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We report the analysis of Fermi Large Area Telescope data from five years of observations of the broad line radio galaxy 3C 120. The accumulation of larger data set results in the detection of high-energy $\gamma$-rays up to 10 GeV, with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-04 N. Sahakyan , D. Zargaryan , V. Baghmanyan

We perform a blind search for the variability of the gamma-ray sky in the energy range E>1 GeV using 308 weeks of the Fermi-LAT data. We use the technique based on the comparison of the weekly photon counts and exposures in sky pixels by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-12-22 M. S. Pshirkov , G. I. Rubtsov

We present the light curves and spectral data of two exceptionally luminous gamma-ray outburts observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) experiment on board Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope from 3C 273 in September 2009. During these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 A. A. Abdo et al.

On 2015 June 16, Fermi-LAT observed a giant outburst from the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 with a peak $>100$ MeV flux of $\sim3.6\times10^{-5}\;{\rm photons}\;{\rm cm}^{-2}\;{\rm s}^{-1}$ averaged over orbital period intervals. It is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-29 LAT Collaboration

We study high-energy $\gamma$-rays observed from Cyg X-3 by the Fermi Large Area Telescope and the 15-GHz emission observed by the Ryle Telescope and the Arcminute Microkelvin Imager. We measure the $\gamma$-ray spectrum averaged over…

The TeV blazar PKS 2155--304 was the subject of an intensive 2 week optical and near-infrared observing campaign in 2004 August with the CTIO 0.9m telescope. During this time, simultaneous X-ray data from RXTE were also obtained. We compare…

Bright and fast gamma-ray flares with hard spectra have been recently detected from the blazar 3C 279, with apparent GeV luminosities up to $10^{49}$ erg/s. The source is observed to flicker on timescales of minutes with no comparable…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-26 V. Vittorini , M. Tavani , A. Cavaliere

Since the launch of the Fermi satellite, BL Lacertae has been moderately active at gamma-rays and optical frequencies until May 2011, when the source started a series of strong flares. The exceptional optical sampling achieved by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , F. D'Ammando , V. M. Larionov , M. A. Gurwell , D. O. Mirzaqulov , P. S. Smith

The gamma-ray emission in broad-line blazars is generally explained as inverse Compton (IC) radiation of relativistic electrons in the jet scattering optical-UV photons from the Broad Line Region (BLR), the so-called BLR External Compton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 L. Costamante , S. Cutini , G. Tosti , E. Antolini , A. Tramacere

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope routinely detects the highly dust-absorbed, reddened, and MeV-peaked flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1830-211 (z=2.507). Its apparent isotropic gamma-ray luminosity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 The Fermi LAT Collaboration , A. A. Abdo , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Allafort , M. A. Amin , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , K. Bechtol , R. Bellazzini , R. D. Blandford , E. Bonamente , A. W. Borgland , J. Bregeon , M. Brigida , R. Buehler , D. Bulmash , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , P. A. Caraveo , E. Cavazzuti , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , C. C. Cheung , J. Chiang , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , R. H. D. Corbet , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , C. D. Dermer , P. S. Drell , A. Drlica-Wagner , C. Favuzzi , J. Finke , W. B. Focke , Y. Fukazawa , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Gehrels , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , I. A. Grenier , J. E. Grove , S. Guiriec , D. Hadasch , M. Hayashida , E. Hays , R. E. Hughes , Y. Inoue , M. S. Jackson , T. Jogler , G. Jòhannesson , A. S. Johnson , T. Kamae , J. Knödlseder , M. Kuss , J. Lande , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , F. Longo , F. Loparco , B. Lott , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , G. M. Madejski , M. N. Mazziotta , J. Mehault , P. F. Michelson , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , S. Murgia , R. Nemmen , E. Nuss , M. Ohno , T. Ohsugi , D. Paneque , J. S. Perkins , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , L. C. Reyes , S. Ritz , C. Romoli , M. Roth , P. M. Saz Parkinson , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , H. Takahashi , Y. Takeuchi , T. Tanaka , J. G. Thayer , J. B. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , V. Tronconi , T. L. Usher , J. Vandenbroucke , V. Vasileiou , G. Vianello , V. Vitale , A. P. Waite , M. Werner , B. L. Winer , K. S. Wood

We present results from the first two years of our fast-cadence 15 GHz gamma-ray blazar monitoring program, part of the F-GAMMA radio monitoring project. Our sample includes the 1158 blazars north of -20 degrees declination from the…

3C 279 showed enhanced flux variations in Fermi-LAT {\gamma}-ray observations from January to June 2018. We present a detailed Fermi-LAT analysis to investigate the variability and spectral behaviors of 3C 279 during the {\gamma}-ray flares…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-29 Gege Wang , Junhui Fan , Hubing Xiao , Jinting Cai

BL Lac objects are an extreme type of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that belong to the largest population of $\gamma$-ray sources: blazars. This class of AGNs shows a double-bumped spectral energy distribution that is commonly described in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-08 E. J. Marchesini , A. Paggi , F. Massaro , N. Masetti , R. D'Abrusco , I. Andruchow , R. de Menezes

We report on spectral variability of the blazar 3C 279 in the optical to X-ray band between MJD 55100 and 58400 during which long-term radio variability was observed. We construct light curves and band spectra in each of the optical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-14 Sungmin Yoo , Hongjun An

Blazars constitute the most enigmatic class of extragalactic gamma-ray sources, and their observational features have been ascribed to a relativistic jet closely aligned to the line of sight. They are generally divided in two main classes:…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 R. D'Abrusco , F. Massaro. M. Ajello , J. E. Grindlay , H. A. Smith , G. Tosti

We report on a multiwavelength campaign on the TeV gamma-ray blazar Markarian (Mrk) 421 performed during December 2002 and January 2003. These target of opportunity observations were initiated by the detection of X-ray and TeV gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 P. Rebillot , M. Aller , H. Aller , P. Boltwood , I. Jung , D. Kranich , A. Sillanpaa , A. Sadun

In this work, I have presented a multi-frequency variability and correlation study of the blazar Ton 599, which was observed first time in flaring state at the end of 2017. Data from \textit{Fermi}-LAT, Swift-XRT/UVOT, Steward Observatory,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Raj Prince

A multiwavelength temporal and spectral analysis of flares of 3C 279 during November 2017--July 2018 are presented in this work. Three bright gamma-ray flares were observed simultaneously in X-ray and Optical/UV along with a prolonged…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-04 Raj Prince

In Spring 2005, the blazar 3C454.3 underwent a dramatic outburst at all wavelengths from mm to X-rays. This prompted INTEGRAL observations, accomplished in 15-18 May 2005. The source was detected by the INTEGRAL instruments from 3 to 200…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Elena Pian , Luigi Foschini , Volker Beckmann

The extreme variability of blazars, in both timescale and amplitude, is generally explained as the effect of a relativistic jet closely aligned to the observer's line-of-sight. Due to causality arguments, variability characteristics…