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We present a long-term broad-band temporal and spectral study of a TeV BL Lac source TXS 0518+211 by analyzing nearly 16 years (MJD 54682 -- 60670) of simultaneous optical, UV and X-ray light curves from \textit{Swift}-XRT/UVOT and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-06 Avik Kumar Das , Pankaj Kushwaha , Veeresh Singh , Sandeep Kumar Mondal , Goldy Ahuja , Deekshya R. Sarkar

PKS 1510-089 is one of the most variable blazars in the third Fermi-LAT source catalog. During 2015, this source has shown four flares identified as flare A, B, C, and D in between three quiescent states Q1, Q2, and Q3. The multi-wavelength…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-10-09 Raj Prince , Nayantara Gupta , Krzysztof Nalewajko

I present a study of the high-energy gamma-ray properties of the flat spectrum radio quasar, PKS 1510-089, based on 3.75 years of observations with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) detector on-board the Fermi gamma-ray Space Telescope.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Anthony M. Brown

One of the most powerful gamma-ray bursts, GRB 130427A was swiftly detected from GeV $\gamma$-rays to optical wavelengths. In the GeV band, the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope observed the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-09 Nissim Fraija , William H. Lee , Péter Veres

Time variability of the photon flux is a known feature of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and in particular of blazars. The high frequency peaked BL Lac (HBL) object PKS 2155-304 is one of the brightest sources in the TeV band and has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Jill Chevalier , Max Anton Kastendieck , Frank Rieger , Gilles Maurin , Jean-Philippe Lenain , Giovanni Lamanna

The blazar AO 0235+164 was claimed to show a quasi-periodic behaviour in the radio and optical bands. Moreover, an extra emission component contributing to the UV and soft X-ray flux was detected, whose nature is not yet clear. A predicted…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , V. M. Larionov , M. F. Aller , U. Bach

We present detailed observations of the bright short-hard gamma-ray burst GRB 090510 made with the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi observatory. GRB 090510 is the first burst detected by the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-03-17 The Fermi LAT , GBM Collaborations

Context: The nearby (z=0.031) TeV blazar Mrk421 was reported to be in a high state of flux activity since November, 2009. Aims: To investigate possible changes in the physical parameters of Mrk421 during its high state of activity using…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 A. Shukla , V. R. Chitnis , P. R. Vishwanath , B. S. Acharya , G. C. Anupama , P. Bhattacharjee , R. J. Britto , T. P. Prabhu , L. Saha , B. B. Singh

The radio, optical, and $\gamma$-ray light curves of the blazar S5 1803+784, from the beginning of the {\it Fermi} Large Area Telescope (LAT) mission in August 2008 until December 2018, are presented. The aim of this work is to look for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-03 R. Nesci , S. Cutini , C. Stanghellini , F. Martinelli , A. Maselli , V. M. Lipunov , V. Kornilov , R. R. Lopez , A. Siviero , M. Giroletti , M. Orienti

Motivated by the Costamante & Ghisellini (2002) predictions we investigated if the blazar 1ES 1727+502 (z=0.055) is emitting very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma rays. We observed the BL Lac object 1ES 1727+502 in stereoscopic mode with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-11 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , M. Asensio , M. Backes , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , K. Berger , E. Bernardini , A. Biland , O. Blanch , R. K. Bock , A. Boller , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , D. Borla Tridon , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , D. Carreto Fidalgo , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , L. Cossio , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , B. De Lotto , C. Delgado Mendez , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , E. Farina , D. Ferenc , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , G. Giavitto , N. Godinović , A. González Muñoz , S. R. Gozzini , A. Hadamek , D. Hadasch , D. Häfner , A. Herrero , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , W. Idec , F. Jankowski , V. Kadenius , S. Klepser , M. L. Knoetig , T. Krähenbühl , J. Krause , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , E. Lorenz , I. Lozano , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , J. Masbou , D. Mazin , M. Meucci , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , J. Moldón , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , D. Nakajima , A. Niedzwiecki , K. Nilsson , N. Nowak , R. Orito , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , S. Partini , M. Persic , F. Prada , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , I. Reichardt , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , S. Rügamer , A. Saggion , K. Saito , T. Y. Saito , M. Salvati , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , S. Spiro , V. Stamatescu , A. Stamerra , B. Steinke , J. Storz , S. Sun , T. Surić , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , M. Uellenbeck , P. Vogler , R. M. Wagner , Q. Weitzel , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin

We report the extraordinary gamma-ray activity (E>100 MeV) of the gravitationally lensed blazar PKS 1830-211 (z=2.507) detected by AGILE between October and November 2010. The source experienced on October 14 a flux increase of a factor of…

M87 is the only known non blazar radio galaxy to emit very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays. During a monitoring program of M87, a rapid flare in VHE gamma-rays was detected by the MAGIC telescope in early 2008. The flux was found to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

The gamma-ray emission of blazar jets shows a pronounced variability and this feature provides limits to the size and to the speed of the emitting region. We study the gamma-ray variability of bright blazars using data from the first 18…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 T. Sbarrato , L. Foschini , G. Ghisellini , F. Tavecchio

Published EGRET spectra from blazars extend only to 10 GeV, yet EGRET has detected approximately 2000 gamma-rays above 10 GeV of which about half are at high Galactic latitude. We report a search of these high-energy gamma-rays for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Brenda L. Dingus , David L. Bertsch

MAGIC collaboration has recently analyzed data from a long-term multiwavelength campaign of the $\gamma$-ray blazar TXS 0506+056. In December 2018, it was flaring in the very-high-energy (VHE; $E>100$ GeV) $\gamma$-ray band, but no…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-16 Saikat Das , Nayantara Gupta , Soebur Razzaque

Context. Blazar AO 0235+164, located at redshift z = 0.94, has undergone several sharp multi-spectral-range flaring episodes during the last decades. In particular, the episodes peaking in 2008 and 2015, that received extensive…

The blazar 3C 279 is well known for its rapid and large-amplitude variability. On 20 December 2013, the source exhibited an orphan {\gamma}-ray flare characterized by a flux-doubling timescale of a few hours, a very hard spectrum, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-04 Sébastien Le Bihan , Anton Dmytriiev , Andreas Zech

This work present the results of a multi-epoch observational study of the blazar S5\,1803+784, carried out from 2019 to 2023. The analysis is based on simultaneous data obtained from the Swift/UVOT/XRT, ASAS-SN, and Fermi-LAT instruments. A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-27 Javaid Tantry , Ajay Sharma , Zahir Shah , Naseer Iqbal , Debanjan Bose

In spring 2005 the blazar 3C 454.3 was observed in an unprecedented bright state from the near-IR to the hard X-ray frequencies. A mm outburst peaked in June-July 2005, and it was followed by a flux increase at high radio frequencies. In…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 M. Villata , C. M. Raiteri , M. F. Aller

We report the results of a multifrequency campaign targeting S5 0716+714 in the flaring state of the source observed in 2015 January and February. The observations have been performed using the following instruments: Fermi/Large Area…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-03 Alicja Wierzcholska , Hubert Siejkowski