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Figure 1: Upper panel: flux density curve of the LPQ source 3C 273 (1226+026) at 37 GHz. Flares used in our analysis are marked with arrows. Lower panel: flux density curve at 4.8 GHz. |
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Figure 2: Distribution of variability indices in different source classes and frequency bands. Median values for each source class are shown by vertical lines. |
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Figure 3: Observed peak flux density against the duration of the flare at 37 GHz. |
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Figure 4: Corrected peak luminosity at 37 GHz against the duration of the flare corrected for redshift and Doppler boosting. |
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Figure 5: Peak time rank number plotted against the frequency. The frequency band having the flare peak first has been ranked 1. |
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Figure 6: Relative flux density rank number plotted against the frequency. Frequency with highest relative flux density has been ranked 1. |
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Figure 7: Observed maximum relative flux density scaled to the frequency at which the maximum occurs. The two straight lines give best fits to the section below and above the peak frequency. |
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Figure 8: Time delay between the observing frequency and peak frequency against the normalised frequency. |
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Figure 9: a) Flux density curve of the BLO source 0235+164 at 37 GHz with each flare analysed marked with arrows. b) Flare number 3 in more detail. c) Spectra of every epoch marked in b). |
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