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A spatially resolved SSC Shock-in-Jet model

In this paper a spatially resolved, fully self-consistent SSC model is presented. The observable spectral energy distribution (SED) evolves entirely from a low energetic delta distribution of injected electrons by means of the implemented…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-07-19 Stephan Richter , Felix Spanier

Signature of stochastic acceleration and cooling processes in an outburst phase of the TeV blazar ON 231

We present a detailed spectral and temporal study of the intermediate-type blazar ON 231 during the TeV outburst phase in 2008 June with observations performed by Swift and XMM-Newton. The X-ray flux of the source, which was significantly…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-31 Nibedita Kalita , Utane Sawangwit , Alok C. Gupta , Paul J. Wiita

A time dependent approach to model X-ray and $\gamma$--ray light curves of Mrk 421 observed during the flare in February 2010

Strong X-ray and $\gamma$--ray flares have been detected in February 2010 from the high synchrotron peaked blazar Mrk 421 (z=0.031). With the motivation of understanding the physics involved in this flaring activity, we study the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-11 K K Singh , S Sahayanathan , A Sinha , N Bhatt , A K Tickoo , K K Yadav , R C Rannot , P Chandra , K Venugopal , P Marandi , N Kumar , H C Goyal , A Goyal , N K Agarwal , M Kothari , K Chanchalani , V K Dhar , N Chouhan , C K Bhat , M K Koul , R Koul

Time-dependent modelling of short-term variability in the TeV-blazar VER J0521+211 during the major flare in 2020

The BL Lacertae object VER J0521+211 underwent a notable flaring episode in February 2020. A short-term monitoring campaign, led by the MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov) collaboration, covering a wide energy range from radio…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-26 MAGIC Collaboration , S. Abe , J. Abhir , A. Abhishek , V. A. Acciari , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , C. Arcaro , M. Artero , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , A. Bautista , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , E. Bronzini , I. Burelli , A. Campoy-Ordaz , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , M. Carretero-Castrillo , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , A. Cifuentes , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsaesser , J. Escudero , L. Fariña , A. Fattorini , L. Foffano , L. Font , S. Fröse , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , T. Gradetzke , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , P. Günther , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera Llorente , D. Hrupec , R. Imazawa , K. Ishio , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jormanainen , S. Kankkunen , T. Kayanoki , D. Kerszberg , G. W. Kluge , Y. Kobayashi , P. M. Kouch , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Láinez , A. Lamastra , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , E. Lyard , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , K. Mannheim , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , M. Martínez-Chicharro , A. Mas-Aguilar , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , S. Mender , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , T. Nakamori , C. Nanci , V. Neustroev , L. Nickel , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , L. Nikolić , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , T. Njoh Ekoume , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , A. Okumura , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Peresano , M. Persic , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , F. Podobnik , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , G. Principe , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , F. G. Saturni , K. Schmidt , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , T. Schweizer , A. Sciaccaluga , G. Silvestri , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , H. Tajima , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , P. Temnikov , K. Terauchi , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , G. Verna , I. Viale , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , R. Walter , F. Wersig , M. Will , C. Wunderlich , T. Yamamoto , MWL collaborators , : , R. Bachev , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. V. Filippenko , T. Hovatta , S. G. Jorstad , S. Kiehlmann , A. Lähteenmäki , I. Liodakis , A. P. Marscher , W. Max-Moerbeck , A. Omeliukh , T. Pursimo , A. C. S. Readhead , X. Rodrigues , M. Tornikoski , F. Wierda , W. Zheng

A self-consistent and time-dependent hybrid blazar emission model - Properties and application

A time-dependent emission model for blazar jets, taking acceleration due to Fermi-I and Fermi-II processes for electrons and protons as well as all relevant radiative processes self-consistently into account, is presented. The presence of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-12-10 Matthias Weidinger , Felix Spanier

On the correlation between the X-ray and gamma-ray emission in TeV blazars

The observations of TeV blazars published recently show an unexpected quadratic or even cubic correlation between the X-ray and gamma-ray emission. A standard model of the synchrotron self-Compton emission of a compact source inside a jet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-14 K. Katarzynski , K. Walczewska

Multiband variability studies and novel broadband SED modeling of Mrk 501 in 2009

We present an extensive study of the BL Lac object Mrk 501 based on a data set collected during the multi-instrument campaign spanning from 2009 March 15 to 2009 August 1 which includes, among other instruments, MAGIC, VERITAS, Whipple…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-05 M. L. Ahnen , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , B. Banerjee , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , S. Buson , A. Carosi , A. Chatterjee , R. Clavero , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , F. Di Pierro , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher Glawion , D. Elsaesser , M. Engelkemeier , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fernández-Barral , D. Fidalgo , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , P. Giammaria , N. Godinović , A. González Munoz , D. Gora , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , G. Hughes , W. Idec , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , E. Moretti , D. Nakajima , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , G. Pedaletti , M. Peresano , L. Perri , M. Persic , J. Poutanen , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , I. Reichardt , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , S. Schröder , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , M. Strzys , T. Surić , L. Takalo , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , G. Vanzo , V. Verguilov , I. Vovk , J. E. Ward , M. Will , M. H. Wu , R. Zanin , A. U. Abeysekara , S. Archambault , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , H. J. Dickinson , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , A. Flinders , L. Fortson , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , J. Grube , M. Hütten , D. Hanna , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , G. Maier , A. McCann , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , N. Otte , N. Park , J. Perkins , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , A. C. Rovero , C. Rulten , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , P. Wilcox , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , S. Razzaque , M. Villata , C. M. Raiteri , H. D. Aller , M. F. Aller , V. M. Larionov , A. A. Arkharov , D. A. Blinov , N. V. Efimova , T. S. Grishina , V. A. Hagen-Thorn , E. N. Kopatskaya , L. V. Larionova , E. G. Larionova , D. A. Morozova , I. S. Troitsky , R. Ligustri , P. Calcidese , A. Berdyugin , O. M. Kurtanidze , M. G. Nikolashvili , G. N. Kimeridze , L. A. Sigua , S. O. Kurtanidze , R. A. Chigladze , W. P. Chen , E. Koptelova , T. Sakamoto , A. C. Sadun , J. W. Moody , C. Pace , R. Pearson , Y. Yatsu , Y. Mori , A. Carraminyana , L. Carrasco , E. de la Fuente , J. P. Norris , P. S. Smith , A. Wehrle , M. A. Gurwell , Alma Zook , C. Pagani , M. Perri , M. Capalbi , A. Cesarini , H. A. Krimm , Y. Y. Kovalev , Yu. A. Kovalev , E. Ros , A. B. Pushkarev , M. L. Lister , K. V. Sokolovsky , M. Kadler , G. Piner , A. Lähteenmäki , M. Tornikoski , E. Angelakis , T. P. Krichbaum , I. Nestoras , L Fuhrmann , J. A. Zensus , P. Cassaro , A. Orlati , G. Maccaferri , P. Leto , M. Giroletti , J. L. Richards , W. Max-Moerbeck , A. C. S. Readhead

Gamma-ray polarization of synchrotron-self-Compton process from a highly relativistic jet

The high polarization observed in the prompt phase of some gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) arouses extensive studies on the emission mechanism. In this paper, we investigate the polarization properties of the synchrotron-self-Compton (SSC) process…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-10-13 Zhe Chang , Hai-Nan Lin

Rapid variability of blazars

Blazars are characterized by large amplitude and fast variability, indicating that the electron distribution is rapidly changing, often on time scales shorter than the light crossing time. We study the time dependent behavior of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marco Chiaberge , Gabriele Ghisellini

TeV variability in blazars: how fast can it be?

Recent Cerenkov observations of the two BL Lac objects PKS 2155-304 and Mkn 501 revealed TeV flux variability by a factor ~2 in just 3-5 minutes. Even accounting for the effects of relativistic beaming, such short timescales are challenging…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Ghisellini , F. Tavecchio , G. Bodo , A. Celotti

Signature of Inverse Compton emission from blazars

Blazars are classified into high, intermediate and low energy peaked sources based on the location of their synchrotron peak. This lies in infra-red/optical to ultra-violet bands for low and intermediate peaked blazars. The transition from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-06 Haritma Gaur , P. Mohan , Alicja Wierzcholska , Minfeng Gu

An Angle Dependent SSC Model for Relativistic Jet Sources

We report on the development of a numerical code to calculate the angle-dependent synchrotron + synchrotron self-Compton radiation from relativistic jet sources with partially ordered magnetic fields and anisotropic particle distributions.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-11 Omar Jamil , Markus Boettcher

A new insight into the innermost jet regions: probing extreme jet variability with LOFT

Blazars are highly variable sources over timescales that can be as low as minutes. This is the case of the High Energy Peaked BL Lac (HBL) objects showing strong variability in X-rays, which highly correlate with that of the TeV emission.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 I. Donnarumma , A. Tramacere , S. Turriziani , L. Costamante , R. Campana , A. De Rosa , E. Bozzo

Emitting electrons and source activity in Markarian 501

We study the variation of the broad-band spectral energy distribution (SED) of the BL Lac object Mrk 501 as a function of source activity, from quiescent to flaring. Through chi-square-minimization we model eight simultaneous SED datasets…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Nijil Mankuzhiyil , Stefano Ansoldi , Massimo Persic , Elizabeth Rivers , Richard Rothschild , Fabrizio Tavecchio

Simultaneous radio-interferometric and high-energy TeV observations of the gamma-ray blazar Mkn 421

The TeV-emitting BL Lac object Mkn 421 was observed with very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) at three closely-spaced epochs one-month apart in March-April 1998. The source was also monitored at very-high gamma-ray energies (TeV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 P. Charlot , D. C. Gabuzda , H. Sol , B. Degrange , F. Piron

Five-year Monitorings of TeV Blazars with ASCA and RXTE

We study the temporal/spectral variability of two extragalactic TeV sources, Mrk 421 and Mrk 501, based on 5-year observations with the ASCA and RXTE satellites. We found that the peak of the synchrotron emission exists just in the X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Kataoka , T. Takahashi , F. Takahara , P. G. Edwards , K. Hayashida , S. Inoue , N. Iyomoto , N. Kawai , G. M. Madejski , C. Tanihata , S. J. Wagner

X-ray Observations of TeV Blazars and Multi-Frequency Analysis

The non-thermal spectra of blazars, observed from radio to GeV/TeV gamma-rays, reveal two pronounced components, both produced by radiation by energetic particles. One peaks in the IR - to soft X-ray band, radiating via the synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Tadayuki Takahashi , Greg Madejski , Hidetoshi Kubo

Particle diffusion and localized acceleration in inhomogeneous AGN jets - Part II: stochastic variation

We study the stochastic variation of blazar emission under a 2-D spatially resolved leptonic jet model we previously developed. Random events of particle acceleration and injection in small zones within the emission region are assumed to be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 Xuhui Chen , Martin Pohl , Markus Böttcher , Shan Gao

Environment and properties of emitting electrons in blazar jets: Mrk 421 as a laboratory

Here we report our recent study on the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the high frequency BL Lac object Mrk 421 in different luminosity states. We used a full-fledged chi2-minimization procedure instead of more commonly used "eyeball"…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-11-02 Nijil Mankuzhiyil , Stefano Ansoldi , Massimo Persic , Fabrizio Tavechhio

Testing the homogeneous synchrotron self Compton model for gamma ray production in Mrk 421

Based on the detected variability time scales of X-ray and TeV gamma-ray emission, and the observed multiwavelength photon spectrum, of Mrk 421 we place constraints on the allowed parameter space (magnetic field and Doppler factor of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 W. Bednarek , R. J. Protheroe