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We present the results of a broadband radio-to-GeV observing campaign organized to get a better understanding of the radiation processes responsible for the $\gamma$-ray flares observed in 3C 279. The total intensity and polarization…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-26 B. Rani , T. P. Krichbaum , S. -S. Lee , K. Sokolovsky , S. Kang , D. -Y. Byun , D. Mosunova , J. A. Zensus

Accurate astrometric and photometric measurements from Gaia have led to the construction of 3D dust extinction maps which can now be used for estimating the integrated extinctions of Galactic sources located within 5 kpc. These maps based…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-15 Snehalata Sahu , Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay , Rosine Lallement , Seth Redfield , Boris T. Gaensicke

Rapid flux density variations on timescales of the order of a day or less (Intraday Variability, IDV) in the radio regime are a common phenomenon within the blazar class. Observations with the 100m telescope of the MPIfR showed that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Kraus , A. Witzel , T. P. Krichbaum

A number of ultraluminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are physically associated with extragalactic globular clusters (GCs). We undertake a systematic X-ray analysis of eight of the brightest of these sources. We fit the spectra of the GC ULXs to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-27 Kristen C. Dage , Stephen E. Zepf , Mark B. Peacock , Arash Bahramian , Omid Noroozi , Arunav Kundu , Thomas J. Maccarone

This paper presents results of a search for short-term variability in the optical band of selected high-luminosity, high-redshift radio-quiet quasars. Each quasar has been monitored typically for 2 - 4 hours with a time resolution of 2 - 5…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Bachev , A. Strigachev , E. Semkov

We study the connection between the variations in the far ultra-violet (FUV), near ultra-violet (NUV) and X-ray band emission from NGC 4051 using 4-days long AstroSat observations performed during 5-9 June 2016. NGC 4051 showed rapid…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-27 Kavita Kumari , G. C. Dewangan , I. E. Papadakis , K. P. Singh

The narrow-line quasar PHL 1092 was observed by XMM-Newton at two epochs separated by nearly thirty months. Timing analyses confirm the extreme variability observed during previous X-ray missions. A measurement of the radiative efficiency…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 L. C. Gallo , Th. Boller , W. N. Brandt , A. C. Fabian , D. Grupe

The solar activity in the current, that is, the 24-th, sunspot cycle is analyzed. Cyclic variations in the sunspot number (SSN) and radiation fluxes in various spectral ranges have been estimated in comparison with the general level of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-01 E. A. Bruevich , V. V. Bruevich , G. V. Yakunina

We present the GALEX NUV (2310 A) and FUV (1530 A) galaxy luminosity functions of the nearby cluster of galaxies A1367 in the magnitude range -20.3< M_AB < -13.3. The luminosity functions are consistent with previous (~ 2 mag shallower)…

We analyze the long-term lightcurve of 3C 454.3 observed with Fermi/LAT and investigate its relation to the flux in the radio, optical, and X-ray bands. By fitting the 1-day binned GeV lightcurve with multiple Gaussian function (MGF), we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-02 Hai-Ming Zhang , Jin Zhang , Rui-Jing Lu , Ting-Feng Yi , Xiao-Li Huang , En-Wei Liang

The physical mechanism for triggering the changing-look phenomenon in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is still unclear. We explore this issue based on the multi-wavelength spectral and flux variations for a changing-look AGN Mrk~1018 with…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-14 Bing Lyu , Zhen Yan , Wenfei Yu , Qingwen Wu

We report the results of monitoring of the radio galaxy 3C 120 with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, Very Long Baseline Array, and Mets\"ahovi Radio Observatory. The UV-optical continuum spectrum and R-band polarization can be explained…

Planetary-scale waves at the Venusian cloud-top cause periodic variations in both winds and ultraviolet (UV) brightness. While the wave candidates are the 4-day Kelvin wave and 5-day Rossby wave with zonal wavenumber 1, their temporal…

We have analyzed the bivariate distribution of galaxies as a function of ultraviolet-optical colors and absolute magnitudes in the local universe. The sample consists of galaxies with redshifts and optical photometry from the Sloan Digital…

NGC 3783 was observed for approximately 210ks by Suzaku and in this time showed significant spectral and flux variability at both short (20ks) and long (100ks) time scales. The full observation is found to consist of approximately six…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 R. C. Reis , A. C. Fabian , C. S. Reynolds , L. W. Brenneman , D. J. Walton , M. Trippe , J. M. Miller , R. F. Mushotzky , M. A. Nowak

We present the results of 8 epochs of simultaneous UV and X-ray observations of the highly variable ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) Holmberg II X-1 with AstroSat -- Indian multiwavelength space satellite. During the entire observation…

We present ultraviolet (UV) integrated colors of 44 Galactic globular clusters (GGCs) observed with the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) in both FUV and NUV bands. This data-base is the largest homogeneous catalog of UV colors ever…

The time-variable electromagnetic sky has been well-explored at a wide range of wavelengths. Numerous high-energy space missions take advantage of the dark Gamma-ray and X-ray sky and utilize very wide field detectors to provide almost…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 I. Sagiv , A. Gal-Yam , E. O. Ofek , E. Waxman , O. Aharonson , E. Nakar , D. Maoz , B. Trakhtenbrot , S. R. Kulkarni , E. S. Phinney , J. Topaz , C. Beichman , J. Murthy , S. P. Worden

Interstellar extinction in ultraviolet is the most severe in comparison with optical and infrared wavebands and a precise determination plays an important role in correctly recovering the ultraviolet brightness and colors of objects. By…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-01 Mingxu Sun , B. W. Jiang , He Zhao , Jian Gao , Shuang Gao , Mingjie Jian , Haibo Yuan

Observations have shown that UV/optical variation amplitude of quasars depend on several physi- cal parameters including luminosity, Eddington ratio, and likely also black hole mass. Identifying new factors which correlate with the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-28 Wen-yong Kang , Jun-Xian Wang , Zhen-Yi Cai , Heng-Xiao Guo , Fei-Fan Zhu , Xin-Wu Cao , Wei-Min Gu , Feng Yuan