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As a radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) detected by Fermi/LAT in GeV $\gamma$-rays, 1H 0323+342 is a remarkable Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) showing properties characteristic of both NLS1s and blazars. Here we present results…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-07 Su Yao , Weimin Yuan , S. Komossa , Dirk Grupe , L. Fuhrmann , Bifang Liu

Active Galactic Nuclei can be copious extragalactic emitters of MeV-GeV-TeV gamma rays, a phenomenon linked to the presence of relativistic jets powered by a super-massive black hole in the center of the host galaxy. Most of gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-20 Charles Dennison Dermer , Berrie Giebels

We investigate the X-ray variability properties of Seyfert1 Galaxies belonging to the BAT AGN Spectroscopic Survey (BASS). The sample includes 151 unobscured (N$_{\rm H}<10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$) AGNs observed with XMM-Newton for a total exposure…

In its first three months of operations, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Observatory has detected approximately one quarter of the radio-flux-limited MOJAVE sample of bright flat-spectrum active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at energies above 100 MeV. We have…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-02-11 M. L. Lister , D. C. Homan , M. Kadler , K. I. Kellermann , Y. Y. Kovalev , E. Ros , T. Savolainen , J. A. Zensus

The blazars 3C 454.3, PKS 0537-441 and PKS 2155-304 are traditionally known to be among the most active sources of this class. They emit at all frequencies, up to the gamma-rays, and are good probes of multiwavelength nuclear variability.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-07-25 Elena Pian , Luigi Foschini , Gabriele Ghisellini

Blazars are a peculiar class of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) that enlighten the sky at all wavelengths. The electromagnetic emission of these sources is jet-dominated resulting in a spectral energy distribution (SED) that has a typical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-29 Riccardo Middei , Paolo Giommi , Matteo Perri , Sara Turriziani , Narek Sahakyan , Y. L. Chang , C. Leto , F. Verrecchia

Blazars are highly variable active galactic nuclei which emit radiation at all wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays. Polarized radiation from blazars is one key piece of evidence for synchrotron radiation at low energies and it also varies…

A wide-frequency radio study of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is crucial to evaluate the intervening radiative mechanisms responsible for the observed emission and relate them with the underlying accretion physics. We present wide frequency…

Blazars are active galactic nuclei with relativistic jets pointed almost directly at Earth. Blazars are characterized by strong, apparently stochastic flux variability at virtually all observed wavelengths and timescales, from minutes to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-02-16 Aryeh Brill

Blazars are radio-loud active galactic nuclei well known for their non thermal emission spanning a wide range of frequencies. The Roma-BZCAT is, to date, the most comprehensive list of these sources. We performed the cross-match of several…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-04 A. Maselli , F. Massaro , R. D'Abrusco , G. Cusumano , V. La Parola , A. Segreto , G. Tosti

Blazars are radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) whose jets have a very small angle to our line of sight. Observationally, the radio emission are mostly compact or a compact-core with a 1-sided jet. With 2.5$^{\prime\prime}$ resolution…

The VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes has collected nearly 6000 hours of observations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). It has detected 39 very-high-energy (VHE, >100 GeV) AGNs at redshifts up to z = 0.9, of which 24…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-09 Orel Gueta

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…

The second catalog of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) in two years of scientific operation is presented. The Second LAT AGN Catalog (2LAC) includes 1017 gamma-ray sources located at high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 LAT Collaboration

Two dozens of radio loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) have been observed with Urumqi 25 m radio telescope in order to search for intra-day variability (IDV). The target sources are blazars (namely flat spectrum radio quasars and BL Lac…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-08-23 Xiang Liu , Xin Wang , Ning Chang , Jun Liu , Lang Cui , Xiaofeng Yang , Thomas P. Krichbaum

Non-blazar Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) have emerged as a new gamma-ray emitting source class on the extragalactic sky and started to deepen our understanding of the physical processes and the nature of AGN in general. The detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-10 Frank M. Rieger

Short-term variability of X-ray continuum spectra has been reported for several Active Galactic Nuclei. Significant X-ray flux variations are observed within time scales down to 10^3-10^5 seconds. We discuss short variability time scales in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. W. Goosmann , B. Czerny , A. -M. Dumont , M. Mouchet , A. Rozanska

The X-ray variability of the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) has been most often investigated with studies of individual, nearby, sources, and only a few ensemble analyses have been applied to large samples in wide ranges of luminosity and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-21 F. Vagnetti , S. Turriziani , D. Trevese

Context. Blazars are a subset of active galactic nuclei (AGN) with jets that are oriented along our line of sight. Variability and spectral energy distribution (SED) studies are crucial tools for understanding the physical processes…