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We study a sample of 30 high-redshift blazars ($z>2.5$) by means of spectra and the radiation mechanism with Fermi Large Area Telescope $\gamma$-ray observations spanning 15 years. Three models -- the power law, power law with an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-27 Fan Wu , Benzhong Dai

We investigate the physical properties of \textit{Fermi} TeV BL Lac objects jets by modeling the quasi-simultaneous spectral energy distribution of 29 \textit{Fermi} TeV BL Lacs in the frame of a one-zone leptonic synchrotron self-Compton…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-28 N. Ding , X. Zhang , D. R. Xiong , H. J. Zhang

In this presentation, we report the results of intraday variability in the optical (BVRI bands) and hard X-ray band (3-79 keV) in a number of blazars. In the optical microvariability studies of the blazars S5 0716+714 and BL Lac, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-18 Gopal Bhatta

Blazars display variable emission across the entire electromagnetic spectrum, with timescales that can range from a few minutes to several years. Our recent work has shown that a sample of five blazars exhibit hints of periodicity with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-20 P. Peñil , J. R. Westernacher-Schneider , M. Ajello , A. Domínguez , S. Buson , J. Otero-Santos , L. Marcotulli , N. Torres-Albà , J. Zrake

Blazars, a class of active galaxies whose jets are relativistic and collimated flows of plasma directed along the line of sight and are prone to a slew of magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities. We aim to study the interplay of radiation…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-22 Sriyasriti Acharya , Bhargav Vaidya , Indu Kalpa Dihingia , Sushmita Agarwal , Amit Shukla

I study the location of the $\gamma$-ray emission in blazar jets by creating a Compton-scattering approximation valid for all anisotropic radiation fields in the Thomson through Klein-Nishina regimes, which is highly accurate and can speed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-04 Justin D. Finke

In the unified scheme FR I type radio galaxies are identified with the blazar type active galaxies which jets are aligned at large angles to the line of sight. A few radio galaxies of this type have been discovered to emit GeV-TeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-09-19 P. Banasinski , W. Bednarek

Time-variable polarization is an extremely valuable observational tool to probe the dynamical physical conditions of blazar jets. Since 2008, we have been monitoring the flux and linear polarization of a sample of gamma-ray bright blazars…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-04 Alan P. Marscher , Svetlana G. Jorstad

We calculate the spectral energy distribution (SED) of electromagnetic radiation and the spectrum of high energy neutrinos from BL Lac objects in the context of the Synchrotron Proton Blazar Model. In this model, the high energy hump of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. Muecke , R. J. Protheroe , R. Engel , J. P. Rachen , T. Stanev

Blazars are the most violent steady/recurrent sources of high-energy gamma-ray emission in the known Universe. They are prominent emitters of electromagnetic radiation throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The observable radiation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Markus Boettcher

We compare the rise and decay timescales of $\sim$200 long-term ($\sim$weeks-months) GeV and R-band outbursts and $\sim$25 short-term ($\sim$hr-day) GeV flares in a sample of 10 blazars using light curves from the Fermi-LAT and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-24 Namrata Roy , Ritaban Chatterjee , Manasvita Joshi , Aritra Ghosh

Blazars are a sub-category of radio-loud active galactic nuclei with relativistic jets pointing towards to the observer. They are well-known for their non-thermal variable emission, which practically extends over the whole electromagnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-28 Stella Boula , Maria Petropoulou , Apostolos Mastichiadis

In the work, we explore the role of jet properties in the spectral evolution for a sample of Fermi-LAT bright blazars composed primarily by flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs). We introduce a near-equipartition log-parabola (NELP) model to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-12 Wen Hu , Wei Zeng , Ben-Zhong Dai

We extend our approach of modeling spectral energy distribution (SED) and lightcurves of blazars to include external Compton (EC) emission due to inverse Compton scattering of an external anisotropic target radiation field. We describe the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-19 Manasvita Joshi , Alan P. Marscher , Markus Boettcher

We present a comprehensive multi-wavelength investigation of BL Lac object OJ 287 using Swift and Fermi observatories spanning 2008-2025. The source exhibits significant flux variability across optical-UV, X-ray, and $\gamma$-ray regimes,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-22 Navaneeth P K , Gopal Bhatta , Sangeetha Kizhakkekalam

We summarize broadband observations of the TeV-emitting blazar 1ES 1959+650, including optical R-band observations by the robotic telescopes Super-LOTIS and iTelescope, UV observations by Swift UVOT, X-ray observations by the Swift X-ray…

High energy emission from blazars is thought to arise in a relativistic jet launched by a supermassive black hole. The emission site must be far from the hole and the jet relativistic, in order to avoid absorption of the photons. In extreme…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 John G. Kirk , Iwona Mochol

We apply both leptonic and leptohadronic emission scenarios for modelling the multiwavelength photon spectra and the observed variability in the optical, X-ray, and TeV gamma-ray energy bands of blazar PKS 2155-304 while being in a low…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-19 Maria Petropoulou

The Fermi satellite has been reporting the detailed temporal properties of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in an extremely broad spectral range, 8 keV - 300 GeV, in particular, the unexpected delays of the GeV emission onsets behind the MeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-18 Kenji Toma , Xue-Feng Wu , Peter Meszaros

We estimate the power of relativistic, extragalactic jets by modelling the spectral energy distribution of a large number of blazars. We adopt a simple one-zone, homogeneous, leptonic synchrotron and inverse Compton model, taking into…

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