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Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1s) are active galactic nuclei (AGN) recently identified as a new class of $\gamma$-ray sources. The high energy emission is explained by the presence of a relativistic jet observed at small angles, just…

We present results of multi-wavelength (MWL) observations of the high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) object 1ES 0806+524 (z=0.138). Triggered by a high optical state, very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) observations were carried out…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 K. Berger , C. Schultz , E. Lindfors R. Rheinthal , A. Stamerra , F. Tavecchio , S. Buson , F. D'Ammando , T. Hovatta

We monitored BL Lacertae simultaneously in the optical B, V, R and I bands for 13 nights during the period 2012-2016. The variations were well correlated in all bands and the source showed significant intraday variability (IDV). We also…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-06-23 Nankun Meng , Jianghua Wu , James R. Webb , Xiaoyuan Zhang , Yan Dai

Here we present results of the long-term (1987-2010) optical spectral monitoring of the broad line radio galaxy Arp 102B, a prototype of active galactic nuclei with the double-peaked broad emission lines, usually assumed to be emitted from…

Blazars represent the most abundant class of high-energy extragalactic $\gamma$-ray sources. The subset of blazars known as BL Lac objects is on average closer to Earth and characterized by harder spectra at high energy than the whole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-26 M. Di Mauro , F. Donato , G. Lamanna , D. A. Sanchez , P. D. Serpico

The WISE source, J141046.00+740511.2, has been recently observed from radio to $\gamma$ rays. Although the optical spectrum is consistent with a BL Lacertae (BL Lac) object, the source displays unusually weak radio emission, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-01 A. M. Carulli , F. L. Vieyro , M. M. Reynoso , E. J. Marchesini , I. Andruchow

In the framework of the unification scheme of radio-loud active galactic nuclei, BL Lac objects and quasars are the beamed end-on counterparts of low-power (FRI) and high-power (FRII) radio galaxies, respectively. Some BL Lacs have been…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Natalia Zywucka , Arti Goyal , Marek Jamrozy , Michal Ostrowski , Lukasz Stawarz

We report redshift measurements for 12 BL Lacertae objects from a program aimed at obtaining high signal to noise (up to ~ 500) optical spectroscopy of a mixed sample of objects. The new observations, gathered with the 8 m ESO Very Large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 B. Sbarufatti , A. Treves , R. Falomo , J. Heidt , J. Kotilainen , R. Scarpa

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) spectroscopy of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy, NGC 3227, confirms previous reports that the broad H-alpha emission line flux is time variable, decreasing by a modest ~ 11% between 1999 and 2000 in response to a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Nick Devereux

We present a sample of 252 broad-line Active Galactic Nuclei (BLAGNs), incorporating 171 newly identified sources, spanning a redshift interval from $z$ = 0.8 to 7.2. We have analyzed spectroscopic data from the NIRSpec instrument aboard…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-04 Caroline Baccus , Xinfeng Xu

We present the results of a pilot JVLA project aimed at studying the bulk of the radio-emitting AGN population, unveiled by the NVSS/FIRST and SDSS surveys.We obtained A-array observations at the JVLA at 1.4, 4.5, and 7.5 GHz for 12 sources…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-03-25 Ranieri D. Baldi , Alessandro Capetti , Gabriele Giovannini

With the advent of GRAVITY+, the upgrade to the beam combiner GRAVITY at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), fainter and higher redshift active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are becoming observable, opening an unprecedented opportunity…

We have obtained new spectropolarimetric observations at visible wavelengths of the changing-look active galactic nucleus (AGN) Mrk 1018. The AGN direct spectrum shows an extremely weak continuum with faint broad H$\beta$ and H$\alpha$…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-04 Damien Hutsemékers , Beatriz Agís González , Frédéric Marin , Dominique Sluse

BL Lacertae is a unique blazar for which the X-ray band can cover either the synchrotron or the inverse Compton, or both parts of the broadband spectral energy distribution. In the latter case, when the spectral upturn is located in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-30 Alicja Wierzcholska , Stefan Wagner

One of the major challenges in studying the cosmic evolution of relativistic jets is the identification of the high-redshift ($z>3$) BL Lacertae objects, a class of jetted active galactic nuclei characterized by their quasi-featureless…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-11 Vaidehi S. Paliya , A. Domínguez , C. Cabello , N. Cardiel , J. Gallego , B. Siana , M. Ajello , D. Hartmann , A. Gil de Paz , C. S. Stalin

Combining newly identified and previously known BL Lacs from the RASS-Green Bank (RGB) catalog, we present a sample of 127 BL Lacs, the largest ever derived from a single uniform survey. A Complete sample of 33 objects brighter than O=18.0…

We investigate the environments of galaxies around BL Lac objects and FR I radiogalaxies, the alleged parent populations of misaligned sources. We compare the environment of a sample of 50 BL Lac objects at 0.1<z<0.33 with that of a sample…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-10 A. Sandrinelli , R. Falomo , A. Treves

We present Chandra observations of the X-ray environment of a sample of 6 BL Lacertae objects. The improved sensitivity of the ACIS experiment allows us to separate the core X-ray emission from the contribution of diffuse emission from the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Donato , M. Gliozzi , R. M. Sambruna , J. E. Pesce

We present a sample of 373 peaked-spectrum (PS) sources with spectral peaks around 150MHz, selected using a subset of two LOFAR all-sky surveys, the LOFAR Two Meter Sky Survey and the LOFAR LBA Sky Survey. These surveys are the most…