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1. Investigating the Blazar TXS 0506+056 through Sharp Multiwavelength Eyes During 2017-2019

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MAGIC Collaboration, Acciari, V. A., Aniello, T., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Engels, A. Arbet, Artero, M., Asano, K., Baack, D., Babić, A., Baquero, A., de Almeida, U. Barres, Barrio, J. A., Batković, I., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bökenkamp, H., Bonnoli, G., Bošnjak, Ž., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D'Amico, G., D'Elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Del Popolo, A., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Mendez, C. Delgado, Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Espiñeira, E. Do Souto, Prester, D. Dominis, Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fariña, L., Fattorini, A., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Fukazawa, Y., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinović, N., Green, J. G., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hütten, M., Inada, T., Iotov, R., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Martínez, I. Jiménez, Jormanainen, J., Jouvin, L., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Linhoff, L., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López-Coto, R., López-Moya, M., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Fraga, B. Machado de Oliveira, Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Aguilar, A. Mas, Mazin, D., Menchiari, S., Mender, S., Mićanović, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Nakamori, T., Nava, L., Neustroev, V., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavletić, L., Peñil, P., Persic, M., Pihet, M., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schmuckermaier, F., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strišković, J., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Takeishi, R., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., Ubach, S., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. Vazquez, Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Viale, I., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Wunderlich, C., Yamamoto, T., Zarić, D., Collaboration, OVRO, Hodges, M., Hovatta, T., Kiehlmann, S., Liodakis, I., Max-Moerbeck, W., Pearson, T. J., Readhead, A. C. S., Reeves, R. A., Collaboration, Metsähovi, Lähteenmaäki, A., Tornikoski, M., Tammi, J., D'Ammando, F., Marchini, A., Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Swiss National Science Foundation, Department of Atomic Energy (India), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Ministry of Education and Science (Bulgaria), Academy of Finland, Generalitat de Catalunya, Croatian Science Foundation, and German Research Foundation

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High energy astrophysics, Jets, Blazars, Gamma-rays, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, gamma ray, VHE, FOS: Physical sciences, Bethe-Heitler, blazar, IceCube, X-ray, optical, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astronomy and Astrophysics, neutrino, current, MAGIC, cascade, flux, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, spectral, Física nuclear, photon neutrino
Abstract

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.--Full list of authors: Acciari, V. A.; Aniello, T.; Ansoldi, S.; Antonelli, L. A.; Arbet Engels, A.; Artero, M.; Asano, K.; Baack, D.; Babić, A.; Baquero, A.; Barres de Almeida, U.; Barrio, J. A.; Batković, I.; Becerra González, J.; Bednarek, W.; Bernardini, E.; Bernardos, M.; Berti, A.; Besenrieder, J.; Bhattacharyya, W.; Bigongiari, C.; Biland, A.; Blanch, O.; Bökenkamp, H.; Bonnoli, G.; Bošnjak, Ž.; Busetto, G.; Carosi, R.; Ceribella, G.; Cerruti, M.; Chai, Y.; Chilingarian, A.; Cikota, S.; Colombo, E.; Contreras, J. L.; Cortina, J.; Covino, S.; D'Amico, G.; D'Elia, V.; Vela, P. Da; Dazzi, F.; De Angelis, A.; De Lotto, B.; Del Popolo, A.; Delfino, M.; Delgado, J.; Mendez, C. Delgado; Depaoli, D.; Di Pierro, F.; Di Venere, L.; Do Souto Espiñeira, E.; Dominis Prester, D.; Donini, A.; Dorner, D.; Doro, M.; Elsaesser, D.; Fallah Ramazani, V.; Fariña, L.; Fattorini, A.; Font, L.; Fruck, C.; Fukami, S.; Fukazawa, Y.; García López, R. J.; Garczarczyk, M.; Gasparyan, S.; Gaug, M.; Giglietto, N.; Giordano, F.; Gliwny, P.; Godinović, N.; Green, J. G.; Green, D.; Hadasch, D.; Hahn, A.; Hassan, T.; Heckmann, L.; Herrera, J.; Hoang, J.; Hrupec, D.; Hütten, M.; Inada, T.; Iotov, R.; Ishio, K.; Iwamura, Y.; Jiménez Martínez, I.; Jormanainen, J.; Jouvin, L.; Kerszberg, D.; Kobayashi, Y.; Kubo, H.; Kushida, J.; Lamastra, A.; Lelas, D.; Leone, F.; Lindfors, E.; Linhoff, L.; Lombardi, S.; Longo, F.; López-Coto, R.; López-Moya, M.; López-Oramas, A.; Loporchio, S.; Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B.; Maggio, C.; Majumdar, P.; Makariev, M.; Mallamaci, M.; Maneva, G.; Manganaro, M.; Mannheim, K.; Mariotti, M.; Martínez, M.; Mas Aguilar, A.; Mazin, D.; Menchiari, S.; Mender, S.; Mićanović, S.; Miceli, D.; Miener, T.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Molina, E.; Moralejo, A.; Morcuende, D.; Moreno, V.; Moretti, E.; Nakamori, T.; Nava, L.; Neustroev, V.; Nievas Rosillo, M.; Nigro, C.; Nilsson, K.; Nishijima, K.; Noda, K.; Nozaki, S.; Ohtani, Y.; Oka, T.; Otero-Santos, J.; Paiano, S.; Palatiello, M.; Paneque, D.; Paoletti, R.; Paredes, J. M.; Pavletić, L.; Peñil, P.; Persic, M.; Pihet, M.; Prada Moroni, P. G.; Prandini, E.; Priyadarshi, C.; Puljak, I.; Rhode, W.; Ribó, M.; Rico, J.; Righi, C.; Rugliancich, A.; Sahakyan, N.; Saito, T.; Sakurai, S.; Satalecka, K.; Saturni, F. G.; Schleicher, B.; Schmidt, K.; Schmuckermaier, F.; Schweizer, T.; Sitarek, J.; Šnidarić, I.; Sobczynska, D.; Spolon, A.; Stamerra, A.; Strišković, J.; Strom, D.; Strzys, M.; Suda, Y.; Surić, T.; Takahashi, M.; Takeishi, R.; Tavecchio, F.; Temnikov, P.; Terzić, T.; Teshima, M.; Tosti, L.; Truzzi, S.; Tutone, A.; Ubach, S.; van Scherpenberg, J.; Vanzo, G.; Vazquez Acosta, M.; Ventura, S.; Verguilov, V.; Viale, I.; Vigorito, C. F.; Vitale, V.; Vovk, I.; Will, M.; Wunderlich, C.; Yamamoto, T.; Zarić, D.; Hodges, M.; Hovatta, T.; Kiehlmann, S.; Liodakis, I.; Max-Moerbeck, W.; Pearson, T. J.; Readhead, A. C. S.; Reeves, R. A.; Lähteenmäki, A.; Tornikoski, M.; Tammi, J.; D'Ammando, F.; Marchini, A.; MAGIC Collaboration; OVRO Collaboration; Metsahovi Collaboration., The blazar TXS 0506+056 got into the spotlight of the astrophysical community in 2017 September, when a high-energy neutrino detected by IceCube (IceCube-170922A) was associated at the 3σ level with a γ-ray flare from this source. This multi-messenger photon-neutrino association remains, as per today, the most significant association ever observed. TXS 0506+056 was a poorly studied object before the IceCube-170922A event. To better characterize its broadband emission, we organized a multiwavelength campaign lasting 16 months (2017 November to 2019 February), covering the radio band (Metsähovi, OVRO), the optical/UV (ASAS-SN, KVA, REM, Swift/UVOT), the X-rays (Swift/XRT, NuSTAR), the high-energy γ rays (Fermi/LAT), and the very high-energy (VHE) γ rays (MAGIC). In γ rays, the behavior of the source was significantly different from the behavior in 2017: MAGIC observations show the presence of flaring activity during 2018 December, while the source only shows an excess at the 4σ level during the rest of the campaign (74 hr of accumulated exposure); Fermi/LAT observations show several short (on a timescale of days to a week) flares, different from the long-term brightening of 2017. No significant flares are detected at lower energies. The radio light curve shows an increasing flux trend that is not seen in other wavelengths. We model the multiwavelength spectral energy distributions in a lepto-hadronic scenario, in which the hadronic emission emerges as Bethe-Heitler and pion-decay cascade in the X-rays and VHE γ rays. According to the model presented here, the 2018 December γ-ray flare was connected to a neutrino emission that was too brief and not bright enough to be detected by current neutrino instruments. © 2022. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society., The financial support of the German BMBF, MPG, and HGF; the Italian INFN and INAF; the Swiss National Fund SNF; the ERDF under the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) (PID2019-104114RB-C31, PID2019-104114RB-C32, PID2019-104114RB-C33, PID2019-105510GB-C31,PID2019-107847RB-C41, PID2019-107847RB-C42, PID2019-107847RB-C44, PID2019-107988GB-C22); the Indian Department of Atomic Energy; the Japanese ICRR, the University of Tokyo, JSPS, and MEXT; the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, National RI Roadmap Project DO1-400/18.12.2020 and the Academy of Finland grant nr. 320045 is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the Spanish Centro de Excelencia "Severo Ochoa" (SEV-2016-0588, SEV-2017-0709, CEX2019-000920-S), the Unidad de Excelencia "María de Maeztu" (CEX2019-000918-M, MDM-2015-0509-18-2) and by the CERCA program of the Generalitat de Catalunya; by the Croatian Science Foundation (HrZZ) Project IP-2016-06-9782 and the University of Rijeka Project 13.12.1.3.02; by the DFG Collaborative Research Centers SFB823/C4 and SFB876/C3; the Polish National Research Centre grant UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00382; and by the Brazilian MCTIC, CNPq and FAPERJ. E.P. acknowledges funding from the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) through the "Dipartimenti di eccellenza" project Science of the universe. M.C. has received financial support through the Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowship Programme from la Caixa Banking Foundation, grant No. LCF/BQ/LI18/11630012. This research has made use of data from the OVRO 40 m monitoring program, which was supported in part by NASA grants NNX08AW31G, NNX11A043G, and NNX14AQ89G, and NSF grants AST-0808050 and AST-1109911, and private funding from Caltech and the MPIfR. This publication makes use of data obtained at Metsähovi Radio Observatory, operated by Aalto University in Finland.

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2. Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation

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Abdalla, H., primary, Abe, H., additional, Acero, F., additional, Acharyya, A., additional, Adam, R., additional, Agudo, I., additional, Aguirre-Santaella, A., additional, Alfaro, R., additional, Alfaro, J., additional, Alispach, C., additional, Aloisio, R., additional, Batista, R. Alves, additional, Amati, L., additional, Amato, E., additional, Ambrosi, G., additional, Angüner, E.O., additional, Araudo, A., additional, Armstrong, T., additional, Arqueros, F., additional, Arrabito, L., additional, Asano, K., additional, Ascasíbar, Y., additional, Ashley, M., additional, Backes, M., additional, Balazs, C., additional, Balbo, M., additional, Balmaverde, B., additional, Larriva, A. Baquero, additional, Martins, V. Barbosa, additional, Barkov, M., additional, Baroncelli, L., additional, de Almeida, U. Barres, additional, Barrio, J.A., additional, Batista, P.-I., additional, González, J. Becerra, additional, Becherini, Y., additional, Beck, G., additional, Tjus, J. Becker, additional, Belmont, R., additional, Benbow, W., additional, Bernardini, E., additional, Berti, A., additional, Berton, M., additional, Bertucci, B., additional, Beshley, V., additional, Bi, B., additional, Biasuzzi, B., additional, Biland, A., additional, Bissaldi, E., additional, Biteau, J., additional, Blanch, O., additional, Bocchino, F., additional, Boisson, C., additional, Bolmont, J., additional, Bonanno, G., additional, Arbeletche, L. 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3. Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre

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Acharyya, A., primary, Adam, R., additional, Adams, C., additional, Agudo, I., additional, Aguirre-Santaella, A., additional, Alfaro, R., additional, Alfaro, J., additional, Alispach, C., additional, Aloisio, R., additional, Batista, R. Alves, additional, Amati, L., additional, Ambrosi, G., additional, Angüner, E.O., additional, Antonelli, L.A., additional, Aramo, C., additional, Araudo, A., additional, Armstrong, T., additional, Arqueros, F., additional, Asano, K., additional, Ascasíbar, Y., additional, Ashley, M., additional, Balazs, C., additional, Ballester, O., additional, Larriva, A. Baquero, additional, Martins, V. Barbosa, additional, Barkov, M., additional, de Almeida, U. Barres, additional, Barrio, J.A., additional, Bastieri, D., additional, Becerra, J., additional, Beck, G., additional, Tjus, J. Becker, additional, Benbow, W., additional, Benito, M., additional, Berge, D., additional, Bernardini, E., additional, Bernlöhr, K., additional, Berti, A., additional, Bertucci, B., additional, Beshley, V., additional, Biasuzzi, B., additional, Biland, A., additional, Bissaldi, E., additional, Biteau, J., additional, Blanch, O., additional, Blazek, J., additional, Bocchino, F., additional, Boisson, C., additional, Arbeletche, L. Bonneau, additional, Bordas, P., additional, Bosnjak, Z., additional, Bottacini, E., additional, Bozhilov, V., additional, Bregeon, J., additional, Brill, A., additional, Bringmann, T., additional, Brown, A.M., additional, Brun, P., additional, Brun, F., additional, Bruno, P., additional, Bulgarelli, A., additional, Burton, M., additional, Burtovoi, A., additional, Buscemi, M., additional, Cameron, R., additional, Capasso, M., additional, Caproni, A., additional, Capuzzo-Dolcetta, R., additional, Caraveo, P., additional, Carosi, R., additional, Carosi, A., additional, Casanova, S., additional, Cascone, E., additional, Cassol, F., additional, Catalani, F., additional, Cauz, D., additional, Cerruti, M., additional, Chadwick, P., additional, Chaty, S., additional, Chen, A., additional, Chernyakova, M., additional, Chiaro, G., additional, Chiavassa, A., additional, Chikawa, M., additional, Chudoba, J., additional, Çolak, M., additional, Conforti, V., additional, Coniglione, R., additional, Conte, F., additional, Contreras, J.L., additional, Coronado-Blazquez, J., additional, Costa, A., additional, Costantini, H., additional, Cotter, G., additional, Cristofari, P., additional, D'A𝚤, A., additional, D'Ammando, F., additional, Damone, L.A., additional, Daniel, M.K., additional, Dazzi, F., additional, Angelis, A. 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2021
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4. New Tests of Milli-lensing in the Blazar PKS 1413 + 135.

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Peirson, A. L., Liodakis, I., Readhead, A. C. S, Lister, M. L., Perlman, E. S., Aller, M. F., Blandford, R. D., Grainge, K. J. B., Green, D. A., Gurwell, M. A., Hodges, M. W., Hovatta, T., Kiehlmann, S., Lähteenmäki, A., Max-Moerbeck, W., Mcaloone, T., O’Neill, S., Pavlidou, V., Pearson, T. J., and Ravi, V.

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GRAVITATIONAL lenses, ACTIVE galactic nuclei, DWARF galaxies, MOLECULAR clouds, ACTIVE galaxies, BLACK holes, BL Lacertae objects, SPIRAL galaxies
Abstract

Symmetric achromatic variability (SAV) is a rare form of radio variability in blazars that has been attributed to gravitational milli-lensing by a ∼102â€"105 M ⊙ mass condensate. Four SAVs have been identified between 1980 and 2020 in the long-term radio monitoring data of the blazar PKS 1413 + 135. We show that all four can be fitted with the same, unchanging, gravitational lens model. If SAV is due to gravitational milli-lensing, PKS 1413 + 135 provides a unique system for studying active galactic nuclei with unprecedented microarcsecond resolution, as well as for studying the nature of the milli-lens itself. We discuss two possible candidates for the putative milli-lens: a giant molecular cloud hosted in the intervening edge-on spiral galaxy, and an undetected dwarf galaxy with a massive black hole. We find a significant dependence of SAV crossing time on frequency, which could indicate a fast shock moving in a slower underlying flow. We also find tentative evidence for a 989 day periodicity in the SAVs, which, if real, makes possible the prediction of future SAVs: the next three windows for possible SAVs begin in 2022 August, 2025 May, and 2028 February. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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6. Unraveling the complex behavior of Mrk 421 with simultaneous X-Ray and VHE observations during an extreme flaring activity in 2013 April

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Acciari, V. A. (V. A.), Ansoldi, S. (S.), Antonelli, L. A. (L. A.), Engels, A. A. (A. Arbet), Baack, D. (D.), Babic, A. (A.), Banerjee, B. (B.), Barres de Almeida, U. (U.), Barrio, J. A. (J. A.), Becerra Gonzalez, J. (J.), Bednarek, W. (W.), Bellizzi, L. K. (L. K.), Bernardini, E. (E.), Berti, A. (A.), Besenrieder, J. (J.), Bhattacharyya, W. (W.), Bigongiari, C. (C.), Biland, A. (A.), Blanch, O. (O.), Bonnoli, G. (G.), Bosnjak, Z. (Z.), Busetto, G. (G.), Carosi, R. (R.), Ceribella, G. (G.), Cerruti, M. (M.), Chai, Y. (Y.), Chilingarian, A. (A.), Cikota, S. (S.), Colak, S. M. (S. M.), Colin, U. (U.), Colombo, E. (E.), Contreras, J. L. (J. L.), Cortina, J. (J.), Covino, S. (S.), D'Elia, V. (V), Da Vela, P. (P.), Dazzi, F. (F.), De Angelis, A. (A.), De Lotto, B. (B.), Del Puppo, F. (F.), Delfino, M. (M.), Delgado, J. (J.), Depaoli, D. (D.), Di Pierro, F. (F.), Di Venere, L. (L.), Do Souto Espineira, E. (E.), Prester, D. D. (D. Dominis), Donini, A. (A.), Dorner, D. (D.), Doro, M. (M.), Elsaesser, D. (D.), Ramazani, V. F. (V. Fallah), Fattorini, A. (A.), Ferrara, G. (G.), Foffano, L. (L.), Fonseca, M. V. (M., V), Font, L. (L.), Fruck, C. (C.), Fukami, S. (S.), Garcia Lopez, R. J. (R. J.), Garczarczyk, M. (M.), Gasparyan, S. (S.), Gaug, M. (M.), Giglietto, N. (N.), Giordano, F. (F.), Gliwny, P. (P.), Godinovic, N. (N.), Green, D. (D.), Hadasch, D. (D.), Hahn, A. (A.), Hassan, T. (T.), Herrera, J. (J.), Hoang, J. (J.), Hrupec, D. (D.), Huetten, M. (M.), Inada, T. (T.), Inoue, S. (S.), Ishio, K. (K.), Iwamura, Y. (Y.), Jouvin, L. (L.), Kajiwara, Y. (Y.), Kerszberg, D. (D.), Kobayashi, Y. (Y.), Kubo, H. (H.), Kushida, J. (J.), Lamastra, A. (A.), Lelas, D. (D.), Leone, F. (F.), Lindfors, E. (E.), Lombardi, S. (S.), Longo, F. (F.), Lopez, M. (M.), Lopez-Coto, R. (R.), Lopez-Oramas, A. (A.), Loporchio, S. (S.), Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B. (B.), Maggio, C. (C.), Majumdar, P. (P.), Makariev, M. (M.), Mallamaci, M. (M.), Maneva, G. (G.), Manganaro, M. (M.), Mannheim, K. (K.), Maraschi, L. (L.), Mariotti, M. (M.), Martinez, M. (M.), Mazin, D. (D.), Mender, S. (S.), Micanovic, S. (S.), Miceli, D. (D.), Miener, T. (T.), Minev, M. (M.), Miranda, J. M. (J. M.), Mirzoyan, R. (R.), Molina, E. (E.), Moralejo, A. (A.), Morcuende, D. (D.), Moreno, V. (V), Moretti, E. (E.), Munar-Adrover, P. (P.), Neustroev, V. (V), Nigro, C. (C.), Nilsson, K. (K.), Ninci, D. (D.), Nishijima, K. (K.), Noda, K. (K.), Nogues, L. (L.), Nozaki, S. (S.), Ohtani, Y. (Y.), Oka, T. (T.), Otero-Santos, J. (J.), Palatiello, M. (M.), Paneque, D. (D.), Paoletti, R. (R.), Paredes, J. M. (J. M.), Pavletic, L. (L.), Penil, P. (P.), Peresano, M. (M.), Persic, M. (M.), Moroni, P. G. (P. G. Prada), Prandini, E. (E.), Puljak, I. (I), Rhode, W. (W.), Ribo, M. (M.), Rico, J. (J.), Righi, C. (C.), Rugliancich, A. (A.), Saha, L. (L.), Sahakyan, N. (N.), Saito, T. (T.), Sakurai, S. (S.), Satalecka, K. (K.), Schleicher, B. (B.), Schmidt, K. (K.), Schweizer, T. (T.), Sitarek, J. 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(F.), Gliwny, P. (P.), Godinovic, N. (N.), Green, D. (D.), Hadasch, D. (D.), Hahn, A. (A.), Hassan, T. (T.), Herrera, J. (J.), Hoang, J. (J.), Hrupec, D. (D.), Huetten, M. (M.), Inada, T. (T.), Inoue, S. (S.), Ishio, K. (K.), Iwamura, Y. (Y.), Jouvin, L. (L.), Kajiwara, Y. (Y.), Kerszberg, D. (D.), Kobayashi, Y. (Y.), Kubo, H. (H.), Kushida, J. (J.), Lamastra, A. (A.), Lelas, D. (D.), Leone, F. (F.), Lindfors, E. (E.), Lombardi, S. (S.), Longo, F. (F.), Lopez, M. (M.), Lopez-Coto, R. (R.), Lopez-Oramas, A. (A.), Loporchio, S. (S.), Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B. (B.), Maggio, C. (C.), Majumdar, P. (P.), Makariev, M. (M.), Mallamaci, M. (M.), Maneva, G. (G.), Manganaro, M. (M.), Mannheim, K. (K.), Maraschi, L. (L.), Mariotti, M. (M.), Martinez, M. (M.), Mazin, D. (D.), Mender, S. (S.), Micanovic, S. (S.), Miceli, D. (D.), Miener, T. (T.), Minev, M. (M.), Miranda, J. M. (J. M.), Mirzoyan, R. (R.), Molina, E. (E.), Moralejo, A. (A.), Morcuende, D. (D.), Moreno, V. (V), Moretti, E. (E.), Munar-Adrover, P. (P.), Neustroev, V. (V), Nigro, C. (C.), Nilsson, K. (K.), Ninci, D. (D.), Nishijima, K. (K.), Noda, K. (K.), Nogues, L. (L.), Nozaki, S. (S.), Ohtani, Y. (Y.), Oka, T. (T.), Otero-Santos, J. (J.), Palatiello, M. (M.), Paneque, D. (D.), Paoletti, R. (R.), Paredes, J. M. (J. M.), Pavletic, L. (L.), Penil, P. (P.), Peresano, M. (M.), Persic, M. (M.), Moroni, P. G. (P. G. Prada), Prandini, E. (E.), Puljak, I. (I), Rhode, W. (W.), Ribo, M. (M.), Rico, J. (J.), Righi, C. (C.), Rugliancich, A. (A.), Saha, L. (L.), Sahakyan, N. (N.), Saito, T. (T.), Sakurai, S. (S.), Satalecka, K. (K.), Schleicher, B. (B.), Schmidt, K. (K.), Schweizer, T. (T.), Sitarek, J. (J.), Snidaric, I. (I), Sobczynska, D. (D.), Spolon, A. (A.), Stamerra, A. (A.), Strom, D. (D.), Strzys, M. (M.), Suda, Y. (Y.), Suric, T. (T.), Takahashi, M. (M.), Tavecchio, F. (F.), Temnikov, P. (P.), Terzic, T. (T.), Teshima, M. (M.), Torres-Alba, N. (N.), Tosti, L. (L.), van Scherpenberg, J. (J.), Vanzo, G. (G.), Vazquez Acosta, M. (M.), Ventura, S. (S.), Verguilov, V. (V.), Vigorito, C. F. (C. F.), Vitale, V. (V.), Vovk, I. (I), Will, M. (M.), Zaric, D. (D.), Petropoulou, M. (M.), Finke, J. (J.), D'Ammando, F. (F.), Balokovi, M. (M.), Madejskic, G. (G.), Mori, K. (K.), Puccetti, S. (Simonetta), Leto, C. (C.), Perri, M. (M.), Verrecchia, F. (F.), Villata, M. (M.), Raiteri, C. M. (C. M.), Agudo, I. (I), Bachev, R. (R.), Berdyugin, A. (A.), Blinov, D. A. (D. A.), Chanishvili, R. (R.), Chen, W. P. (W. P.), Chigladze, R. (R.), Damljanovic, G. (G.), Eswaraiah, C. (C.), Grishina, T. S. (T. S.), Ibryamov, S. (S.), Jordan, B. (B.), Jorstad, S. G. (S. G.), Joshi, M. (M.), Kopatskaya, E. N. (E. N.), Kurtanidze, O. M. (O. M.), Kurtanidze, S. O. (S. O.), Larionova, E. G. (E. G.), Larionova, L. V. (L., V), Larionov, V. M. (V. M.), Latev, G. (G.), Lin, H. C. (H. C.), Marscher, A. P. (A. P.), Mokrushina, A. A. (A. A.), Morozova, D. A. (D. A.), Nikolashvili, M. G. (M. G.), Semkov, E. (E.), Smith, P. S. (P. S.), Strigachev, A. (A.), Troitskaya, Y. V. (Yu, V), Troitsky, I. S. (I. S.), Vince, O. (O.), Barnes, J. (J.), Guver, T. (T.), Moody, J. W. (J. W.), Sadun, A. C. (A. C.), Hovatta, T. (T.), Richards, J. L. (J. L.), Max-Moerbeck, W. (W.), Readhead, A. C. (A. C. S.), Lahteenmaki, A. (A.), Tornikoski, M. (M.), Tammi, J. (J.), Ramakrishnan, V. (V), and Reinthal, R. (R.)

Abstract

We report on a multiband variability and correlation study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during an exceptional flaring activity observed from 2013 April 11 to 19. The study uses, among others, data from GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT), Swift, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), Fermi Large Area Telescope, Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS), and Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC). The large blazar activity and the 43 hr of simultaneous NuSTAR and MAGIC/VERITAS observations permitted variability studies on 15 minute time bins over three X-ray bands (3–7 keV, 7–30 keV, and 30–80 keV) and three very-high-energy (VHE; >0.1 TeV) gamma-ray bands (0.2–0.4 TeV, 0.4–0.8 TeV, and >0.8 TeV). We detected substantial flux variations on multi-hour and sub-hour timescales in all of the X-ray and VHE gamma-ray bands. The characteristics of the sub-hour flux variations are essentially energy independent, while the multi-hour flux variations can have a strong dependence on the energy of the X-rays and the VHE gamma-rays. The three VHE bands and the three X-ray bands are positively correlated with no time lag, but the strength and characteristics of the correlation change substantially over time and across energy bands. Our findings favor multi-zone scenarios for explaining the achromatic/chromatic variability of the fast/slow components of the light curves, as well as the changes in the flux–flux correlation on day-long timescales. We interpret these results within a magnetic reconnection scenario, where the multi-hour flux variations are dominated by the combined emission from various plasmoids of different sizes and velocities, while the sub-hour flux variations are dominated by the emission from a single small plasmoid moving across the magnetic reconnection layer.

Published
2020

7. Unraveling the Complex Behavior of Mrk 421 with Simultaneous X-Ray and VHE Observations during an Extreme Flaring Activity in 2013 April

Author

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Swiss National Science Foundation, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Department of Atomic Energy (India), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science (Bulgaria), Academy of Finland, Croatian Science Foundation, University of Rijeka, German Research Foundation, National Centre for Research and Development (Poland), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Department of Energy (US), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Russian Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile), Acciari, Victor, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arbet Engels, A., Baack, D., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Barres de Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, Wlodek, Palatiello, M., Max-Moerbeck, W., MAGIC Collaboration, Readhead, A. C. S., Lähteenmäki, Anne, Tornikoski, Merja, Tammi, J., Martínez, M., Ramakrishnan, V., Ishio, K., Do Souto Espiñeira, E., Reinthal, R., Cerruti, Matteo, Paneque, D., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Fattorini, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S.M., Colin, U., Colombo, E., Sitarek, J., Peresano, M., Contreras, J.L., Mazin, D., Cortina, J., Paoletti, R., Covino, Stefano, D'Elia, V., Da Vela, Paolo, Ferrara, G., Dazzi, F., Maneva, G., de Angelis, A., Mannheim, K., de Lotto, B., Del Puppo, F., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Paredes, Josep M., Mender, S., Depaoli, D., Foffano, L., Šnidarić, I., Fonseca, M.V., Font, L., Iwamura, Y., Fruck, Christian, Fukami, S., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Pavletić, L., Finke, J., Sobczynska, D., Miceli, D., Gaug, Markus, Giglietto, N., Jouvin, L., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinović, N., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Spolon, A., Peñil, P., Hassan, T., Baloković, M., Kajiwara, Y., Kerszberg, Daniel, Miener, T., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Stamerra, A., Kurtanidze, S.O., Perri, M., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Madejski, G., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Minev, M., Bigongiari, C., López-Coto, R., Busetto, G., López-Oramas, A., di Pierro, F., Loporchio, S., Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Mori, K., Makariev, M., Strom, D., Mallamaci, M., Miranda, J. M., Larionova, Elena G., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Persic, M., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, Vicente, Moretti, E., Marscher, Alan P., Munar-Adrover, P., Puccetti, Simonetta, Bernardini, E., Larionova, Liyudmila V., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, Kari, Moroni, P. G. Prada, Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., D'Ammando, F., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Larionov, Valeri M., Leto, C., Oka, T., Besenrieder, J., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Strzys, M., Rhode, W., Ribó, Marc, Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Latev, G., di Venere, L., Bonnoli, G., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Suda, Y., Saito, T., Bhattacharyya, W., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Lin, H. C., Schweizer, T., Prester, D. Dominis, Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Verrecchia, F., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Herrera, J., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Torres-Albà, N., Biland, A., Tosti, L., Donini, A., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vázquez Acosta, M., Villata, M., Ventura, S., Bellizzi, L. K., Verguilov, V., Berti, A., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Dorner, D., Blanch, O., Zarić, D., Raiteri, C.M., Hoang, J., Agudo, Iván, Bachev, R., Mokrushina, A. A., Berdyugin, A., Blinov, D.A., Chanishvili, R., Chen, W. P., Chigladze, R., Doro, M., Manganaro, M., Hrupec, D., Bošnjak, Ž., Damljanovic, G., Eswaraiah, C., Morozova, D.A., Grishina, T.S., Ibryamov, S., Jordan, B., Jorstad, S.G., Joshi, M., Kopatskaya, Evgenia N., Hütten, M., Elsaesser, D., Kurtanidze, O.M., Maraschi, L., Nikolashvili, M.G., Semkov, E., Carosi, R., Smith, P. S., Strigachev, A., Troitskaya, Yu. V., Troitsky, I. S., Inada, T., Otero-Santos, J., Mićanović, S., Vince, O., Barnes, J., Güver, T., Mariotti, M., Moody, J.W., Sadun, A. C., Hovatta, T., Ceribella, G., Inoue, S., Richards, J. L., Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Swiss National Science Foundation, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Department of Atomic Energy (India), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science (Bulgaria), Academy of Finland, Croatian Science Foundation, University of Rijeka, German Research Foundation, National Centre for Research and Development (Poland), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Department of Energy (US), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Russian Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile), Acciari, Victor, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arbet Engels, A., Baack, D., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Barres de Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, Wlodek, Palatiello, M., Max-Moerbeck, W., MAGIC Collaboration, Readhead, A. C. S., Lähteenmäki, Anne, Tornikoski, Merja, Tammi, J., Martínez, M., Ramakrishnan, V., Ishio, K., Do Souto Espiñeira, E., Reinthal, R., Cerruti, Matteo, Paneque, D., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Fattorini, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S.M., Colin, U., Colombo, E., Sitarek, J., Peresano, M., Contreras, J.L., Mazin, D., Cortina, J., Paoletti, R., Covino, Stefano, D'Elia, V., Da Vela, Paolo, Ferrara, G., Dazzi, F., Maneva, G., de Angelis, A., Mannheim, K., de Lotto, B., Del Puppo, F., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Paredes, Josep M., Mender, S., Depaoli, D., Foffano, L., Šnidarić, I., Fonseca, M.V., Font, L., Iwamura, Y., Fruck, Christian, Fukami, S., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Pavletić, L., Finke, J., Sobczynska, D., Miceli, D., Gaug, Markus, Giglietto, N., Jouvin, L., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinović, N., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Spolon, A., Peñil, P., Hassan, T., Baloković, M., Kajiwara, Y., Kerszberg, Daniel, Miener, T., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Stamerra, A., Kurtanidze, S.O., Perri, M., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Madejski, G., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López, M., Minev, M., Bigongiari, C., López-Coto, R., Busetto, G., López-Oramas, A., di Pierro, F., Loporchio, S., Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Mori, K., Makariev, M., Strom, D., Mallamaci, M., Miranda, J. M., Larionova, Elena G., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Persic, M., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, Vicente, Moretti, E., Marscher, Alan P., Munar-Adrover, P., Puccetti, Simonetta, Bernardini, E., Larionova, Liyudmila V., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, Kari, Moroni, P. G. Prada, Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., D'Ammando, F., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Larionov, Valeri M., Leto, C., Oka, T., Besenrieder, J., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Strzys, M., Rhode, W., Ribó, Marc, Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Latev, G., di Venere, L., Bonnoli, G., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Suda, Y., Saito, T., Bhattacharyya, W., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Lin, H. C., Schweizer, T., Prester, D. Dominis, Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Verrecchia, F., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Herrera, J., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Torres-Albà, N., Biland, A., Tosti, L., Donini, A., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vázquez Acosta, M., Villata, M., Ventura, S., Bellizzi, L. K., Verguilov, V., Berti, A., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Dorner, D., Blanch, O., Zarić, D., Raiteri, C.M., Hoang, J., Agudo, Iván, Bachev, R., Mokrushina, A. A., Berdyugin, A., Blinov, D.A., Chanishvili, R., Chen, W. P., Chigladze, R., Doro, M., Manganaro, M., Hrupec, D., Bošnjak, Ž., Damljanovic, G., Eswaraiah, C., Morozova, D.A., Grishina, T.S., Ibryamov, S., Jordan, B., Jorstad, S.G., Joshi, M., Kopatskaya, Evgenia N., Hütten, M., Elsaesser, D., Kurtanidze, O.M., Maraschi, L., Nikolashvili, M.G., Semkov, E., Carosi, R., Smith, P. S., Strigachev, A., Troitskaya, Yu. V., Troitsky, I. S., Inada, T., Otero-Santos, J., Mićanović, S., Vince, O., Barnes, J., Güver, T., Mariotti, M., Moody, J.W., Sadun, A. C., Hovatta, T., Ceribella, G., Inoue, S., and Richards, J. L.

Abstract

We report on a multiband variability and correlation study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during an exceptional flaring activity observed from 2013 April 11 to 19. The study uses, among others, data from GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT), Swift, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), Fermi Large Area Telescope, Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS), and Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC). The large blazar activity and the 43 hr of simultaneous NuSTAR and MAGIC/VERITAS observations permitted variability studies on 15 minute time bins over three X-ray bands (3-7 keV, 7-30 keV, and 30-80 keV) and three very-high-energy (VHE; >0.1 TeV) gamma-ray bands (0.2-0.4 TeV, 0.4-0.8 TeV, and >0.8 TeV). We detected substantial flux variations on multi-hour and sub-hour timescales in all of the X-ray and VHE gamma-ray bands. The characteristics of the sub-hour flux variations are essentially energy independent, while the multi-hour flux variations can have a strong dependence on the energy of the X-rays and the VHE gamma-rays. The three VHE bands and the three X-ray bands are positively correlated with no time lag, but the strength and characteristics of the correlation change substantially over time and across energy bands. Our findings favor multi-zone scenarios for explaining the achromatic/chromatic variability of the fast/slow components of the light curves, as well as the changes in the flux-flux correlation on day-long timescales. We interpret these results within a magnetic reconnection scenario, where the multi-hour flux variations are dominated by the combined emission from various plasmoids of different sizes and velocities, while the sub-hour flux variations are dominated by the emission from a single small plasmoid moving across the magnetic reconnection layer. © 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Published
2020

8. The Relativistic Jet Orientation and Host Galaxy of the Peculiar Blazar PKS 1413+135.

Author

Readhead, A. C. S., Ravi, V., Liodakis, I., Lister, M. L., Singh, V., Aller, M. F., Blandford, R. D., Browne, I. W. A., Gorjian, V., Grainge, K. J. B., Gurwell, M. A., Hodges, M. W., Hovatta, T., Kiehlmann, S., Lähteenmäki, A., Mcaloone, T., Max-Moerbeck, W., Pavlidou, V., Pearson, T. J., and Peirson, A. L.

Subjects
ASTROPHYSICAL jets, BL Lacertae objects, SEYFERT galaxies, SPIRAL galaxies, RADIO jets (Astrophysics)
Abstract

PKS 1413+135 is one of the most peculiar blazars known. Its strange properties led to the hypothesis almost four decades ago that it is gravitationally lensed by a mass concentration associated with an intervening galaxy. It exhibits symmetric achromatic variability, a rare form of variability that has been attributed to gravitational milli-lensing. It has been classified as a BL Lac object, and is one of the rare objects in this class with a visible counterjet. BL Lac objects have jet axes aligned close to the line of sight. It has also been classified as a compact symmetric object—objects that have jet axes not aligned close to the line of sight. Intensive efforts to understand this blazar have hitherto failed to resolve even the questions of the orientation of the relativistic jet and the host galaxy. Answering these two questions is important because they challenge our understanding of jets in active galactic nuclei and the classification schemes we use to describe them. We show that the jet axis is aligned close to the line of sight and PKS 1413+135 is almost certainly not located in the apparent host galaxy, but is a background object in the redshift range 0.247 < z < 0.5. The intervening spiral galaxy at z = 0.247 provides a natural host for the putative lens responsible for symmetric achromatic variability and is shown to be a Seyfert 2 galaxy. We also show that, as for the radio emission, a "multizone" model is needed to account for the high-energy emission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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9. Multiwavelength Observations of the Blazar BL Lacertae: A New Fast TeV Gamma-Ray Flare

Author

Department of Energy (US), National Science Foundation (US), Smithsonian Institution, National Research Council of Canada, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Government, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Academy of Finland, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Russian Science Foundation, Abeysekara, A. U., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Brantseg, T., Brose, R., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Daniel, M. K., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gillanders, G. H., Gunawardhana, I., Hütten, M., Hanna, D., Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Johnson, C. A., Kaaret, P., Kar, P., Kertzman, M., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lin, T.T.Y., McArthur, S., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., O'Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Petrashyk, A., Pohl, M., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rulten, C., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A., Wells, R. M., Wilcox, P., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., VERITAS Collaboration, Jorstad, S.G., Marscher, Alan P., Lister, Matthew L., Kovalev, Y. Y., Pushkarev, A.B., Savolainen, T., Agudo, Iván, Molina, Sol, Gómez, José L., Larionov, Valeri M., Borman, G.A., Mokrushina, A. A., Tornikoski, Merja, Lähteenmäki, Anne, Chamani, W., Enestam, S., Kiehlmann, S., Hovatta, T., Smith, P. S., Pontrelli, P., Department of Energy (US), National Science Foundation (US), Smithsonian Institution, National Research Council of Canada, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Government, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Academy of Finland, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Junta de Andalucía, Russian Science Foundation, Abeysekara, A. U., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Brantseg, T., Brose, R., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Daniel, M. K., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gillanders, G. H., Gunawardhana, I., Hütten, M., Hanna, D., Hervet, O., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Johnson, C. A., Kaaret, P., Kar, P., Kertzman, M., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Lin, T.T.Y., McArthur, S., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., O'Brien, S., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Petrashyk, A., Pohl, M., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rulten, C., Sadeh, I., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A., Wells, R. M., Wilcox, P., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., VERITAS Collaboration, Jorstad, S.G., Marscher, Alan P., Lister, Matthew L., Kovalev, Y. Y., Pushkarev, A.B., Savolainen, T., Agudo, Iván, Molina, Sol, Gómez, José L., Larionov, Valeri M., Borman, G.A., Mokrushina, A. A., Tornikoski, Merja, Lähteenmäki, Anne, Chamani, W., Enestam, S., Kiehlmann, S., Hovatta, T., Smith, P. S., and Pontrelli, P.

Abstract

Combined with measurements made by very-long-baseline interferometry, the observations of fast TeV gamma-ray flares probe the structure and emission mechanism of blazar jets. However, only a handful of such flares have been detected to date, and only within the last few years have these flares been observed from lower-frequency-peaked BL Lac objects and flat-spectrum radio quasars. We report on a fast TeV gamma-ray flare from the blazar BL Lacertae observed by the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). with a rise time of ∼2.3 hr and a decay time of ∼36 min. The peak flux above 200 GeV is (4.2 ± 0.6) ×10 photon m s measured with a 4-minute-binned light curve, corresponding to ∼180% of the flux that is observed from the Crab Nebula above the same energy threshold. Variability contemporaneous with the TeV gamma-ray flare was observed in GeV gamma-ray, X-ray, and optical flux, as well as in optical and radio polarization. Additionally, a possible moving emission feature with superluminal apparent velocity was identified in Very Long Baseline Array observations at 43 GHz, potentially passing the radio core of the jet around the time of the gamma-ray flare. We discuss the constraints on the size, Lorentz factor, and location of the emitting region of the flare, and the interpretations with several theoretical models that invoke relativistic plasma passing stationary shocks.© 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Published
2018

10. Fermi-LAT Observations of Markarian 421: the Missing Piece of its Spectral Energy Distribution

Author

The Fermi-LAT Collaboration, Kurtanidze, O. M., Lahteenmaki, A., McBreen, B., Larionov, V. M., Lin, C. S., Nikolashvili, M. G., Reinthal, R., Angelakis, E., Capalbi, M., Carraminana, A., The MAGIC Collaboration, Carrasco, L., Cassaro, P., Cesarini, A., Falcone, A., Gurwell, M. A., Hovatta, T., Kovalev, Y. A., Kovalev, Y. Y., Krichbaum, T. P., Krimm, H. A., Villata, M., Lister, M. L., Moody, J. W., Maccaferri, G., Mori, Y., Nestoras, I., Orlati, A., Pace, C., Pagani, C., Pearson, R., Perri, M., Raiteri, C., Piner, B. G., Ros, E., Sadun, A. C., Sakamoto, T., Tammi, J., Zook, A., Aller, H. D., Aller, M. F., Chen, W. P., Jordan, B., Koptelova, E., Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

Subjects
RADIO-SOURCES, individual (Mrk 421) [BL Lacertae objects], general [BL Lacertae objects], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics, BLACK-HOLE MASSES, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS, 3C 454.3, CRAB-NEBULA, ACTIVE GALAXY MARKARIAN-421, 115 Astronomy and space science, active [galaxies], Electrónica, X-RAY-SPECTRA, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, general [gamma rays], MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS, TEV BLAZAR MARKARIAN-421, acceleration of particles, LOG-PARABOLIC SPECTRA
Abstract

We report on the gamma-ray activity of the high-synchrotron-peaked BL Lacertae object Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) during the first 1.5 years of Fermi operation, from 2008 August 5 to 2010 March 12. We find that the Large Area Telescope (LAT) gamma-ray spectrum above 0.3 GeV can be well described by a power-law function with photon index Gamma = 1.78 +/- 0.02 and average photon flux F(>0.3 GeV) = (7.23 +/- 0.16) x 10(-8) ph cm(-2) s(-1). Over this time period, the Fermi-LAT spectrum above 0.3 GeV was evaluated on seven-day-long time intervals, showing significant variations in the photon flux (up to a factor similar to 3 from the minimum to the maximum flux) but mild spectral variations. The variability amplitude at X-ray frequencies measured by RXTE/ASM and Swift/BAT is substantially larger than that in gamma-rays measured by Fermi-LAT, and these two energy ranges are not significantly correlated. We also present the first results from the 4.5 month long multifrequency campaign on Mrk 421, which included the VLBA, Swift, RXTE, MAGIC, the F-GAMMA, GASP-WEBT, and other collaborations and instruments that provided excellent temporal and energy coverage of the source throughout the entire campaign (2009 January 19 to 2009 June 1). During this campaign, Mrk 421 showed a low activity at all wavebands. The extensive multi-instrument (radio to TeV) data set provides an unprecedented, complete look at the quiescent spectral energy distribution (SED) for this source. The broadband SED was reproduced with a leptonic (one-zone synchrotron self-Compton) and a hadronic model (synchrotron proton blazar). Both frameworks are able to describe the average SED reasonably well, implying comparable jet powers but very different characteristics for the blazar emission site.

Published
2011
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12. NuSTAR DETECTION OF THE BLAZAR B2 1023+25 AT REDSHIFT 5.3.

Author

Sbarrato, T., Tagliaferri, G., Ghisellini, G., Perri, M., Puccetti, S., Baloković, M., Nardini, M., Stern, D., Boggs, S. E., Brandt, W. N., Christensen, F. E., Giommi, P., Greiner, J., Hailey, C. J., Harrison, F. A., Hovatta, T., Madejski, G. M., Rau, A., Schady, P., and Sudilovsky, V.

Subjects
QUASARS, ACTIVE galaxies, DOPPLER effect, BLACK holes, REDSHIFT
Abstract

B2 1023+25 is an extremely radio-loud quasar at z = 5.3 that was first identified as a likely high-redshift blazar candidate in the SDSS+FIRST quasar catalog. Here, we use the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) to investigate its non-thermal jet emission, whose high-energy component we detected in the hard X-ray energy band. The X-ray flux is (5-10 keV) and the photon spectral index is ΓX ≃ 1.3-1.6. Modeling the full spectral energy distribution, we find that the jet is oriented close to the line of sight, with a viewing angle of ∼3°, and has significant Doppler boosting, with a large bulk Lorentz factor ∼13, which confirms the identification of B2 1023+25 as a blazar. B2 1023+25 is the first object at redshift larger than 5 detected by NuSTAR, demonstrating the ability of NuSTAR to investigate the early X-ray universe and to study extremely active supermassive black holes located at very high redshift. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2013
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13. CONSTRAINING THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS IN THE JETS OF γ-RAY FLARING BLAZARS USING CENTIMETER-BAND POLARIMETRY AND RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS. I. DATA AND MODELS FOR 0420–014, OJ 287, AND 1156+295.

Author

Aller, M. F., Hughes, P. A., Aller, H. D., Latimer, G. E., and Hovatta, T.

Subjects
POLARIMETRY, RADIATIVE transfer, BL Lacertae objects, SPECTRAL energy distribution, ELECTROMAGNETIC wave propagation
Abstract

To investigate parsec-scale jet flow conditions during GeV γ-ray flares detected by the Fermi Large Angle Telescope, we obtained centimeter-band total flux density and linear polarization monitoring observations from 2009.5 through 2012.5 with the 26 m Michigan radio telescope for a sample of core-dominated blazars. We use these data to constrain radiative transfer simulations incorporating propagating shocks oriented at an arbitrary angle to the flow direction in order to set limits on the jet flow and shock parameters during flares temporally associated with γ-ray flares in 0420–014, OJ 287, and 1156+295; these active galactic nuclei exhibited the expected signature of shocks in the linear polarization data. Both the number of shocks comprising an individual radio outburst (3 and 4) and the range of the compression ratios of the individual shocks (0.5-0.8) are similar in all three sources; the shocks are found to be forward-moving with respect to the flow. While simulations incorporating transverse shocks provide good fits for 0420–014 and 1156+295, oblique shocks are required for modeling the OJ 287 outburst, and an unusually low value of the low-energy cutoff of the radiating particles' energy distribution is also identified. Our derived viewing angles and shock speeds are consistent with independent Very Long Baseline Array results. While a random component dominates the jet magnetic field, as evidenced by the low fractional linear polarization, to reproduce the observed spectral character requires that a significant fraction of the magnetic field energy is in an ordered axial component. Both straight and low pitch angle helical field lines are viable scenarios. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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14. STUDIES OF THE JET IN BL LACERTAE. I. RECOLLIMATION SHOCK AND MOVING EMISSION FEATURES.

Author

Cohen, M. H., Meier, D. L., Arshakian, T. G., Homan, D. C., Hovatta, T., Kovalev, Y. Y., Lister, M. L., Pushkarev, A. B., Richards, J. L., and Savolainen, T.

Subjects
BL Lacertae objects, GALAXIES, MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS, COSMIC magnetic fields, MAGNETOACOUSTICS
Abstract

Parsec-scale VLBA images of BL Lac at 15 GHz show that the jet contains a permanent quasi-stationary emission feature 0.26 mas (0.34 pc projected) from the core, along with numerous moving features. In projection, the tracks of the moving features cluster around an axis at a position angle of –166.°6 that connects the core with the standing feature. The moving features appear to emanate from the standing feature in a manner strikingly similar to the results of numerical two-dimensional relativistic magneto-hydrodynamic (RMHD) simulations in which moving shocks are generated at a recollimation shock (RCS). Because of this, and the close analogy to the jet feature HST-1 in M87, we identify the standing feature in BL Lac as an RCS. We assume that the magnetic field dominates the dynamics in the jet, and that the field is predominantly toroidal. From this we suggest that the moving features are compressions established by slow and fast mode magneto-acoustic MHD waves. We illustrate the situation with a simple model in which the slowest moving feature is a slow-mode wave, and the fastest feature is a fast-mode wave. In the model, the beam has Lorentz factor in the frame of the host galaxy and the fast mode wave has Lorentz factor in the frame of the beam. This gives a maximum apparent speed for the moving features, βapp = vapp/c = 10. In this model the Lorentz factor of the pattern in the galaxy frame is approximately three times larger than that of the beam itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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15. The WEBT Campaign on the Blazar 3C 279 in 2006.

Author

Böttcher, M., Basu, S., Joshi, M., Villata, M., Arai, A., Aryan, N., Asfandiyarov, I. M., Bach, U., Bachev, R., Berduygin, A., Blaek, M., Buemi, C., Castro-Tirado, A. J., De Ugarte Postigo, A., Frasca, A., Fuhrmann, L., Hagen-Thorn, V. A., Henson, G., Hovatta, T., and Hudec, R.

Published
2007
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