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Mkn 421 was repeatedly observed with BeppoSAX in 1997-1998. The source showed a very rich phenomenology, with remarkable spectral variability. This is the second of two papers presenting the results of a thorough temporal and spectral…

We report results from a systematic search for X-ray flares from Mrk 421, using archival data from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. The flares are clearly seen over a wide range of timescales. The quasi-continuous coverage…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Wei Cui

Historical TeV gamma-ray flares from Markarian 501 was observed using Utah Seven Telescope Array (7TA) from the end of March to the end of July of 1997. The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer All Sky Monitor (RXTE ASM) has been observing X rays…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The Utah Seven Telescope Array collaboration

The BL Lacertae object Markarian 501 was identified as a source of gamma-ray emission at the Whipple Observatory in March 1995. Here we present a flux variability analysis on several times-scales of the 233 hour data set accumulated over…

Markarian 421 is a high-peaked BL Lac object and it has undergone many strong outbursts since its discovery as a TeV source in 1992. Markarian 421 has been stud- ied intensively and was observed by various Cherenkov tele- scope arrays ever…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-07-31 Sarira Sahu , Alberto Rosales de León , Shigehiro Nagataki , Virendra Gupta

Following the detection of strong TeV gamma-ray flares from the BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 with the Whipple 10 m Cherenkov telescope on May 16 and 17, 2002, we performed intensive Target of Opportunity (ToO) radio, optical, X-ray and TeV…

The BL Lac object (blazar) Mrk 421 was observed during its outburst in April 2004 with the Whipple 10 m telescope for a total of about 24.5 hours. The measured gamma-ray rate varied substantially over the range from 4 to 10 gamma's/min and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Konopelko , W. Cui , C. Duke , J. P. Finley

We present X-ray observations of the BL Lacertae (BL Lac) object Markarian 501 (Mrk 501), taken with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer in 1998 May as part of a multi-wavelength campaign. The X-ray light curve shows a very rapid flare in which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Michael Catanese , Rita M. Sambruna

The TeV BL Lac object Markarian 501 has been the subject of a 4.5 month multi-instrument campaign conducted in 2009, which provided an excellent temporal and energy coverage from radio to very high energy gamma rays (>100 GeV, VHE). During…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Marlene Doert , David Paneque

Using the cross-spectral method, we confirm the existence of the X-ray hard lags discovered with cross-correlation function technique during a large flare of Mrk 421 observed with BeppoSAX . For the 0.1--2 versus 2--10keV light curves, both…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. H. Zhang

In the present paper, we have reported the result of simultaneous multi-wavelength observations of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during February $-$ March 2003. In this period, we have observed Mrk 421 using Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alok C. Gupta , B. S. Acharya , Debanjan Bose , Varsha R. Chitnis , Jun-Hui Fan

We have observed Markarian 421 in January and March 2001 with the CANGAROO-II imaging Cherenkov telescope during an extraordinarily high state at TeV energies. From 14 hours observations at very large zenith angles, $\sim70^\circ$, a signal…

The energy spectrum of Markarian~421 in flaring states has been measured from 0.3 to 10 TeV using both small zenith angle and large zenith angle observations with the Whipple Observatory 10 m imaging telescope. The large zenith angle…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 F. Krennrich , S. D. Biller

The TeV blazar PKS 2155--304 was the subject of an intensive 2 week optical and near-infrared observing campaign in 2004 August with the CTIO 0.9m telescope. During this time, simultaneous X-ray data from RXTE were also obtained. We compare…

We present observations of the gamma-ray blazar Markarian 501 between April 17 and May 5, 2009, with the Whipple 10-m telescope, VERITAS, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT), Swift and RXTE as part of a 4.5-month multi-wavelength campaign.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Ana Pichel , David Paneque

We report on the results of two coordinated multiwavelength campaigns that focused on the blazar Markarian 421 during its 2006 and 2008 outbursts. These campaigns obtained UV and X-ray data using the XMM-Newton satellite, while the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 The VERITAS Collaboration , I. de la Calle Perez , A. Ibarra , P. Rodriguez , The MAGIC Collaboration

In April-May 2003, the blazar 1ES 1959+650 showed an increased level of X-ray activity. This prompted a multiwavelength observation campaign with the Whipple 10 m gamma-ray telescope, the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, the Bordeaux Optical…

We have observed Markarian 501 in Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray wavelength band for 70.6 hours from 15 April to 30 May, 2012 using TACTIC telescope. Detailed analysis of $\sim$66.3 hours of clean data revealed the presence of a TeV…

By studying the variability of blazars across the electromagnetic spectrum, it is possible to resolve the underlying processes responsible for rapid flux increases, so-called flares. We report on an extremely bright X-ray flare in the…