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We present results from the first dedicated study in the time domain of the hard X-ray variability behavior of blazars on long timescales based on $\sim$13 years of continuous hard X-ray data in the 14-195 keV band. We use monthly-binned…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-10 Sergio Mundo , Richard Mushotzky

Blazars are a class of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) known for their very rapid variabilty in the high energy regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Despite this known fast variability, X-ray observations have generally not revealed…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Matthew Pryal , Abe Falcone , Michael Stroh

We report on Swift observations of four z>2 radio-loud quasars (0212+735, 0537-286, 0836+710, and 2149-307), classified as blazars. The sources, well-known emitters at soft-medium X-rays, were detected at >5sigma with the BAT experiment in…

We present a study of the flux distribution of a sample of 15 Intermediate and Low-energy peaked blazars using XMM-Newton observations in a total of 57 epochs on short-term timescales. We characterise the X-ray variability of all of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-07 Kiran Wani , Haritma Gaur

The variability of blazars in the X-ray and optical regions informs both the physics of their emitting region and places demands on the observer if a program requires that the object be bright or faint. The extensive simultaneous X-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-31 Kaitlyn E. Moo , Joel N. Bregman , Mark T. Reynolds

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 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

The soft gamma-ray repeater Swift J1555.2-5402 was discovered by means of a 12-ms duration short burst detected with Swift BAT on 2021 June 3. Then 1.6 hours after the first burst detection, NICER started daily monitoring of this X-ray…

Aims: We used data from the 58 month long, continuous Swift/Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) observations of the five brightest Seyfert galaxies at hard X-rays, to study their flux and spectral variability in the 20-100 keV energy band. The…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 M. D. Caballero-Garcia , I. E. Papadakis , F. Nicastro , M. Ajello

During a period of strong $\gamma$-ray flaring activity from BL Lacertae, we organized Swift, Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), and Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) follow-up observations. The source has been…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-10 Filippo D'Ammando

We present results of variability study of a sample of 20 powerful blazars using Fermi/LAT (0.1--300 GeV) observations. We studied decade-long observations applying various analysis tools such as flux distribution, symmetry analysis, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-07-27 Gopal Bhatta , Niraj Dhital

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 the results of timing and spectral analysis of the blazar H 2356-309 using XMM-Newton observations. This blazar is observed during 13 June 2005-24 December 2013 in total nine observations. Five of the observations show moderate…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-07 Kiran A. Wani , Haritma Gaur

We present a first systematic time series study of a sample of blazars observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite $\textit{TESS}$ spacecraft. By cross matching the positions of the sources in the TESS observations with those from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-11-23 Vivek Reddy Pininti , Gopal Bhatta , Sagarika Paul , Aman Kumar , Aayushi Rajgor , Rahul Barnwal , Sarvesh Gharat

We explored the statistical properties of short-term X-ray variability using long-exposure {\it XMM-Newton} data during high X-ray variability phases of blazars S5 0716+714 and PKS 2155-304. In general, hardness ratio shows correlated…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-09-15 Pankaj Kushwaha , Main Pal

Blazars, a class of active galactic nuclei (AGN) powered by supermassive black holes, are known for their remarkable variability across multiple timescales and wavelengths. Despite significant advancements in our understanding of AGN…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-02-04 Gopal Bhatta , Suvas C. Chaudhary , Niraj Dhital , Tek P. Adhikari , Maksym Mohorian , Radim Pánis , Raghav Neupane , Yogesh Singh Maharjan

Variability is one of the hallmarks of Active Galactic Nuclei. The Burst Alert Telescope onboard of Swift, with its homogeneous coverage of the sky is a formidable tool to study variability at hard X-rays. We present here the analysis of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-06-21 Claudio Ricci , Stephane Paltani , Simona Soldi , Thierry J. -L. Courvoisier

Context. We present the light curves of six BL Lac objects, PKS 0537-441, PKS 0735+17, OJ 287, PKS 2005-489, PKS 2155-304, W Comae, and of the flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089, as a part of a photometric monitoring program in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 Angela Sandrinelli , Stefano Covino , Aldo Treves

Blazars, the peculiar class of active galactic nuclei (AGN), are known to show flux variations across the accessible electromagnetic spectrum. Though they have been studied extensively for their flux variability characteristics across…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-13 M. Reshma , Aditi Agarwal , C. S. Stalin , Prajwel Joseph , Akanksha Dagore , Amit Kumar Mandal , Ashish Devaraj , S. B. Gudennavar

Aims. The blazars Mrk 421 and Mrk 501 have shown multiwavelength variability on all observed timescales, and have been well studied at high energies on short timescales. We aim to characterise the long-term temporal behaviour of these…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 Gabrielle L. Taylor , Stefan J. Wagner , Alicja Wierzcholska , Michael Zacharias
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