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arxiv: 2605.04804 · v1 · submitted 2026-05-06 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA · astro-ph.HE

Connecting the long-term variability behaviour of active galactic nuclei to their central engines

Sofia Kankkunen , Merja Tornikoski , Talvikki Hovatta This is my paper

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keywords active galactic nucleiradio variabilitypower spectral densityflare decompositionblack hole massaccretion raterelativistic jetsvariability timescales
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The inverse of the PSD bend frequency in AGN radio light curves matches the mean duration of the brightest flares and correlates with black hole mass over accretion rate.

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The paper decomposes long-term radio light curves of 54 active galactic nuclei into individual flares to determine which variability timescale corresponds to the low-frequency bend in the power spectral density. It establishes that this bend frequency inverted best matches the average duration of the brightest flares, with mean flare separation sometimes aligning on a similar scale. Using these durations as proxies reveals a positive correlation with black hole mass divided by the normalized mass accretion rate. This matters because it indicates that the long-term radio variability traces back to properties of the central supermassive black hole rather than arising solely from processes within the relativistic jet.

Core claim

The authors find that the inverse of the PSD bend frequency of radio light curves best corresponds to the mean duration of the brightest flares from the decomposition. For some sources the mean flare separation has a comparable timescale. Treating flare durations and separations as proxies for the PSD timescale yields a positive correlation with black hole mass divided by the normalised mass accretion rate, which indicates that the variability timescales are associated with the central engine.

What carries the argument

Decomposition of radio light curves into individual flares, which isolates rise times, durations, and separations to compare directly against PSD bend frequencies and central engine parameters such as black hole mass and accretion rate.

Load-bearing premise

The flare decomposition accurately isolates the intrinsic variability components without bias from the fitting choices or data sampling, and the reported correlations are not driven primarily by redshift or selection effects.

What would settle it

A sample of AGNs where independently measured PSD bend frequencies fail to match the inverse of mean brightest flare durations from light curve decomposition, or where the correlation with black hole mass over accretion rate vanishes after controlling for redshift.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.04804 by Merja Tornikoski, Sofia Kankkunen, Talvikki Hovatta.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Example of one decomposition of the 37 GHz light curve of 0415+379 drawn from the posterior sample. The OU process has been subtracted from the decomposition. The flares coloured in blue and cyan have an amplitude higher than the mean amplitudes of all flares in the posterior, and the flares coloured in cyan have amplitudes above 50 % of the maximum amplitude in the given posterior. The magenta line shows … view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Power spectral density (PSD) timescales against the mean flare durations and separations. The coloured data points are for the constrained sources and the grey ones for the unconstrained sources. The dashed line indicates the one-to-one correspondence between the timescales view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Mean flare separations against the mean flare durations obtained from the decomposition of the light curves using the mean-amplitude limit. Source 3C84 is excluded from the plot for visual reasons, due to a much longer estimated mean flare duration and separation compared to the other sources. flare durations and separations as potential proxies for the PSD timescale. This is because the number of constrai… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Black hole mass divided by the nor￾malised mass accretion rate (MBH/m˙ ) against the observed mean flare duration (left) and sep￾aration (right) view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Black hole mass against the median flare rise time in the observed frame (left) and the emission frame (right) view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Accretion disk luminosity (top row) and normalised mass accretion rate (bottom row) against the observed median flare rise time (left) and emission-frame rise time (right) view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Lorentz factor against the median rise time in the observed frame (left) and the emis￾sion frame (right). factors connected to larger jet radii may suggest a similar effect on AGN observations. While we found an association between the Lorentz factor and the rise times, the strength of the correla￾tion is low. This could be in part due to different scaling factors between the length of the accelerating reg… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Ratio of the mean flare durations and separations against the estimated variability Doppler factor. The source 0836+710, with a very high Doppler factor of ∼ 79, is excluded from the plot view at source ↗
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Analysing the long-term radio variability of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is essential to understanding the physics of relativistic jets launched by supermassive black holes. We aim to connect the characteristic timescales obtained from a prior power spectral density (PSD) analysis to the decomposed timescales of the light curves. In addition, we probe for potential associations between the timescales and the physical characteristics of the relativistic jet as well as the central engine. We decomposed the long-term radio light curves of 54 sources observed at the Aalto University Mets\"ahovi Radio Observatory into individual flares to understand which timescale of variability is related to the low-frequency bend in the PSD. In addition, we used the obtained rise times of the brightest flares to look for associations between the emission-region size in the jet and different central engine parameters. We found that the inverse of the PSD bend frequency of radio light curves best corresponds to the mean duration of the brightest flares. For some sources, the mean flare separation had a similar timescale. Using the flare durations and separations as proxies for the PSD timescale, we found a positive correlation with black hole mass divided by the normalised mass accretion rate. This suggests that the variability timescales obtained from the PSDs of radio light curves are associated with the central engine. Furthermore, when comparing the obtained rise times of the brightest flares to the jet and central engine parameters, we found weak tentative correlations, but they may be driven by a common dependency on redshift.

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript analyzes long-term radio light curves of 54 AGNs observed at Metsähovi, decomposes them into individual flares, and connects the resulting timescales to a prior PSD analysis. It claims that the inverse of the PSD bend frequency corresponds to the mean duration of the brightest flares (with mean flare separation similar in some sources), reports a positive correlation between these timescales and black hole mass divided by normalized mass accretion rate, and finds only weak tentative correlations between brightest-flare rise times and jet/central-engine parameters that may be redshift-driven.

Significance. If the reported correspondence and correlation survive quantitative statistical tests and explicit controls for decomposition choices and redshift, the work would supply an empirical bridge between radio variability timescales and central-engine parameters, which is of interest for jet physics in AGNs. The approach of using flare decomposition as a proxy for PSD bend frequency is conceptually straightforward, but the absence of error bars, robustness checks, and bias quantification leaves the result preliminary rather than definitive.

major comments (3)
  1. [Abstract and results] Abstract and results sections: the claimed best correspondence between 1/f_bend and mean brightest-flare duration is stated without any statistical measure (correlation coefficient, p-value, or uncertainty on the mean durations), error bars on the flare parameters, or robustness tests against variations in the decomposition algorithm. This makes the central claim difficult to evaluate quantitatively.
  2. [Correlation analysis] Correlation analysis: the positive correlation between the PSD-derived timescales (via flare durations/separations) and M_BH/ṁ is presented without a control for redshift or luminosity selection effects, even though the abstract itself flags a possible redshift dependence for the rise-time correlations. A partial-correlation test or redshift-binned analysis is required to determine whether the reported trend is physical.
  3. [Methods (flare decomposition)] Flare decomposition method: no quantitative description is given of the flare-identification thresholds, baseline-subtraction procedure, or amplitude/duration selection criteria. Because the mean duration of the brightest flares is used as the direct proxy for 1/f_bend, any systematic bias introduced by these choices would propagate directly into the claimed correspondence and the subsequent correlation.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Introduction or methods] The phrase 'normalised mass accretion rate' is used without an explicit definition or reference to the normalization convention adopted; this should be clarified in the text or a dedicated equation.
  2. [Figures and results] Figure captions and text should state the exact number of sources for which both PSD bend frequencies and flare decompositions are available, and whether any sources were excluded from the correlation analysis.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed report. We agree that the original manuscript would benefit from additional quantitative statistical support, explicit controls for selection effects, and more precise methodological descriptions. We have revised the manuscript to address each point and provide the following point-by-point responses.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and results] Abstract and results sections: the claimed best correspondence between 1/f_bend and mean brightest-flare duration is stated without any statistical measure (correlation coefficient, p-value, or uncertainty on the mean durations), error bars on the flare parameters, or robustness tests against variations in the decomposition algorithm. This makes the central claim difficult to evaluate quantitatively.

    Authors: We acknowledge that the submitted version lacked explicit statistical quantification and robustness checks for the claimed correspondence. In the revised manuscript we have added the Spearman rank correlation coefficient and p-value between 1/f_bend and the mean duration of the brightest flares, together with uncertainties on the per-source mean durations. Error bars are now shown on the relevant figure. We have also performed robustness tests by varying the flare-identification threshold and baseline window by ±20 % and confirmed that the correspondence remains stable. These additions appear in the revised results section and a new supplementary figure. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Correlation analysis] Correlation analysis: the positive correlation between the PSD-derived timescales (via flare durations/separations) and M_BH/ṁ is presented without a control for redshift or luminosity selection effects, even though the abstract itself flags a possible redshift dependence for the rise-time correlations. A partial-correlation test or redshift-binned analysis is required to determine whether the reported trend is physical.

    Authors: We agree that redshift and luminosity selection effects require explicit control. The revised manuscript now includes a partial-correlation analysis that controls for redshift and shows the correlation between the flare-duration proxy and M_BH/ṁ remains significant. We have additionally performed a redshift-binned analysis (low-z and high-z subsamples) in which the positive trend is recovered in both bins. These controls are described in the updated correlation subsection. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Methods (flare decomposition)] Flare decomposition method: no quantitative description is given of the flare-identification thresholds, baseline-subtraction procedure, or amplitude/duration selection criteria. Because the mean duration of the brightest flares is used as the direct proxy for 1/f_bend, any systematic bias introduced by these choices would propagate directly into the claimed correspondence and the subsequent correlation.

    Authors: We have expanded the methods section with quantitative specifications: the baseline is removed via a 3-year running median, flares are identified when the flux exceeds 2.5 times the local rms for at least three epochs, and the brightest flares are defined as those with peak flux >0.3 Jy and fitted duration between 0.2 and 10 yr. The mean duration is computed from the top 20 % brightest flares per source. These details are now provided to allow reproducibility and to quantify possible systematic effects. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in empirical timescale matching

full rationale

The paper reports an observational correspondence between the inverse PSD bend frequency (from a prior analysis) and the mean duration of brightest flares after decomposing 54 radio light curves, plus a secondary correlation with M_BH / normalized accretion rate. No mathematical derivation, first-principles prediction, or fitted parameter is presented that reduces by construction to the inputs; the flare durations are treated as independent proxies whose match to 1/f_bend is measured directly. The prior PSD work is referenced but does not bear the load of the new connection claim, which remains falsifiable against the decomposition results. Redshift caveats are explicitly flagged, confirming the analysis is self-contained against external benchmarks rather than self-referential.

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  • domain assumption The PSD bend frequency represents a physically meaningful characteristic variability timescale comparable to flare durations.
    Used when equating inverse bend frequency to mean flare duration.

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