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We investigate the possible presence of quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) signals in 2103 blazars from the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) time-domain survey. We detect a low-frequency QPO signal in five blazars observed over these…

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This work present the results of a multi-epoch observational study of the blazar S5\,1803+784, carried out from 2019 to 2023. The analysis is based on simultaneous data obtained from the Swift/UVOT/XRT, ASAS-SN, and Fermi-LAT instruments. A…

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We conducted a comprehensive variability analysis of the blazar PKS 2255-282 using Fermi-LAT observations spanning over four years, from MJD 57783.5 to 59358.5. Our analysis revealed a transient quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) with a…

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In this work, we report periodicity search analyses in the gamma-ray light curve of the blazar S4 0954+658 monitoring undertaken by the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). Four analytical methods and a tool are adopted to detect any periodic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-31 Yunlu Gong , Shiting Tian , Liancheng Zhou , Tingfeng Yi , Jun Fang

We report the indication of a long-term quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the $\gamma$-ray emission of the BL Lac object 4FGL J1037.7+5711 (GB6 J1037+5711) using more than 17 years of monthly binned Fermi-LAT observations. Since blazar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-01 Zahoor Malik , Sikandar Akbar , Zahir Shah , Seemin Rubab

Study of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) in blazars is one of the crucial methods for gaining insights into the workings of the central engines of active galactic nuclei. QPOs with various characteristic time scales have been observed in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-08 Banerjee , Anuvab , Sharma , Ajay , Mnadal , Avijit , Das , Avik Kumar , Bhatta , Gopal , Bose , Debanjan

We present a study on the detection and characterization of transient quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the $\gamma$-ray emission of blazars 4C +31.03, MG1 J123931+0443, and PKS 1622$-$253. Using light curves derived from \textit{Fermi}…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-11 P. Penil , J. Otero-Santos , A. Circiello , A. Banerjee , S. Buson , A. Rico , M. Ajello , S. Adhikari

This work presents possible quasi-periodic oscillations in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite observations of blazars that are in the 157-month hard X-ray survey done by Swift's Burst Alert Telescope. We report observations from four…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-15 Ashutosh Tripathi , Paul J. Wiita , Krista Lynne Smith

Over the course of three hours on 27 December 2008 we obtained optical (R-band) observations of the blazar S5 0716+714 at a very fast cadence of 10 s. Using several different techniques we find fluctuations with an approximately 15-minute…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Bindu Rani , Alok C. Gupta , U. C. Joshi , S. Ganesh , Paul J. Wiita

Blazars exhibit variable emission on diverse timescales. Some light curves show signs of quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs), which may encode clues regarding the physical processes behind the emission or point to supermassive binary black…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-24 M. A. Hashad , A. Hammad , Amr A. EL-Zant

In this work, we analyzed the long term gamma-ray data by a Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi-LAT) of blazar S2 0109+22, ranging from 2008 to 2023. The quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of blazars aided in investigating the physical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-17 Haoyang Zhang , Fan Wu , Benzhong Dai

In this work, we report, for the first time, a quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the $\gamma$-ray band of 4FGL J0309.9-6058, also known as PKS 0308-611. We employed three analytical methods (the Lomb-Scargle periodogram, REDFIT, and the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-27 Jingyu Wu , Zhihao Ouyang , Hubing Xiao , Elisa Prandini , Shangchun Xie , Sheng Yang , Jianzhen Chen , Shaohua Zhang , Haoyang Zhang , Junhui Fan

Using an unprecedented cadence of 30 minutes provided by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), we have examined the optical light curves (LCs) of the blazar S5 0716+714 obtained from its Sectors 40, 47, and 53 over a period of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-09 Shubham Kishore , Alok C. Gupta , Paul J. Wiita

We report the detection ($>4\sigma$) of a Quasi-Periodic Oscillation (QPO) in the $\gamma$-ray light curve of 3C 454.3 along with a simultaneous marginal QPO detection ($>2.4\sigma$) in the optical light curves. Periodic flux modulations…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-12-23 Arkadipta Sarkar , Alok C. Gupta , Varsha R. Chitnis , Paul J. Wiita

We systematically search for quasiperiodic oscillatory (QPO) signals on the month timescale among the 1525 sources given in the Fermi Large Area Telescope Light Curve Repository. We find a transient QPO of 31.3$\pm$1.8 days in the gamma-ray…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-18 Junping Chen , Tingfeng Yi , Yunlu Gong , Xing Yang , Zhihui Chen , Xin Chang , Lisheng Mao

The continuous monitoring capability of Fermi-LAT has enabled the exploration of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations (QPOs) in the $\gamma$-ray light curve of blazar that has given a new perspective to probe these sources over a wide range of time…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-05 Avik Kumar Das , Raj Prince , Alok C. Gupta , Pankaj Kushwaha

Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPO) originating from innermost regions of blazars can provide unique perspective of some of the burning issues in blazar studies including disk-jet connection, launch of relativistic jets from the central…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-06-12 Gopal Bhatta

Variability is a typical observation feature of Fermi blazars, sometimes it shows quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO). In this work, we obtained 5-day binned light curves (with a time coverage of $\sim$ 12.9 yr) for S5 1044+71 based on Fermi…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-27 G. G. Wang , J. T. Cai , J. H. Fan

We report the detection of a probable $\gamma$-ray quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) of around 314 days in the monthly binned 0.1 -- 300 GeV $\gamma$-ray {\it Fermi}-LAT light curve of the well known BL Lac blazar OJ 287. To identify and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-10-28 Pankaj Kushwaha , Arkadipta Sarkar , Alok C. Gupta , Ashutosh Tripathi , a , Paul J. Wiita

This study explores transient quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the $\gamma$-ray emission of two blazars, PMN J0531$-$4827 and PKS 1502+106, using over a decade of Fermi Large Area Telescope observations. The analysis focuses on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-20 P. Penil , J. Otero-Santos , A. Banerjee , S. Buson , A. Rico , M. Ajello , S. Adhikari
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