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We study the $\gamma$-ray and broadband spectral energy distribution (SED) properties of a complete sample of 104 bright, radio-selected low-synchrotron peaked (LSP) blazars. Most of the sources have already been detected in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-08 B. Arsioli , G. Polenta

Aims. We use a sample of 83 core-dominated active galactic nuclei (AGN) selected from the MOJAVE (Monitoring of Jets in AGN with VLBA Experiments) radio-flux-limited sample and detected with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) to study the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 T. G. Arshakian , J. León-Tavares , M. Boettcher , J. Torrealba , V. H. Chavushyan , M. L. Lister , E. Ros , J. A. Zensus

Blazars are highly variable, radio-loud active galactic nuclei with jets oriented at a small angle to the line of sight. The observed emission of these sources covers the whole electromagnetic spectrum from radio frequencies up to the high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-20 Alicja Wierzcholska

We present a comprehensive 20-year multiwavelength variability study of the blazar PKS 2155-304, one of the most luminous and extensively monitored high-frequency-peaked BL Lac objects in the southern hemisphere. Using Fermi-LAT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-02 A. Wierzcholska , M. Zacharias

Multiwavelength observations are essential to constrain physical parameters of the blazars observed by Fermi/LAT. Among the 187 AGN significantly detected in public INTEGRAL data above 20 keV by the imager IBIS/ISGRI, 20 blazars were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-14 V. Beckmann , C. Ricci , S. Soldi

High-redshift blazars are one of the most powerful monsters in the universe and $\gamma$-ray variability carries crucial information of their relativistic jets. In this work we present results of the first systematical temporal analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-14 Shang Li , Zi-Qing Xia , Yun-Feng Liang , Neng-Hui Liao , Yi-Zhong Fan

We report on OVRO, WISE, Swift and Fermi-LAT observations of the high redshift blazar CGRaBS J0733+0456, from which significant flux variations in radio, infrared (IR) as well as $\gamma$-ray domains are detected. Particularly, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-10 Neng-Hui Liao , Li-Ming Dou , Ning Jiang , Yi-Bo Wang , Yi-Zhong Fan , Ting-Gui Wang

The production site and process responsible for the highly variable high-energy emission observed from blazar jets are still debated. Gravitational lenses can be used as microscopes to investigate the nature of such sources. We study the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-09 Sarah M. Wagner , Jeffrey D. Scargle , Greg Madejski , Andrea Gokus , Krzysztof Nalewajko , Patrick Günther , Karl Mannheim

Studying unidentified {\gamma}-ray sources is important as they may hide new discoveries. We conducted a multiwavelength analysis of 13 unidentified Fermi-LAT sources in the 3FGL catalog that have no known counterparts (Unidentified…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-14 Jean Damascène Mbarubucyeye , Felicia Krauß , Pheneas Nkundabakura

S5 0716+714 is a typical BL Lacertae object. In this paper we present the analysis and results of long term simultaneous observations in the radio, near-infrared, optical, X-ray and $\gamma$-ray bands, together with our own photometric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 N. H. Liao , J. M. Bai , H. T. Liu , S. S. Weng , Liang Chen , F. Li

We present an analysis of the cross-correlation between optical brightness and polarization degree in different types of blazars. The aim is to identify objects with simultaneous and consistent changes in characteristics and to determine if…

This paper presents light curves and the first systematic characterization of variability of the 106 objects in the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) Bright AGN Sample (LBAS). Weekly light curves obtained during the first 11 months of survey…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 A. A. Abdo

We present multiwavelength data for twelve blazars observed from 2008-2010 as part of an ongoing optical-infrared photometric monitoring project. Sources were selected to be bright, southern (dec < 20 deg) blazars observed by the Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 E. W. Bonning , C. M. Urry , C. Bailyn , M. Buxton , R. Chatterjee , P. Coppi , G. Fossati , J. Isler , L. Maraschi

A list of 205 gamma-ray strong objects was reported recently as a result of a 3-month integration with the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope. We attempted identification of these objects, cross-correlating…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Y. Y. Kovalev

The first Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) catalogue of sources (1FHL) emitting at high energies (above 10 GeV) reports the details of 514 objects detected in the first three years of the Fermi mission. Of these, 71 were reported as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-24 R. Landi , L. Bassani , J. B. Stephen , N. Masetti , A. Malizia , P. Ubertini

Fermi-LAT LCR provide continuous and regularly-sampled gamma-ray light curves, spanning about 14 years, for a large sample of blazars. The log-normal flux distribution and linear RMS-Flux relation of the light curves for a few of Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-21 Na Wang , Ting-Feng Yi , Liang Wang , Li-Sheng Mao , Zhi-Yuan Pu , Gong-Ming Ning , Wei-Tian Huang , He Lu , Shun Zhang , Yu-Tong Chen , Liang Dong

The first three months of sky-survey operation with the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope (Fermi) Large Area Telescope (LAT) reveals 132 bright sources at |b|>10 deg with test statistic greater than 100 (corresponding to about 10 sigma). Two…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-09-30 A. A. Abdo

We present a multi-wavelength temporal analysis of the blazar 3C 454.3 during the high $\gamma$-ray active period from May-December, 2014. Except for X-rays, the period is well sampled at near-infrared (NIR)-optical by the \emph{SMARTS}…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-04 Pankaj Kushwaha , Alok C. Gupta , Ranjeev Misra , K. P. Singh

Context. Based on their overwhelming dominance among associated Fermi gamma ray catalogue sources, it is expected that a large fraction of the unidentified Fermi objects are blazars. Through crossmatching between the positions of…

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