and the Joint Laboratory for Optical Astronomy of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘S5 0716+714 is one of the targets in our long term blazar monitoring program carried out with the 1.56-m telescope at Sheshan Station of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China. We report a very rapid variability of △I=0.611±0.102 mag over 3.6 min detected in our monitoring program during the period from December 2000 to March 2007. The rapid variability suggests that the mass for the central black hole is log(M/M⊙) = 7.68 - 8.38.