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Mkn 421 was observed for about two days with BeppoSAX, prior to and partly overlapping the start of a 1 week continuous exposure with ASCA in April 1998, as part of a world-wide multiwavelength campaign. A pronounced, well defined, flare…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. Maraschi , G. Fossati , F. Tavecchio , L. Chiappetti , A. Celotti , G. Ghisellini , P. Grandi , E. Pian , G. Tagliaferri , A. Treves , A. C. Breslin , J. H. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. Catanese , M. F. Cawley , D. J. Fegan , S. Fegan , J. Finley , J. Gaidos , T. Hall , A. M. Hillas , F. Krennrich , R. W. Lessard , C. Masterson , P. Moriarty , J. Quinn , J. Rose , F. Samuelson , T. C. Weekes , T. C. Weekes

Multiwavelength Observations of Markarian 421 in March 2001: an Unprecedented View on the X-ray/TeV Correlated Variability

(Abridged) We present a detailed analysis of week-long simultaneous observations of the blazar Mrk421 at 2-60 keV X-rays (RXTE) and TeV gamma-rays (Whipple and HEGRA) in 2001. The unprecedented quality of this dataset enables us to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-06-16 G. Fossati , J. H. Buckley , I. H. Bond , S. M. Bradbury , D. A. Carter-Lewis , Y. C. K. Chow , W. Cui , A. D. Falcone , J. P. Finley , J. A. Gaidos , J. Grube , J. Holder , D. Horan , D. Horns , M. M. Jordan , D. B. Kieda , J. Kildea , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , K. Lee , P. Moriarty , R. A. Ong , D. Petry , J. Quinn , G. H. Sembroski , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes

Observation of Strong Variability in the X-Ray Emission from Markarian 421 Correlated with the May 1996 TeV Flare

We observed the BL Lac object Markarian 421 with the X-ray satellite RXTE and the Whipple Air Cerenkov Telescope during a two week correlated X-ray/gamma-ray campaign in May 1996. Two dramatic outbursts with extremely rapid and strong flux…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Michael Schubnell

A Multi-wavelength View of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421: Correlated Variability, Flaring, and Spectral Evolution

We report results from a multi-wavelength monitoring campaign on Mrk 421 over the period of 2003-2004. The source was observed simultaneously at TeV and X-ray energies, with supporting observations frequently carried out at optical and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 M. Blazejowski

Temporal and spectral gamma-ray properties of Mkn421 above 250 GeV from CAT observations between 1996 and 2000

The gamma-ray emission above 250 GeV from the BL Lac object Markarian 421 was observed by the CAT Cherenkov imaging telescope between December, 1996, and June, 2000. In 1998, the source produced a series of small flares, making it the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 F. Piron , A. Djannati-Atai , M. Punch , J. -P. Tavernet , A. Barrau , R. Bazer-Bachi , L. -M. Chounet , G. Debiais , B. Degrange , J. -P. Dezalay , P. Espigat , B. Fabre , P. Fleury , G. Fontaine , P. Goret , C. Gouiffes , B. Khelifi , I. Malet , C. Masterson , G. Mohanty , E. Nuss , C. Renault , M. Rivoal , L. Rob , S. Vorobiov

X-ray Emission of Mkn 421: New Clues From Its Spectral Evolution. I. Temporal Analysis

Mkn 421 was repeatedly observed with BeppoSAX in 1997-1998. This is the first of two papers where we present the results of a thorough temporal and spectral analysis of all the data available to us, focusing in particular on the flare of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Fossati , A. Celotti , M. Chiaberge , Y. H. Zhang , L. Chiappetti , G. Ghisellini , L. Maraschi , F. Tavecchio , E. Pian , A. Treves

Multiwavelength Observations of the Blazar Mrk 421 in December 2002 and January 2003

We report on a multiwavelength campaign on the TeV gamma-ray blazar Markarian (Mrk) 421 performed during December 2002 and January 2003. These target of opportunity observations were initiated by the detection of X-ray and TeV gamma-ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 P. Rebillot , M. Aller , H. Aller , P. Boltwood , I. Jung , D. Kranich , A. Sillanpaa , A. Sadun

Hourly Spectral Variability of Mrk 421

Mrk 421 is the first TeV blazar found to exhibit significant spectral variability during strong flaring activity, showing hardening of the TeV spectrum in high emission states. Mrk 421 is also known to exhibit flux variability on time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 F. Krennrich , I. H. Bond , P. J. Boyle , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley

Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Blazar Markarian 421

Very high energy gamma-ray emission from the BL Lac object Markarian 421 has been detected over three observing seasons on 59 nights between April 1992 and June 1994 with the Whipple 10-meter imaging Cherenkov telescope. During its initial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 M. S. Schubnell , C. W. Akerlof , S. Biller J. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. F. Cawley , M. Chantell , V. Connaughton , D. J. Fegan , S. Fennell , J. A. Gaidos , A. M. Hillas , A. D. Kerrick R. C. Lamb , D. I. Meyer , G. Mohanty , J. Rose , A. C. Rovero , G. Sembroski , T. C. Weekes , C. Wilson , J. Zweerink

Multiwavelength Observations of a Flare from Markarian 501

We present multiwavelength observations of the BL Lacertae object Markarian 501 (Mrk 501) in 1997 between April 8 and April 19. Evidence of correlated variability is seen in very high energy (VHE, E > 350 GeV) gamma-ray observations taken…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Catanese , S. M. Bradbury , A. C. Breslin , J. H. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. F. Cawley , C. D. Dermer , D. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. A. Gaidos , A. M. Hillas , W. N. Johnson , F. Krennrich , R. C. Lamb , R. W. Lessard , D. J. Macomb , J. E. McEnery , P. Moriarty , J. Quinn , A. J. Rodgers , H. J. Rose , F. W. Samuelson , G. H. Sembroski , R. Srinivasan , T. C. Weekes , J. Zweerink

The Great Markarian 421 Flare of February 2010: Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies

We report on variability and correlation studies using multiwavelength observations of the blazar Mrk 421 during the month of February, 2010 when an extraordinary flare reaching a level of $\sim$27~Crab Units above 1~TeV was measured in…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-06 A. U. Abeysekara , W. Benbow , R. Bird , A. Brill , R. Brose , M. Buchovecky , J. H. Buckley , J. L. Christiansen , A. J. Chromey , M. K. Daniel , J. Dumm , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , N. Galante , A. Gent , G. H. Gillanders , C. Giuri , O. Gueta , T. Hassan , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , N. Kelley-Hoskins , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , F. Krennrich , S. Kumar , M. J. Lang , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , T. Nelson , D. Nieto , M. Nievas-Rosillo , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , A. Petrashyk , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , R. R. Prado , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , A. C. Rovero , C. Rulten , I. Sadeh , M. Santander , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , B. Stevenson , I. Sushch , J. Tyler , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , R. M. Wells , P. Wilcox , A. Wilhelm , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , D. Baack , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , U. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , F. Di Pierro , E. Do Souto Espiñera , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , A. Fernández-Barral , G. Ferrara , D. Fidalgo , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , S. Gallozzi , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Godinović , D. Green , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , S. Masuda , D. Mazin , D. Miceli , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , M. Nöthe , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , P. Peñil , M. Peresano , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Somero , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , S. Sun , T. Surić , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , S. Tsujimoto , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , H. D. Aller , M. F. Aller , M. T. Carini , D. Horan , B. Jordan , Svetlana G. Jorstad , O. M. Kurtanidze , S. O. Kurtanidze , A. Lähteenmäki , V. M. Larionov , E. G. Larionova , G. Madejski , Alan P. Marscher , W. Max-Moerbeck , J. Ward Moody , D. A. Morozova , M. G. Nikolashvili , C. M. Raiteri , A. C. S. Readhead , J. L. Richards , Alberto C. Sadun , T. Sakamoto , L. A. Sigua , P. S. Smith , H. Talvikki , J. Tammi , M. Tornikoski , I. S. Troitsky , M. Villata

Intensive TeV Gamma-Ray and X-Ray Observations of the Blazar Mrk 421 in December 2002 and January 2003

We report on observations of Markarian 421 made with the Whipple 10m Cerenkov telescope and the RXTE satellite during a multi-wavelength campaign in December 2002 and January 2003, initiated by a Whipple target of opportunity. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Rebillot

Discovery of a high confidence soft lag from an X-ray flare of Markarian 421

We present the X-ray variability properties of the X-ray and TeV bright blazar Mrk 421 with a ~60 ks long XMM-Newton observation performed on November 9-10, 2005. The source experienced a pronounced flare, of which the inter-band time lags…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-03-29 You-Hong Zhang , Zheng-Tian Hou , Li Shao , Peng Zhang

Complex Spectral Variability from Intensive Multi-wavelength Monitoring of Mrk421 in 1998

We conducted a multi-frequency campaign for the TeV blazar Mrk~421 in 1998 April. The campaign started from a pronounced high amplitude flare recorded by SAX and Whipple; ASCA observation started three days later. In the X-ray data, we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. Takahashi , J. Kataoka , G. Madejski , J. Mattox , C. M. Urry , S. Wagner , F. Aharonian , M. Catanese , L. Chiappetti , P. Coppi , B. Degrange , G. Fossati , H. Kubo , H. Krawczynski , F. Makino , H. Marshall , L. Maraschi , F. Piron , R. Remillard , F. Takahara , M. Tashiro , H. Terasranta , T. Weekes

Simultaneous X-Ray and TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the TeV Blazar Markarian 421 during February and May 2000

In this paper we present the results of simultaneous observations of the TeV blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) at X-ray and TeV Gamma-ray energies with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) and the stereoscopic Cherenkov Telescope system of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 H. Krawczynski , R. Sambruna , A. Kohnle , P. S. Coppi , The HEGRA Collaboration , F. Aharonian

Discovery of Spectral Variability of Markarian 421 at TeV Energies

The detection of spectral variability of the gamma-ray blazar Mrk 421 at TeV energies is reported. Observations with the Whipple Observatory 10m gamma-ray telescope taken in 2000/2001 revealed exceptionally strong and long-lasting flaring…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. Krennrich , I. H. Bond , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , D. A. Carter-Lewis , W. Cui , I. de la Calle Perez , D. J. Fegan , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. A. Gaidos , K. Gibbs , G. H. Gillanders , T. A. Hall , A. M. Hillas , J. Holder , D. Horan , M. Jordan , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , J. Kildea , J. Knapp , K. Kosack , M. J. Lang , S. LeBohec , P. Moriarty , D. Müller , R. A. Ong , R. Pallassini , D. Petry , J. Quinn , N. W. Reay , P. T. Reynolds , H. J. Rose , G. H. Sembroski , R. Sidwell , N. Stanton , S. P. Swordy , V. V. Vassiliev , S. P. Wakely , T. C. Weekes

An Exceptional Radio Flare in Markarian 421

In September 2012, the high-synchrotron-peaked (HSP) blazar Markarian 421 underwent a rapid wideband radio flare, reaching nearly twice the brightest level observed in the centimeter band in over three decades of monitoring. In response to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 Joseph L. Richards , Talvikki Hovatta , Matthew L. Lister , Anthony C. S. Readhead , Walter Max-Moerbeck , Tuomas Savolainen , Emmanouil Angelakis , Lars Fuhrmann , Margo F. Aller , Hugh D. Aller , Ioannis Myserlis , Vassilis Karamanavis

VHE gamma-ray observations of Markarian 501

Markarian 501, a nearby (z=0.033) X-ray selected BL Lacertae object, is a well established source of Very High Energy (VHE, E>=300 GeV) gamma rays. Dramatic variability in its gamma-ray emission on time-scales from years to as short as two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Whipple Collaboration , A. C. Breslin , I. H. Bond , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , A. M. Burdett , M. J. Carson , D. A. Carter-Lewis , M. Catanese , M. F. Cawley , S. Dunlea , M. D'Vali , D. J. Fegan , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , J. A. Gaidos , T. A. Hall , A. M. Hillas , D. Horan , J. Kildea , J. Knapp , F. Krennrich , S. LeBohec , R. W. Lessard , C. Masterson , B. McKernan , J. Quinn , H. J. Rose , F. W. Samuelson , G. H. Sembroski , V. V. Vassiliev , T. C. Weekes

Observation of Markarian 421 in TeV gamma rays over a 14-year time span

The variability of the blazar Markarian 421 in TeV gamma rays over a 14-year time period has been explored with the Whipple 10 m telescope. It is shown that the dynamic range of its flux variations is large and similar to that in X-rays. A…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 V. A. Acciari , T. Arlen , T. Aune , W. Benbow , R. Bird , A. Bouvier , S. M. Bradbury , J. H. Buckley , V. Bugaev , I. de la Calle Perez , D. A. Carter-Lewis , A. Cesarini , L. Ciupik , E. Collins-Hughes , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , C. Duke , J. Dumm , A. Falcone , S. Federici , D. J. Fegan , S. J. Fegan , J. P. Finley , G. Finnegan , L. Fortson , J. Gaidos , N. Galante , D. Gall , K. Gibbs , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , J. Grube , G. Gyuk , D. Hanna , D. Horan , T. B. Humensky , P. Kaaret , M. Kertzman , Y. Khassen , D. Kieda , H. Krawczynski , F. Krennrich , M. J. Lang , J. E. McEnery , A. S. Madhavan , P. Moriarty , T. Nelson , A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe , R. A. Ong , M. Orr , A. N. Otte , J. S. Perkins , D. Petry , A. Pichel , M. Pohl , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , E. Roache , A. Rovero , M. Schroedter , G. H. Sembroski , A. Smith , I. Telezhinsky , M. Theiling , J. Toner , J. Tyler , A. Varlotta , M. Vivier , S. P. Wakely , J. E. Ward , T. C. Weekes , A. Weinstein , R. Welsing , D. A. Williams , S. Wissel

The June 2008 flare of Markarian 421 from optical to TeV energies

We present optical to very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of Mrk 421 between 2008 May 24 and June 23. A high-energy (HE) gamma-ray signal was detected by AGILE-GRID during June 9-15, brighter than the average flux observed by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 R. M. Wagner , I. Donnarumma , J. Grube , M. Villata , C. M. Raiteri , C. -C. Hsu , K. Satalecka , E. Bernardini , P. Majumdar