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The Milagro telescope monitors the northern sky for 100 GeV - 100 TeV transient emission through continuous very high energy wide-field observations. The large effective area and low energy threshold of Milagro allow it to detect very high…

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Blazars are promising sources of extragalactic high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, detected at energies $\gtrsim 10$ TeV by the IceCube neutrino observatory. Here, we report the first-ever broadband timing and spectral study of the…

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We report on the variations of the physical parameters of the jet observed in the blazar Mrk 421, and discuss the origin of X-ray flares in the jet, based on the analysis of the several spectral energy distributions (SEDs). The SEDs are…

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Blazars outburst provide an opportunity to study their spectral behaviour, correlated variations, and structure of the jet. Such an unprecedented flaring activity in FSRQ CTA102, during 2016 - 2017, is used for a detailed study to…

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Multi-wavelength observations with TeV photons are an essential diagnostic tool to study the physics of TeV sources. The complex variability of blazars, however (timescales from years down to minutes, with different patterns and SED…

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BL Lacertae, the prototype of the BL Lacertae (BL Lac) category of blazars, underwent a giant $\gamma-$ray flare in April 2021. The Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (hereafter Fermi-LAT) observed a peak…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-12-21 Ashwani Pandey , C. S. Stalin

We present a study of the multiwavelength (MW) variability of the blazar AO 0235+164 based on the radio-to-$\gamma$-ray data covering a long time period from 1997 to 2023. The radio data are represented by the 1-22 GHz measurements from the…

The \emph{Fermi} Large Area Telescope (LAT) discovered a new gamma-ray source near the Galactic plane, \object{Fermi J0109+6134}, when it flared brightly in 2010 February. The low Galactic latitude (b =-1.2\degr) indicated that the source…

We present a detailed investigation of the flaring activity observed from a BL Lac object, S5 0716+714 , during its brightest ever optical state in the second half of January 2015. Observed almost simultaneously in the optical, X-rays and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-08-26 Sunil Chandra , Haocheng Zhang , Pankaj Kushwaha , K. P. Singh , M. Bottcher , Navpreet Kaur , K. S. Baliyan

During remarkable flaring activity in 1997 Markarian 501 was the brightest source in the sky at TeV energies, outshining the Crab Nebula by a factor of up to 10. Periods of flaring activity each lasting a few days were observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. J. Protheroe , C. L. Bhat , P. Fleury , E. Lorenz , M. Teshima , T. C. Weekes

The blazar 3C 279 exhibited twin $\gamma$-ray flares of similar intensity in 2013 December and 2014 April. In this work, we present a detailed multi-wavelength analysis of the 2013 December flaring event. Multi-frequency observations reveal…

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We report a characterization of the multi-band flux variability and correlations of the nearby (z=0.031) blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) using data from Mets\"{a}hovi, Swift, Fermi-LAT, MAGIC, FACT and other collaborations and instruments…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-26 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , K. Asano , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingarian , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , T. Di Girolamo , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , M. Doro , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , J. G. Green , D. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , T. Inada , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , J. Jormanainen , L. Jouvin , Y. Kajiwara , M. Karjalainen , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , S. Mender , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , T. Miener , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , P. Peñil , C. Perennes , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , C. Priyadarshi , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , FACT collaboration , : , A. Arbet-Engels , D. Baack , M. Balbo , M. Beck , N. Biederbeck , A. Biland , T. Bretz , K. Bruegge , J. Buss , D. Dorner , D. Elsaesser , D. Hildebrand , R. Iotov , M. Klinger , K. Mannheim , D. Neise , A. Neronov , M. Noethe , A. Paravac , W. Rhode , B. Schleicher , V. Sliusar , F. Theissen , R. Walter , MWL Collaborators , : , J. Valverde , D. Horan , M. Giroletti , M. Perri , F. Verrecchia , C. Leto , A. C. Sadun , J. W. Moody , M. Joner , A. P. Marscher , S. G. Jorstad , A. Lähteenmäki , M. Tornikoski , V. Ramakrishnan , E. Järvelä , R. J. C. Vera , S. Righini , A. Y. Lien

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

Context. The radio galaxy IC 310 has recently been identified as a gamma-ray emitter based on observations at GeV energies with Fermi-LAT and at very high energies (VHE, E>100GeV) with the MAGIC telescopes. Originally classified as a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 The MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , 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 , C. Delgado Mendez , B. De Lotto , 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 , V. Kadenius , M. L. Knoetig , T. Krähenbühl , J. Krause , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , R. López-Coto , M. López , 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 , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , S. Partini , M. Persic , F. Prada , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , S. Preziuso , 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 , J. Thaele , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , M. Uellenbeck , P. Vogler , R. M. Wagner , Q. Weitzel , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin , T. Dauser , P. Fortin , M. Kadler , F. Krauß , S. Wilbert , J. Wilms

Blazars can be detected from very large distances due to their high luminosity. However, the detection of $\gamma$-ray emission of blazars beyond $z=3$ has only been confirmed for a small number of sources. Such observations probe the…

We report on broadband observations of CTA 102 ($z=1.037$) during the active states in 2016-2017. In the $\gamma$-ray band, Fermi LAT observed several prominent flares which followed a harder-when-brighter behavior: the hardest photon index…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-08-22 S. Gasparyan , N. Sahakyan , V. Baghmanyan , D. Zargaryan