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Over the past decade, our knowledge of the \gamma-ray sky has been revolutionized by ground- and space-based observatories by detecting photons up to several hundreds of tera-electron volt (TeV) energies. A major population of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-05 B. Rani

The High Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory (HAWC) has a wide field-of-view (FOV, $\sim$2sr) and a high duty cycle ($\sim$95\%), which make it a powerful survey and monitoring experiment for sources of TeV gamma rays. We present a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-21 Zhixiang Ren , Robert Lauer , John A. J. Matthews , the HAWC Collaboration

Radio galaxies host relativistic jets oriented away from our line of sight, making them challenging targets for Very High Energy (VHE, E$>$100 GeV) $\gamma$-ray detectors. Indeed, out of $\sim100$ extragalactic sources detected at $E>100$…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-04 Roberto Angioni

The observational progress in the $\gamma$-ray astronomy in the last few years has led to the discovery of more than a thousand sources at GeV energies and more than a hundred sources at TeV energies. A few different classes of compact…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-06-21 W. Bednarek

Cherenkov telescopes play a major role in the growth of the TeV Astronomy which, in 20 years, has reached the status of an important branch of Astrophysics, because of the observations of the violent, non thermal processes in the extreme…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-10-19 B. Sacco , S. Vercellone

We have used the VLBA at 5 GHz to observe all galaxies with nuclear radio flux densities above 3.5 mJy found in a VLA survey at 15 GHz of a sample of nearby LINER galaxies. All galaxies were detected revealing high brightness temperature…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Heino Falcke , Neil M. Nagar , Andrew S. Wilson , James S. Ulvestad

We present the results of a multi-wavelength study of blazars selected from the 5th ROMABZCAT catalog. We selected from this sample a subsample of 2435 objects having at least one counterpart in one of the three main archival X-ray…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), currently in its Preparatory Phase, will be the first open observatory for very high energy gamma-rays from galactic and extragalactic sources. The international consortium behind CTA is preparing the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 A. Zech

We present a catalogue of local ($z<0.1$) galaxies that contain faint AGN. We select these objects by identifying galaxies that exhibit a significant excess in their radio luminosities, compared to what is expected from the observed levels…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-06 E. K. Lofthouse , S. Kaviraj , D. J. B. Smith , M. J. Hardcastle

Large number of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) producing Very-High-Energy (VHE) gamma-rays (energies above 100~GeV) has been revealed using observations with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). However, our knowledge of the VHE…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-11 A. Neronov , D. Semikoz

Radio and gamma-ray emission from active galactic nuclei (AGN) are thought to share a common origin, related to the ejection phenomena in the vicinity of supermassive black holes. Thanks to its sensitivity, surveying capability, and broad…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-29 M. Giroletti , A. Reimer , L. Fuhrmann , V. Pavlidou , J. L. Richards

A thorough study of radio emission in Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) is of fundamental importance to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for the emission and the interplay between accretion and ejection processes. High frequency…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-05-27 E. Chiaraluce , F. Panessa , G. Bruni , R. D. Baldi , E. Behar , F. Vagnetti , F. Tombesi , I. McHardy

Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) make up about 35 per cent of the more than 250 sources detected in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays to date with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes. Apart from four nearby radio galaxies and two AGNs of…

We present 5.5 GHz observations with the VLA of a sample of nearby galaxies with energetic nuclear outbursts at mid-infrared (MIR) bands. These observations reach a uniform depth down to a median rms of ~10 uJy, representing one of most…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-24 B. B. Dai , X. W. Shu , N. Jiang , L. M. Dou , D. Z. Liu , C. W. Yang , F. B. Zhang , T. G. Wang

Dust is commonly present in weakly radio emitting star-forming galaxies and this dust may obscure the signatures of accreting black holes in these objects. We aim to uncover weak active galactic nuclei, AGN, in the faint radio source…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-08 S. Chi , P. D. Barthel , M. A. Garrett

We present a detailed analysis of 256 radio sources from our deep (flux density limit of 42 microJy at the field centre at 1.4 GHz) Chandra Deep Field South 1.4 and 5 GHz VLA survey. The radio population is studied by using a wealth of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 P. Padovani , V. Mainieri , P. Tozzi , K. I. Kellermann , E. B. Fomalont , N. Miller , P. Rosati , P. Shaver

With an instantaneous field of view of 2 sr and a duty cycle > 95%, the High Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory is a perfect instrument for monitoring variable TeV sources. Because radio galaxies are a type of Active…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-04 Daniel Avila Rojas , Rubén Alfaro , M. Magdalena González , Nissim Fraija

Misaligned AGN (MAGNs), i.e., radio-loud AGNs with the jet not pointing directly towards us, represent a new class of GeV emitters revealed by the Fermi space telescope. Although they comprise only a small fraction of the high-energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-06-21 R. Angioni , P. Grandi , E. Torresi , C. Vignali , J. Knödlseder

We present the results of a high-resolution, 5 GHz, Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array study of the nuclear radio emission in a representative subset of the Atlas3D survey of early-type galaxies (ETGs). We find that 51 +/- 4% of the ETGs in…

In this paper, we review the prospects for studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN) using the envisioned future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). This review focuses on jetted AGN, which constitute the vast majority of AGN detected at…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-08-30 A. Reimer , M. Boettcher
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