Extreme Universe through the Eyes of Master Global Robotic Net.

Lipunov, V. M.; Kornilov, V. G.; Zhirkov, K. K.; Balanutsa, P. V.; Antipov, G. A.; Kuznetsov, A. S.; Panchenko, I. E.; Gorbovskoy, E. S.; Tiurina, N. V.; Vlasenko, D. M.; Chasovnikov, A. R.; Topolev, V. V.; Sosnovskij, A. A.; Buckley, D. A. H.; Francile, C.; Podesta, R.; Podesta, F.; Rebolo, R.; Sierra-Ricart, M.; Budnev, N. M.

This paper considers latest highlights in simultaneous and follow-up optical observations of high energy astrophysical phenomena by MASTER Global Robotic Net. Such extreme Universe sources includes gamma-ray bursts, gravitational wave events, detected by LIGO/Virgo, fast radio bursts, high energy neutrino sources and others. Some of the neutrinos detected by ground-based facilities owe their births to supermassive black holes – blazars, which are in a special anxious state with high statistical reliability. We discovered the effect of a rapid decrease in the brightness of the blazar PKS 0735 17 at the time of the multiple detection of the high-energy neutrino event IceCube-211208A. This decrease in brightness within several hours was detected with a high confidence (SNR 10) in comparison with a multi-day brightening state of the blazar, which was accompanied not only by a maximum increase in the average brightness, but also by an increase in the amplitude of its brightness fluctuations. Additionally, we analyzed all cases of successful observation of blazars around neutrino events and obtained statistically reliable indications of the relationship between neutrino events and optical activity of blazars in the doubled error box at the 4.2 level.

BL Lacertae objects; NEUTRINOS; GAMMA ray bursts; SUPERMASSIVE black holes; GRAVITATIONAL waves; OPTICAL rotation; STATISTICAL reliability; UNIVERSE; ROBOTICS

Astronomy Reports, 2023, Vol 67, pS140

1063-7729

Academic Journal

10.1134/S1063772923140123