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Recently, blazar 4C +27.50 was found to be flaring in gamma-rays since its detection with Fermi-LAT in 2008. For the first time, a dedicated temporal and spectral study of the blazar 4C +27.50 has been performed in this work to understand…

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We present long-term multiwavelength observations of blazar CTA 102 ($z=1.037$). Detailed temporal and spectral analyses of $\gamma$-ray, X-ray and UV/optical data observed by {\it Fermi}-LAT, Swift XRT, NuSTAR and Swift-UVOT over a period…

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The blazar 3C 279 is well known for its rapid and large-amplitude variability. On 20 December 2013, the source exhibited an orphan {\gamma}-ray flare characterized by a flux-doubling timescale of a few hours, a very hard spectrum, a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-04 Sébastien Le Bihan , Anton Dmytriiev , Andreas Zech

We present the results of an extensive analysis of the optical, ultraviolet, X-ray and $\gamma$-ray data collected from the observations of the BL Lac objects prototype BL Lacertae carried out over a period of nearly 13 years, between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-20 N. Sahakyan , P. Giommi

Blazars' non-thermal emission shows rapid variability across all wavelengths, so spectral energy distributions (SEDs) built from quasi-simultaneous data are crucial for revealing the jets physical properties. In this work, we construct…

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We report radio imaging and monitoring observations in the frequency range 0.235 - 2.7 GHz during the flaring mode of PKS 2155-304, one of the brightest BL Lac objects. The high sensitivity GMRT observations not only reveal extended…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-10-19 M. Pandey-Pommier , S. Sirothia , P. Chadwick , J. -M. Martin , P. Colom , W. van Driel , F. Combes , P. Kharb , P-J. Crespeau , J. Richard , B. Guiderdoni

We carried a detailed spectral and temporal study of blazar, \mbox{PKS\,0903-57} using the \emph{Fermi}-LAT and \emph{Swift}-XRT/UVOT observations, during its brightest flaring period MJD\,58931--58970. During this period, the maximum daily…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-03 Zahir Shah , V. Jithesh , S. Sahayanathan , Naseer Iqbal

A huge multiwavelength campaign targeting the blazar AO 0235+164 was organized by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) in 2003-2005 to study the variability properties of the source. Monitoring observations were carried out at cm and mm…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , M. Kadler , M. A. Ibrahimov , O. M. Kurtanidze , V. M. Larionov

The physics-determined broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of blazars have been widely used to study the property during their flaring/outburst states, while the non-flaring state takes up most of their lifetime and the general…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-16 Hubing Xiao , Haitao Cao , Rui Xue , Zhihao Ouyang , Shaohua Zhang , Junping Chen , Zhijian Luo , Jianghe Yang , Junhui Fan

Study of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) in blazars is one of the crucial methods for gaining insights into the workings of the central engines of active galactic nuclei. QPOs with various characteristic time scales have been observed in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-08 Banerjee , Anuvab , Sharma , Ajay , Mnadal , Avijit , Das , Avik Kumar , Bhatta , Gopal , Bose , Debanjan

We present 14.5-year multi-wavelength analysis of flat-spectrum radio quasar B2 1348+30B using Swift-UVOT, Swift-XRT, and Fermi-LAT observations. In the gamma-ray band, the 3 day bin lightcurve reveals two major flaring events on 2010-09-19…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-04 Sajad Ahanger , Sunder Sahayanathan , Sitha K. Jagan , Shah Zahir , Naseer Iqbal

We present an in-depth and systematic variability study of a sample of 20 powerful blazars, including 12 BL Lacs and 8 flat spectrum radio quasars, applying various analysis tools such as flux distribution, symmetry analysis, and time…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-18 Gopal Bhatta , Niraj Dhital

We present a temporal and spectral analysis of the gamma-ray flux from nine of the brightest flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) detected with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) during its first eight years of operation, with the aim of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-11-20 Atreya Acharyya , Paula M. Chadwick , Anthony M. Brown

Aim : The nearby TeV blazar 1ES 1959+650 (z=0.047) was reported to be in flaring state during June - July 2016 by Fermi-LAT, FACT, MAGIC and VERITAS collaborations. We studied the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) in different states of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 S. R. Patel , A. Shukla , V. R. Chitnis , D. Dorner , K. Mannheim , B. S. Acharya , B. J. Nagare

We report the indication of a long-term quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the $\gamma$-ray emission of the BL Lac object 4FGL J1037.7+5711 (GB6 J1037+5711) using more than 17 years of monthly binned Fermi-LAT observations. Since blazar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-01 Zahoor Malik , Sikandar Akbar , Zahir Shah , Seemin Rubab

We present the multiwavelength flaring activity of the blazar AO 0235+164 during its recent active period from 2013 to 2019. From a discrete correlation function (DCF) analysis, we find a significant (>95%) correlation between radio and…

One of the most important questions in blazar physics is the origin of broadband emission and fast-flux variation. In this work, we studied the broadband temporal and spectral properties of a TeV blazar 1ES 1727+502 and explore the one-zone…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-20 Raj Prince , Rukaiya Khatoon , Pratik Majumdar , Bożena Czerny , Nayantara Gupta

We report results of a multiband monitoring campaign of the flat spectrum radio quasar TXS 0536+145 at redshift 2.69. This source was detected during a very high gamma-ray activity state in 2012 March by the Large Area Telescope on board…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 M. Orienti , F. D'Ammando , M. Giroletti , J. Finke , M. Ajello , D. Dallacasa , T. Venturi

We present a comprehensive temporal and spectral analysis of a few blazars using multi-wavelength observations. Rapid flux variations are quantified via the doubling/halving timescale method, revealing the shortest variability timescales of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-17 Ajay Sharma , Aishwarya Sarath , Sakshi Chaudhary , Debanjan Bose