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The BL Lacertae object PKS 2155-304 was observed by the Infrared Space Observatory in May and June 1996, during a multiwavelength campaign. These are the first observations in the mid- and far-infrared bands since IRAS. In the observing…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Bertone , G. Tagliaferri , G. Ghisellini , A. Treves , P. Barr , A. Celotti , M. Chiaberge , L. Maraschi

Blazars show optical and $\gamma$-ray flux variations that are generally correlated, although there are exceptions. Here we present anomalous behaviour seen in the blazar 3C 454.3 based on an analysis of quasi-simultaneous data at optical,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-10 Bhoomika Rajput , C. S. Stalin , S. Sahayanathan , Suvendu Rakshit , Amit Kumar Mandal

We present UBVRI light curves of BL Lacertae from May 2000 to January 2001, obtained by 24 telescopes in 11 countries. More than 15000 observations were performed in that period, which was the extension of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Massimo Villata , Claudia M. Raiteri

In April 2013, the TeV blazar Markarian~421 underwent one of its most powerful emission outbursts to date. An extensive multi-instrument campaign featuring MAGIC, VERITAS, and \textit{NuSTAR} provided comprehensive very-high-energy (VHE; $E…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-03-06 MAGIC Collaboration , K. Abe , S. Abe , J. Abhir , A. Abhishek , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , C. Arcaro , T. T. H. Arnesen , A. Babić , C. Bakshi , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , L. Barrios-Jiménez , I. Batković , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž Bošnjak , E. Bronzini , I. Burelli , A. Campoy-Ordaz , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , M. Carretero-Castrillo , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , A. Cifuentes , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , F. D'Ammando , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , A. Dinesh , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsaesser , J. Escudero , L. Fariña , L. Foffano , L. Font , S. Fröse , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , S. García Soto , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , T. Gradetzke , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , P. Günther , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera Llorente , D. Hrupec , D. Israyelyan , J. Jahanvi , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jiménez Quiles , J. Jormanainen , S. Kankkunen , T. Kayanoki , J. Konrad , P. M. Kouch , G. Koziol , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Laínez , A. Lamastra , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , L. Lulić , E. Lyard , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , K. Mannheim , S. Marchesi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , P. Maruševec , S. Menchiari , J. Méndez Gallego , S. Menon , D. Miceli , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , C. Nanci , A. Negro , V. Neustroev , L. Nickel , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , L. Nikolić , S. Nozaki , A. Okumura , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Peresano , M. Persic , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , F. Podobnik , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , A. Roy , N. Sahakyan , F. G. Saturni , K. Schmitz , F. Schmuckermaier , T. Schweizer , A. Sciaccaluga , G. Silvestri , A. Simongini , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , H. Tajima , R. Takeishi , F. Tavecchio , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , G. Verna , I. Viale , A. Vigliano , C. F. Vigorito , E. Visentin , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , R. Walter , F. Wersig , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , P. K. H. Yeung , M. Petropoulou , M. Polkas , A. Mastichiadis

We have organized an extensive multiwavelength campaign on BL Lacertae in the second half of 2000. Simultaneous or quasi-simultaneous observations were taken at radio frequencies, in the optical - carried out by the WEBT collaboration -, in…

Electromagnetic radiation from blazar jets often displays strong variability, extending from radio to $\gamma$-ray frequencies. In a few cases, this variability has been characterized using Fourier time lags, such as those detected in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-06-29 Tiffany R. Lewis , Peter A. Becker , Justin D. Finke

We report on the variations of the physical parameters of the jet observed in the blazar Mrk 421, and discuss the origin of X-ray flares in the jet, based on the analysis of the several spectral energy distributions (SEDs). The SEDs are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-05-27 Yurika Yamada , Makoto Uemura , Ryosuke Itoh , Yasushi Fukazawa , Masanori Ohno , Fumiya Imazato

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,…

In October 2024, the object BL Lacertae experienced the brightest flaring event in gamma-ray ($>$100 MeV) with a historically bright $\gamma$-ray flux of $\sim$2.59 $\times 10^{-5}$ erg cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ with a detection of a 175.7 GeV…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-07-08 Joysankar Majumdar , Sakshi Maurya , Raj Prince

We studied the evolution of the X-ray and gamma-ray spectra of the Crab pulsar utilizing the 11-year observations from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) and 9-year observations from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (FGST). By…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-10-10 L. L. Yan , M. Y. Ge , F. J. Lu , S. J. Zheng , Y. L. Tuo , Z. J. Li , L. M. Song , J. L. Qu

We present a comprehensive, two-decade, multiwavelength variability study of the blazar PKS 1510-089, one of the most prominent and extensively monitored flat-spectrum radio quasars. Using Fermi-LAT $\gamma$-ray data together with Swift-XRT…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-02 M. Zacharias , A. Wierzcholska

We report results of multiband optical monitoring of two well known blazars, S5 0716+714 and BL Lacertae, carried out in 1996 and 2000-01 with an aim to study optical variations on time scales from minutes to hours and longer.The light…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. S. Stalin , Gopal-Krishna , Ram Sagar , Paul J. Wiita , V. Mohan , A. K. Pandey

Here we report our recent results of variability studies in optical and X-ray bands of three blazars namely 3C 273, PKS 2155 - 304 and BL Lacertae with XMM-Newton. We found large amplitude optical to X-rays variability in 3C 273, and PKS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-20 A. C. Gupta

We report on the full analysis of a Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) Proportional Counter Array (PCA) monitoring of the {\gamma}-ray binary system LS I +61 303. The data set covers 42 contiguous cycles of the system orbital motion.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-27 Jian Li , Diego F. Torres , Shu Zhang , Yupeng Chen , Daniela Hadasch , Paul S. Ray , Peter Kretschmar , Nanda Rea , Jianmin Wang

We have analyzed the time variability of the wide-band X-ray spectrum of Vela X-1, the brightest wind-fed accreting neutron star, on a short timescale of 2 ks by using {\it Suzaku} observations with an exposure of 100 ks. During the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-04-23 Hirokazu Odaka , Dmitry Khangulyan , Yasuyuki T. Tanaka , Shin Watanabe , Tadayuki Takahashi , Kazuo Makishima

BL Lacertae had undergone a series of historical high flux activity over a year, from August 2020 in the optical to VHE $\gamma$-rays. In this paper, we report on optical flux and spectral variability of the first historical maxima outburst…

We report on long-term multi-wavelength monitoring of blazar Mrk~421 from 2010 to 2011. The source exhibited extreme X-ray flares in 2010. Our research group performed optical photopolarimetric follow-up observations using the Kanata…

Radio-to-TeV observations of the bright nearby (z=0.034) blazar Markarian 501 (Mrk 501), performed from December 2012 to April 2018, are used to study the emission mechanisms in its relativistic jet. We examined the multi-wavelength…

The origin of fast flux variability in blazars is a long-standing problem, with many theoretical models proposed to explain it. In this study, we focus on BL Lacertae to model its spectral energy distribution (SED) and broadband light…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-22 Rukaiya Khatoon , Markus Boettcher , Raj Prince

We discuss the correlation between the evolution of the TeV emission and X-ray radiation observed in high-energy peaked BL Lac objects. We describe such a correlation by a simple power law. In the first part of this work we present…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Katarzynski , G. Ghisellini , F. Tavecchio , L. Maraschi , G. Fossati , A. Mastichiadis