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One of the most important questions in blazar physics is the origin of broadband emission and fast-flux variation. In this work, we studied the broadband temporal and spectral properties of a TeV blazar 1ES 1727+502 and explore the one-zone…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-20 Raj Prince , Rukaiya Khatoon , Pratik Majumdar , Bożena Czerny , Nayantara Gupta

Suzaku observations of the blazar OJ 287 were performed in 2007 April 10--13 and November 7--9. They correspond to a quiescent and a flaring state, respectively. The X-ray spectra can be well described with single power-law models in both…

We present a comprehensive analysis of all XMM-Newton spectra of OJ 287 spanning 15 years of X-ray spectroscopy of this bright blazar. We also report the latest results from our dedicated Swift UVOT and XRT monitoring of OJ 287 which…

S5 0716+714 is a typical BL Lacertae object. In this paper we present the analysis and results of long term simultaneous observations in the radio, near-infrared, optical, X-ray and $\gamma$-ray bands, together with our own photometric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-18 N. H. Liao , J. M. Bai , H. T. Liu , S. S. Weng , Liang Chen , F. Li

Aim : The nearby TeV blazar 1ES 1959+650 (z=0.047) was reported to be in flaring state during June - July 2016 by Fermi-LAT, FACT, MAGIC and VERITAS collaborations. We studied the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) in different states of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 S. R. Patel , A. Shukla , V. R. Chitnis , D. Dorner , K. Mannheim , B. S. Acharya , B. J. Nagare

We report here results on the analysis of correlated flux variations between the optical and GeV $\gamma$-ray bands in three bright BL Lac objects, namely AO\, 0235+164, OJ 287 and PKS 2155$-$304. This was based on the analysis of about 10…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-04-21 Bhoomika Rajput , Zahir Shah , C. S. Stalin , S. Sahayanathan , Suvendu Rakshit

We present {\it AstroSat} soft X-ray, near-UV (NUV), and far-UV (FUV) observations of a blazar, OJ~287, carried out in 2017, 2018, and 2020. The simultaneous observations with NuSTAR in 2017 provide a broad-band look encompassing NUV, FUV,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-03 K. P. Singh , P. Kushwaha , A. Sinha , Main Pal , G. Dewangan , A. Agarwal

The origin of fast flux variability in blazars is a long-standing problem, with many theoretical models proposed to explain it. In this study, we focus on BL Lacertae to model its spectral energy distribution (SED) and broadband light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-22 Rukaiya Khatoon , Markus Boettcher , Raj Prince

We present a long-term broad-band temporal and spectral study of a TeV BL Lac source TXS 0518+211 by analyzing nearly 16 years (MJD 54682 -- 60670) of simultaneous optical, UV and X-ray light curves from \textit{Swift}-XRT/UVOT and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-06 Avik Kumar Das , Pankaj Kushwaha , Veeresh Singh , Sandeep Kumar Mondal , Goldy Ahuja , Deekshya R. Sarkar

The BL Lacertae (BL Lac) object OJ 287 is one of the most dynamic blazars across the directly accessible observational windows: spectral, timing, polarization, and imaging. Apart from behaviors considered characteristics of blazars, it…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-01 Pankaj Kushwaha

We present the results from a multiwavelength campaign on the TeV blazar 1ES 1959+650, performed in May, 2006. Data from the optical, UV, soft- and hard-X-ray and very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray (E > 100 GeV) bands were obtained with the…

We are carrying out a dense monitoring of the blazar OJ 287 with Swift since late 2015 as part of our project MOMO (Multiwavelength Observations and Modeling of OJ 287). This is the densest existing monitoring of OJ 287 involving X-ray and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-22 S. Komossa , D. Grupe , L. C. Gallo , A. Gonzalez , S. Yao , A. R. Hollett , M. L. Parker , S. Ciprini

We present a detailed characterisation and theoretical interpretation of the broadband emission of the paradigmatic TeV blazar Mrk 421, with special focus on the multi-band flux correlations. The dataset has been collected through an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-01 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , M. Artero , K. Asano , A. Babić , A. Baquero , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , M. Bernardos , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , O. Blanch , 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 , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , M. Doro , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , 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 , I. Jiménez , 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 , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , 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. Menchiari , 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 , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , 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 , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , F. G. Saturni , 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 , L. Tosti , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , C. Wunderlich , D. Zarić , FACT Collaboration , : , D. Baack , M. Balbo , N. Biederbeck , A. Biland , T. Bretz , J. Buss , D. Dorner , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsaesser , D. Hildebrand , R. Iotov , K. Mannheim , D. Neise , M. Noethe , A. Paravac , W. Rhode , B. Schleicher , V. Sliusar , R. Walter , Other groups , collaborations , : , F. D'Ammando , D. Horan , A. Y. Lien , M. Baloković , G. M. Madejski , M. Perri , F. Verrecchia , C. Leto , A. Lähteenmäki , M. Tornikoski , V. Ramakrishnan , E. Järvelä , R. J. C. Vera , M. Villata , C. M. Raiteri , A. C. Gupta , A. Pandey , A. Fuentes , I. Agudo , C. Casadio , E. Semkov , S. Ibryamov , A. Marchini , R. Bachev , A. Strigachev , E. Ovcharov , V. Bozhilov , A. Valcheva , E. Zaharieva , G. Damljanovic , O. Vince , V. M. Larionov , G. A. Borman , T. S. Grishina , V. A. Hagen-Thorn , E. N. Kopatskaya , E. G. Larionova , L. V. Larionova , D. A. Morozova , A. A. Nikiforova , S. S. Savchenko , I. S. Troitskiy , Y. V. Troitskaya , A. A. Vasilyev , O. A. Merkulova , W. P. Chen , M. Samal , H. C. Lin , J. W. Moody , A. C. Sadun , S. G. Jorstad , A. P. Marscher , Z. R. Weaver , M. Feige , J. Kania , M. Kopp , L. Kunkel , D. Reinhart , A. Scherbantin , L. Schneider , C. Lorey , J. A. Acosta-Pulido , M. I. Carnerero , D. Carosati , S. O. Kurtanidze , O. M. Kurtanidze , M. G. Nikolashvili , R. G. Chanishvili , R. A. Chigladze , R. Z. Ivanidze , G. N. Kimeridze , L. A. Sigua , M. D. Joner , M. Spencer , M. Giroletti , N. Marchili , S. Righini , N. Rizzi , G. Bonnoli

OJ 287 is one of the most dynamic BL Lacertae objects that has exhibited behaviour representative of the entire blazar class and is also one of the best sources with simultaneous multi-wavelength coordinated data. Motivated by strong X-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-10 Pankaj Kushwaha

The high-synchrotron-peaked BL Lac object 1ES\,1959+650 exhibited pronounced activity between MJD~60310 -- 60603, including a very high energy (VHE) detection reported by LHAASO. To investigate the underlying emission mechanisms, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-24 Peer Anjum , Athar A. Dar , Zahir Shah , Bari Maqbool , Ranjeev Misra

We study the quasi-simultaneous Spectral Energy Distributions (SED) of 48 LBAS blazars, collected within three months of the Fermi LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS) data taking period, combining Fermi and Swift data with radio NIR-Optical and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2009-12-21 S. Raino' , E. Cavazzuti , S. Colafrancesco , P. Giommi , A. Tramacere , the Fermi-LAT Collaboration

The GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) monitored BL Lacertae in 2008-2009 at radio, near-IR, and optical frequencies. During this period, high-energy observations were performed by XMM-Newton,…

We conducted a detailed long-term spectral and temporal study of flat spectrum radio quasar 4C +01.02, by using the multi-wavelength observations from Fermi-LAT, Swift-XRT, and Swift-UVOT. The $2$-day bin $\gamma$-ray lightcurve in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-06-22 Malik Zahoor , Shah Zahir , Sunder Sahayanathan , Naseer Iqbal , Aaqib Manzoor

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

About twenty years of radio observations in five bands (from 4.8 to 37 GHz) of the BL Lac object GC 0109+224 (S2 0109+22, RGB J0112+227), are presented and analysed together with the optical data. Over the past ten years this blazar has…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 Stefano Ciprini , Gino Tosti , Harri Teräsranta , Hugh D. Aller