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We made simultaneous single-dish and very long baseline interferometer (VLBI) observations of a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy (NLS1) 1H 0323+342, showing gamma-ray activity revealed by Fermi/LAT observations. We found significant variation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-18 Kiyoaki Wajima , Kenta Fujisawa , Masaaki Hayashida , Naoki Isobe , Takafumi Ishida , Yoshinori Yonekura

Based on the detected variability time scales of X-ray and TeV gamma-ray emission, and the observed multiwavelength photon spectrum, of Mrk 421 we place constraints on the allowed parameter space (magnetic field and Doppler factor of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 W. Bednarek , R. J. Protheroe

3C 454.3 is a flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) known for its high variability across the electromagnetic spectrum, showing structural and flux variability in its pc-scale jet, and correlated variability among frequency bands. This study…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-24 Eva Palafox , Víctor Manuel Patiño-Álvarez , Vahram Chavushyan , Andrei Lobanov , Sergio A. Dzib , J. Anton Zensus

We report on variability and correlation studies using multiwavelength observations of the blazar Mrk 421 during the month of February, 2010 when an extraordinary flare reaching a level of $\sim$27~Crab Units above 1~TeV was measured in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-06 A. U. Abeysekara , W. Benbow , R. Bird , A. Brill , R. Brose , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , M. K. Daniel , J. Dumm , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , A. Gent , G. H. Gillanders , C. Giuri , O. Gueta , T. Hassan , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nelson , D. Nieto , M. Nievas-Rosillo , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , A. Petrashyk , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , R. R. Prado , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , A. C. Rovero , C. Rulten , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , B. Stevenson , I. Sushch , J. Tyler , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , R. M. Wells , P. Wilcox , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , D. Baack , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , U. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , F. Di Pierro , E. Do Souto Espiñera , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , A. Fernández-Barral , G. Ferrara , D. Fidalgo , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , S. Gallozzi , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Godinović , D. Green , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , S. Masuda , D. Mazin , D. Miceli , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , M. Nöthe , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , P. Peñil , M. Peresano , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Somero , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , S. Sun , T. Surić , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , S. Tsujimoto , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , H. D. Aller , M. F. Aller , M. T. Carini , D. Horan , B. Jordan , Svetlana G. Jorstad , O. M. Kurtanidze , S. O. Kurtanidze , A. Lähteenmäki , V. M. Larionov , E. G. Larionova , G. Madejski , Alan P. Marscher , W. Max-Moerbeck , J. Ward Moody , D. A. Morozova , M. G. Nikolashvili , C. M. Raiteri , A. C. S. Readhead , J. L. Richards , Alberto C. Sadun , T. Sakamoto , L. A. Sigua , P. S. Smith , H. Talvikki , J. Tammi , M. Tornikoski , I. S. Troitsky , M. Villata

We analyzed Suzaku/XIS data of 2006--2015 observations of a gamma-ray emitting radio galaxy NGC 1275, and brightening of the nucleus in the X-ray band was found in 2013--2015, correlating with GeV Gamma-ray brightening. This is the first…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-08-15 Yasushi Fukazawa , Kensei Shiki , Yasuyuki Tanaka , Ryosuke Itoh , Hiroshi Nagai

We analyse the spectra of the archival XMM-Newton data of the Seyfert 1 AGN Zw 229.015 in the energy range $0.3 - 10.0$ keV. When fitted with a simple power-law, the spectrum shows signatures of weak soft excess below 1.0 keV. We find that…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-21 Oluwashina Adegoke , Suvendu Rakshit , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay

Monitoring with the Ryle Telescope at 15 GHz of the Galactic X-ray transient source GRS 1915+105 has revealed a remarkable range of rapid and extended flares which appear to be related to the X-ray emission as recorded by the RXTE all-sky…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. G. Pooley , R. P. Fender

We performed variability analysis of the multiwavelength light curves for the flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS 0727-11. Using the generalized Lomb-Scargle periodogram, we identified a possible quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) of $\sim$ 168.6…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-28 Yuncai Shen , Tingfeng Yi , Vinit Dhiman , Lisheng Mao , Liang Dong

Data from the first three years of RXTE observations have been systematically analyzed to yield a set of 300 day, 2-10 keV light curves with similarly uniform, ~5 day sampling, for a total of nine Seyfert 1 galaxies. This is the first X-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Markowitz , R. Edelson

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the temporal and spectral variability of the low-energy peaked BL Lac object S5 0716+714 with a long (~74 ks)X-ray observation performed by XMM-Newton on 2007 September 24-25. The source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 You-Hong Zhang

We report on multi-frequency, wideband radio observations of the Galactic Center magnetar (SGR 1745$-$2900) with the Green Bank Telescope for $\sim$100 days immediately following its initial X-ray outburst in April 2013. We made multiple…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-06 T. T. Pennucci , A. Possenti , P. Esposito , N. Rea , D. Haggard , F. K. Baganoff , M. Burgay , F. Coti Zelati , G. L. Israel , A. Minter

Fifteen ROSAT PSPC observations available in the public archive are analyzed in order to study time and spectral variability of the 12 EMSS AGN detected by ROSAT with more than 2000 net counts. Time variability was investigated on 13…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paolo Ciliegi , Tommaso Maccacaro

Spectral lag, the time difference between the arrival of high-energy and low-energy photons, is a common feature in Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs). Norris et al. 2000 reported a correlation between the spectral lag and the isotropic peak…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 T. N. Ukwatta , M. Stamatikos , K. S. Dhuga , T. Sakamoto , S. D. Barthelmy , A. Eskandarian , N. Gehrels , L. C. Maximon , J. P. Norris , W. C. Parke

Swift monitoring of NGC 4151 with ~6 hr sampling over a total of 69 days in early 2016 is used to construct light curves covering five bands in the X-rays (0.3-50 keV) and six in the ultraviolet (UV)/optical (1900-5500 A). The three hardest…

Spectral variability of radio sources encodes information about the conditions of intervening media, source structure, and emission processes. With new low-frequency radio interferometers observing over wide fractional bandwidths, studies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-23 K. Ross , J. R. Callingham , N. Hurley-Walker , N. Seymour , P. Hancock , T. M. O. Franzen , J. Morgan , S. V. White , M. E. Bell , P. Patil

During the observation period 1997, the nearby Blazar Mkn 501 showed extremely strong emission and high variability. We examine multiwavelength aspects of this event using radio, optical, soft and hard X-ray and TeV data. We concentrate on…

We address the highly debated issue of constraining the gamma-ray emission region in blazars from cross-correlation analysis using discrete correlation function between radio and gamma-ray light curves. The significance of the correlations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-16 V. Ramakrishnan , T. Hovatta , E. Nieppola , M. Tornikoski , A. Lähteenmäki , E. Valtaoja

This paper presents the gamma-ray spectral and timing results from the long-term regular observations of Mrk 421 with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard Fermi during 2008 August - 2023 August. We discerned six periods the relatively…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-05 B. Kapanadze , A. Gurchumelia , M. Aller

This paper presents a comprehensive examination of the X-ray continuum variability of the bright Seyfert 1 galaxy MCG-6-30-15. The source clearly shows the strong, linear correlation between rms variability amplitude and flux first seen in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 S. Vaughan , A. C. Fabian , K. Nandra

We present the results of the power spectral density (PSD) analysis for the blazars Mrk\,421 and PKS\,2155$-$304, using good-quality, densely sampled light curves at multiple frequencies, covering 17 decades of the electromagnetic spectrum,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-22 Arti Goyal