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We present new measurements of the evolution of the X-ray luminosity functions (XLFs) of unabsorbed and absorbed Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) out to z~5. We construct samples containing 2957 sources detected at hard (2-7 keV) X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-11 James Aird , Alison L. Coil , Antonis Georgakakis , Kirpal Nandra , Guillermo Barro , Pablo G. Perez-Gonzalez

We examine the long term (~10 years) gamma-ray variability of blazars observed by EGRET and Fermi and find that for six sources the average flux varied by more than an order of magnitude. For two of these sources (PKS 0208-512 and PKS…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-26 Debbijoy Bhattacharya , Ranjeev Misra , A. R. Rao , P. Sreekumar

AIMS. We are studying an unbiased sample of 42 nearby (z < 0.2) BL Lacertae objects with a multi-wavelength approach. The results of VLBI observations were presented in the first paper of this series. In this paper, we study the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-08 F. D'Ammando , M. Giroletti , S. Rainò

We report the detection of a gamma-ray spectral line at approximately 1.5 GeV in three active galactic nuclei (AGN) using 17 years of Fermi-LAT observations. The sample includes both blazars (with relativistic jets directed toward Earth)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-02 Shi-Ju Kang , Yue Yin , Yong-Gang Zheng , Qingwen Wu

Radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) play an important role in the evolution of galaxies through the effects on their environment. The two major morphological classes are core-bright (FRI) and edge-bright (FRII) sources. With the…

Active galactic nuclei (AGN) with jets seen at small viewing angles are the most luminous and abundant objects in the $\gamma$-ray sky. AGN with jets misaligned along the line-of-sight appear fainter in the sky, but are more numerous than…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-15 M. Di Mauro , F. Calore , F. Donato , M. Ajello , L. Latronico

Aims. The observation of gamma -ray flares from blazar 0836+710 in 2011, following a period of quiescence, offered an opportunity to study correlated activity at different wavelengths for a high-redshift (z=2.218) active galactic nucleus.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 A. Akyuz , D. J. Thompson , D. Donato , J. S. Perkins , L. Fuhrmann , E. Angelakis , J. A. Zensus , S. Larsson , K. Sokolovsky , O. Kurtanidze

Almost 10 yr of $\gamma$-ray observations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) have revealed extreme $\gamma$-ray outbursts from flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), temporarily making these objects the brightest $\gamma$-ray emitters…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-31 Manuel Meyer , Jeffrey D. Scargle , Roger D. Blandford

The latest determination of the extragalactic gamma-ray background (EGRB) radiation by Fermi is compared with the theoretical prediction of the blazar component by Inoue & Totani (2009; hereafter IT09). The Fermi EGRB spectrum is in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-01-05 Yoshiyuki Inoue , Tomonori Totani , Susumu Inoue , Masakazu A. R. Kobayashi , Jun Kataoka , Rie Sato

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the most exciting new mysteries of astrophysics. Their origin is still unknown, but recent observations seem to link them to soft gamma repeaters and, in particular, to magnetar giant flares (MGFs). The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-18 Giacomo Principe , Niccolò Di Lalla , Leonardo Di Venere , Michela Negro , Francesco Longo

Blazars are a sub-category of radio-loud active galactic nuclei with relativistic jets pointing towards to the observer. They are well-known for their non-thermal variable emission, which practically extends over the whole electromagnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-28 Stella Boula , Maria Petropoulou , Apostolos Mastichiadis

The galaxy Luminosity Function (LF) has been estimated in the rest frame B luminosity at 0<z<1.25 and at 1700 {\AA} for 2.5<z<4.5 from deep multicolor surveys in the HDF-N, HDF-S, NTT-DF. The results have been compared with a recent version…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 F. Poli , N. Menci , E. Giallongo , A. Fontana , S. Cristiani , S. D' Odorico

We construct the rest-frame 2--10 keV intrinsic X-ray luminosity function of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) from a combination of X-ray surveys from the all-sky Swift BAT survey to the Chandra Deep Field-South. We use ~3200 AGNs in our…

Rest-frame mid- to far-infrared spectroscopy is a powerful tool to study how galaxies formed and evolved, because a major part of their evolution occurs in heavily dust enshrouded environments, especially at the so-called Cosmic Noon. Using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-08 Sabrina Mordini , Luigi Spinoglio , Juan Antonio Fernández-Ontiveros

The brightest blazars detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Large Area Telescope (Fermi/LAT) show significant breaks in their spectra at a few GeV. The sharpness and the position of the breaks can be well reproduced by absorption…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-08 Juri Poutanen , Boris E. Stern

Most of the celestial gamma rays detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope originate from the interstellar medium when energetic cosmic rays interact with interstellar nucleons and photons.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-27 F. Acero , M. Ackermann , M. Ajello , A. Albert , L. Baldini , J. Ballet , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , E. D. Bloom , R. Bonino , E. Bottacini , T. J. Brandt , J. Bregeon , P. Bruel , R. Buehler , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , M. Caragiulo , P. A. Caraveo , J. M. Casandjian , E. Cavazzuti , C. Cecchi , E. Charles , A. Chekhtman , J. Chiang , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , R. Claus , J. Cohen-Tanugi , J. Conrad , A. Cuoco , S. Cutini , F. D'Ammando , A. de Angelis , F. de Palma , R. Desiante , S. W. Digel , L. Di Venere , P. S. Drell , C. Favuzzi , S. J. Fegan , E. C. Ferrara , W. B. Focke , A. Franckowiak , S. Funk , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , T. Glanzman , G. Godfrey , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , D. Hadasch , A. K. Harding , K. Hayashi , E. Hays , J. W. Hewitt , A. B. Hill , D. Horan , X. Hou , T. Jogler , G. Jóhannesson , T. Kamae , M. Kuss , D. Landriu , S. Larsson , L. Latronico , J. Li , L. Li , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , S. Maldera , D. Malyshev , A. Manfreda , P. Martin , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , P. F. Michelson , N. Mirabal , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , E. Nuss , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , M. Orienti , E. Orlando , J. F. Ormes , D. Paneque , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , S. Razzaque , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , Q. Remy , N. Renault , M. Sánchez-Conde , M. Schaal , A. Schulz , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , F. Spada , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , A. W. Strong , D. J. Suson , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , J. B. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , L. Tibaldo , M. Tinivella , D. F. Torres , G. Tosti , E. Troja , G. Vianello , M. Werner , K. S. Wood , M. Wood , G. Zaharijas , S. Zimmer

We determine the evolution of the galaxy luminosity function (LF) as a function of spectral type using the Autofib redshift survey, a compendium of over 1700 galaxy redshifts in various magnitude-limited samples spanning b_J=11.5-24.0. To…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Jeremy Heyl , Matthew Colless , Richard S. Ellis , Tom Broadhurst

High-redshift ($z >3$) $\gamma$-ray blazars are rare, but they are crucial for our understanding of jet evolution, $\gamma$-ray production and propagation, and the growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe. A new analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-07 Hai Lei , Ying-Kang Zhang , Xiong Jiang , Sebastian Kiehlmann , Anthony C. S. Readhead , Liang Chen , Neng-Hui Liao , Tao An

Observations by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the \textit{Fermi} mission of diffuse $\gamma$-rays in a mid-latitude region in the third quadrant (Galactic longitude $l$ from $200\arcdeg$ to $260\arcdeg$ and latitude $| b |$ from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-04 A. A. Abdo

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) sources feature supermassive black holes that launch relativistic plasma jets. They are key $\gamma$-ray sources providing a unique laboratory for studying extreme particle acceleration and plasma physics.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-03 Luana Passos-Reis , Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , Tarek Hassan , Santiago Pita , Alberto Domínguez