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In this paper, we present results of TeV $\gamma$--ray observations of the high synchrotron peaked BL Lac object 1ES 1218+304 (z=0.182) with the $TACTIC$ (TeV Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope with Imaging Camera). The observations are…

We present continued radio and X-ray observations of the relativistic tidal disruption event Swift J164449.3+573451 extending to $\delta t \approx 2000$ d after discovery. The radio data were obtained with the VLA as part of a long-term…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-28 T. Eftekhari , E. Berger , B. A. Zauderer , R. Margutti , K. D. Alexander

Aims: The BL Lac object RGB J0152+017 (z=0.080) was predicted to be a very high-energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) gamma-ray source, due to its high X-ray and radio fluxes. Our aim is to understand the radiative processes by investigating the observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-09 HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

The extragalactic $\gamma$-ray sky is dominated by blazars and their study plays an important role in understanding jet physics, cosmic evolution history and origin of ultra high energy cosmic rays. In this work, we study a large sample of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-05-23 Muhammad Shahzad Anjum , Liang Chen , Minfeng Gu

The HAWC Observatory collected 6 years of extensive data, providing an ideal platform for long-term monitoring of blazars in the Very High Energy (VHE) band, without bias towards specific flux states. HAWC continuously monitors blazar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-28 R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , A. Andrés , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , D. Avila Rojas , H. A. Ayala Solares , R. Babu , E. Belmont-Moreno , A. Bernal , K. S. Caballero-Mora , T. Capistrán , A. Carramiñana , F. Carreón , S. Casanova , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , S. Coutiño de León , E. De la Fuente , D. Depaoli , N. Di Lalla , R. Diaz Hernandez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , M. Durocher , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , K. Engel , C. Espinoza , K. L. Fan , N. Fraija , S. Fraija , J. A. García-González , F. Garfias , A. Gonzalez Muñoz , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , S. Groetsch , J. P. Harding , S. Hernández-Cadena , I. Herzog , D. Huang , F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla , A. Iriarte , V. Joshi , S. Kaufmann , D. Kieda , A. Lara , W. H. Lee , J. Lee , H. León Vargas , J. T. Linnemann , A. L. Longinotti , G. Luis-Raya , K. Malone , O. Martinez , I. Martinez-Castellanos , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , J. A. Montes , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , A. Nayerhoda , L. Nellen , M. U. Nisa , R. Noriega-Papaqui , N. Omodei , M. Osorio , Y. Pérez Araujo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , C. D. Rho , D. Rosa-González , E. Ruiz-Velasco , H. Salazar , D. Salazar-Gallegos , A. Sandoval , M. Schneider , J. Serna-Franco , A. J. Smith , Y. Son , R. W. Springer , O. Tibolla , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , R. Torres-Escobedo , R. Turner , F. Ureña-Mena , E. Varela , L. Villaseñor , X. Wang , I. J. Watson , K. Whitaker , E. Willox , S. Yun-Cárcamo , H. Zhou , C. de León , Abraham D. Falcone , Fredric Hancock

We have observed 1ES 1426+428 with INTEGRAL detecting it up to $\sim$150 keV. The spectrum is hard, confirming that this source is an extreme BL Lac object, with a synchrotron component peaking, in a $\nu F_\nu$ plot, at or above 100 keV,…

We present recent X-ray observations of intermediate BL Lac objects (IBLs), i.e. BL Lacs which are located between high-energy and low-energy peaked BL Lac objects with respect to alpha_rx. We briefly discuss the statistical properties of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Siebert , W. Brinkmann , S. A. Laurent-Muehleisen , M. Matsuoka

We present spectral and timing analysis of all the data collected by the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer for the BL Lac object Mrk 421 from 1994 to 1997. During these years Mrk 421 has been observed by EUVE 4 times with the DS/Spectrograph and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ilaria Cagnoni , Antonella Fruscione , Iossif E. Papadakis

We report on the results from observations of the most recent outbursts of XTE J1739-302 and IGR J17544-2619, which are considered to be the prototypes of the supergiant fast X-ray transient (SFXT) class. They triggered the Swift/BAT on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 R. Farinelli , P. Romano , V. Mangano , C. Ceccobello , L. Ducci , S. Vercellone , P. Esposito , J. A. Kennea , D. N. Burrows

This study presents a statistical analysis of optical light curves (LCs) of 200 UVOT-detected GRBs from 2005 to 2018. We have categorised these LCs based on their distinct morphological features, including early flares, bumps, breaks,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-10 Amit K. Ror , S. B. Pandey , S. R. Oates , Rahul Gupta , Amar Aryan , A. J. Castro-Tirado , Sudhir Kumar

We present the results of a multi-wavelength study of a population of X-ray bright ($\rm log(F_{0.2-12 \ keV})>-12.5$), non-$\gamma$-ray detected high and extreme high synchrotron peak (HSP, EHSP; $\rm log(\nu_{\rm peak,\ Hz})>16$) BL Lacs…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-29 Federica Sibani , Stefano Marchesi , Ettore Bronzini , Marco Ajello , Michele Doro , Lea Marcotulli , Elisa Prandini , Cristian Vignali

The Be X-ray pulsar, SMC X-3 underwent a giant outburst from 2016 August to 2017 March, which was monitored with the Swift satellite. During the outburst, its broadband flux increased dramatically, and the unabsorbed X-ray luminosity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-07-19 Shan-Shan Weng , Ming-Yu Ge , Hai-Hui Zhao , Wei Wang , Shuang-Nan Zhang , Wei-Hao Bian , Qi-Rong Yuan

We report on simultaneous broadband observations of the TeV-emitting blazar Markarian 501 between 1 April and 10 August 2013, including the first detailed characterization of the synchrotron peak with Swift and NuSTAR. During the campaign,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-14 A. Furniss , K. Noda , S. Boggs , J. Chiang , F. Christensen , W. Craig , P . Giommi , C. Hailey , F. Harisson , G. Madejski , K. Nalewajko , M. Perri , D. Stern , M. Urry , F. Verrecchia , W. Zhang , M. L. Ahnen , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , B. Banerjee , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra Gonzalez , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , A. Chatterjee , R. Clavero , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , B. De Lotto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher Glawion , D. Elsaesser , A. Fernandez-Barral , D. Fidalgo , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. Garcia Lopez , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , P. Giammaria , N. Godinovic , A. Gonzalez Munoz , D. Guberman , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , G. Hughes , W. Idec , H. Kellermann , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. Lopez , R. Lopez-Coto , A. Lopez-Oramas , E. Lorenz , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martinez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , D. Nakajima , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , M. Persic , J. Poutanen , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribo , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , T. Saito , K. Saito , K. Satalecka , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpaa , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , M. Strzys , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzic , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , V. Verguilov , I. Vovk , M. Will , R. Zanin , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , J. Biteau , V. Bugaev , J. V Cardenzana , M. Cerruti , X. Chen , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , H. J. Dickinson , J. Dumm , J. D. Eisch , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , P. Fortin , L. Fortson , L. Gerard , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , S. T. Griffiths , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , N. Haakansson , J. Holder , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , T. T. Y. Lin , G. Maier , S. McArthur , A. McCann , K. Meagher , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe , R. A. Ong , N. Park , D. Petry , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , K. Ragan , G. Ratliff , L. C. Reyes , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , J. V. Tucci , J. Tyler , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , O. M. Weiner , A. Weinstein , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , O. Vince L. Fuhrmann , E. Angelakis , V. Karamanavis , I. Myserlis , T. P. Krichbaum , J. A. Zensus , H. Ungerechts , A. Sievers , R. Bachev , M. Bottcher , W. P. Chen , G. Damljanovic , C. Eswaraiah , T. Guver , T. Hovatta , Z. Hughes , S. . I. Ibryamov , M. D. Joner , B. Jordan , S. G. Jorstad , M. Joshi , J. Kataoka , O. M. Kurtanidze , S. O. Kurtanidze , A. Lahteenmaki , G. Latev , H. C. Lin , V. M. Larionov , A. A. Mokrushina , D. A. Morozova , M. G. Nikolashvili , C. M. Raiteri , V. Ramakrishnan , A. C. R. Readhead , A. C. Sadun , L. A. Sigua , E. H. Semkov , A. Strigachev , J. Tammi , M. Tornikoski , Y. V. Troitskaya I. S. Troitsky , M. Villata

We present the results of an extensive analysis of the optical, ultraviolet, X-ray and $\gamma$-ray data collected from the observations of the BL Lac objects prototype BL Lacertae carried out over a period of nearly 13 years, between…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-04-20 N. Sahakyan , P. Giommi

The nature of a substantial percentage (about one fifth) of hard X-ray sources discovered with the BAT instrument onboard the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory (hereafter Swift) is unknown because of the lack of an identified longer-wavelength…

The synergy between the Fermi-LAT and ground-based Cherenkov telescope arrays gives us the opportunity for the first time to characterize the high-energy emission from blazars over 5 decades in energy, from 100 MeV to 10 TeV. In this study,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 G. D. Senturk , M. Errando , M. Boettcher , R. Mukherjee

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

Aims: Our aim is to study the production mechanism for very-high-energy (VHE; >100GeV) gamma-rays in distant active galactic nuclei (AGN) and use the observed VHE spectrum to derive limits on the Extragalactic Background Light (EBL). We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-16 HESS Collaboration , F. Aharonian

Abridged : The various IBIS/ISGRI catalogues contain a large population of hard X-ray sources whose nature is still unknown. Even if the $>20$ keV positional uncertainty provided by ISGRI is unprecedented, it is still too large to pinpoint…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-18 Jerome Rodriguez , John A. Tomsick , Arash Bodaghee

We calculate the GeV spectra of GRB afterglows produced by inverse Compton scattering of the sub-MeV emission of these objects. We improve on earlier treatments by using refined afterglow parameters and new model developments motivated by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 L. J. Gou , P. Meszaros