Related papers: NuSTAR View of TeV Blazar Mrk 501

Characterizing X-ray Variability of TeV Blazars

In this review, I will discuss how to characterize synchrotron X-ray variability of TeV blazars by using the observed/simulated light curves. Apparently, temporal studies provide independent and complementary information to the spectral…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-27 Jun Kataoka

Broad-band temporal and spectral study of TeV blazar TXS 0518+211

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

X-ray timing and spectral variability properties of blazars S5 0716+714, OJ 287, Mrk 501, and RBS 2070

The X-ray emission from blazars has been widely investigated using several space telescopes. In this work, we explored statistical properties of the X-ray variability in the blazars S5 0716+714, OJ 287, Mkn 501 and RBS 2070 using the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-01-28 Maksym Mohorian , Gopal Bhatta , Tek P. Adhikari , Niraj Dhital , Radim Pánis , Adithiya Dinesh , Suvas C. Chaudhary , Rajesh K. Bachchan , Zdeňek Stuchlík

A Novel Approach in Constraining Electron Spectra in Blazar Jets: The Case of Markarian 421

We report results from the observations of the well studied TeV blazar Mrk 421 with the Swift and the Suzaku satellites in December 2008. During the observation, Mrk 421 was found in a relatively low activity state, with the corresponding…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Ushio , L. Stawarz , T. Takahashi , D. Paneque , G. Madejski , M. Hayashida , J. Kataoka , Y. T. Tanaka , T. Tanaka , M. Ostrowski

Time-Dependent Modeling of the Sub-Hour Spectral Evolution During the 2013 Outburst of Mrk 421

In April 2013, the TeV blazar Markarian~421 underwent one of its most powerful emission outbursts to date. An extensive multi-instrument campaign featuring MAGIC, VERITAS, and \textit{NuSTAR} provided comprehensive very-high-energy (VHE; $E…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-06 MAGIC Collaboration , K. Abe , S. Abe , J. Abhir , A. Abhishek , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , C. Arcaro , T. T. H. Arnesen , A. Babić , C. Bakshi , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , L. Barrios-Jiménez , I. Batković , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž Bošnjak , E. Bronzini , I. Burelli , A. Campoy-Ordaz , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , M. Carretero-Castrillo , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , A. Cifuentes , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , F. D'Ammando , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , A. Dinesh , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsaesser , J. Escudero , L. Fariña , L. Foffano , L. Font , S. Fröse , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , S. García Soto , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , T. Gradetzke , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , P. Günther , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera Llorente , D. Hrupec , D. Israyelyan , J. Jahanvi , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jiménez Quiles , J. Jormanainen , S. Kankkunen , T. Kayanoki , J. Konrad , P. M. Kouch , G. Koziol , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Laínez , A. Lamastra , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , L. Lulić , E. Lyard , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , K. Mannheim , S. Marchesi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , P. Maruševec , S. Menchiari , J. Méndez Gallego , S. Menon , D. Miceli , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , C. Nanci , A. Negro , V. Neustroev , L. Nickel , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , L. Nikolić , S. Nozaki , A. Okumura , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Peresano , M. Persic , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , F. Podobnik , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , A. Roy , N. Sahakyan , F. G. Saturni , K. Schmitz , F. Schmuckermaier , T. Schweizer , A. Sciaccaluga , G. Silvestri , A. Simongini , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , H. Tajima , R. Takeishi , F. Tavecchio , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , G. Verna , I. Viale , A. Vigliano , C. F. Vigorito , E. Visentin , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , R. Walter , F. Wersig , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , P. K. H. Yeung , M. Petropoulou , M. Polkas , A. Mastichiadis

Extreme synchrotron blazars: the case of Mkn 501

BeppoSAX observations of Mkn501 in April 1997 (Pian et al. 1998), have revealed an extraordinary X-ray emission from this BL Lac object, during a phase of high activity at TeV energies, as monitored with the Whipple, HEGRA and CAT Cerenkov…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 G. Ghisellini

Multi-band behaviour of the TeV blazar PG 1553+113 in optical range on diverse timescales

Context. The TeV BL Lac object PG 1553+113 is one of the primary candidates for a binary supermassive black hole system. Aims. We study the flux and spectral variability of PG 1553+113 on intra-night to long-term timescales using (i) BVRI…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-27 A. Agarwal , B. Mihov , I. Andruchow , Sergio A. Cellone , G. C. Anupama , V. Agrawal , S. Zola , L. Slavcheva-Mihova , Aykut Ozdonmez , Ergun Ege , Ashish Raj , Luis Mammana , L. Zibecchi , E. Fernández-Lajús

Multiwavelength Observations of a Flare from Markarian 501

We present multiwavelength observations of the BL Lacertae object Markarian 501 (Mrk 501) in 1997 between April 8 and April 19. Evidence of correlated variability is seen in very high energy (VHE, E > 350 GeV) gamma-ray observations taken…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Catanese , S. M. Bradbury , A. C. Breslin , J. H. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. F. Cawley , C. D. Dermer , D. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. A. Gaidos , A. M. Hillas , W. N. Johnson , F. Krennrich , R. C. Lamb , R. W. Lessard , D. J. Macomb , J. E. McEnery , P. Moriarty , J. Quinn , A. J. Rodgers , H. J. Rose , F. W. Samuelson , G. H. Sembroski , R. Srinivasan , T. C. Weekes , J. Zweerink

ANTARES search for high-energy neutrinos from TeV-emitting blazars, Markarian 421 and 501, in coincidence with HAWC gamma-ray flares

An updated analysis of a targeted search for high-energy neutrinos from Markarian 421 and Markarian 501 is reported. They are two of the closest and brightest extragalactic sources in the TeV band. In contrast to other types of active…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-13 Mukharbek Organokov , Thierry Pradier

The Study of TeV Variability and Duty Cycle of Mrk 421 from 3 Years of Observations with the Milagro Observatory

TeV flaring activity with time scales as short as tens of minutes and an orphan TeV flare have been observed from the blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421). The TeV emission from Mrk 421 is believed to be produced by leptonic synchrotron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 A. A. Abdo , A. U. Abeysekara , B. T. Allen , T. Aune , A. S. Barber , D. Berley , J. Braun , C. Chen , G. E. Christopher , R. S. Delay , T. DeYoung , B. L. Dingus , R. W. Ellsworth , N. Fraija , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , E. Hays , C. M. Hoffman , P. H. Hüntemeyer , A. Imran , B. E. Kolterman , J. T. Linnemann , A. Marinelli , J. E. McEnery , T. Morgan , A. I. Mincer , P. Nemethy , B. Patricelli , J. Pretz , J. M. Ryan , P. M. Saz Parkinson , M. Schneider , A. Shoup , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , V. Vasileiou , G. P. Walker , D. A. Williams , G. B. Yodh

Extreme TeV blazars and the intergalactic magnetic field

We study the four BL Lac objects (RGB J0152+017, 1ES 0229+200, 1ES 0347-121 and PKS 0548-322) detected in the TeV band but not present in the 1FGL catalogue of the Fermi/Large Area Telescope. We analize the 24 months of LAT data deriving…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 F. Tavecchio , G. Ghisellini , G. Bonnoli , L. Foschini

Very High-Energy ($>$50 GeV) Gamma-ray Flux Variability of Bright Fermi Blazars

Understanding the high-energy emission processes and variability patterns are two of the most challenging research problems associated with relativistic jets. In particular, the long-term (months-to-years) flux variability at very high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-23 Vaidehi S. Paliya

Investigation of the correlation patterns and the Compton dominance variability of Mrk 421 in 2017

We present a detailed characterisation and theoretical interpretation of the broadband emission of the paradigmatic TeV blazar Mrk 421, with special focus on the multi-band flux correlations. The dataset has been collected through an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-01 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , M. Artero , K. Asano , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , O. Blanch , 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 , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , M. Doro , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , 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 , I. Jiménez , 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 , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , 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. Menchiari , 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 , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , 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 , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , 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 , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , C. Wunderlich , D. Zarić , FACT Collaboration , : , D. Baack , M. Balbo , N. Biederbeck , A. Biland , T. Bretz , J. Buss , D. Dorner , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsaesser , D. Hildebrand , R. Iotov , K. Mannheim , D. Neise , M. Noethe , A. Paravac , W. Rhode , B. Schleicher , V. Sliusar , R. Walter , Other groups , collaborations , : , F. D'Ammando , D. Horan , A. Y. Lien , M. Baloković , G. M. Madejski , M. Perri , F. Verrecchia , C. Leto , A. Lähteenmäki , M. Tornikoski , V. Ramakrishnan , E. Järvelä , R. J. C. Vera , M. Villata , C. M. Raiteri , A. C. Gupta , A. Pandey , A. Fuentes , I. Agudo , C. Casadio , E. Semkov , S. Ibryamov , A. Marchini , R. Bachev , A. Strigachev , E. Ovcharov , V. Bozhilov , A. Valcheva , E. Zaharieva , G. Damljanovic , O. Vince , V. M. Larionov , G. A. Borman , T. S. Grishina , V. A. Hagen-Thorn , E. N. Kopatskaya , E. G. Larionova , L. V. Larionova , D. A. Morozova , A. A. Nikiforova , S. S. Savchenko , I. S. Troitskiy , Y. V. Troitskaya , A. A. Vasilyev , O. A. Merkulova , W. P. Chen , M. Samal , H. C. Lin , J. W. Moody , A. C. Sadun , S. G. Jorstad , A. P. Marscher , Z. R. Weaver , M. Feige , J. Kania , M. Kopp , L. Kunkel , D. Reinhart , A. Scherbantin , L. Schneider , C. Lorey , J. A. Acosta-Pulido , M. I. Carnerero , D. Carosati , S. O. Kurtanidze , O. M. Kurtanidze , M. G. Nikolashvili , R. G. Chanishvili , R. A. Chigladze , R. Z. Ivanidze , G. N. Kimeridze , L. A. Sigua , M. D. Joner , M. Spencer , M. Giroletti , N. Marchili , S. Righini , N. Rizzi , G. Bonnoli

Understanding the Spectra of TeV Blazars: Implications for the Cosmic Infrared Background

With the arrival of powerful, ground-based gamma-ray detectors, we can now begin to seriously probe, via simultaneous X-ray/TeV observations, the origin of the gamma-ray emission in the blazars Mrk 421 and 501. If the synchrotron-Compton…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-15 Paolo S. Coppi Felix A. Aharonian

First NuSTAR observations of the BL Lac - type blazar PKS~2155-304: constraints on the jet content and distribution of radiating particles

We report the first hard X-ray observations with NuSTAR of the BL Lac type blazar PKS 2155-304, augmented with soft X-ray data from XMM-Newton and gamma-ray data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope, obtained in April 2013 when the source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-11-09 G. M. Madejski , K. Nalewajko , K. K. Madsen , J. Chiang , M. Baloković , D. Paneque , A. K. Furniss , M. Hayashida , C. M. Urry , M. Sikora , M. Ajello , R. D. Blandford , F. A. Harrison , D. Sanchez , B. Giebels , D. Stern , D. M. Alexander , D. Barret , S. E. Boggs , F. E. Christensen , W. W. Craig , K. Forster , P. Giommi , B. Grefenstette , C. Hailey , A. Hornstrup , T. Kitaguchi , J. E. Koglin , P. H. Mao , H. Miyasaka , K. Mori , M. Perri , M. J. Pivovaroff , S. Puccetti , V. Rana , N. J. Westergaard , W. W. Zhang , A. Zoglauer

The time averaged TeV energy spectrum of Mkn 501 of the extraordinary 1997 outburst as measured with the stereoscopic Cherenkov telescope system of HEGRA

During the several months of the outburst of Mkn 501 in 1997 the source has been monitored in TeV gamma-rays with the HEGRA stereoscopic system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Quite remarkably it turned out that the shapes of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Aharonian

Unprecedented temporal evolution of the broad-band emission of the BL Lac Mrk 501

The TeV BL Lac object Markarian 501 has been the subject of a 4.5 month multi-instrument campaign conducted in 2009, which provided an excellent temporal and energy coverage from radio to very high energy gamma rays (>100 GeV, VHE). During…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Marlene Doert , David Paneque

Spectral Energy Distributions for TeV Blazars

In this work, we collected a sample of 69 TeV blazars from TeVCat, obtained their multi-wavelength observations, and fitted their spectral energy distributions by using the second degree polynomial function. The structure parameters of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-17 C. Lin , J. H. Fan

The complex variability of blazars: Time-scales and periodicity analysis in S4 0954+65

Among active galactic nuclei, blazars show extreme variability properties. We here investigate the case of the BL Lac object S4 0954+65 with data acquired in 2019-2020 by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and by the Whole…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-12 C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , V. M. Larionov , S. G. Jorstad , A. P. Marscher , Z. R. Weaver

Log-parabolic spectra and particle acceleration in blazars. III: SSC emission in the TeV band from Mkn 501

Curved broad-band spectral distributions of non-thermal sources like blazars are described well by a log-parabolic (LP) law where the second degree term measures the curvature. LP energy spectra can be obtained for relativistic electrons by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Massaro , A. Tramacere , M. Perri , P. Giommi , G. Tosti