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We present multi-frequency, high resolution VLBA circular polarization images of the radio source 3C 84 in the center of NGC 1275. Our images reveal a complex distribution of circular polarization in the inner parsec of the radio jet, with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. C. Homan , J. F. C. Wardle

The well studied blazar 3C 279 underwent a giant $\gamma$-ray outburst in 2014 March-April. The measured $\gamma$-ray flux (1.21 $\pm$ 0.10 $\times$ 10$^{-5}$ ph cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ in 0.1-300 GeV energy range) is the highest detected from…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Vaidehi S. Paliya , S. Sahayanathan , C. S. Stalin

Thanks to Hubble and Chandra telescopes, some of the large scale jets in extragalactic radio sources are now being observed at optical and X-ray frequencies. For the FR I objects the synchrotron nature of this emission is surely…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Stawarz , M. Sikora , M. Ostrowski

We present time-resolved broad-band observations of the quasar 3C 279 obtained from multi-wavelength campaigns conducted during the first two years of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission. While investigating the previously reported…

3C 279 is one of the best studied flat spectrum radio quasars located at a comparatively large redshift of z = 0.536. Observations in the very high energy band of such distant sources were impossible until recently due to the expected steep…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 M. Errando , R. Bock , D. Kranich , E. Lorenz , P. Majumdar , M. Mariotti , D. Mazin , E. Prandini , F. Tavecchio , M. Teshima , R. Wagner

Blazars are a sub-category of radio-loud active galactic nuclei with relativistic jets pointing towards to the observer. They are well-known for their non-thermal variable emission, which practically extends over the whole electromagnetic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-28 Stella Boula , Maria Petropoulou , Apostolos Mastichiadis

We present a detailed Fermi/LAT data analysis for the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 120. This source has recently entered into a state of increased gamma-ray activity which manifested itself in two major flares detected by Fermi/LAT in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-23 Mateusz Janiak , Marek Sikora , Rafal Moderski

There are now a half dozen young pulsars detected in high energy photons by the Compton GRO, showing a variety of emission efficiencies and pulse profiles. We present here a calculation of the pattern of high energy emission on the sky in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Roger W. Romani , I. -A. Yadigaroglu

One of the most exciting discoveries of recent years is a pair of gigantic gamma-ray emission regions, the so-called Fermi bubbles, above and below the Galactic center. The bubbles, discovered by the Fermi space telescope, extend up to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 Satyendra Thoudam

In this paper we present multifrequency VLA observations of the giant radio galaxy 3C 449, obtained with high sensitivity and resolution in total intensity and polarized flux. These images show the source morphology in great detail, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 L. Feretti , R. Perley , G. Giovannini , H. Andernach

The Broad Line Radio Galaxy 3C 111, characterized by a Fanaroff-Riley II (FRII) radio morphology, is one of the sources of the Misaligned Active Galactic Nuclei sample, consisting of Radio Galaxies and Steep Spectrum Radio Quasars, recently…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Paola Grandi , Eleonora Torresi , Carlo Stanghellini

We present new {\it Chandra} observations of the radio galaxy 3C 445, centered on its southern radio hotspot. Our observations detect X-ray emission displaced upstream and to the west of the radio-optical hotspot. Attempting to reproduce…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Eric S. Perlman , Markos Georganopoulos , Emily M. May , Demosthenes Kazanas

The mis-aligned active galactic nuclei (AGN), 3C\,84, has been observed approximately monthly at four frequencies simultaneously (22\,GHz -- 129\,GHz) on the Korean VLBI Network (KVN) since 2013 as part of the interferometric monitoring of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-26 Jeffrey A. Hodgson , S. S. Lee , B. Rani , J. C. Algaba

CTA 102 is a $\gamma$-ray bright blazar that exhibited multiple flares in observations by the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope during the period of 2016-2018. We present results from the analysis of…

3C 216 is an extragalactic radio source classified as a compact steep spectrum (CSS) object, associated with the source 4FGL J0910.0+4257 detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The source…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-11 Federica Giacchino , Giovanni La Mura , Stefano Ciprini , Dario Gasparrini , Marcello Giroletti , Marco Laurenti

The exact location of the $\gamma$-ray emitting region in blazar jets has long been a matter of debate. However, the location has important implications about the emission processes, geometric and physical parameters of the jet, as well as…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-21 Maitreya Kundu , Arit Bala , Saugata Barat , Ritaban Chatterjee

Flares in radio-loud AGN are thought to be associated with the injection of fresh plasma into the compact jet base. Such flares are usually strongest and appear earlier at shorter radio wavelengths. Hence, VLBI at mm-wavelengths is best…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-01-04 R. Schulz , M. Kadler , E. Ros , M. Perucho , T. P. Krichbaum , I. Agudo , T. Beuchert , M. Lindqvist , K. Mannheim , J. Wilms , J. A. Zensus

Among thousands of extragalactic $\gamma$-ray emitters, only a handful of distant ($z >$ 3) sources are detected. Yet, they are crucial probes shedding light on the cosmic evolution of jets of active galactic nuclei and the initial phase of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-16 Wei Zhang , Neng-Hui Liao , Hao-Yi Huang , Hai Lei , Xiong Jiang , Ning Jiang , Zhen-Feng Sheng , Lu-Lu Fan , Ting-Gui Wang

We propose a model to explain the ultra-bright GeV gamma-ray flares observed from the blazar 3C454.3. The model is based on the concept of a relativistic jet interacting with compact gas condensations produced when a star (red giant)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-16 D. V. Khangulyan , M. V. Barkov , V. Bosch-Ramon , F. A. Aharonian , A. V. Dorodnitsyn

We use a combination of high-resolution very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) radio and multi-wavelength flux density and polarization observations to constrain the physics of the dissipation mechanism powering the broadband flares in 3C…