High Optical-to-X-Ray Polarization Ratio Reveals Compton Scattering in BL Lacertae’s Jet

I. Agudo(Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), A. Kraus(Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy), Dawoon E. Kim(University of Rome Tor Vergata), A. A. Vasilyev(Institute of Applied Astronomy), Daniel Morcuende, A. Sota(Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), Herman L. Marshall(Vassar College), Ioannis Liodakis(Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas), А. В. Жовтан(Crimean Astrophysical Observatory), Francesco Fenu(Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino), Pouya M. Kouch(University of Turku), Garrett K. Keating(Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian), E. Angelakis(Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy), Sincheol Kang(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute), Jorge Otero-Santos(University of Padua), Beatriz Agı́s-González(Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas), Е. Г. Ларионова(Institute of Applied Astronomy), Yu. V. Troitskaya, С. С. Савченко(St Petersburg University), I. Myserlis(Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique), T. S. Grishina, Roger W. Romani(Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology), Ramprasad Rao(Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian), D. A. Morozova(Institute of Applied Astronomy), Hyeon‐Woo Jeong(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute), F. J. Aceituno, E. N. Kopatskaya(Institute of Applied Astronomy), I. S. Troitskiy, Sang-Sung Lee(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute), G. Bonnoli(Brera Astronomical Observatory), E. Lindfors(University of Turku), V. Casanova(Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), Callum McCall, Г. А. Борман(Crimean Astrophysical Observatory), Helen Jermak(Liverpool John Moores University), Hui Li, Whee Yeon Cheong(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute), I. A. Steele, R. Middei(Astronomical Observatory of Rome), Mark Gurwell(Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian), L. Pacciani, Alan P. Marscher(Boston University), V. Piirola, Sang-Hyun Kim(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute), V. A. Hagen-Thorn, Juan Escudero(Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía), S. G. Jorstad, H. C. Zhang, Ekaterina V. Shishkina, Laura Di Gesu(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
May 16, 2025
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