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We performed observations with the Effelsberg 100-m radio telescope to measure flux densities and polarised emission of sources selected from the "Deep X-ray Radio Blazar Survey" (DXRBS) to better define their spectral index behaviour in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-28 Franco Mantovani , Marco Bondi , Karl-Heinz Mack

Even with several thousand {\it Fermi}-LAT blazar detections, the $\gamma$-ray emission mechanism is poorly understood. We explore correlated optical/$\gamma$-ray flux variations for 178 {\it Fermi}-LAT blazars regularly monitored by KAIT,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-07-31 I. Liodakis , R. W. Romani , A. V. Filippenko , D. Kocevski , W. Zheng

For a new sample of 8 weak-line-quasars (WLQs) we report a sensitive search in 20 intranight monitoring sessions, for blazar-like optical flux variations on hour-like and longer time scale (day/month/year$-$like). The sample consists…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 P. Kumar , Gopal-Krishna , C. S. Stalin , H. Chand , R. Srianand , P. Petitjean

Blazar S5 0716+714 is well-known for its short-term variability, down to intra-day time-scales. We here present the 2-min cadence optical light curve obtained by the TESS space telescope in 2019 December - 2020 January and analyse the…

We present the first results of an ongoing intra-day variability (IDV) flux density monitoring program of 107 blazars, which were selected from a sample of RadioAstron space very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) targets. The~IDV…

We conducted a multi-wavelength monitoring campaign of the blazar S5 0716+714 from 2022 November 26 to 2023 May 28 using optical telescopes in Egypt and Bulgaria. Data were taken during 84 nights in 11 of which intranight monitoring was…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-03 B. M. Mihov , E. G. Elhosseiny , L. S. Slavcheva-Mihova , A. Takey , M. N. Ismail , R. Mawad

We present results of optical observations of the extremely violently variable blazar S4 0954+65 on intra-night time scales. The object showed flux changes of up to 100% within a few hours. Time delays between optical bands, color changes…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-20 Rumen Bachev , Anton Strigachev , Evgeni Semkov , Rosa Victoria Muñoz Dimitrova , Georgi Latev , Borislav Spassov , Blagovest Petrov

We report on optical-near-infrared photopolarimetric observations of a blazar 3C 454.3 over 200 d. The object experienced an optical outburst in July 2007. This outburst was followed by a short state fainter than $V=15.2$ mag lasting $\sim…

Aims. We aim at studying the near infrared linear polarization signal of rapidly rotating ultracool dwarfs with spectral types ranging from M7 through T2 and projected rotational velocities vsini >= 30 km s^{-1}. All these dwarfs are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Paulo Alberto Miles-Páez , María Rosa Zapatero Osorio , Enric Pallé , Karla Peña Ramírez

The long-term optical and infrared color variability of blazars has been investigated with the SMARTS monitoring data. The sample in this study consists of 49 flat spectrum radio quasars and 22 BL Lac objects. The fractional variability…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-11-11 Bing-Kai Zhang , Xiao-Shan Zhou , Xiao-Yun Zhao , Ben-Zhong Dai

We present high signal-to-noise ratio, multi-frequency polarization pulse profiles for 24 millisecond pulsars that are being observed as part of the Parkes Pulsar Timing Array (PPTA) project. The pulsars are observed in three bands, centred…

With their jet pointing towards us, blazars are ideal tools to study the physics and structure of extragalactic jets. Their powerful jets are cosmic particle accelerators and are alleged to be one of the production sites of the high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-25 Claudia M. Raiteri

We report on multi-frequency linear polarization monitoring of 15 active galactic nuclei containing highly relativistic jets with apparent speeds from $\sim$4 $c$ to $>40c$. The measurements were obtained at optical, 1 mm, and 3 mm…

We present ~2000 polarimetric and ~3000 photometric observations of 15 gamma-ray bright blazars over a period of 936 days (11/10/2008 - 26/10/2012) using data from the Tuorla blazar monitoring program (KVA DIPOL) and Liverpool Telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-15 H. Jermak , I. A. Steele , E. Lindfors , T. Hovatta , K. Nilsson , G. P. Lamb , C. Mundell , U. Barres de Almeida , A. Berdyugin , V. Kadenius , R. Reinthal , L. Takalo

We report the detection of high polarization in the first detailed optical linear polarization measurements on the BL Lac object CGRaBS J0211+1051, which flared in $\gamma$-rays on 2011 January 23 as reported by Fermi. The observations were…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Sunil Chandra , Kiran S Baliyan , Shashikiran Ganesh , Umesh Joshi

In this work, I have presented a multi-frequency variability and correlation study of the blazar Ton 599, which was observed first time in flaring state at the end of 2017. Data from \textit{Fermi}-LAT, Swift-XRT/UVOT, Steward Observatory,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-30 Raj Prince

Optical monitoring of S5 0716+714 was performed with a 60/90 Schmidt telescope in 2003 November and December and 2004 January for studying the variability of the object on short timescales. Due to the high brightness of the source we could…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jianghua Wu , Bo Peng , Xu Zhou , Jun Ma , Zhaoji Jiang , Jiansheng Chen

We report on polarimetric observations of 100 pulsars centered on 774 MHz, made using the Green Bank Telescope, presenting their polarization profiles and polarized flux densities and comparing them with previous observations when possible.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-25 J. L. Han , P. B. Demorest , W. van Straten , A. G. Lyne

We aim to study the optical and near-infrared linear polarimetric properties of a sample of young M7-L7 dwarfs ($\approx$1-500 Myr) with spectroscopic signatures of low- and intermediate-gravity atmospheres. We collected optical ($RIZ$) and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-26 P. A. Miles-Páez , M. R. Zapatero Osorio , E. Pallé , K. Peña Ramírez
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