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The flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS 1441+25 at a redshift of z = 0.940 is detected between 40 and 250 GeV with a significance of 25.5 {\sigma} using the MAGIC telescopes. Together with the gravitationally lensed blazar QSO B0218+357 (z =…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-16 MAGIC Collaboration , M. L. Ahnen , S. Ansoldi , A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , B. Banerjee , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , B. Biassuzzi , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , A. Chatterjee , R. Clavero , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher Glawion , D. Elsaesser , A. Fernández-Barral , D. Fidalgo , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , P. Giammaria , N. Godinović , A. González Muñoz , D. Guberman , A. Hahn , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , G. Hughes , W. Idec , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , E. Lorenz , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , E. Moretti , D. Nakajima , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , M. Persic , J. Poutanen , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , M. Strzys , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , V. Verguilov , I. Vovk , J. E. Ward , M. Will , M. H. Wu , R. Zanin , FERMI-LAT Collaboration , : , M. Ajello , L. Baldini , G. Barbiellini , D. Bastieri , J. Becerra González , R. Bellazzini , E. Bissaldi , R. D. Blandford , R. Bonino , J. Bregeon , P. Bruel , S. Buson , G. A. Caliandro , R. A. Cameron , M. Caragiulo , P. A. Caraveo , E. Cavazzuti , J. Chiang , G. Chiaro , S. Ciprini , F. D'Ammando , F. de Palma , R. Desiante , L. Di Venere , A. Domínguez , P. Fusco , F. Gargano , D. Gasparrini , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , M. Giroletti , I. A. Grenier , S. Guiriec , E. Hays , J. W. Hewitt , T. Jogler , M. Kuss , S. Larsson , J. Li , L. Li , F. Longo , F. Loparco , M. N. Lovellette , P. Lubrano , S. Maldera , M. Mayer , M. N. Mazziotta , J. E. McEnery , N. Mirabal , T. Mizuno , M. E. Monzani , A. Morselli , I. V. Moskalenko , E. Nuss , R. Ojha , T. Ohsugi , N. Omodei , E. Orlando , J. S. Perkins , M. Pesce-Rollins , F. Piron , G. Pivato , T. A. Porter , S. Rainò , R. Rando , M. Razzano , A. Reimer , O. Reimer , C. Sgrò , E. J. Siskind , F. Spada , G. Spandre , P. Spinelli , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , J. B. Thayer , D. J. Thompson , E. Troja , K. S. Wood , M. Balokovic , A. Berdyugin , A. Carraminana , L. Carrasco , V. Chavushyan , V. Fallah Ramazani , M. Feige , S. Haarto , P. Haeusner , T. Hovatta , J. Kania , J. Klamt , A. Lähteenmäki , J. Leon-Tavares , C. Lorey , L. Pacciani , A. Porras , E. Recillas , R. Reinthal , M. Tornikoski , D. Wolfert , N. Zottmann

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are multiwavelength emitters. To have any hope of understanding them, or even to determine their energy output, we must observe them with many telescopes. I will review what we have learned from broad-band…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Belinda J. Wilkes

Blazars are a subclass of active galactic nuclei (AGN) having relativistic jets aligned within a few degrees of our line-of-sight and form the majority of the AGN detected in the TeV regime. The Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) is a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-04 Atreya Acharyya , Alberto C. Sadun

The nearest active radio galaxy Centaurus (Cen) A is a gamma-ray emitter in GeV to TeV energy scale. The High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) and non-simultaneous Fermi-LAT observation indicate an unusual spectral hardening above few…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-02 Prabir Banik , Arunava Bhadra , Abhijit Bhattacharyya

We identify active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the Groth-Westphal Survey Strip (GSS) using the independent and complementary selection techniques of optical spectroscopy and photometric variability. We discuss the X-ray properties of these AGN…

Since its launch in April 2007, the AGILE satellite detected with its Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) several blazars at high significance: 3C 279, 3C 454.3, PKS 1510-089, S5 0716+714, 3C 273, W Comae, Mrk 421 and PKS 0537-441. Moreover,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 F. D'Ammando , S. Vercellone , I. Donnarumma , A. Bulgarelli , A. W. Chen , A. Giuliani , F. Longo , L. Pacciani , G. Pucella , M. Tavani , V. Vittorini

We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the powerful gamma-ray quasar PKS 1510-089, during a pointing centered on the Galactic Center region from 1 March to 30 March 2008. This source has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 F. D'Ammando , G. Pucella , C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , V. Vittorini , S. Vercellone , I. Donnarumma , F. Longo , M. Tavani , A. Argan , G. Barbiellini , F. Boffelli , A. Bulgarelli , P. Caraveo , P. W. Cattaneo , A. W. Chen , V. Cocco , E. Costa , E. Del Monte , G. De Paris , G. Di Cocco , Y. Evangelista , M. Feroci , A. Ferrari , M. Fiorini , T. Froysland , F. Fuschino , M. Galli , F. Gianotti , A. Giuliani , C. Labanti , I. Lapshov , F. Lazzarotto , P. Lipari , M. Marisaldi , S. Mereghetti , A. Morselli , L. Pacciani , A. Pellizzoni , F. Perotti , G. Piano , P. Picozza , M. Pilia , M. Prest , M. Rapisarda , A. Rappoldi , S. Sabatini , P. Soffitta , M. Trifoglio , A. Trois , E. Vallazza , A. Zambra , D. Zanello , I. Agudo , M. F. Aller , H. D. Aller , A. A. Arkharov , U. Bach , E. Benitez , A. Berdyugin , D. A. Blinov , C. S. Buemi , W. P. Chen , A. Di Paola , G. Di Rico , D. Dultzin , L. Fuhrmann , J. L. Gomez , M. A. Gurwell , S. G. Jorstad , J. Heidt , D. Hiriart , H. Y. Hsiao , G. Kimeridze , T. S. Konstantinova , E. N. Kopatskaya , E. Koptelova , O. Kurtanidze , V. M. Larionov , P. Leto , E. Lindfors , J. M. Lopez , A. P. Marscher , I. M. McHardy , D. A. Melnichuk , M. Mommert , R. Mujica , K. Nilsson , M. Pasanen , M. Roca-Sogorb , M. Sorcia , L. O. Takalo , B. Taylor , C. Trigilio , I. S. Troitsky , G. Umana , L. A. Antonelli , S. Colafrancesco , S. Cutini , D. Gasparrini , C. Pittori , B. Preger , P. Santolamazza , F. Verrecchia , P. Giommi , L. Salotti

PKS 1510-089 (z=0.361) is one of only a handful of flat spectrum radio quasars that have been detected at very high energy (VHE, $E>100\,$GeV) gamma rays. It is a very active source across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. VHE…

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory monitors the gamma-ray sky at energies between 100 GeV and 100 TeV with a wide field of view of $\sim 2$ steradians. A duty cycle of $\sim 90$% allows HAWC to scan two thirds of the sky…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Robert J. Lauer

We present a long temporal baseline variability survey in the Frontier Field MACSJ1149. In this study, we identify active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and other transient sources via their variability using over a decade of Hubble Space Telescope…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 John Della Costa , Vicki L. Sarajedini , Louis-Gregory Strolger

M87 is the only known non blazar radio galaxy to emit very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays. During a monitoring program of M87, a rapid flare in VHE gamma-rays was detected by the MAGIC telescope in early 2008. The flux was found to be…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

PKS 2005-489 is a well-known, bright southern BL Lac object that has been detected up to TeV energies. In a low-flux state it exhibits the expected multiwavelength double-peaked spectrum in the radio -- $\gamma$-ray band. The high-flux…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-03 Owen Chase , Felicia McBride , Andrea Gokus , Matteo Lucchini , Haocheng Zhang , Roopesh Ojha , Derek B. Fox

Globular clusters (GCs) are established emitters of high-energy (HE, 100 MeV<E<100 GeV) \gamma-ray radiation which could originate from the cumulative emission of the numerous millisecond pulsars (msPSRs) in the clusters' cores or from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 P. Eger , C. van Eldik

The H.E.S.S. Galactic plane scan has revealed a large population of Galactic very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) emitters. The majority of the galactic sources are extended and can typically be associated with pulsar wind nebulae (35%) and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Karlen Shahinyan

Published EGRET spectra from blazars extend only to 10 GeV, yet EGRET has detected approximately 2000 gamma-rays above 10 GeV of which about half are at high Galactic latitude. We report a search of these high-energy gamma-rays for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Brenda L. Dingus , David L. Bertsch

The central regions of galaxies harbouring active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can be quite complex, especially at high activity, presenting, besides variability, a variety of phenomena related, e.g. to ionization/excitation mechanisms. A…

We analyze the X-ray properties for a sample of 23 high probability AGN candidates with ultraviolet variability identified in Wasleske et al. (2022). Using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the XMM-Newton Observatory, we find…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-31 Erik J. Wasleske , Vivienne F. Baldassare

Based on a comparison of the SRG/eROSITA catalog of X-ray active stars and the Gaia catalog, a sample of 502 peculiar objects was obtained for which Gaia, on one hand, detects statistically significant values of parallax or proper motion…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-20 I. M. Khamitov , I. F. Bikmaev , M. R. Gilfanov , R. A. Sunyaev , P. S. Medvedev , M. A. Gorbachev , E. N. Irtuganov

I present a study of the high-energy gamma-ray properties of the flat spectrum radio quasar, PKS 1510-089, based on 3.75 years of observations with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) detector on-board the Fermi gamma-ray Space Telescope.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Anthony M. Brown