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We present results of a multi-epoch intra-night optical monitoring of eleven blazars consisting of six BL Lac objects and five radio core-dominated quasars (CDQs). These densely sampled and sensitive R-band CCD observations, carried out…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Ram Sagar , C. S. Stalin , Gopal-Krishna , Paul J. Wiita

We study the X-ray spectra of 85 BL Lacertae objects using the hardness ratios as given in the WGA catalogue of {\it ROSAT} sources. This sample includes all WGA BL Lacs with high-quality data and comprises about 50 per cent of presently…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Paolo Padovani , Paolo Giommi

We have carried out optical (R band) intraday variability (IDV) monitoring of a sample of ten bright low energy peaked blazars (LBLs). Forty photometric observations, of an average of ~ 4 hours each, were made between 2008 September and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Bindu Rani , Alok C. Gupta , U. C. Joshi , S. Ganesh , Paul J. Wiita

We present results from four years of twice-weekly 15 GHz radio monitoring of about 1500 blazars with the Owens Valley Radio Observatory 40 m telescope. Using the intrinsic modulation index to measure variability amplitude, we find that,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-01-16 Joseph L. Richards , Talvikki Hovatta , Walter Max-Moerbeck , Vasiliki Pavlidou , Timothy J. Pearson , Anthony C. S. Readhead

The polarized and total flux of the BL Lac object PKS 2155-304 were monitored intensively and simultaneously in the optical UBVRI bands with the Turin photopolarimeter at the CASLEO 2.15 m telescope during 4 campaigns in June, August,…

We reviewed multi-wavelength blazars variability and detection of quasi-periodic oscillations on intra-day timescales. The variability timescale from few minutes to up to less than a days is commonly known as intra-day variability. These…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-03 Alok C. Gupta

BL Lacertae is not only archetypical of an entire class of jet-dominated active galactic nuclei, blazars, but also one of the most active and rapidly changing objects in this class. In the fall of 2024 (September--November), BL Lacertae…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-11 Rumen Bachev , Milen Minev , Anton Strigachev , Alexander Kurtenkov

Due to the first results on astrophysical X-ray polarization provided by \textit{IXPE} observatory, the interest in wavelength-dependent synchrotron polarization of BL Lac type objects increases. This paper presents the results of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-16 Elena Shablovinskaya , Eugene Malygin , Dmitry Oparin

The BL Lac object S5 0716+71 was target of a coordinated and global multi-frequency campaign to search for rapid and correlated variability and signatures of the inverse-Compton catastrophe. Here we present first results obtained from a…

Our recent progress on time-dependent modeling of the multiwavelength spectra and variability of blazars with leptonic and hadronic jet models is reviewed. Special emphasis is placed on X-ray spectral variability of low-frequency peaked…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Boettcher

BL Lacertae was the target of an extensive multiwavelength monitoring campaign in the second half of 2000. Simultaneous or quasi-simultaneous observations were taken at radio (UMRAO and Metsaehovi) and optical(WEBT collaboration)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Boettcher

Optical monitoring of S5 0716+714 was performed with a 60/90 Schmidt telescope in 2003 November and December and 2004 January for studying the variability of the object on short timescales. Due to the high brightness of the source we could…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jianghua Wu , Bo Peng , Xu Zhou , Jun Ma , Zhaoji Jiang , Jiansheng Chen

We discuss alternative interpretations of the differences in the Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of BL Lacs found in complete Radio or X-ray surveys. A large body of observations in different bands suggests that the SEDs of BL Lac…

We present an analysis of the $BVRI$ photometry of the blazar BL Lacertae on diverse timescales from mid-July to mid-September 2020. We have used 11 different optical telescopes around the world and have collected data over 84 observational…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-04-12 Aditi Agarwal , B. Mihov , Vipul Agrawal , S. Zola , Aykut Ozdonmez , Ergun Ege , L. Slavcheva-Mihova , D. E. Reichart , D. B. Caton , Avik Kumar Das

We review the main results from several radio, X-ray and multi-frequency surveys on the topic of cosmological evolution of BL Lacertae objects. Updated findings on BL Lac evolution following the recent identification of many sources in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Giommi , A. Pellizzoni , M. Perri , P. Padovani

We present the results of our optical monitoring of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 on seven nights in 2006 December. The monitoring was carried out simultaneously at three optical wavelengths with a novel photometric system. The object did…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-04 Jianghua Wu , Markus Boettcher , Xu Zhou , Xiangtao He , Jun Ma , Zhaoji Jiang

We present the results of our power spectral analysis for the BL Lac object PKS 0735+178 utilizing the Fermi-LAT survey at high-energy $\gamma$-rays, several ground-based optical telescopes, and single-dish radio telescopes operating at GHz…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-03-22 Arti Goyal , Lukasz Stawarz , Michal Ostrowski , Valeri Larionov , Gopal-Krishna , Paul J. Wiita , Santosh Joshi , Marian Soida , Ivan Agudo

Variability is one of the extreme observational properties of BL Lacertae objects. AO 0235+164 is a well studied BL Lac through the whole electro-magnetic wavebands. In the present work, we show its optical R band photometric observations…

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

The X-ray emission from blazars has been widely investigated using several space telescopes. In this work, we explored statistical properties of the X-ray variability in the blazars S5 0716+714, OJ 287, Mkn 501 and RBS 2070 using the…