{"paper":{"title":"Rotation of the optical polarization angle associated with the 2008 {\\gamma}-ray flare of blazar w comae","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.HE","authors_text":"David Hiriart, Erika Ben\\'itez, Jos\\'e I. Cabrera, Jos\\'e M. L\\'opez, Marco Sorcia, Ra\\'ul M\\'ujica","submitted_at":"2014-08-06T16:02:49Z","abstract_excerpt":"An $R$--band photopolarimetric variability analysis of the TeV bright blazar W Comae, between 2008 February 28 and 2013 May 17, is presented. The source showed a gradual tendency to decrease its mean flux level with a total change of ~3~mJy. A maximum and minimum brightness states in the $R$-band of 14.25$\\pm$0.04 and 16.52$\\pm$0.1~mag respectively were observed, corresponding to a maximum variation of $\\Delta$F = 5.40 mJy. We estimated a minimum variability timescale of $\\Delta$t=3.3 days. A maximum polarization degree $P$=33.8\\%$\\pm$1.6\\%, with a maximum variation of $\\Delta$P = 33.2\\%, was "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1408.1339","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}