X-ray Rapid Variability of MKN 421
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present a detailed Cross Correlation analysis of the light curves of the X-ray bright BL Lac object Mkn 421 observed with SAX period 1997-1998. Monte Carlo simulations are performed in order to estimate the uncertainties. We found that in one occasion the lag is negative.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9907416,
title = {X-ray Rapid Variability of MKN 421},
author = {A. Treves and Y. H. Zhang and F. Tavecchio and A. Celotti and L. Chiappetti and G. Fossati and G. Ghisellini and L. Maraschi and E. Pian and G. Tagliaferri},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9907416},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
1 page, 1 figure, to be published in the Proc. of the ASCA Symposium "Heating and Acceleration in the Universe", Tokio, March 1999