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The long term broadband spectral study of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars during different flux states has the potential to infer the emission mechanisms and the cause of spectral variations. To scrutinize this, we performed a detailed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-11 Aminabi Thekkoth , S. Sahayanathan , Zahir Shah , Vaidehi S. Paliya , C. D. Ravikumar

We have analyzed XMM-Newton observations of the high energy peaked blazar, PKS 2155-304, made on 24 May 2002 in the 0.3 - 10 keV X-ray band. These observations display a mini-flare, a nearly constant flux period and a strong flux increase.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-11-04 Jai Bhagwana , A. C. Gupta , I. E. Papadakis , Paul J. Wiita

The regular monitoring of flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) in $\gamma$-rays by Fermi-LAT since past 12 years indicated six sources who exhibited extreme $\gamma$-ray outbursts crossing daily flux of $10^{-5}$ photons/cm$^{2}$/s. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-20 Abhradeep Roy , Sonal R. Patel , Arkadipta Sarkar , Anshu Chatterjee , Varsha R. Chitnis

Context. Blazars are among the most energetic objects in the Universe. In 2008 August, Fermi/LAT detected the blazar PKS 1502+106 showing a rapid and strong gamma-ray outburst followed by high and variable flux over the next months. This…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-01-27 V. Karamanavis , L. Fuhrmann , T. P. Krichbaum , E. Angelakis , J. Hodgson , I. Nestoras , I. Myserlis , J. A. Zensus , A. Sievers , S. Ciprini

In this study, we analyze the $\sim 16$ yr Fermi-LAT data of 160 blazars consisting of 92 flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), 64 BL Lacertae type objects (BL Lacs), and 4 blazar candidates of unknown type objects (BCU), and exhibit their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-22 Junhao Deng , Yunguo Jiang

We present a comprehensive, two-decade, multiwavelength variability study of the blazar PKS 1510-089, one of the most prominent and extensively monitored flat-spectrum radio quasars. Using Fermi-LAT $\gamma$-ray data together with Swift-XRT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-02 M. Zacharias , A. Wierzcholska

Relativistic effects dominate the emission of blazar jets complicating our understanding of their intrinsic properties. Although many methods have been proposed to account for them, the variability Doppler factor method has been shown to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-31 I. Liodakis , T. Hovatta , D. Huppenkothen , S. Kiehlmann , W. Max-Moerbeck , A. C. S. Readhead

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

High-redshift blazars are the most powerful extragalactic astrophysical sources ever detected in the high-energy gamma-ray band. In this study, we present a temporal and spectral analysis of the high-redshift blazar B3 1343+451 based on 14…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-07-08 Fan Wu , Wen Hu , Benzhong Dai

Blazars are known to emit exceptionally variable non-thermal emission over the wide range (from radio to $\gamma$-rays) of electromagnetic spectrum. We present here the results of our $\gamma$-ray flux and spectral variability study of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-14 Bhoomika Rajput , Ashwani Pandey

We study the long-term behavior of the bright gamma-ray blazar PKS 0402-362. Over a span of approximately 12.5 years, from August 2008 to January 2021, we gathered Fermi-LAT temporal data and identified three distinct periods of intense…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-29 Avik kumar Das , Sandeep Kumar Mondal , Raj Prince

Variability is a typical observation feature of Fermi blazars, sometimes it shows quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO). In this work, we obtained 5-day binned light curves (with a time coverage of $\sim$ 12.9 yr) for S5 1044+71 based on Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-27 G. G. Wang , J. T. Cai , J. H. Fan

Blazars are beamed active galactic nuclei known for their strong multi-wavelength variability on timescales from years down to minutes. We aim to investigate the suitability of the twisting jet model presented in previous works to explain…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-03 C. M. Raiteri , M. Villata , M. I. Carnerero , S. O. Kurtanidze , D. O. Mirzaqulov , E. Benítez , G. Bonnoli , D. Carosati , J. A. Acosta-Pulido , I. Agudo , T. S. Andreeva , G. Apolonio , R. Bachev , G. A. Borman , V. Bozhilov , L. F. Brown , W. Carbonell , C. Casadio , W. P. Chen , G. Damljanovic , S. A. Ehgamberdiev , D. Elsaesser , J. Escudero , M. Feige , A. Fuentes , D. Gabellini , K. Gazeas , M. Giroletti , T. S. Grishina , A. C. Gupta , M. A. Gurwell , V. A. Hagen-Thorn , G. M. Hamed , D. Hiriart , M. Hodges , R. Z. ivanidze , D. V. Ivanov , M. D. Joner , S. G. Jorstad , M. D. Jovanovic , S. Kiehlmann , G. N. Kimeridze , E. N. Kopatskaya , Yu. A. Kovalev , Y. Y. Kovalev , O. M. Kurtanidze , A. Kurtenkov , E. G. Larionova , A. Lessing , H. C. Lin , J. M. López , C. Lorey , J. Ludwig , N. Marchili , A. Marchini , A. P. Marscher , K. Matsumoto , W. Max-Moerbeck , B. Mihov , M. Minev , M. G. Mingaliev , A. Modaressi , D. A. Morozova , F. Mortari , T. V. Mufakharov , I. Myserlis , M. G. Nikolashvili , T. J. Pearson , A. V. Popkov , I. A. Rahimov , A. C. S. Readhead , D. Reinhart , R. Reeves , S. Righini , F. D. Romanov , S. S. Savchenko , E. Semkov , E. V. Shishkina , L. A. Sigua , L. Slavcheva-Mihova , Yu. V. Sotnikova , R. Steineke , M. Stojanovic , A. Strigachev , A. Takey , E. Traianou , Yu. V. Troitskaya , I. S. Troitskiy , A. L. Tsai , A. Valcheva , A. A. Vasilyev , G. Verna , O. Vince , K. Vrontaki , Z. R. Weaver , J. Webb , Q. X. Yuldoshev , E. Zaharieva , A. V. Zhovtan

During the observation period 1997, the nearby Blazar Mkn 501 showed extremely strong emission and high variability. We examine multiwavelength aspects of this event using radio, optical, soft and hard X-ray and TeV data. We concentrate on…

We present the results of a program to monitor the structure of the radio emission in 42 $\gamma$-ray bright blazars (31 quasars and 11 BL Lac objects) with the VLBA at 43, 22, and occasionally 15 and 8.4 GHz, over the period from November…

We are presenting a detailed parameter study of the time-dependent electron injection and kinematics and the self-consistent radiation transport in jets of intermediate and low-frequency peaked BL Lac objects. Using a time-dependent,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Boettcher , J. Chiang

Context: In April 2013, the nearby (z=0.031) TeV blazar, Mkn 421, showed one of the largest flares in X-rays since the past decade. Aim: To study all multiwavelength data available during MJD 56392 to 56403, with special emphasis on X-ray…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-12 Atreyee Sinha , Amit Shukla , Ranjeev Misra , Varsha R. Chitnis , A. R. Rao , B. S. Acharya

We collect a sample of 78 Fermi detected blazars with broad line region (BLR) data and the quasi-simultaneous multi-wave band data. By analyzing the sample, we find: (1) For whole blazar sample, there exist significant correlations between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Zerui Wang , Rui Xue , Zhaohua Xie , Leiming Du , Tingfeng Yi , Yunbing Xu , Wenguang Liu

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) originating from innermost regions of blazars can provide unique perspective of some of the burning issues in blazar studies including disk-jet connection, launch of relativistic jets from the central…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-12 Gopal Bhatta

We report on a multiwavelength campaign on the TeV gamma-ray blazar Markarian (Mrk) 421 performed during December 2002 and January 2003. These target of opportunity observations were initiated by the detection of X-ray and TeV gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 P. Rebillot , M. Aller , H. Aller , P. Boltwood , I. Jung , D. Kranich , A. Sillanpaa , A. Sadun