@article{3072342,
    title = "Polarization and spectral energy distribution in OJ 287 during the 2016/17 outbursts",
    author = "Valtonen, M. and Zola, S. and Jermak, H. and Ciprini, S. and Hudec, R. and Dey, L. and Gopakumar, A. and Reichart, D.L. and Caton, D.B. and Gazeas, K. and Matsumoto, K. and Ogloza, W. and Drozdz, M. and Alicavus, F. and Baransky, O. and Berdyugin, A. and Boumis, P. and Bufan, Y. and Debski, B. and Er, H. and Erdem, A. and Godunova, V. and Haque, S. and Hoette, V.L. and Janik, J. and Kidger, M. and Kundera, T. and Kurowski, S. and Liakos, A. and Mohammed, I. and Nilsson, K. and Pajdosz, U. and Piirola, V. and Pursimo, T. and Rajkumar, B. and Simon, A.O. and Siwak, M. and Sonbas, E. and Steele, I.A. and Vasylenko, V.V. and Zejmo, M. and Zielinski, P.",
    journal = "GALAXEA",
    year = "2017",
    volume = "5",
    number = "4",
    publisher = "MDPI AG",
    issn = "0287-6779",
    doi = "10.3390/galaxies5040083",
    abstract = "We report optical photometric and polarimetric observations of the blazar OJ 287 gathered during 2016/17. The high level of activity, noticed after the General Relativity Centenary flare, is argued to be part of the follow-up flares that exhibited high levels of polarization and originated in the primary black hole jet. We propose that the follow-up flares were induced as a result of accretion disk perturbations, travelling from the site of impact towards the primary SMBH. The timings inferred from our observations allowed us to estimate the propagation speed of these perturbations. Additionally, we make predictions for the future brightness of OJ 287. © 2017 by the authors."
}