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Record W4407564425 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stae2553

SMBH binary candidate PKS J2134−0153: possible multi-band periodic variability and inter-band time lags

2025· article· en· W4407564425 on OpenAlexfundno aff
Guowei Ren, Mouyuan Sun, Nan Ding, Xing Yang, Zhi-Xiang Zhang

Bibliographic record

VenueMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Canadian institutionsnot available
FundersLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryDeutsches Elektronen-SynchrotronSmithsonian Astrophysical ObservatoryInstitut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des ParticulesScience and Technology Facilities CouncilUniversity of Colorado BoulderJet Propulsion LaboratoryMax-Planck-Institut für AstronomieNuclear Safety and Security CommissionMinistério da Ciência, Tecnologia e InovaçãoQueen's UniversityQueen's University BelfastSpace Telescope Science InstituteUniversity of OxfordUniversity of WarwickPennsylvania State UniversityUniversity of VirginiaCarnegie Mellon UniversityLeibniz-GemeinschaftUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of WashingtonJohns Hopkins UniversityCarnegie Institution of WashingtonUniversity of UtahNorthwestern UniversityNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaSmithsonian InstitutionUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonUniversity of TokyoOhio State UniversityNew York UniversityNational Science FoundationNew Mexico State UniversityStockholms UniversitetUniversity of PortsmouthVanderbilt UniversityScience Mission DirectorateNatural Science Foundation of Fujian ProvinceYale UniversityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUniversity of Maryland
KeywordsPhysicsBinary numberAstrophysicsBroad bandAstronomyOptics

Abstract

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ABSTRACT Studying the periodic flux-variation behaviour of blazars is vital for probing supermassive black hole binaries and the kinematics of relativistic jets. In this work, we report the detection of multi-band possible periodic variations of the blazar PKS J2134−0153, including infrared ($1.6(\pm 0.4)\times 10^3$ day) and optical ($1.8(\pm 1)\times 10^3$ day) wavelengths. The periods in the infrared and optical bands are statistically consistent with the period in the radio band ($P_{\mathrm{Radio}} = 1760\pm 33$ days, obtained from our previous work). Moreover, flux variations in different bands are correlated with evident inter-band time delays, and the time lags of infrared and optical emission with respect to radio emission are $(3.3\pm 2.3)\times 10^{2}$ days and $(3.0\pm 2.3)\times 10^{2}$ days, respectively. The cross-correlations indicate a common origin of radio, infrared, and optical emission. The relative positions between emission regions of infrared and optical emission and radio emission are estimated according to the time lags, i.e. $0.37\pm 0.26$ and $0.33\pm 0.26$ pc. The relative distances seem to be quantitatively consistent with the theoretical prediction.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.007

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.004
GPT teacher head0.204
Teacher spread0.199 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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