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Rapid X-ray Variability in Mkn 421 during a Multiwavelength Campaign

The study of short-term variability properties in AGN jets has the potential to shed light on their particle acceleration and emission mechanisms. We report results from a four-day coordinated multi-wavelength campaign on the highly-peaked…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-09 Alex G. Markowitz , Krzysztof Nalewajko , Gopal Bhatta , Gulab C. Dewangan , Sunil Chandra , Daniela Dorner , Bernd Schleicher , Urszula Pajdosz-Smierciak , Lukasz Stawarz , Staszek Zola , Michal Ostrowski , Daniele Carosati , Saikruba Krishnan , Rumen Bachev , Erika Benitez , Kosmas Gazeas , David Hiriart , Shao-Ming Hu , Valeri Larionov , Alessandro Marchini , Katsura Matsumoto , A. A. Nikiforova , Tapio Pursimo , Claudia M. Raiteri , Daniel E. Reichart , Diego Rodriguez , Evgeni Semkov , Anton Strigachev , Yuki Sugiura , Massimo Villata , James R. Webb , Axel Arbet-Engels , Dominik Baack , Matteo Balbo , Adrian Biland , Thomas Bretz , Jens Buss , Laura Eisenberger , Dominik Elsaesser , Dorothee Hildebrand , Roman Iotov , Adelina Kalenski , Karl Mannheim , Alison Mitchell , Dominik Neise , Maximilian Noethe , Aleksander Paravac , Wolfgang Rhode , Vitalii Sliusar , Roland Walter

Probing Spectral Evolution and Intrinsic Variability of Mkn\,421: A Multi-Epoch AstroSat Study of X-ray Spectra

Our study presents a time-resolved X-ray spectral analysis of Mkn 421, using AstroSat observations taken during different epochs between 2016 and 2019. The variability of the source in X-rays is utilized to investigate the evolution of its…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-15 Sikandar Akbar , Zahir Shah , Ranjeev Misra , Naseer Iqbal , Javaid Tantry

Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies of Mrk 421 during historically low X-ray and $\gamma$-ray activity in 2015$-$2016

We report a characterization of the multi-band flux variability and correlations of the nearby (z=0.031) blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) using data from Mets\"{a}hovi, Swift, Fermi-LAT, MAGIC, FACT and other collaborations and instruments…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-05-26 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , K. Asano , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingarian , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Depaoli , T. Di Girolamo , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , M. Doro , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , J. G. Green , D. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , T. Inada , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , J. Jormanainen , L. Jouvin , Y. Kajiwara , M. Karjalainen , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , S. Mender , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , T. Miener , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , P. Peñil , C. Perennes , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , C. Priyadarshi , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , FACT collaboration , : , A. Arbet-Engels , D. Baack , M. Balbo , M. Beck , N. Biederbeck , A. Biland , T. Bretz , K. Bruegge , J. Buss , D. Dorner , D. Elsaesser , D. Hildebrand , R. Iotov , M. Klinger , K. Mannheim , D. Neise , A. Neronov , M. Noethe , A. Paravac , W. Rhode , B. Schleicher , V. Sliusar , F. Theissen , R. Walter , MWL Collaborators , : , J. Valverde , D. Horan , M. Giroletti , M. Perri , F. Verrecchia , C. Leto , A. C. Sadun , J. W. Moody , M. Joner , A. P. Marscher , S. G. Jorstad , A. Lähteenmäki , M. Tornikoski , V. Ramakrishnan , E. Järvelä , R. J. C. Vera , S. Righini , A. Y. Lien

INTEGRAL observations of the blazar Mrk 421 in outburst (Results of a multi-wavelength campaign)

We report the results of a multi-wavelength campaign on the blazar Mrk 421 during outburst. We observed four strong flares at X-ray energies that were not seen at other wavelengths (partially because of missing data). From the fastest rise…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. G. Lichti , E. Bottacini , M. Ajello , P. Charlot , W. Collmar , A. Falcone , D. Horan , S. Huber , A. von Kienlin , A. Lähteenmäki , E. Lindfors , D. Morris , K. Nilsson , D. Petry , M. Rüger , A. Sillanpää , F. Spanier , M. Tornikoski

Study of long-term spectral evolution and X-ray and Gamma-ray correlation of blazars seen by HAWC

The HAWC Observatory collected 6 years of extensive data, providing an ideal platform for long-term monitoring of blazars in the Very High Energy (VHE) band, without bias towards specific flux states. HAWC continuously monitors blazar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , A. Andrés , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Babu , E. Belmont-Moreno , A. Bernal , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , F. Carreón , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , D. Depaoli , N. Di Lalla , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , M. Durocher , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , N. Fraija , S. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , A. Gonzalez Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , S. Groetsch , J. P. Harding , S. Hernández-Cadena , I. Herzog , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , A. Iriarte , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , A. Lara , W. H. Lee , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , K. Malone , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Montes , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , N. Omodei , M. Osorio , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , D. Salazar-Gallegos , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , J. Serna-Franco , A. J. Smith , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Ureña-Mena , E. Varela , L. Villaseñor , X. Wang , I. J. Watson , K. Whitaker , E. Willox , S. Yun-Cárcamo , H. Zhou , C. de León , Abraham D. Falcone , Fredric Hancock

The Large Flares of Mrk 421 in 2006: signature of electron acceleration and energetic budget of the jet

We present the results of a deep spectral analysis of all Swift observations of Mrk 421 between April 2006 and July 2006, when it reached its highest X-ray flux recorded until the end of 2006. We completed this data set with other…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-29 A. Tramacere

Swift observations of Mrk\,421 in selected epochs. iii. Extreme x-ray timing/spectral properties and multiwavelength lognormality in 2015\,December--2018\,April

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

An Explanation for 13 consecutive days activities of Mrk 421

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

Particle Acceleration And Emission Processes In Mrk 421

We investigate the X-ray and $\gamma$-ray flares of Mrk 421 on 2008 June 6-15 using the synchrotron self- Compton(SSC) model with electron acceleration, in which an evident correlation between the X-ray and $\gamma$-ray bands appears, while…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Gang Cao , Jiancheng Wang

Time dependent spectral modeling of Markarian 421 during a violent outburst in 2010

We present the results of extensive modeling of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of the closest blazar (z=0.031) Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) during a giant outburst in February 2010. The source underwent rapid flux variations in both…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-29 B. Banerjee , M. Joshi , P. Majumdar , K. E. Williamson , S. G. Jorstad , A. P. Marscher

Multi-frequency Variability Study of Flat-Spectrum Radio Quasar PKS 0346-27

We have presented a multiwavelength temporal and spectral study of the Blazar PKS 0346-27 for the period 2019 January-2021 December (MJD 58484-59575) using data from Fermi-LAT (gamma-rays), Swift-XRT (X-rays) and Swift-UVOT (ultra-violet…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-25 Sushanth Reddy Kamaram , Raj Prince , Suman Pramanick , Debanjan Bose

A Multi-wavelength View of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421: Correlated Variability, Flaring, and Spectral Evolution

We report results from a multi-wavelength monitoring campaign on Mrk 421 over the period of 2003-2004. The source was observed simultaneously at TeV and X-ray energies, with supporting observations frequently carried out at optical and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Blazejowski

Signatures of synchrotron emission and of electron acceleration in the X-ray spectra of Mrk 421

BL Lac objects undergo strong flux variations involving considerable changes in their spectral shapes. We specifically investigate the X-ray spectral evolution of Mrk 421 over a time span of about nine years. We aim at statistically…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Tramacere , F. Massaro , A. Cavaliere

Multiwavelength Observations of Markarian 421 in March 2001: an Unprecedented View on the X-ray/TeV Correlated Variability

(Abridged) We present a detailed analysis of week-long simultaneous observations of the blazar Mrk421 at 2-60 keV X-rays (RXTE) and TeV gamma-rays (Whipple and HEGRA) in 2001. The unprecedented quality of this dataset enables us to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-16 G. Fossati , J. H. Buckley , I. H. Bond , S. M. Bradbury , D. A. Carter-Lewis , Y. C. K. Chow , W. Cui , A. D. Falcone , J. P. Finley , J. A. Gaidos , J. Grube , J. Holder , D. Horan , D. Horns , M. M. Jordan , D. B. Kieda , J. Kildea , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , K. Lee , P. Moriarty , R. A. Ong , D. Petry , J. Quinn , G. H. Sembroski , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes

Swift observations of the very intense flaring activity of Mrk 421 during 2006: I. Phenomenological picture of electron acceleration and predictions for the MeV/GeV emission

We present results from a deep spectral analysis of all the Swift observations of Mrk 421 from April 2006 to July 2006, when it reached its largest X-ray flux recorded until 2006. The peak flux was about 85 milli-Crab in the 2.0-10.0 keV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Tramacere , P. Giommi , M. Perri , F. Verrecchia , G. Tosti

XMM-Newton timing mode observations of Mrk 421

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

BeppoSAX Observations of Mkn 421: clues on the particle acceleration ?

Mkn 421 was repeatedly observed with BeppoSAX in 1997-1998. We present highlights of the results of the thorough temporal and spectral analysis discussed by Fossati et al. (1999) and Maraschi et al. (1999), focusing on the flare of April…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Fossati , A. Celotti , M. Chiaberge , Y. H. Zhang

Unravelling the complex behavior of Mrk 421 with simultaneous X-ray and VHE observations during an extreme flaring activity in April 2013

We report on a multi-band variability and correlation study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during an exceptional flaring activity observed from 2013 April 11 to 2013 April 19. The study uses, among others, data from GASP-WEBT, Swift, NuSTAR,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-22 MAGIC collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , D. Baack , A. Babic , B. Banerjee , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra Gonzalez , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Z. Bosnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingarian , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , U. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , F. Del Puppo , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , D. Depaoli , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espineira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , R. J. Garcia Lopez , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinovic , D. Green , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , M. Hutten , T. Inada , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , L. Jouvin , Y. Kajiwara , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. Lopez , R. Lopez-Coto , A. Lopez-Oramas , S. Loporchio , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martinez , D. Mazin , S. Mender , S. Micanovic , D. Miceli , T. Miener , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogues , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletic , P. Penil , M. Peresano , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribo , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Suric , M. Takahashi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzic , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Alba , L. Tosti , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zaric , Other groups , : , M. Petropoulou , J. Finke , F. D'Ammando , M. Balokovic , G. Madejski , K. Mori , Simonetta Puccetti , C. Leto , M. Perri , F. Verrecchia , M. Villata , C. M. Raiteri , I. Agudo , R. Bachev , A. Berdyugin , D. A. Blinov , R. Chanishvili , W. P. Chen , R. Chigladze , G. Damljanovic , C. Eswaraiah , T. S. Grishina , S. Ibryamov , B. Jordan , S. G. Jorstad , M. Joshi , E. N. Kopatskaya , O. M. Kurtanidze , S. O. Kurtanidze , E. G. Larionova , L. V. Larionova , V. M. Larionov , G. Latev , H. C. Lin , A. P. Marscher , A. A. Mokrushina , D. A. Morozova , M. G. Nikolashvili , E. Semkov , P. S. Smith , A. Strigachev , Yu. V. Troitskaya , I. S. Troitsky , O. Vince , J. Barnes , T. Guever , J. W. Moody , A. C. Sadun , T. Hovatta , J. L. Richards , W. Max-Moerbeck , A. C. R. Readhead , A. Lahteenmaki , M. Tornikoski , J. Tammi , V. Ramakrishnan , R. Reinthal

FACT -- Multi-wavelength analysis of more than 30 flares of Mrk 421

Mrk 421 is a high-synchrotron-peaked blazar featuring bright and persistent GeV and TeV emission. We use multi-wavelength light curves of Mrk 421 spanning 5.5 years with FACT (TeV) and Fermi LAT (GeV) in the gamma rays, Swift BAT, Swift XRT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-27 Vitalii Sliusar , Axel Arbet-Engels , Dominik Baack , Matteo Balbo , Adrian Biland , Michael Blank , Tomas Bretz , Kai Bruegge , Michael Bulinski , Jens Buss , Manuel Doerr , Daniela Dorner , Dominik Elsaesser , Dorothee Hildebrand , Karl Mannheim , Sebastian mueller , Dominik Neise , Maximilian Noethe , Aleksander Paravac , Wolfgang Rhode , Bernd Schleicher , Kevin Sedlaczek , Amit Shukla , Roland Walter , Elan von Willert

The Great Markarian 421 Flare of February 2010: Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies

We report on variability and correlation studies using multiwavelength observations of the blazar Mrk 421 during the month of February, 2010 when an extraordinary flare reaching a level of $\sim$27~Crab Units above 1~TeV was measured in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-06 A. U. Abeysekara , W. Benbow , R. Bird , A. Brill , R. Brose , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , M. K. Daniel , J. Dumm , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , A. Gent , G. H. Gillanders , C. Giuri , O. Gueta , T. Hassan , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nelson , D. Nieto , M. Nievas-Rosillo , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , A. Petrashyk , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , R. R. Prado , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , A. C. Rovero , C. Rulten , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , B. Stevenson , I. Sushch , J. Tyler , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , R. M. Wells , P. Wilcox , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , D. Baack , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , U. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , F. Di Pierro , E. Do Souto Espiñera , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , A. Fernández-Barral , G. Ferrara , D. Fidalgo , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , S. Gallozzi , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Godinović , D. Green , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , S. Masuda , D. Mazin , D. Miceli , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , M. Nöthe , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , P. Peñil , M. Peresano , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Somero , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , S. Sun , T. Surić , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , S. Tsujimoto , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , H. D. Aller , M. F. Aller , M. T. Carini , D. Horan , B. Jordan , Svetlana G. Jorstad , O. M. Kurtanidze , S. O. Kurtanidze , A. Lähteenmäki , V. M. Larionov , E. G. Larionova , G. Madejski , Alan P. Marscher , W. Max-Moerbeck , J. Ward Moody , D. A. Morozova , M. G. Nikolashvili , C. M. Raiteri , A. C. S. Readhead , J. L. Richards , Alberto C. Sadun , T. Sakamoto , L. A. Sigua , P. S. Smith , H. Talvikki , J. Tammi , M. Tornikoski , I. S. Troitsky , M. Villata