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We present X-ray flux and spectral analyses of the three pointed Suzaku observations of the TeV high synchrotron peak blazar Mrk 421 taken throughout its complete operational duration. The observation taken on 5 May 2008 is, at 364.6…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-06 Zhongli Zhang , Alok C. Gupta , Haritma Gaur , Paul J. Wiita , Tao An , Minfeng Gu , Dan Hu , Haiguang Xu

The BL Lac object Mkn~421 was observed three times by the X-ray observatory BeppoSAX in consecutive days during 1997 April and May. The source was in a quiescent state, with an average 2-10 keV flux of 9.0 x 10^(-11) erg/cm/cm/s. Flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Guainazzi , G. Vacanti , A. Malizia , K. S. O'Flaherty , E. Palazzi , A. N. Parmar

It is surprising to find a fact for migration in the peak positions of synchrotron spectra energy distribution component during in the activity epochs of Mrk 421, accompanying with an orphan flaring at the X-ray and GeV-TeV $\gamma$-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-10 Y. G. Zheng , C. Y. Yang , Shi-Ju Kang , J. M. Bai

Time variability of the photon flux is a known feature of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and in particular of blazars. The high frequency peaked BL Lac (HBL) object PKS 2155-304 is one of the brightest sources in the TeV band and has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 Jill Chevalier , Max Anton Kastendieck , Frank Rieger , Gilles Maurin , Jean-Philippe Lenain , Giovanni Lamanna

Mrk 421 was in its most active state around early 2010, which led to the highest TeV gamma-ray flux ever recorded from any active galactic nuclei. We aim to characterize the multiwavelength behavior during this exceptional year for Mrk 421,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-08 K. Abe , S. Abe , J. Abhir , A. Abhishek , V. A. Acciari , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , C. Arcaro , K. Asano , D. Baack , A. Babić , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , A. Bautista , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , E. Bronzini , I. Burelli , A. Campoy-Ordaz , R. Carosi , M. Carretero-Castrillo , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , A. Cifuentes , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , F. D'Ammando , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsaesser , J. Escudero , L. Fariña , A. Fattorini , L. Foffano , L. Font , S. Fröse , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , T. Gradetzke , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , P. Günther , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera Llorente , D. Hrupec , R. Imazawa , K. Ishio , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jormanainen , S. Kankkunen , T. Kayanoki , D. Kerszberg , G. W. Kluge , P. M. Kouch , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Láinez , A. Lamastra , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , K. Mannheim , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , M. Martínez-Chicharro , A. Mas-Aguilar , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , S. Mender , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , T. Nakamori , C. Nanci , V. Neustroev , L. Nickel , C. Nigro , L. Nikolić , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , T. Njoh Ekoume , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , A. Okumura , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Peresano , M. Persic , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , F. Podobnik , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , G. Principe , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , F. G. Saturni , K. Schmidt , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , T. Schweizer , A. Sciaccaluga , G. Silvestri , J. Sitarek , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , Y. Suda , H. Tajima , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , K. Terauchi , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , S. Ventura , G. Verna , I. Viale , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , R. Walter , F. Wersig , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , S. G. Jorstad , A. P. Marscher , M. Perri , C. Leto , F. Verrecchia , M. Aller , W. Max-Moerbeck , A. C. S. Readhead , A. Lähteenmäki , M. Tornikoski , M. A. Gurwell , A. E. Wehrle

We present the results of a detailed temporal analysis of the bright BL Lac object Mrk 421 using the three available long timing mode observations by the EPIC PN camera. This detector mode is characterized by its long life time and is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 W. Brinkmann , I. E. Papadakis , C. Raeth , P. Mimica , F. Haberl

The blazar Mrk 421 shows frequent, short flares in the TeV energy regime. Due to the fast nature of such episodes, we often fail to obtain sufficient simultaneous information about flux variations in several energy bands. To overcome this…

In the present paper, we have reported the result of simultaneous multi-wavelength observations of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during February $-$ March 2003. In this period, we have observed Mrk 421 using Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alok C. Gupta , B. S. Acharya , Debanjan Bose , Varsha R. Chitnis , Jun-Hui Fan

We analyze X-ray light curves of the blazars Mrk 421, PKS 2155-304, and 3C 273 using observations by the Soft X-ray Telescope on board AstroSat and archival XMM-Newton data. We use light curves of length 30-90 ks each from 3-4 epochs for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-27 Joy Bhattacharyya , Ritesh Ghosh , Ritaban Chatterjee , Nabanita Das

We present the results from the timing and spectral study of Mrk\,421 based mainly on the \emph{Swift} data in the X-ray energy range obtained during the time interval 2015\,December--2018\,April. The most extreme X-ray flaring activity on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-03 B. Kapanadze , A. Gurchumelia , D. Dorner , S. Vercellone , P. Romano , P. Hughes , M. Aller , H. Aller , O. Kharshiladze

AGN, powered by accretion onto SMBHs, are thought to be scaled up versions of Galactic black hole X-ray binaries (BH-XRBs). In the past few years evidence of such correspondence include similarities in the broadband shape of the X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 O. Gonzalez-Martin , S. Vaughan

Mkn 421 was repeatedly observed with BeppoSAX in 1997-1998. This is the first of two papers where we present the results of a thorough temporal and spectral analysis of all the data available to us, focusing in particular on the flare of…

We report on the findings of a 364 ksec observation of the BL LAC object Mrk 421 with the X-ray observatory Suzaku. The analysis in this paper uses fluxes and hardness ratios in the broad energy range from 0.5 keV to 30 keV. During the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-19 Alfred B. Garson , Matthew G. Baring , Henric Krawczynski

We consider the broadband spectral energy distribution of the high energy peaked (HBL) blazar Mkn 501 using $\textit{Swift}$-XRT/UVOT, NuSTAR and $\textit{Fermi}$-LAT observations taken between 2013 and 2022. The spectra were fitted with a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-12 Hritwik Bora , Rukaiya Khatoon , Ranjeev Misra , Rupjyoti Gogoi

Aims: Active Galactic Nuclei are known to be variable throughout the electromagnetic spectrum. An energy domain poorly studied in this respect is the hard X-ray range above 20 keV. Methods: The first 9 months of the Swift/BAT all-sky survey…

We have assembled the historical variability data of Mrk 421 at radio 15 GHz, X-ray and gamma-ray bands, spanning about 6.3, 10.3 and 7.5 yr, respective- ly. We analyzed the variability by using three methods. The results indicated that…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-22 H. Z. Li , Y. G. Jiang , D. F. Guo , X. Chen , T. F. Yi

We conducted a multi-frequency campaign for the TeV blazar Mrk~421 in 1998 April. The campaign started from a pronounced high amplitude flare recorded by SAX and Whipple; ASCA observation started three days later. In the X-ray data, we…

Critical progress in our understanding of high energy emission from AGN has been determined in the last 10 years by X-ray monitoring campaigns with many space missions, notably ROSAT, ASCA, RXTE, BeppoSAX, and XMM, often in conjunction with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Elena Pian

We present three observations (four exposures) of Mkn 421 performed by XMM--Newton in the Autumn of 2002, concentrating on the EPIC--PN camera data. The X-ray spectra were soft and steepening toward high energies. The source was highly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Ravasio , G. Tagliaferri , G. Ghisellini , F. Tavecchio

We present an extensive study on the X-ray intraday variability of ten TeV-emitting high synchrotron peaked blazars (HBLs): 1ES 0229+200, 1ES 0414+009, PKS 0548-322, 1ES 1101-232, 1H 1219+301, H 1426+428, Mrk 501, 1ES 1959+650, PKS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-10 P. U. Devanand , Alok C. Gupta , V. Jithesh , Paul J. Wiita