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We present a catalogue of 233 BL Lacertae objects compiled through an extensive bibliographic search updated to mid-1995. A large fraction of the sources listed in the catalogue belongs to well-defined samples and can be used for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Paolo Padovani , Paolo Giommi

We discuss the optical polarization properties of X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects (XSBLs) as determined from three years of monitoring 37 BL Lac objects and candidates. The observed objects include a complete X-ray flux limited sample…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 B. T. Jannuzi , P. S. Smith , R. Elston

We explain the properties of X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects, under the assumption that they constitute the small minority of the BL Lac population with energy cutoff located in the UV/X-ray band, as suggested by their multifrequency…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Paolo Padovani , Paolo Giommi

Observations at millimetre wavelengths are presented for a representative sample of 22 X-ray-selected BL Lac objects (XBLs). This sample comprises 19 High-energy cutoff BL Lacs objects (HBLs), 1 Low-energy cutoff BL Lac object (LBL) and 2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. A. Stevens , W. K. Gear

Using the sample of radio selected BL Lacertae objects (RBLs) and X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects (XBLs) presented by Sambruna et al. (1996), we calculated the luminosities of radio, optical and X-ray of each source and made the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. C. Mei , L. Zhang , Z. J. Jiang , B. Z. Dai

We study the X-ray spectra of 85 BL Lacertae objects using the hardness ratios as given in the WGA catalogue of {\it ROSAT} sources. This sample includes all WGA BL Lacs with high-quality data and comprises about 50 per cent of presently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Paolo Padovani , Paolo Giommi

We present the scientific goals, the strategy and the first results of the REX project, an effort aimed at creating a sizable and statistically complete sample of Radio Emitting X-ray sources (REX) using the available data from a VLA survey…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Caccianiga , T. Maccacaro , A. Wolter , R. Della Ceca , I. M. Gioia

We carried out multi-color optical monitoring of a sample of ten blazars from 2005 to 2011. The sample contains 3 LBLs, 2 IBLs, 4 HBLs, and 1 FSRQ. Our monitoring focused on the long-term variability and the sample included nine BL Lac…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-08-08 Nankun Meng , Xiaoyuan Zhang , Jianghua Wu , Jun Ma , Xu Zhou

We present the results of an extensive analysis of the optical, ultraviolet, X-ray and $\gamma$-ray data collected from the observations of the BL Lac objects prototype BL Lacertae carried out over a period of nearly 13 years, between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-20 N. Sahakyan , P. Giommi

We investigate quantitatively how the peak emission frequency of the overall energy spectrum is at work in distinguishing RBL-like and XBL-like objects. We employ the sample of Giommi et al. (1995) to study the distribution of BL Lacertae…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Yi-Ping Qin , G. Z. Xie , Xue-Tang Zheng

We present soft X-ray spectra of 74 BL Lacertae objects observed with the PSPC detector on board of the ROSAT satellite. The sample contains all BL Lac objects detected during the pointed observation phase as a target or serendipitously. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Lamer , H. Brunner , R. Staubert

\textbf{Context.} Deep optical surveys open the avenue for find large numbers of BL Lac objects that are hard to identify because they lack the unique properties classifying them as such. While radio or X-ray surveys typically reveal dozens…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-09-30 S. D. Kügler , K. Nilsson , J. Heidt , J. Esser , T. Schultz

We present deep radio images at 1.4 GHz of a large and complete sample of BL Lacertae objects (BL Lacs) selected from the Deep X-ray Radio Blazar Survey (DXRBS). We have observed 24 northern sources with the Very Large Array (VLA) in both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hermine Landt , Hayley E. Bignall

Near--infrared, optical and ultraviolet quasi--simultaneous observations of 11 BL Lacertae objects are reported. For all but one source the dereddened spectral flux distribution in the $8\cdot10^{13}-2\cdot10^{15}$ Hz frequency range can be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 E. Pian , R. Falomo , R. Scarpa , A. Treves

We present BeppoSAX LECS, MECS, and PDS spectra of eleven X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects. Combining these sources with the ones presented elsewhere we have a sample of 21 BL Lacs from the Einstein Medium Sensitivity and Einstein Slew…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. Beckmann , A. Wolter , A. Celotti , L. Costamante , G. Ghisellini , T. Maccacaro , G. Tagliaferri

We present a study of the intraday variability behaviour of two samples of x-ray selected BL Lac objects, the EMSS and EXOSAT samples consisting of 22 and 11 sources, respectively. In both samples we were able to detect intraday variability…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Heidt , S. J. Wagner

The multi-frequency `Sedentary Survey' is a deep, statistically complete, radio flux limited sample comprising 150 BL Lacertae objects distinguished by their extremely high X-ray to radio flux ratio, ranging from five hundred to over five…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Giommi , S. Piranomonte , M. Perri , P. Padovani

Our recent progress on time-dependent modeling of the multiwavelength spectra and variability of blazars with leptonic and hadronic jet models is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on X-ray spectral variability of low-frequency peaked…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Boettcher

The Third Catalog of Hard Fermi Large Area Telescope Sources (3FHL) reports the detection of 1556 objects at E > 10 GeV. However, 177 sources remain unassociated and 23 are associated with a ROSAT X-ray detection of unknown origin. Pointed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-07 S. Joffre , R. Silver , M. Rajagopal , M. Ajello , N. Torres-Albà , A. Pizzetti , S. Marchesi , A. Kaur

In this paper, the historical infrared (JHK) data compiled from the published literature are presented in electronic form for 40 radio selected BL Lacertae objects (RBLs) for the first time. Largest variations are found and compared with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. H. Fan , R. G. Lin
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