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We calculate the optically thin synchrotron emission of fast electrons and positrons in a spiral stationary magnetic field and a radial electric field of a rotating relativistic strongly magnetized force-free jet consisting of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 V. I. Pariev , Ya. N. Istomin , A. R. Beresnyak

Multiwavelength variability of blazars offers indirect insight into their powerful engines and on the mechanisms through which energy is propagated from the centre down the jet. The BL Lac object Mkn 421 is a TeV emitter, a bright blazar at…

We construct samples of jetted active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with low-frequency radio data from the recent released TGSS AD1 catalog at 150 MHz. With these samples, we compare the properties of jet power for blazars, radio-loud narrow-line…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-17 Xu-Liang Fan , Qingwen Wu

Many quasi-simultaneous optical observations of 17 blazars are obtained from previous papers published over the last 19 years in order to investigate the spectral slope variability and understand the radiation mechanism of blazars. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Shao Ming Hu , G. Zhao , H. Y. Guo , X. Zhang , Y. G. Zheng

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

BL Lac objects are known to have very energetic jets pointing towards the observer under small viewing angles. Many of these show high luminosity over the whole energy range up to TeV, mostly classified as high-energy peaked BL Lac objects.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Kaufmann , S. J. Wagner , O. Tibolla

We investigate the properties of the three BL Lac objects, PKS 2201+044, 3C 371 and PKS 0521-365, that exhibit prominent optical jets. We present high resolution near-IR images of the jet of the first two, obtained with an innovative…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-19 E. Liuzzo , R. Falomo , A. Treves

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

Using the sample of radio selected BL Lacertae objects (RBLs) and X-ray selected BL Lacertae objects (XBLs) presented by Sambruna et al. (1996), we calculated the luminosities of radio, optical and X-ray of each source and made the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. C. Mei , L. Zhang , Z. J. Jiang , B. Z. Dai

A new paradigm for active galactic jet kinematics has emerged through detailed investigations of BL Lac objects using very long baseline radio interferometry. In this new scheme, most, if not all, jet components appear to remain stationary…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-20 Marios Karouzos , Silke Britzen , Arno Witzel , Anton J. Zensus , Andreas Eckart

We present new optical and near-IR spectroscopy as well as new high dynamic range, arcsecond-resolution VLA radio maps of BL Lacs from the complete radio-selected "1 Jansky" (1Jy) sample (RBLs) for which such data were not previously…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Travis A. Rector , John T. Stocke

Among active galactic nuclei, BL Lac objects show extreme properties that have been interpreted as the effect of relativistic beaming on the emission from a plasma jet oriented close to the line of sight. The Doppler amplification of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-29 Alessandro Capetti , Claudia M. Raiteri

We present far-UV HST/COS spectra of four nearby BL Lac Objects. BL Lac spectra are dominated by a smooth, power-law continuum which arises in a relativistic jet. However, the spectra are not necessarily featureless; weak, broad- and/or…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 John T. Stocke , Charles W. Danforth , Eric S. Perlman

Aims: We present optical spectroscopy of a sample of BL Lac objects, to determine their redshift, to study their broad emission line properties and to characterize their close environment. Methods: Twelve objects were observed using the ESO…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Sbarufatti , R. Falomo , A. Treves , J. Kotilainen , .

Multifrequency polarimetry, recently extended to the X-ray band thanks to the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) satellite, is an essential tool for understanding blazar jets. High-frequency-peaked BL Lacs (HBLs) and extreme…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-23 Alberto Sciaccaluga , Agnese Costa , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Gianluigi Bodo , Paolo Coppi , Stella Boula

We present an extensive X-ray spectral variability study of the TeV photon-emitting high-energy-peaked BL Lacertae object PG 1553+113, using the data from EPIC-PN camera of XMM-Newton, which observed the source during its operational period…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-07 P. U. Devanand , Alok C. Gupta , Paul J. Wiita , V. Jithesh , Archana Gupta

We present the expected variability features in the context of the Synchro- Self-Compton (SSC) model of emission from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) and show that the homogeneous SSC model describes well the observed multi- wavelength…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Mastichiadis , J. G. Kirk

A general formalism is developed for calculating the luminosity function and the expected number $N$ of observed GRBs above a peak photon flux $S$ for any GRB jet structure. This new formalism directly provides the true GRB rate without the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Dafne Guetta , Jonathan Granot , Mitchell C. Begelman

Recent radio and optical large scale jets' observations suggest a two-component jet morphology, consisting of a fast central spine surrounded with a boundary layer with a velocity shear. We study radiation of electrons accelerated at such…

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