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We have studied long-term optical, ultraviolet (UV) and X-ray observations of OJ 287 collected with the UVOT and XRT instruments mounted on board the Swift satellite to quantify spectral and temporal variability patterns observed during…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Hubert Siejkowski , Alicja Wierzcholska

We report on a recent multi-band optical photometric and polarimetric observational campaign of the blazar OJ 287 which was carried out during September 2016 -- December 2017. We employed nine telescopes in Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Japan,…

We present recent optical photometric observations of the blazar OJ 287 taken during September 2015 -- May 2016. Our intense observations of the blazar started in November 2015 and continued until May 2016 and included detection of the…

We present X-ray intraday variability, cross-correlated variability, and power spectrum density analysis of the binary black hole blazar candidate OJ 287. The X-ray pointed observations of the source were carried out on eight occasions by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Tao Huang , Alok C. Gupta , Lang Cui , Ashutosh Tripathi , Yongfeng Huang , P. U. Devanand , Xiang Liu

The results of 8-year R-band photopolarimetric data of blazar Mrk 421 collected from February 2008 to May 2016 are presented, along with extensive multiwavelength observations covering from radio to TeV $\gamma$-rays around the flares…

We present analyses of Suzaku XIS light curves and spectra of the BL Lac object OJ 287 with observations positioned primarily around proposed recurrent optical outbursts. The first two observations were performed in 2007 April 10 - 13…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-06 Dongtao Zhou , Zhongli Zhang , Alok C. Gupta , Pankaj Kushwaha , Paul J. Wiita , Minfeng Gu , Haiguang Xu

We present a multi-wavelength spectral and temporal analysis of the blazar OJ 287 during its recent activity between December 2015 -- May 2016, showing strong variability in the near-infrared (NIR) to X-ray energies with detection at…

We present the most extensive and well-sampled long-term multi-band near-infrared (NIR) temporal and spectral variability study of OJ 287, considered to be the best candidate binary supermassive black hole blazar. These observations were…

OJ 287 is a bright blazar with century-long observations, and one of the strongest candidates to host a supermassive black hole binary. Its polarisation behaviour between 2015 and 2017 (MJD 57300-58000) contains several interesting events…

In this paper, we explore the behavior of optical polarization during the multi-wavelength outburst of the blazar Mrk 421 detected in February 2010. We use optical polarization measurements in the wavelength range 500-700 nm from SPOL…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-29 K K Singh , P J Meintjes , B van Soelen , F A Ramamonjisoa , B Vaidya

We present the analysis results of flux and spectral variability of the blazar OP 313 across intra-night to short-term timescales using BVRI photometric data, gathered over 25 nights from Nov 2024 to May 2025, using two optical telescopes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-11 P. U. Devanand , Alok C. Gupta , Karan Dogra , Shubham Kishore , Tushar Tripathi

An exhaustive analysis of 9-year optical R-band photopolarimetric data of the flat-spectrum radio quasar 3C279 from 2008 February 27 to 2017 May 25 is presented, alongside with multiwavelength observing campaigns performed during the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 N. Fraija , E. Benítez , D. Hiriart , M. Sorcia , J. M. López , R. Mújica , J. I. Cabrera , A. Galván-Gámez

We present a multi-wavelength spectral and temporal investigation of OJ 287 emission during its strong optical-to-X-ray activity between July 2016 - July 2017. The daily $\gamma$-ray fluxes from \emph{Fermi}-LAT are consistent with no…

We analyzed the multi-band optical behaviour of the BL Lacertae object, S5 0716+714, during its outburst state from 2014 November - 2015 March. We took data on 23 nights at three observatories, one in India and two in Bulgaria, making…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-20 Aditi Agarwal , Alok C. Gupta , R. Bachev , A. Strigachev , E. Semkov , Paul J. Wiita , J. H. Fan , U. S. Pandey , S. Boeva , B. Spassov

We explore the variability and cross-frequency correlation of the flux density and polarization of the blazar OJ287, using imaging at 43 GHz with the Very Long Baseline Array, as well as optical and near-infrared polarimetry. The…

We have analyzed the optical light curves of the blazar OJ 287 obtained with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) over about 80 days from 2021 October 13 to December 31, with an unprecedented sampling of 2 minutes. Although…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-07 Shubham Kishore , Alok C. Gupta , Paul J. Wiita

Aims. We aim to investigate the extreme variability properties of the TeV blazar S4 0954+65 using optical photometric and polarisation observations carried out between 2017 and 2023 using three ground-based telescopes. Methods. We examined…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-01 Ashwani Pandey , Rumen Bachev , Bozena Czerny , Paul J. Wiita , Alok C. Gupta , Anton Strigachev , Adam Popowicz

As a characteristic feature of generic blazars the polarization behavior of the quasi-periodic optical outbursts observed in OJ287 is investigated. The optical light-curves of the December/2015 outburst are also simulated in terms of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-13 S. J. Qian
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