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1. Investigation of the correlation patterns and the Compton dominance variability of Mrk 421 in 2017

Author: Katsuaki Asano, I. Jiménez, A. Fuentes, C. M. Raiteri, D. Dominis Prester, E. Molina, E. Colombo, Y. V. Troitskaya, Nikola Godinovic, Sidika Merve Colak, Jenni Jormanainen, Yuki Iwamura, Alessandra Lamastra, Lab Saha, Antoniya Valcheva, Sunay Ibryamov, Elena G. Larionova, B. De Lotto, Evgeni Ovcharov, D. Zarić, Kazuma Ishio, David A. Green, M. Villata, D. Horan, Givi N. Kimeridze, Alexander Hahn, S. Nozaki, M. Perri, Michael D. Joner, D. Neise, S. Loporchio, R. J. García López, Marcello Giroletti, Victor A. Acciari, V. Fallah Ramazani, Tomohiko Oka, Daniela Dorner, Narek Sahakyan, J. Kushida, M. Kopp, Lorenzo Bellizzi, Noah Biederbeck, Joseph Moody, M. Gaug, L. Schneider, A. López-Oramas, Daniel Morcuende, N. Rizzi, Jose Luis Contreras, G. Vanzo, Rodolfo Carosi, L. Maraschi, Andrés Baquero, M. I. Carnerero, R. Iotov, Mosè Mariotti, A. Paravac, John Hoang, Ashwani Pandey, Z. R. Weaver, Francesco Longo, F. D'Ammando, S. Paiano, Elina Lindfors, Moritz Hütten, J. Herrera, Koji Noda, Abelardo Moralejo, Laura Eisenberger, E. Moretti, Julian Sitarek, Marcos López-Moya, Wlodek Bednarek, L. Di Venere, Ashot Chilingarian, U. Barres de Almeida, Elisa Bernardini, I. Agudo, M. Feige, R. Z. Ivanidze, O. A. Merkulova, D. Depaoli, M. Spencer, Massimo Persic, J. van Scherpenberg, Pratik Majumdar, L. Kunkel, K. Nishijima, Stefano Ansoldi, Juan Cortina, Kai Phillip Schmidt, A. Berti, Riccardo Paoletti, Saverio Lombardi, Daniel Mazin, M. V. Fonseca, Damir Lelas, R. J. C. Vera, Sanae Inoue, Giacomo D'Amico, Dominik Baack, C. Perennes, A. A. Nikiforova, Yating Chai, Stefan Cikota, G. M. Madejski, A. Arbet Engels, Daniel Kerszberg, Manuel Artero, E. Do Souto Espiñeira, Tomislav Terzić, J. Becerra González, Martin Makariev, R. Mirzoyan, Yoshiki Ohtani, G. A. Borman, Pawel Gliwny, Jose Miguel Miranda, A. De Angelis, Vitaly Neustroev, Wara Chamani, Oscar Blanch, T. S. Grishina, Martin Will, M. Vazquez Acosta, Nicola Giglietto, L. V. Larionova, Lea Heckmann, Francesco Gabriele Saturni, Jorge Otero-Santos, R. A. Chigladze, M. Balbo, N. Marchili, D. Hadasch, P. G. Prada Moroni, A. A. Vasilyev, M. G. Nikolashvili, Jordi Delgado, V. Ramakrishnan, Christian Fruck, G. Busetto, Victoria Moreno, Luca Tosti, A. Rugliancich, C. Nigro, Marina Manganaro, Valeri M. Larionov, M. Balokovic, Manuel Delfino, A. Strigachev, J. M. Paredes, Manash R. Samal, Stefano Covino, I. Vovk, H. C. Lin, Ž. Bošnjak, Stefano Menchiari, Rumen Bachev, Marc Ribó, Dorota Sobczyńska, Carolin Wunderlich, Bernd Schleicher, M. Minev, Antonio Stamerra, Maria-Isabel Bernardos, I. S. Troitskiy, Merja Tornikoski, E. N. Kopatskaya, Shunsuke Sakurai, Camilla Maggio, Chiara Righi, F. Verrecchia, P. Temnikov, S. G. Jorstad, T. Schweizer, Hidetoshi Kubo, Lluis Font, A. Y. Lien, Toshiaki Inada, A. Scherbantin, Lorand A. Sigua, G. Maneva, Stefano Truzzi, B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga, V. Bozhilov, M. Palatiello, Alessandro Marchini, Chaitanya Priyadarshi, Alessia Spolon, Léa Jouvin, Konstancja Satalecka, Tomoki Saito, Giovanni Ceribella, Michele Doro, S. O. Kurtanidze, Carlo Vigorito, Pablo Peñil, D. Strom, Giacomo Bonnoli, Adrian Biland, Ana Babić, Alicia Fattorini, D. Hildebrand, Satoshi Fukami, G. Ferrara, Y. Kajiwara, Matteo Cerruti, P. Da Vela, Vassil Verguilov, Lovro Pavletić, C. Delgado Mendez, Emilia Järvelä, S. Mićanović, Sergey S. Savchenko, Ivica Puljak, M. Noethe, Simone Mender, Francesco Dazzi, V. Vitale, Manuela Mallamaci, Ivana Batković, F. Leone, M. I. Martínez, J. Rico, Alan P. Marscher, C. Lorey, S. Ventura, Tjark Miener, Anne Lähteenmäki, David Paneque, Masahiro Teshima, Jarred Gershon Green, Wrijupan Bhattacharyya, Kari Nilsson, R. Walter, M. Strzys, D. Reinhart, E. Zaharieva, Wen Ping Chen, Vitalii Sliusar, Jürgen Besenrieder, Francesco Giordano, Antonio Tutone, Thomas Bretz, J. Buss, Alok C. Gupta, Simona Righini, O. M. Kurtanidze, Ciro Bigongiari, O. Vince, D. Elsaesser, C. Leto, M. Garczarczyk, Sargis Gasparyan, J. Kania, Dario Hrupec, R. López-Coto, Wolfgang Rhode, I. Snidaric, D. A. Morozova, Vladimir A. Hagen-Thorn, Mitsunari Takahashi, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, E. Prandini, Marie Karjalainen, D. Miceli, Goran Damljanović, Evgeni Semkov, Alice Donini, L. A. Antonelli, J. A. Barrio, Y. Suda, D. Carosati, V. D'Elia, Fabrizio Tavecchio, A. C. Sadun, Tihomir Surić, C. Casadio, Karl Mannheim, Santiago Ubach, Y. Kobayashi, F. Di Pierro, European Commission, European Research Council, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Generalitat de Catalunya, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), German Research Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation, Croatian Science Foundation, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia), Bulgarian National Science Fund, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arbet Engels, A., Artero, M., Asano, K., Babi??, A., Baquero, A., Barres de Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Batkovi??, I., Becerra Gonz??lez, J., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Blanch, O., Bo??njak, ??., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., 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., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Delgado Mendez, C., Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Do Souto Espi??eira, E., Dominis Prester, D., Donini, A., Doro, M., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fattorini, A., Ferrara, G., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Garc??a L??pez, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinovi??, N., Green, J. G., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., H??tten, M., Inada, T., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jim??nez, I., Jormanainen, J., Jouvin, L., Kajiwara, Y., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., L??pez-Coto, R., L??pez-Moya, M., L??pez-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Mart??nez, M., Mazin, D., Menchiari, S., Mender, S., Mi??anovi??, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., 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., Pavleti??, L., Pe??il, P., Perennes, C., Persic, M., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Rib??, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., nidari??, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Suri??, T., Takahashi, M., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzi??, T., Teshima, M., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., Ubach, S., van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Wunderlich, C., Zari??, D., Baack, D., Balbo, M., Biederbeck, N., Biland, A., Bretz, T., Buss, J., Dorner, D., Eisenberger, L., Elsaesser, D., Hildebrand, D., Iotov, R., Mannheim, K., Neise, D., Noethe, M., Paravac, A., Rhode, W., Schleicher, B., Sliusar, V., Walter, R., D???ammando, F., Horan, D., Lien, A. Y., Balokovi??, M., Madejski, G. M., Perri, M., Verrecchia, F., Leto, C., L??hteenm??ki, A., Tornikoski, M., Ramakrishnan, V., J??rvel??, E., Vera, R. J. C., Chamani, W., Villata, M., Raiteri, C. M., Gupta, A. C., Pandey, A., Fuentes, A., Agudo, I., Casadio, C., Semkov, E., Ibryamov, S., Marchini, A., Bachev, R., Strigachev, A., Ovcharov, E., Bozhilov, V., Valcheva, A., Zaharieva, E., Damljanovic, G., Vince, O., Larionov, V. M., Borman, G. A., Grishina, T. S., Hagen-Thorn, V. A., Kopatskaya, E. N., Larionova, E. G., Larionova, L. V., Morozova, D. A., Nikiforova, A. A., Savchenko, S. S., Troitskiy, I. S., Troitskaya, Y. V., Vasilyev, A. A., Merkulova, O. A., Chen, W. P., Samal, M., Lin, H. C., Moody, J. W., Sadun, A. C., Jorstad, S. G., Marscher, A. P., Weaver, Z. R., Feige, M., Kania, J., Kopp, M., Kunkel, L., Reinhart, D., Scherbantin, A., Schneider, L., Lorey, C., Acosta-Pulido, J. A., Carnerero, M. I., Carosati, D., Kurtanidze, S. O., Kurtanidze, O. M., Nikolashvili, M. G., Chigladze, R. A., Ivanidze, R. Z., Kimeridze, G. N., Sigua, L. A., Joner, M. D., Spencer, M., Giroletti, M., Marchili, N., Righini, S., Rizzi, N., Bonnoli, G., Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), MAGIC, FACT, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University
Subjects: electron, PARTICLE-ACCELERATION, ELECTRON ACCELERATION, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, RAY, VHE [gamma ray], galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mrk 421, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Electron, Astrophysics, GeV, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, law.invention, OBSERVATIONS, law, ultraviolet, optical, MAGIC (telescope), correlation [flux], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, X-ray: flux, model: leptonic, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), BL-LACERTAE, individual: Mrk 421 [BL Lacertae objects], flux [X-ray], Gamma ray, flux: correlation, Galaxies: active, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], Synchrotron, SWIFT OBSERVATIONS, active [galaxies], Spectral energy distribution, Física nuclear, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Lorentz, Flare, LOG-PARABOLIC SPECTRA, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, radiation, mechanisms: non-thermal, LIGHT CURVES, X-RAY, MULTIWAVELENGTH, GLAST, leptonic [model], blazar, 0103 physical sciences, TeV, Blazar, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, MAGIC, gamma ray: VHE, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, spectral, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: Full list of authors: Acciari, V. A.; Ansoldi, S.; Antonelli, L. A.; Arbet Engels, A.; Artero, M.; Asano, K.; Babić, A.; Baquero, A.; Barres de Almeida, U.; Barrio, J. A.; Batković, I.; Becerra González, J.; Bednarek, W.; Bellizzi, L.; Bernardini, E.; Bernardos, M.; Berti, A.; Besenrieder, J.; Bhattacharyya, W.; Bigongiari, C.; Blanch, O.; Bošnjak, Ž.; Busetto, G.; Carosi, R.; Ceribella, G.; Cerruti, M.; Chai, Y.; Chilingarian, A.; Cikota, S.; Colak, S. M.; 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.; Delfino, M.; Delgado, J.; Delgado Mendez, C.; Depaoli, D.; di Pierro, F.; di Venere, L.; Do Souto Espiñeira, E.; Dominis Prester, D.; Donini, A.; Doro, M.; Fallah Ramazani, V.; Fattorini, A.; Ferrara, G.; Fonseca, M. V.; Font, L.; Fruck, C.; Fukami, S.; 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.; Heckmann, L.; Herrera, J.; Hoang, J.; Hrupec, D.; Hütten, M.; Inada, T.; Inoue, S.; Ishio, K.; Iwamura, Y.; Jiménez, I.; Jormanainen, J.; Jouvin, L.; Kajiwara, Y.; Karjalainen, M.; Kerszberg, D.; Kobayashi, Y.; Kubo, H.; Kushida, J.; Lamastra, A.; Lelas, D.; Leone, F.; Lindfors, E.; 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.; Maraschi, L.; Mariotti, M.; Martínez, M.; Mazin, D.; Menchiari, S.; Mender, S.; Mićanović, S.; Miceli, D.; Miener, T.; Minev, M.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Molina, E.; Moralejo, A.; Morcuende, D.; Moreno, V.; Moretti, E.; Neustroev, V.; 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.; Perennes, C.; Persic, M.; Prada Moroni, P. G.; Prandini, E.; Priyadarshi, C.; Puljak, I.; Ribó, M.; Rico, J.; Righi, C.; Rugliancich, A.; Saha, L.; Sahakyan, N.; Saito, T.; Sakurai, S.; Satalecka, K.; Saturni, F. G.; Schmidt, K.; Schweizer, T.; Sitarek, J.; Šnidarić, I.; Sobczynska, D.; Spolon, A.; Stamerra, A.; Strom, D.; Strzys, M.; Suda, Y.; Surić, T.; Takahashi, M.; 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.; Vigorito, C. F.; Vitale, V.; Vovk, I.; Will, M.; Wunderlich, C.; Zarić, D.; Baack, D.; Balbo, M.; Biederbeck, N.; Biland, A.; Bretz, T.; Buss, J.; Dorner, D.; Eisenberger, L.; Elsaesser, D.; Hildebrand, D.; Iotov, R.; Mannheim, K.; Neise, D.; Noethe, M.; Paravac, A.; Rhode, W.; Schleicher, B.; Sliusar, V.; Walter, R.; D'Ammando, F.; Horan, D.; Lien, A. Y.; Baloković, M.; Madejski, G. M.; Perri, M.; Verrecchia, F.; Leto, C.; Lähteenmäki, A.; Tornikoski, M.; Ramakrishnan, V.; Järvelä, E.; Vera, R. J. C.; Chamani, W.; Villata, M.; Raiteri, C. M.; Gupta, A. C.; Pandey, A.; Fuentes, A.; Agudo, I.; Casadio, C.; Semkov, E.; Ibryamov, S.; Marchini, A.; Bachev, R.; Strigachev, A.; Ovcharov, E.; Bozhilov, V.; Valcheva, A.; Zaharieva, E.; Damljanovic, G.; Vince, O.; Larionov, V. M.; Borman, G. A.; Grishina, T. S.; Hagen-Thorn, V. A.; Kopatskaya, E. N.; Larionova, E. G.; Larionova, L. V.; Morozova, D. A.; Nikiforova, A. A.; Savchenko, S. S.; Troitskiy, I. S.; Troitskaya, Y. V.; Vasilyev, A. A.; Merkulova, O. A.; Chen, W. P; Samal, M.; Lin, H. C.; Moody, J. W.; Sadun, A. C.; Jorstad, S. G.; Marscher, A. P.; Weaver, Z. R.; Feige, M.; Kania, J.; Kopp, M.; Kunkel, L.; Reinhart, D.; Scherbantin, A.; Schneider, L.; Lorey, C.; Acosta-Pulido, J. A.; Carnerero, M. I.; Carosati, D.; Kurtanidze, S. O.; Kurtanidze, O. M.; Nikolashvili, M. G.; Chigladze, R. A.; Ivanidze, R. Z.; Kimeridze, G. N.; Sigua, L. A.; Joner, M. D.; Spencer, M.; Giroletti, M.; Marchili, N.; Righini, S.; Rizzi, N.; Bonnoli, G.; MAGIC Collaboration; Fact Collaboration.-- This is an Open Access article, published by EDP Sciences, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited., Aims. We present a detailed characterisation and theoretical interpretation of the broadband emission of the paradigmatic TeV blazar Mrk 421, with a special focus on the multi-band flux correlations. Methods. The dataset has been collected through an extensive multi-wavelength campaign organised between 2016 December and 2017 June. The instruments involved are MAGIC, FACT, Fermi-LAT, Swift, GASP-WEBT, OVRO, Medicina, and Metsahovi. Additionally, four deep exposures (several hours long) with simultaneous MAGIC and NuSTAR observations allowed a precise measurement of the falling segments of the two spectral components. Results. The very-high-energy (VHE; E 100 GeV) gamma rays and X-rays are positively correlated at zero time lag, but the strength and characteristics of the correlation change substantially across the various energy bands probed. The VHE versus X-ray fluxes follow dierent patterns, partly due to substantial changes in the Compton dominance for a few days without a simultaneous increase in the X-ray flux (i.e., orphan gamma-ray activity). Studying the broadband spectral energy distribution (SED) during the days including NuSTAR observations, we show that these changes can be explained within a one-zone leptonic model with a blob that increases its size over time. The peak frequency of the synchrotron bump varies by two orders of magnitude throughout the campaign. Our multi-band correlation study also hints at an anti-correlation between UV-optical and X-ray at a significance higher than 3. A VHE flare observed on MJD 57788 (2017 February 4) shows gamma-ray variability on multi-hour timescales, with a factor ten increase in the TeV flux but only a moderate increase in the keV flux. The related broadband SED is better described by a two-zone leptonic scenario rather than by a one-zone scenario.We find that the flare can be produced by the appearance of a compact second blob populated by high energetic electrons spanning a narrow range of Lorentz factors, from 0 min = 2104 to 0 max = 6105. © 2021 Georg Thieme Verlag. All rights reserved., The MAGIC Collaboration would like to thank the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias for the excellent working conditions at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma. 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) (FPA2017-87859-P, FPA2017-85668-P, FPA2017-82729-C6-5-R, FPA2017-90566-REDC, PID2019-104114RB-C31, PID2019-104114RB-C32, 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 DO1-268/16.12.2019 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 and CEX2019-000920-S, and “María de Maeztu” CEX2019-000918-M, the Unidad de Excelencia “María de Maeztu” MDM-2015-0509-18-2 and the “la Caixa” Foundation (fellowship LCF/BQ/PI18/11630012) 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. The important contributions from ETH Zurich grants ETH-10.08-2 and ETH-27.12-1 as well as the funding by the Swiss SNF and the German BMBF (Verbundforschung Astro- und Astroteilchenphysik) and HAP (Helmoltz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics) are gratefully acknowledged. Part of this work is supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the Collaborative Research Center SFB 876 “Providing Information by Resource-Constrained Analysis”, project C3. We are thankful for the very valuable contributions from E. Lorenz, D. Renker and G. Viertel during the early phase of the project. We thank the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias for allowing us to operate the telescope at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma, the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik for providing us with the mount of the former HEGRA CT3 telescope, and the MAGIC collaboration for their support. The Fermi LAT Collaboration acknowledges generous ongoing support from a number of agencies and institutes that have supported both the development and the operation of the LAT as well as scientific data analysis. These include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Energy in the United States, the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules in France, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Italy, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Japan, and the K. A. Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish National Space Board in Sweden. Additional support for science analysis during the operations phase is gratefully acknowledged from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Italy and the Centre National d’Études Spatiales in France. This work performed in part under DOE Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515. This work made use of data from the NuSTAR mission, a project led by the California Institute of Technology, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We thank the NuSTAR Operations, Software, and Calibration teams for support with the execution and analysis of these observations. This research has made use of the NuSTAR Data Analysis Software (NuSTARDAS) jointly developed by the ASI Science Data Center (ASDC; Italy) and the California Institute of Technology (USA). This research has also made use of the XRT Data Analysis Software (XRTDAS) developed under the responsibility of the ASI Science Data Center (ASDC), Italy. A.A.E and D.P acknowledge support from the Deutsche Forschungs gemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC-2094 – 390783311. M. B. acknowledges support from the YCAA Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship and from the Black Hole Initiative at Harvard University, which is funded in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (grant GBMF8273) and in part by the John Templeton Foundation. This publication makes use of data obtained at the Metsähovi Radio Observatory, operated by Aalto University in Finland. This research has made use of data from the OVRO 40-m monitoring program (Richards et al. 2011) which is supported in part by NASA grants NNX08AW31G, NNX11A043G, and NNX14AQ89G and NSF grants AST-0808050 and AST-1109911. I.A. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish “Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación” (MCINN) through the “Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa” award for the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC (SEV-2017-0709). Acquisition and reduction of the MAPCAT data was supported in part by MICINN through grants AYA2016-80889-P and PID2019-107847RB-C44. The MAPCAT observations were carried out at the German-Spanish Calar Alto Observatory, which is jointly operated by Junta de Andalucía and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. C.C. acknowledges support from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the grant agreement No 771282. This research was partially supported by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science under grants KP-06-H28/3 (2018), KP-06-H38/4 (2019) and KP-06-KITAJ/2 (2020). We acknowledge support by Bulgarian National Science Fund under grant DN18-10/2017 and National RI Roadmap Projects DO1-277/16.12.2019 and DO1-268/16.12.2019 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. This research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (contract No 451-03-68/2020-14/200002). G.D. acknowledges observing grant support from the Institute of Astronomy and Rozhen NAO BAS through the bilateral joint research project “Gaia Celestial Reference Frame (CRF) and fast variable astronomical objects” (2020–2022, head – G. Damljanovic). The BU group was supported in part by NASA Fermi guest investigator program grants 80NSSC19K1505 and 80NSSC20K1566. This study was based in part on observations conducted using the 1.8 m Perkins Telescope Observatory (PTO) in Arizona, which is owned and operated by Boston University. This article is partly based on observations made with the LCOGT Telescopes, one of whose nodes is located at the Observatorios de Canarias del IAC on the island of Tenerife in the Observatorio del Teide. This article is also based partly on data obtained with the STELLA robotic telescopes in Tenerife, an AIP facility jointly operated by AIP and IAC. The Abastumani team acknowledges financial support by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation under contract FR-19-6174. Based on observations with the Medicina telescope operated by INAF – Istituto di Radioastronomia.
Published: 2021
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2. Periodic variability of the z=2.0 quasar QSO B1312+7837

Author: Antoniya Valcheva, Valentin D. Ivanov, M. Minev, O. Sholukhova, Evgeni Ovcharov, Petko Nedialkov, S. N. Fabrika, Trifon Trifonov, and A. Vinokurov
Subjects: Physics, Supermassive black hole, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Rest frame, Galaxy merger, Random walk, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Luminosity, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Orbital motion, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
Abstract: We report here the first results from a 15-yr long variability monitoring of the z=2.0 quasar QSO B1312+7837. It shows luminosity changes with a period P~6.13 yr (P~2.04 yr at rest frame) and an amplitude of ~0.2mag, superimposed on a gradual dimming at a rate of ~0.55mag per 100 yrs. Two false periods associated with power peaks in the data windowing function were discarded. The measured period is confirmed with a bootstrapping Monte-Carlo simulation. A damped random walk model yields a better fit to the data than a sine-function model, but at the cost of employing some high frequency variations which are typically not seen in quasars. We consider the possible mechanisms driving this variability, and conclude that orbital motion of two supermassive black holes - result from a recent galaxy merger - is a possible explanation., Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, to be published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Journal
Published: 2021
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3. The complex variability of blazars: time-scales and periodicity analysis in S4 0954+65

Author: A. A. Nikiforova, Efthalia Traianou, Sergey S. Savchenko, J. Escudero, L. V. Larionova, T. S. Andreeva, V. Bozhilov, W. J. Hou, An-Li Tsai, Carolina Casadio, Anne Lähteenmäki, Ioannis Myserlis, Merja Tornikoski, A. Fuentes, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, I. Agudo, S. O. Kurtanidze, A. A. Arkharov, F. D'Ammando, M. I. Carnerero, M. Hart, D. Ivanov, Goran Damljanović, Evgeni Semkov, M. Stojanovic, J. Otero-Santos, Y. V. Troitskaya, I. Rahimov, Wen Ping Chen, E. N. Kopatskaya, D. Shakhovskoy, Alok C. Gupta, Rumen Bachev, D. Carosati, A. Strigachev, Antoniya Valcheva, Elena G. Larionova, M. Nakamura, M. G. Nikolashvili, Alan P. Marscher, G. A. Borman, Valeri M. Larionov, N. Marchili, Z. R. Weaver, T. Pursimo, Marcello Giroletti, Marco Berton, C. Konstantopoulou, Simona Righini, O. M. Kurtanidze, I. Björklund, T. Sakamoto, C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, T. S. Grishina, Evgeni Ovcharov, M. Minev, J. Y. Kim, E. Zaharieva, Vladimir A. Hagen-Thorn, S. G. Jorstad, Clemens Thum, D. A. Morozova, O. Vince, A. A. Vasilyev, G. Markovic, Givi N. Kimeridze, Lorand A. Sigua, Erika Benítez, David Hiriart, I. S. Troitskiy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia), Bulgarian National Science Fund, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), National Institute for Astrophysics, St. Petersburg State University, Boston University, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, CSIC, Russian Academy of Sciences, RAS - Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, EPT Observatories, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, National Central University, University of Belgrade, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Nordic Optical Telescope, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Aoyama Gakuin University, IRAM, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University
Subjects: individual: S4 0954+65 [BL Lacertae objects], active [Galaxies], BL Lacertae objects: individual: S4 0954+65, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Library science, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, IRAM 30m telescope, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Bulgarian, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, general [BL Lacertae objects], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: general, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, language.human_language, Joint research, Galaxies: jets, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), language, jets [Galaxies], Christian ministry, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Administration (government)
Abstract: Full list of authors: Raiteri, C. M.; Villata, M.; Larionov, V. M.; Jorstad, S. G.; Marscher, A. P.; Weaver, Z. R.; Acosta-Pulido, J. A.; Agudo, I.; Andreeva, T.; Arkharov, A.; Bachev, R.; Benítez, E.; Berton, M.; Björklund, I.; Borman, G. A.; Bozhilov, V.; Carnerero, M. I.; Carosati, D.; Casadio, C.; Chen, W. P. Damljanovic, G.; D'Ammando, F.; Escudero, J.; Fuentes, A.; Giroletti, M.; Grishina, T. S.; Gupta, A. C.; Hagen-Thorn, V. A.; Hart, M.; Hiriart, D.; Hou, W. -J.; Ivanov, D.; Kim, J. -Y.; Kimeridze, G. N.; Konstantopoulou, C.; Kopatskaya, E. N.; Kurtanidze, O. M.; Kurtanidze, S. O.; Lähteenmäki, A.; Larionova, E. G.; Larionova, L. V.; Marchili, N.; Markovic, G.; Minev, M.; Morozova, D. A.; Myserlis, I.; Nakamura, M.; Nikiforova, A. A.; Nikolashvili, M. G.; Otero-Santos, J.; Ovcharov, E.; Pursimo, T.; Rahimov, I.; Righini, S.; Sakamoto, T.; Savchenko, S. S.; Semkov, E. H.; Shakhovskoy, D.; Sigua, L. A.; Stojanovic, M.; Strigachev, A.; Thum, C.; Tornikoski, M.; Traianou, E.; Troitskaya, Y. V.; Troitskiy, I. S.; Tsai, A.; Valcheva, A.; Vasilyev, A. A.; Vince, O.; Zaharieva, E., Among active galactic nuclei, blazars show extreme variability properties. We here investigate the case of the BL Lac object S4 0954+65 with data acquired in 2019-2020 by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) Collaboration. The 2-min cadence optical light curves provided by TESS during three observing sectors of nearly 1 month each allow us to study the fast variability in great detail. We identify several characteristic short-term time-scales, ranging from a few hours to a few days. However, these are not persistent, as they differ in the various TESS sectors. The long-term photometric and polarimetric optical and radio monitoring undertaken by the WEBT brings significant additional information, revealing that (i) in the optical, long-term flux changes are almost achromatic, while the short-term ones are strongly chromatic; (ii) the radio flux variations at 37 GHz follow those in the optical with a delay of about 3 weeks; (iii) the range of variation of the polarization degree and angle is much larger in the optical than in the radio band, but the mean polarization angles are similar; (iv) the optical long-term variability is characterized by a quasi-periodicity of about 1 month. We explain the source behaviour in terms of a rotating inhomogeneous helical jet, whose pitch angle can change in time. © 2021 The Author(s)., This paper includes data collected by the TESS mission. Funding for the TESS mission is provided by the NASA Explorer Program. Partly based on observations made with the Nordic Optical Telescope, owned in collaboration by the University of Turku and Aarhus University, and operated jointly by Aarhus University, the University of Turku and the University of Oslo, representing Denmark, Finland and Norway, the University of Iceland and Stockholm University at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain, of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. This article is partly based on observations made in the Observatorios de Canarias del IAC with the Liverpool telescope operated on the island of La Palma by the Liverpool John Moores University in the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos. This article is partly based on observations made with the LCOGT Telescopes, one of whose nodes is located at the Observatorios de Canarias del IAC on the island of Tenerife in the Observatorio del Teide. This article is partly based on observations made with the IAC-80 operated on the island of Tenerife by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias in the Spanish Observatorio del Teide. Many thanks are due to the IAC support astronomers and telescope operators for supporting the observations at the IAC-80 telescope. This publication makes use of data obtained at Metsähovi Radio Observatory, operated by Aalto University in Finland. This research has made use of NASA’s Astrophysics Data System and of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The research at Boston University was supported by NASA grants 80NSSC20K1566 (Fermi Guest Investigator Program) and 80NSSC21K0243 (TESS Guest Investigator Program). This study was based (in part) on observations conducted using the 1.8 m Perkins Telescope Observatory (PTO) in Arizona (USA), which is owned and operated by Boston University. GD, MS, GM, and OV acknowledge the observing grant support from the Institute of Astronomy and Rozhen NAO BAS through the bilateral joint research project ‘Gaia Celestial Reference Frame (CRF) and fast variable astronomical objects’ (2020–2022, leader is G.Damljanovic), and support by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia (contract No 451-03-68/2020-14/200002) This research was partially supported by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science under grants DN 18-13/2017, KP-06-H28/3 (2018), KP-06-H38/4 (2019), and KP-06-KITAJ/2 (2020). SOK acknowledges financial support by Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia under contract PHDF-18-354 EB acknowledges support from DGAPA-PAPIIT GRANT IN113320. This work is partly based upon observations carried out at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional on the Sierra San Pedro Mártir (OAN- SPM), Baja California, Mexico. We acknowledge support by Bulgarian National Science Fund under grant DN18-10/2017 and National RI Roadmap Project DO1-383/18.12.2020 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. IA acknowledges financial support from the Spanish ‘Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación’ (MCINN) through the ‘Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa’ award for the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC (SEV-2017-0709). Acquisition and reduction of the POLAMI data was supported in part by MICINN through grants AYA2016-80889-P and PID2019-107847RB-C44. The POLAMI observations were carried out at the IRAM 30m Telescope. IRAM is supported by INSU/CNRS (France), MPG (Germany) and IGN (Spain).
Published: 2021

4. Multi-Wavelength Variability of BL Lacertae Measured with High Time Resolution

Author: Nikiforova, A. A., Vasilyev, A. A., Gupta, A. C., Tsai, A. L., Marscher, A. P., Sadun, A., Strigachev, A., Zhovtan, A. V., Valcheva, A., Raiteri, C. M., Morozova, D. A., Carosati, D., Hiriart, D., Dougherty, D. J., Mirzaqulov, D. O., Benitez, E., Larionova, E. G., Kopatskaya, E. N., Evgeni Ovcharov, Semkov, E., Zaharieva, E., Borman, G. A., Damljanovic, G., Kimeridze, G. N., Baida, G. V., Hsiao, H. Y., Troitsky, I. S., Acosta-Pulido, J. A., Slater, J. J., Williamson, K. E., Smith, K. L., Matsumoto, K., Nikolashvili, M. G., Hart, M., Carnerero, M. I., Joner, M., Minev, M., Stojanovic, M., Villata, M., Rizzi, N., Kurtanidze, O. M., Vince, O., Bachev, R., Matsumura, R., Ehgamberdiev, S. A., Jorstad, S. G., Ibryamov, S., Kurtanidze, S. O., Savchenko, S. S., Balonek, T. J., Grishina, T. S., Bozhilov, V., Dhiman, V., Larionov, V. M., Chen, W. P., Troitskaya, Yu V., and Weaver, Zachary R.
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract: In an effort to locate the sites of emission at different frequencies and physical processes causing variability in blazar jets, we have obtained high time-resolution observations of BL Lacertae over a wide wavelength range: with the \emph{Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite} (TESS) at 6,000-10,000 \AA\ with 2-minute cadence; with the Neil Gehrels \emph{Swift} satellite at optical, UV, and X-ray bands; with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array at hard X-ray bands; with the \emph{Fermi} Large Area Telescope at $\gamma$-ray energies; and with the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope for measurement of the optical flux density and polarization. All light curves are correlated, with similar structure on timescales from hours to days. The shortest timescale of variability at optical frequencies observed with TESS is $\sim 0.5$ hr. The most common timescale is $13\pm1$~hr, comparable with the minimum timescale of X-ray variability, 14.5 hr. The multi-wavelength variability properties cannot be explained by a change solely in the Doppler factor of the emitting plasma. The polarization behavior implies that there are both ordered and turbulent components to the magnetic field in the jet. Correlation analysis indicates that the X-ray variations lag behind the $\gamma$-ray and optical light curves by up to $\sim 0.4$ days. The timescales of variability, cross-frequency lags, and polarization properties can be explained by turbulent plasma that is energized by a shock in the jet and subsequently loses energy to synchrotron and inverse Compton radiation in a magnetic field of strength $\sim3$ G, Comment: 33 pages, 25 figures, 14 tables. Accepted to ApJ
Published: 2020
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5. Multiwavelength Variability of BL Lacertae Measured with High Time Resolution

Author: Katsura Matsumoto, Ivan S. Troitsky, G. V. Baida, Evgeni Ovcharov, Yu. V. Troitskaya, Svetlana G. Jorstad, An-Li Tsai, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, M. I. Carnerero, Alan P. Marscher, V. Dhiman, S. O. Kurtanidze, D. A. Morozova, Karen E. Williamson, A. V. Zhovtan, Krista Lynne Smith, O. Vince, M. Villata, A. A. Nikiforova, M. Minev, J. J. Slater, H. Y. Hsiao, A. A. Vasilyev, A. Strigachev, Wen Ping Chen, C. M. Raiteri, Goran Damljanović, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, Antoniya Valcheva, Sunay Ibryamov, Evgeni Semkov, D. O. Mirzaqulov, Erika Benítez, Rumen Bachev, Elena G. Larionova, Thomas J. Balonek, David Hiriart, Alok C. Gupta, E. Zaharieva, Givi N. Kimeridze, Z. R. Weaver, D. J. Dougherty, M. G. Nikolashvili, Ryota Matsumura, Valeri M. Larionov, D. Carosati, T. S. Grishina, A. C. Sadun, Sergey S. Savchenko, V. Bozhilov, M. Stojanovic, O. M. Kurtanidze, N. Rizzi, M. Hart, G. A. Borman, Michael D. Joner, and E. N. Kopatskaya
Subjects: Physics, Active galactic nucleus, Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Exoplanet, law.invention, Telescope, Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: In an effort to locate the sites of emission at different frequencies and physical processes causing variability in blazar jets, we have obtained high time-resolution observations of BL Lacertae over a wide wavelength range: with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) at 6000–10000 Å with 2 minute cadence; with the Neil Gehrels Swift satellite at optical, UV, and X-ray bands; with the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array at hard X-ray bands; with the Fermi Large Area Telescope at γ-ray energies; and with the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope for measurement of the optical flux density and polarization. All light curves are correlated, with similar structure on timescales from hours to days. The shortest timescale of variability at optical frequencies observed with TESS is ∼0.5 hr. The most common timescale is 13 ± 1 hr, comparable with the minimum timescale of X-ray variability, 14.5 hr. The multiwavelength variability properties cannot be explained by a change solely in the Doppler factor of the emitting plasma. The polarization behavior implies that there are both ordered and turbulent components to the magnetic field in the jet. Correlation analysis indicates that the X-ray variations lag behind the γ-ray and optical light curves by up to ∼0.4 day. The timescales of variability, cross-frequency lags, and polarization properties can be explained by turbulent plasma that is energized by a shock in the jet and subsequently loses energy to synchrotron and inverse Compton radiation in a magnetic field of strength ∼3 G.
Published: 2020

6. The beamed jet and quasar core of the distant blazar 4C 71.07

Author: A. Di Paola, Evgeni Ovcharov, Yu. V. Troitskaya, Sergey S. Savchenko, A. A. Arkharov, N. V. Efimova, V. Bozhilov, M. G. Nikolashvili, Sunay Ibryamov, Elena G. Larionova, Manash R. Samal, P. Calcidese, I. Agudo, Marcello Giroletti, Givi N. Kimeridze, J. L. Gomez, Carolina Casadio, Anne Lähteenmäki, C. M. Raiteri, Alan P. Marscher, Valeri M. Larionov, Uwe Bach, D. Carosati, P. Romano, M. Minev, G. A. Borman, A. C. Sadun, Lorand A. Sigua, E. N. Kopatskaya, S. Vercellone, Joseph Moody, Goran Damljanović, Evgeni Semkov, D. O. Mirzaqulov, S. Baitieri, M. Villata, A. Strigachev, O. M. Kurtanidze, Helen Jermak, S. A. Klimanov, R. Bachev, Stoyanka Peneva, Wen Ping Chen, Walter Boschin, S. G. Jorstad, Sol N. Molina, D. A. Morozova, Iain A. Steele, O. Vince, M. S. Butuzova, T. S. Grishina, V. T. Doroshenko, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, M. I. Carnerero, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, L. Slavcheva-Mihova, Simona Righini, N. Rizzi, S. V. Nazarov, Boyko Mihov, Ivan S. Troitsky, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, Merja Tornikoski, A. A. Nikiforova, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Bulgarian National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science (Bulgaria), Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia), Russian Science Foundation, and Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation
Subjects: ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, RADIO-SOURCES, Quasars: individual: 4C 71.07, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, jets [galaxies], Library science, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, The Republic, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, ABSORPTION, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, SPECTRA, Bulgarian, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, BLACK-HOLES, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Government, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, St petersburg, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxies: active, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, language.human_language, Joint research, VARIABILITY, Work (electrical), 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Galaxies: jets, WEBT CAMPAIGN, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), individual: 4C 71.07 [quasars], active [galaxies], language, LUMINOSITY, ROTATIONS, Christian ministry, COMPLETE SAMPLE, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: The object 4C 71.07 is a high-redshift blazar whose spectral energy distribution shows a prominent big blue bump and a strong Compton dominance. We present the results of a 2- yr multiwavelength campaign led by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) to study both the quasar core and the beamed jet of this source. The WEBT data are complemented by ultraviolet and X-ray data from Swift, and by γ-ray data by Fermi. The big blue bump is modelled by using optical and near-infrared mean spectra obtained during the campaign, together with optical and ultraviolet quasar templates. We give prescriptions to correct the source photometry in the various bands for the thermal contribution, in order to derive the non-thermal jet flux. The role of the intergalactic medium absorption is analysed in both the ultraviolet and X-ray bands.We provide opacity values to deabsorb ultraviolet data, and derive a best-guess value for the hydrogen column density of Nbest H = 6.3 × 10 cmthrough the analysis of X-ray spectra.We estimate the disc and jet bolometric luminosities, accretion rate, and black hole mass. Light curves do not show persistent correlations among flux changes at different frequencies. We study the polarimetric behaviour and find no correlation between polarization degree and flux, even when correcting for the dilution effect of the big blue bump. Similarly, wide rotations of the electric vector polarization angle do not seem to be connected with the source activity.© 2019 The Author(s)., We acknowledge financial contribution from the agreement ASI-INAF n.2017-14-H.0 and from the contract PRIN-SKA-CTA-INAF 2016. PR and SV acknowledge contract ASI-INAF I/004/11/0. We acknowledge support by Bulgarian National Science Programme 'Young Scientists and Postdoctoral Students 2019', Bulgarian National Science Fund under grant DN18-10/2017 and National RI Roadmap Projects DO1-157/28.08.2018 and DO1-153/28.08.2018 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. GD and OV gratefully acknowledge the observing grant support from the Institute of Astronomy and Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences via bilateral joint research project 'Study of ICRF radio-sources and fast variable astronomical objects' (head -G.Damljanovic). This work is a part of the Projects No. 176011 ('Dynamics and Kinematics of Celestial Bodies and Systems'), No. 176004 ('Stellar Physics'), and No. 176021 ('Visible and Invisible Matter in Nearby Galaxies: Theory and Observations') supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. This research was partially supported by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of theMinistry of Education and Science under grants DN 08-1/2016, DN 18-13/2017, and KP-06-H28/3 (2018). The Skinakas Observatory is a collaborative project of the University of Crete, the Foundation for Research and Technology -Hellas, and the Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik. The St Petersburg University team acknowledges support from Russian Science Foundation grant no. 17-12-01029. The Abastumani team acknowledges financial support by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation under contract FR/217950/16. This work was partly supported by the National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria under grant DN 08-20/2016, and by funds of the project RD-08-37/2019 of the University of Shumen. The Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of the Aosta Valley (OAVdA) is managed by the Fondazione Clement Fillietroz-ONLUS, which is supported by the Regional Government of the Aosta Valley, the Town Municipality of Nus and the Unite des Communes valdotaines Mont-Emilius'. The research at the OAVdA was partially funded by two 'Research and Education' grants from Fondazione CRT
Published: 2019

7. Dissecting the long-term emission behaviour of the BL Lac object Mrk 421

Author: P. A. González-Morales, Valeri M. Larionov, Filippo D'Ammando, C. Lázaro, Sergey S. Savchenko, Ivan Agudo, V. Bozhilov, A. B. Grinon-Marin, Michael D. Joner, F. J. Redondo-Lorenzo, Sol N. Molina, Svetlana Boeva, A. Pastor Yabar, C. Pace, C. Protasio, M. G. Nikolashvili, M. J. Arévalo, E. Eswaraiah, D. A. Morozova, E. N. Kopatskaya, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, O. Vince, Carolina Casadio, Evgeni Ovcharov, Yu. V. Troitskaya, Joseph Moody, G. Gantchev, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Ekaterina Koptelova, L. Slavcheva-Mihova, A. A. Vasilyev, B. Jordan, Marcus Holden, Sunay Ibryamov, Ivan S. Troitsky, R. Ligustri, Kari Nilsson, Rumen Bachev, Wen Ping Chen, Elena G. Larionova, Alan P. Marscher, N. Rizzi, J. Barnes, F. Pinna, B. McBreen, G. Rodriguez-Coira, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, D. Carosati, Georgi Latev, A. C. Sadun, T. S. Grishina, J. A. Ros, Goran Damljanović, Evgeni Semkov, Neelam Panwar, Manasvita Joshi, H. C. Lin, Boyko Mihov, E. Forné, José L. Gómez, C. Martínez-Lombilla, M. I. Carnerero, A. Strigachev, Nathan Smith, O. M. Kurtanidze, Paul S. Smith, M. Villata, L. V. Larionova, C. M. Raiteri, R. Pearson, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Russian Science Foundation, Junta de Andalucía, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
Subjects: Galaxies: active, Galaxies: jets, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, jets [galaxies], Library science, FOS: Physical sciences, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), individual: Mrk 421 [BL Lacertae objects], ta115, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, general [BL Lacertae objects], Astronomy and Astrophysics, BL Lacertae objects: general, Joint research, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, active [galaxies], BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mrk 421, Christian ministry, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, active, Galaxies: jets [Galaxies]
Abstract: We report on long-term multiwavelength monitoring of blazar Mrk 421 by the GLAST-AGILE Support Program of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (GASP-WEBT) collaboration and Steward Observatory, and by the Swift and Fermi satellites. We study the source behaviour in the period 2007-2015, characterized by several extreme flares. The ratio between the optical, X-ray and γ-ray fluxes is very variable. The γ-ray flux variations show a fair correlation with the optical ones starting from 2012. We analyse spectropolarimetric data and find wavelength-dependence of the polarization degree (P), which is compatible with the presence of the host galaxy, and no wavelength dependence of the electric vector polarization angle (EVPA). Optical polarimetry shows a lack of simple correlation between P and flux and wide rotations of the EVPA. We build broad-band spectral energy distributions with simultaneous near-infrared and optical data from the GASP-WEBT and ultraviolet and X-ray data from the Swift satellite. They show strong variability in both flux and X-ray spectral shape and suggest a shift of the synchrotron peak up to a factor of ~50 in frequency. The interpretation of the flux and spectral variability is compatible with jet models including at least two emitting regions that can change their orientation with respect to the line of sight.© 2017 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society., The Abastumani team acknowledges financial support by Shota Rustaveli NSF under contract FR/577/6-320/13. The research at BU was supported in part by US National Science Foundation grant AST-1615796 and NASA Fermi Guest Investigator grant NNX14AQ58G. This study makes use of 43 GHz VLBA data from the VLBA-BU Blazar Monitoring Program (VLBA-BUBLAZAR; http://www.bu.edu/blazars/VLBAproject.html), funded by NASA through the Fermi Guest Investigator Program. The PRISM camera at the Lowell Observatory was developed by K. Janes et al. at the BU and Lowell Observatory, with funding from the NSF, BU and Lowell Observatory. This research has made use of data from the MOJAVE data base, which is maintained by the MOJAVE team (Lister et al. 2009). The St. Petersburg University team acknowledges support from Russian RFBR grant 15-02-00949 and St. Petersburg University research grant 6.38.335.2015. This paper is partly based on observations carried out at the German Spanish Calar Alto Observatory, which is jointly operated by the MPIA and the IAA-CSIC. IA research is supported by a Ramon y Cajal grant of the Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO). Acquisition of the MAPCAT data was supported in part by MINECO through grants AYA2010-14844, AYA2013-40825-P and AYA2016-80889-P, and by the Regional Government of Andalucia through grant P09-FQM-4784. This research was partially supported by the Scientific Research Fund of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Sciences under grants DO 02-137 (BIn-13/09) and DN 08/1. The Skinakas Observatory is a collaborative project of the University of Crete, the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas and the Max-Planck-Institut fur Extrater-restrische Physik. GD and OV gratefully acknowledge the observing grant support from the Institute of Astronomy and Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgaria Academy of Sciences, via the bilateral joint research project 'Observations of ICRF radio-sources visible in optical domain' (the head is Dr G. Damljanovic). This work is a part of the Projects No 176011 ('Dynamics and kinematics of celestial bodies and systems'), No 176004 ('Stellar physics') and No 176021 ('Visible and invisible matter in nearby galaxies: theory and observations') supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. The Serbian station is the Astronomical Station Vidojevica (ASV) with the 60-cm ASV telescope (and from this year, the 1.4-m ASV one). This research was supported partly by funds of the project RD-08-81 of the Shumen University.
Published: 2017

8. Investigating the multiwavelength behaviour of the flat spectrum radio quasar CTA 102 during 2013-2017

Author: Manasvita Joshi, Omar M. Kurtanidze, Katsura Matsumoto, Kozo Sadakane, Erika Benítez, Alan P. Marscher, O. Vince, Sebastian Kiehlmann, Rumen Bachev, Evgeni Ovcharov, Yu. V. Troitskaya, Talvikki Hovatta, Boyko Mihov, Givi N. Kimeridze, S. V. Nazarov, Arkady A. Arkharov, T. Pursimo, Joseph Moody, A. Giunta, Ivan S. Troitsky, Goran Damljanović, C. Espinosa, A. Fuentes, Yu. V. Sotnikova, N. Castro-Segura, Sol N. Molina, Evgeni Semkov, D. O. Mirzaqulov, M. I. Carnerero, Walter Boschin, M. G. Nikolashvili, T. V. Mufakharov, G. Rodríguez-Coira, Valeri M. Larionov, P. Calcidese, Walter Max-Moerbeck, D. A. Morozova, Sergey S. Savchenko, M. Mingaliev, D. Carosati, W. P. Chen, A. C. Sadun, A. A. Vasilyev, G. V. Baida, S. G. Jorstad, A. Strigachev, David Hiriart, N Okhmat, Juan Echevarria, Lorand A. Sigua, Paul S. Smith, F. D'Ammando, L. Slavcheva-Mihova, Joni Tammi, N. V. Efimova, C. S. Lin, E. N. Kopatskaya, Raul Michel, F. Pinna, B. McBreen, Iain A. Steele, N. Rizzi, Clemens Thum, Mark Gurwell, C. Protasio, M. Villata, J. M. Ohlert, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, Manash R. Samal, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, I. Agudo, Merja Tornikoski, K. S. Kuratov, Anthony C. S. Readhead, A. A. Nikiforova, Michael P. Malmrose, J. L. Gomez, B. Jordan, M. Minev, T. A. Polakis, A. Di Paola, L. V. Larionova, Carolina Casadio, Anne Lähteenmäki, Elena G. Larionova, Bozhilov, C. Lázaro, Helen Jermak, F. J. Redondo-Lorenzo, G. A. Borman, Rodrigo Reeves, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, M. S. Butuzova, Brian A. Skiff, T. S. Grishina, T. J. Pearson, C. M. Raiteri, Bulgarian National Science Fund, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Russian Science Foundation, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Smithsonian Institution, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Instituto de RadioAstronomía Milimétrica (IRAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), WEBT, OVRO Team, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Subjects: TELESCOPE, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, jets [galaxies], nuclei [galaxies], Library science, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, individual: CTA 102 [galaxies], 01 natural sciences, FERMI, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Bulgarian, Aerospace, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, SCALE, Physics, CALIBRATION, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), SWIFT, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, galaxies: jets, gamma-rays: general, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], Monitoring program, BLAZARS, language.human_language, VARIABILITY, Work (electrical), 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, High energy accelerator, FLARES, language, RADIATION, OBJECTS, galaxies: individual: cta 102, galaxies: nuclei, business, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Administration (government), Research center, general [gamma-rays]
Abstract: We present a multiwavelength study of the flat-spectrum radio quasar CTA 102 during 2013-2017. We use radio-to-optical data obtained by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope, 15 GHz data from the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, 91 and 103 GHz data from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, near-infrared data from the Rapid Eye Monitor telescope, as well as data from the Swift (optical-UV and X-rays) and Fermi (γ -rays) satellites to study flux and spectral variability and the correlation between flux changes at different wavelengths. Unprecedented γ -ray flaring activity was observed during 2016 November-2017 February, with four major outbursts. A peak flux of (2158 ± 63) × 10−8 ph cm−2 s−1, corresponding to a luminosity of (2.2 ± 0.1) × 1050 erg s−1, was reached on 2016 December 28. These four γ -ray outbursts have corresponding events in the near-infrared, optical, and UV bands, with the peaks observed at the same time. A general agreement between X-ray and γ -ray activity is found. The γ -ray flux variations show a general, strong correlation with the optical ones with no time lag between the two bands and a comparable variability amplitude. This γ -ray/optical relationship is in agreement with the geometrical model that has successfully explained the low-energy flux and spectral behaviour, suggesting that the long-term flux variations are mainly due to changes in the Doppler factor produced by variations of the viewing angle of the emitting regions. The difference in behaviour between radio and higher energy emission would be ascribed to different viewing angles of the jet regions producing their emission. © 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, The data collected by the WEBT collaboration are stored in the WEBT archive at the Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino INAF (http://www.oato.inaf.it/blazars/webt/); for questions regarding their availability, contact the WEBT President Massimo Villata(massimo.villata@inaf.it).We acknowledge financial contribution from the agreementASI-INAFn. 2017-14-H.0 and from the contract PRIN-SKA-CTA-INAF 2016. This research was partially supported by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science under grants DN 08-1/2016, DN 18-13/2017, and KP-06-H28/3 (2018). The Skinakas Observatory is a collaborative project of the University of Crete, the Foundation for Research and Technology -Hellas, and the Max-Planck-Institut fur Extraterrestrische Physik. The Abastumani team acknowledges financial support by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation under contract FR/217554/16. The St. Petersburg University team acknowledges support from Russian Science Foundation grant 17-12-01029. GD and OV gratefully acknowledge the observing grant support from the Institute of Astronomy and Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, via bilateral joint research project 'Study of ICRF radio-sources and fast variable astronomical objects' (head -G.Damljanovic). This work is a part of the Projects No. 176011 ('Dynamics and Kinematics of Celestial Bodies and Systems'), No. 176004 ('Stellar Physics'), and No. 176021 ('Visible and Invisible Matter in Nearby Galaxies: Theory and Observations') supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. JE is indebted to DGAPA (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de M ' exico) for financial support, PAPIIT project IN114917. The Submillimeter Array is a joint project between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics and is funded by the Smithsonian Institution and the Academia Sinica. Data from the Steward Observatory blazar monitoring project were used. This program is supported by NASA/Fermi Guest Investigator grants NNX12AO93G and NNX15AU81G. We acknowledge support by Bulgarian National Science Programme 'Young Scientists and Postdoctoral Students 2019', Bulgarian National Science Fund under grant DN18-10/2017 and National RI Roadmap Projects DO1-157/28.08.2018 and DO1-153/28.08.2018 of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. This publication makes use of data obtained at Mets ahovi Radio Observatory, operated by Aalto University in Finland. The Astronomical Observatory of the Autonomous Region of theAostaValley (OAVdA) is managed by the Fondazione Clment Fillietroz-ONLUS, which is supported by the Regional Government of the Aosta Valley, the TownMunicipality of Nus and the 'Unit des Communes valdtaines Mont-milius'. The research at the OAVdA was partially funded by two 'Research and Education' grants from Fondazione CRT. RR acknowledges support from CONICYT project Basal AFB-170002. MM and TM acknowledge support through the Russian Government Program of Competitive Growth of Kazan Federal University. The Fermi LAT Collaboration acknowledges generous ongoing support from a number of agencies and institutes that have supported both the development and the operation of the LAT as well as scientific data analysis. These include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Energy in the United States, the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules in France, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Italy, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Japan, and the K. A. Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish National Space Board in Sweden. Additional support for science analysis during the operations phase is gratefully acknowledged from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Italy and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales in France. This work performed in part under DOE Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515. The OVRO 40-m monitoring program is supported in part by NASA grants NNX08AW31G, NNX11A043G, and NNX14AQ89G, and NSF grants AST-0808050 and AST-1109911. We thank the Swift team for making these observations possible, the duty scientists, and science planners. This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. FD thanks S. Covino for his help with the REM data reduction. This research has made use of data obtained from the high-energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) provided by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Published: 2019
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9. Blazar spectral variability as explained by a twisted inhomogeneous jet

Author: M. S. Butuzova, C. Espinosa, O. Vince, K. Kuratov, Sergey S. Savchenko, Joseph Moody, A. Di Paola, Boyko Mihov, Ivan S. Troitsky, L. V. Larionova, José L. Gómez, T. S. Grishina, Mark Gurwell, Sol N. Molina, Brian Skiff, V. Bozhilov, G. V. Baida, D. A. Morozova, A. A. Mokrushina, Katsura Matsumoto, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, G. A. Borman, A. Strigachev, C. S. Lin, J. Echevarría, S. V. Nazarov, Raul Michel, G. Rodriguez-Coira, Alan P. Marscher, M. I. Carnerero, C. M. Raiteri, Joni Tammi, N. V. Efimova, Omar M. Kurtanidze, F. Pinna, Iain A. Steele, B. Jordan, B. McBreen, Kozo Sadakane, Paul S. Smith, C. Protasio, Manasvita Joshi, J. M. Ohlert, F. J. Redondo-Lorenzo, Clemens Thum, Elena G. Larionova, T. A. Polakis, L. Slavcheva-Mihova, Carolina Casadio, Anne Lähteenmäki, D. N. Okhmat, M. Villata, Helen Jermak, Erika Benítez, E. N. Kopatskaya, Arkady A. Arkharov, N. Rizzi, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, A. A. Vasilyev, Michael P. Malmrose, M. Minev, N. Castro-Segura, M. G. Nikolashvili, P. Calcidese, Manash R. Samal, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, Merja Tornikoski, C. Lázaro, Filippo D'Ammando, W. Boschin, T. Pursimo, D. Carosati, Rumen Bachev, A. C. Sadun, Goran Damljanović, Evgeni Semkov, D. O. Mirzaqulov, Evgeni Ovcharov, Yu. V. Troitskaya, Svetlana G. Jorstad, David Hiriart, A. Giunta, Antonio Fuentes, Ivan Agudo, Valeri M. Larionov, and Wen Ping Chen
Subjects: ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, Brightness, Active galactic nucleus, PARTICLE-ACCELERATION, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Relativistic beaming, Astrophysical jet, 0103 physical sciences, HELICAL JETS, PHOTOMETRY, OUTBURST, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Multidisciplinary, ta115, ta114, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO-SOURCES, COMPARISON STARS, Quasar, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxy, CTA-102, QUASARS, WEBT CAMPAIGN, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), RELATIVISTIC JETS, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: Blazar emission is dominated by non-thermal radiation from a relativistic jet pointing toward us, therefore undergoing Doppler beaming. This is responsible for flux enhancement and contraction of the variability time scales, so that most blazars appear as luminous sources characterized by noticeable and fast flux changes at all frequencies. The mechanisms producing their unpredictable variability are debated and include injection, acceleration and cooling of particles, with possible intervention of shock waves or turbulence. Changes in the viewing angle of the emitting knots or jet regions have also been suggested to explain flaring events or specific properties such as intraday variability, quasi-periodicities, or the delay of radio flux variations relative to optical changes. However, such a geometric interpretation has not been universally accepted because alternative explanations based on changes of physical conditions can also work in many cases. Here we report the results of optical-to-radio monitoring of the blazar CTA 102 by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope Collaboration and show that the observed long-term flux and spectral variability is best explained by an inhomogeneous, curved jet that undergoes orientation changes. We propose that magnetohydrodynamic instabilities or rotation of a twisted jet cause different jet regions to change their orientation and hence their relative Doppler factors. In particular, the recent extreme optical outburst (six magnitudes) occurred when the corresponding jet emitting region acquired a minimum viewing angle., Comment: 31 pages, 11 figures. This is the accepted version (before Nature editing) of the paper published by Nature, online version at http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature24623, Nature 2017/12/04/online
Published: 2017

10. Properties of the Young Milky Way globular cluster Whiting 1 from near-infrared photometry

Author: Petko Nedialkov, Giovanni Carraro, Valentin D. Ivanov, Evgeni Ovcharov, Antoniya Valcheva, and A. Lalova
Subjects: Physics, biology, Galaxies: clusters: individual: Cl J020256.6-031609, Metallicity, Milky Way, Globular clusters: general, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Galaxies: clusters: general, Globular clusters: individual: Sgr dSph, Globular clusters: individual: Whiting 1, Space and Planetary Science, biology.organism_classification, Whiting, Redshift, Photometry (astronomy), Distance modulus, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Globular cluster, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Galaxy cluster
Abstract: Whiting 1 is a member of the fast-growing group of young globular clusters in the Milky Way halo. Preliminary estimates of its fundamental parameters have been provided using optical photometry and low resolution spectroscopy. In an attempt to strengthen our knowledge of Whiting 1, in this study we employ a complementary approach. Isochrone fitting method was applied on the Near-Infrared Color-Magnitude Diagram and yields an age t=5.7$\pm$0.3 Gyr, metallicity $z$=0.006$\pm$0.001 ([Fe/H]=$-$0.5$\pm$0.1) and distance modulus $(m-M)_0$=17.48$\pm$0.10. Our results confirm that Whiting 1 is a young and moderately metal-rich globular cluster. It is one of the youngest from the Sgr dSph. We fitted an Elson, Fall and Freeman (EFF) profile to the near-infrared number counts, and measured cluster core radius $r_c$=9.1${\prime\prime}$$\pm$3.9${\prime\prime}$. Two probable eclipsing variables in the cluster were found from multi-epoch $V$ band photometry. Finally, an unknown galaxy cluster was identified on our $K$ vs. $(J-K)$ color-magnitude diagram. It has a redshift z$\sim$1, and it is located at about 1${\prime}$ from the center of Whiting 1 at $\alpha_{J2000}=02^{h} 02^{m} 56.6^{s}$, $\delta_{J2000}=-03^{\circ} 16{\prime} 09{\prime\prime}$, contaminating the cluster photometry., Comment: Accepted for publication in MNRAS, 6 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2014
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11. Quasi-simultaneous two-band optical variability of the blazars 1ES 1959+650 and 1ES 2344+514

Author: Paul J. Wiita, N. Kacharov, Haritma Gaur, S. Peneva, Alok C. Gupta, Boyko Mihov, Evgeni Ovcharov, Anton Strigachev, Evgeni Semkov, R. Bachev, and Svetlana Boeva
Subjects: Physics, Two band, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Blazar
Abstract: We report the results of quasi-simultaneous two filter optical monitoring of two high-energy peaked blazars, 1ES 1959+650 and 1ES 2344+514, to search for microvariability and short-term variability (STV). We carried out optical photometric monitoring of these sources in an alternating sequence of B and R pass-bands, and have 24 and 19 nights of new data for these two sources, respectively. No genuine microvariability (intra-night variability) was detected in either of these sources. This non-detection of intra-night variations is in agreement with the conclusions of previous studies that high-energy peaked BL Lacs are intrinsically less variable than low-energy peaked BL Lacs in the optical bands. We also report the results of STV studies for these two sources between July 2009 and August 2010. Genuine STV is found for the source 1ES 1959+650 but not for 1ES 2344+514. We briefly discuss possible reasons for the difference between the intra-night variability behaviour of high- and low-energy peaked blazars.
Published: 2012
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12. Spectral energy distribution variation in BL Lacs and flat spectrum radio quasars

Author: Paul J. Wiita, A. Strigachev, Evgeni Semkov, Svetlana Boeva, Filippo D'Ammando, Mark Gurwell, S. Peneva, Evgeni Ovcharov, Bindu Rani, Rumen Bachev, Boyko Mihov, and Alok C. Gupta
Subjects: Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Electron, Curvature, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, Synchrotron, law.invention, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, law, 0103 physical sciences, symbols, Spectral energy distribution, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Doppler effect
Abstract: We present the results of our study of spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of a sample of ten low- to intermediate-synchrotron-peaked blazars. We investigate some of the physical parameters most likely responsible for the observed short-term variations in blazars. To do so, we focus on the study of changes in the SEDs of blazars corresponding to changes in their respective optical fluxes. We model the observed spectra of blazars from radio to optical frequencies using a synchrotron model that entails a log-parabolic distribution of electron energies. A significant correlation among the two fitted spectral parameters ($a$, $b$) of log-parabolic curves and a negative trend among the peak frequency and spectral curvature parameter, $b$, emphasize that the SEDs of blazars are fitted well by log-parabolic curves. On considering each model parameter that could be responsible for changes in the observed SEDs of these blazars, we find that changes in the jet Doppler factors are most important.
Published: 2011
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13. Studying X-ray reprocessing and continuum variability in quasars: PG 1211+143

Author: Dirk Grupe, Rumen Bachev, Evgeni Semkov, Evgeni Ovcharov, Luigi C. Gallo, Ts. B. Georgiev, A. Valcheva, and Svetlana Boeva
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Continuum (measurement), X-ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Astrophysics, Light curve, Galaxy, Wavelength, Accretion disc, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Spectroscopy, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present the results from a monitoring campaign of the Narrow-Line Seyfert~1 galaxy PG 1211+143. The object was monitored with ground-based facilities (UBVRI photometry; from February to July, 2007) and with Swift (X-ray photometry/spectroscopy and UV/Optical photometry; between March and May, 2007). We found PG 1211+143 in a historical low X-ray flux state at the beginning of the Swift monitoring campaign in March 2007. It is seen from the light curves that while violently variable in X-rays, the quasar shows little variations in optical/UV bands. The X-ray spectrum in the low state is similar to other Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 galaxies during their low-states and can be explained by a strong partial covering absorber or by X-ray reflection onto the disk. With the current data set, however, it is not possible to distinguish between both scenarios. The interband cross-correlation functions indicate a possible reprocessing of the X-rays into the longer wavelengths, consistent with the idea of a thin accretion disk, powering the quasar. The time lags between the X-ray and the optical/UV light curves, ranging from ~2 to ~18 days for the different wavebands, scale approximately as ~lambda^(4/3), but appear to be somewhat larger than expected for this object, taking into account its accretion disk parameters. Possible implications for the location of the X-ray irradiating source are discussed., Comment: 14 pages, 11 figures, to appear in MNRAS
Published: 2009
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14. Exceptional outburst of the blazar CTA 102 in 2012: the GASP-WEBT campaign and its extension

Author: Rumen Bachev, V. Bozhilov, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, D. Carosati, P. A. González-Morales, A. B. Grinon-Marin, M. I. Carnerero, A. C. Sadun, A. Bueno, Sol N. Molina, Dmitry A. Blinov, G. A. Borman, D. A. Morozova, W. P. Chen, Ivan Agudo, Sergey S. Savchenko, Carolina Casadio, Vladimir A. Hagen-Thorn, Ekaterina Koptelova, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, Ryosuke Itoh, M. J. Arévalo, Evgeni Ovcharov, Yu. V. Troitskaya, Svetlana G. Jorstad, J. A. Ros, Stoyanka Peneva, Sunay Ibryamov, Elena G. Larionova, Paul S. Smith, C. M. Raiteri, Arkady A. Arkharov, Valeri M. Larionov, Galin Borisov, Evgeni Semkov, A. Strigachev, M. Villata, D. O. Mirzaqulov, A. Di Paola, Yu. V. Milanova, Ivan S. Troitsky, L. V. Larionova, Manasvita Joshi, Dan P. Clemens, S. V. Nazarov, José L. Gómez, Alan P. Marscher, S. G. Sergeev, C. Lázaro, T. S. Grishina, A. Manilla-Robles, Y. Metodieva, E. N. Kopatskaya, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Saint Petersburg State University, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Bulgarian National Science Fund, and Academy of Sciences Republic of Uzbekistan
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), active [Galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, polarimetric [Techniques], 01 natural sciences, Methods: observational, Observatory, 0103 physical sciences, Quasars: individual: CTA 102, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, observational [Methods], Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, photometric [Techniques], Techniques: polarimetric, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxies: active, Methods observational, CTA-102, Space and Planetary Science, individual: CTA 102 [Quasars], Christian ministry, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Techniques: photometric, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Larionov, V. M. et. al., After several years of quiescence, the blazar CTA 102 underwent an exceptional outburst in 2012 September-October. The flare was tracked from gamma-ray to near-infrared (NIR) frequencies, including Fermi and Swift data as well as photometric and polarimetric data from several observatories. An intensive Glast-Agile support programme of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (GASP-WEBT) collaboration campaign in optical and NIR bands, with an addition of previously unpublished archival data and extension through fall 2015, allows comparison of this outburst with the previous activity period of this blazar in 2004-2005. We find remarkable similarity between the optical and gamma-ray behaviour of CTA 102 during the outburst, with a time lag between the two light curves of approximate to 1 h, indicative of cospatiality of the optical and gamma-ray emission regions. The relation between the gamma-ray and optical fluxes is consistent with the synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) mechanism, with a quadratic dependence of the SSC gamma -ray flux on the synchrotron optical flux evident in the post-outburst stage. However, the gamma -ray/optical relationship is linear during the outburst; we attribute this to changes in the Doppler factor. A strong harder-when-brighter spectral dependence is seen both the in gamma-ray and optical non-thermal emission. This hardening can be explained by convexity of the UV-NIR spectrum that moves to higher frequencies owing to an increased Doppler shift as the viewing angle decreases during the outburst stage. The overall pattern of Stokes parameter variations agrees with a model of a radiating blob or shock wave that moves along a helical path down the jet., The St. Petersburg University team acknowledges support from Russian RFBR grant 15-02-00949, and St. Petersburg University research grants 6.38.335.2015 and 6.42.1113.2016. The research at Boston University was funded in part by NASA Fermi Guest Investigator grants NNX08AV65G, NNX10AO59G, NNX10AU15G, NNX11AO37G, NNX11AQ03G, and NNX14AQ58G. The research at Steward Observatory was funded in part by NASA Fermi Guest Investigator grants NNX09AU10G and NNX12AO93G. Acquisition of the MAPCAT data at Calar Alto is performed at the IAA-CSIC and is supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) grant AYA2013-40825-P.This research was partially supported by the Scientific Research Fund of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Sciences under grant DO 02-137 (BIn-13/09). The Maidanak Observatory team acknowledges support from Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences grant F2-FA-F027.
Published: 2016

15. Carbon stars and C/M ratio in the WLM dwarf irregular galaxy

Author: Antoniya Valcheva, Evgeni Ovcharov, Petko Nedialkov, and Valentin D. Ivanov
Subjects: Physics, education.field_of_study, Cepheid variable, Astrophysics (astro-ph), Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Carbon star, Galaxy, Distance modulus, Space and Planetary Science, Asymptotic giant branch, education, Irregular galaxy, Dwarf galaxy
Abstract: We identify the rich Carbon star population of the Magellanic-type dwarf irregular galaxy WLM (Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte) and study its photometric properties from deep near-IR observations. The galaxy exhibits also a clear presence of Oxygen rich population. We derive a Carbon to M-star ratio of C/M=0.56(+/-0.12), relatively high in comparison with many galaxies. The spatial distribution of the AGB stars in WLM hints at the presence of two stellar complexes with a size of a few hundred parsecs. Using the HI map of WLM and the derived gas-to-dust ratio for this galaxy we re-determined the distance modulus of WLM from the IR photometry of four known Cepheids, obtaining (m-M)o=24.84(+/-0.14) mag. In addition, we determine the scale length of 0.75(+/-)0.14 kpc of WLM disk in J-band., 8 pages, 9 eps figures, Accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2007
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16. The WEBT campaign on the BL Lac object PG 1553+113 in 2013. An analysis of the enigmatic synchrotron emission

Author: Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, A. Strigachev, Merja Tornikoski, V. T. Doroshenko, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, Joni Tammi, N. V. Efimova, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, Paolo Leto, P. A. González-Morales, Lorand A. Sigua, Antonio Stamerra, Sergio Velasco, V. Ramakrishnan, O. M. Kurtanidze, Valeri M. Larionov, Goran Damljanović, J. M. Ohlert, Evgeni Semkov, D. O. Mirzaqulov, A. A. Mokrushina, V. Bozhilov, M. I. Carnerero, Erika Benítez, S. A. Klimanov, Ivan S. Troitsky, M. J. Arévalo, C. M. Raiteri, T. S. Grishina, Evgeni Ovcharov, Yu. V. Troitskaya, D. Carosati, Anne Lähteenmäki, Carla Buemi, Arkady A. Arkharov, A. C. Sadun, Marcello Giroletti, Sunay Ibryamov, Elena G. Larionova, R. Bachev, O. Vince, David Hiriart, G. Markovic, Alexander Kurtenkov, G. A. Borman, E. N. Kopatskaya, Corrado Trigilio, E. Prandini, G. Umana, A. B. Grinon-Marin, D. A. Morozova, R. A. Chigladze, M. G. Nikolashvili, P. Calcidese, A. Pastor Yabar, S. V. Nazarov, Raúl Mújica, C. Lázaro, S. Paiano, M. Villata, A. Di Paola, L. V. Larionova, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, INFN, Isaac Newton Institute of Chile, St Petersburg Branch, University of La Laguna, Pulkovo Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Sofia 'St. Kliment Ohridski', Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, INAF, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Osservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta, Fundación Galileo Galilei - INAF, Abastumani Observatory, Astronomical Observatory, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute, Maidanak Observatory, INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, St. Petersburg State University, Engelhardt Astronomical Observatory, Kazan Federal University, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, University of Belgrade, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Michael Adrian Observatory, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, ISDC, Science Data Center for Astrophysics, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, University of Colorado Denver, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University
Subjects: Brightness, Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, ta221, ta1171, FOS: Physical sciences, active, BL Lacertae objects: general, BL Lacertae objects: individual: PG 1553+113 [Galaxies], Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, BL Lacertae objects: individual: PG 1553+113, BL Lacertae objects: individual:PG 1553+113, Spectral line, law.invention, Radio telescope, Telescope, law, ta216, Blazar, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, individual: PG 1553+113 [BL Lacertae objects], Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), ta115, ta213, ta114, general [BL Lacertae objects], Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxies: active, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), active [galaxies], Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object
Abstract: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454 (1), ISSN:0035-8711, ISSN:1365-2966, ISSN:1365-8711
Published: 2015

17. The January 2015 outburst of a red nova in M31

Author: Alexander Kurtenkov, V. P. Goranskij, V. Popov, Evgeni Ovcharov, Kamil Hornoch, A. F. Valeev, Andon Kostov, Krisztián Sárneczky, A. W. Shafter, K. Wiersema, E. A. Barsukova, R. V. Munoz Dimitrova, K. Vida, Stefano Valenti, Toma Tomov, Maximilian Stritzinger, László Molnár, P. Pessev, S. Geier, S. Fabrika, Martin Henze, and Petko Nedialkov
Subjects: Brightness, TELESCOPE, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics, STELLAR SPECTRA, Luminosity, law.invention, Telescope, law, SOUTHERN SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STANDARDS, PHOTOMETRY, Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR), Physics, novae, cataclysmic variables, MON, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nova (laser), Astrometry, Light curve, CATALOG, GALAXY, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, LIBRARY, Luminous red nova, V838 MONOCEROTIS, STARS
Abstract: M31N 2015-01a (or M31LRN 2015) is a red nova that erupted in January 2015 -- the first event of this kind observed in M31 since 1988. Very few similar events have been confirmed as of 2015. Most of them are considered to be products of stellar mergers. Results of an extensive optical monitoring of the transient in the period January-March 2015 are presented. Eight optical telescopes were used for imaging. Spectra were obtained on BTA, GTC and the Rozhen 2m telescope. We present a highly accurate 70 d lightcurve and astrometry with a 0.05" uncertainty. The color indices reached a minimum 2-3 d before peak brightness and rapidly increased afterwards. The spectral type changed from F5I to F0I in 6 d before the maximum and then to K3I in the next 30 d. The luminosity of the transient was estimated to $8.7^{+3.3}_{-2.2}\times10^{5}L_{\odot}$ during the optical maximum. Both the photometric and the spectroscopic results confirm that the object is a red nova, similar to V838 Monocerotis., 5 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics as a Letter to the Editor; page 5 is online material only
Published: 2015
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18. Existence and Uniqueness of Proper Scoring Rules

Author: Evgeni Ovcharov
Published: 2015

19. Optical Photopolarimetry of Blazar OJ287

Author: Evgeni Ovcharov, Grigor Nikolov, and V. Bozhilov
Subjects: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Brightness, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), Position angle, law.invention, Telescope, Space and Planetary Science, law, Blazar, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract: We present results from an original observational campaign comprising five epoch optical photopolarimetrical observations of the BL Lac-type AGN OJ287 in the period 2012 November - 2013 April. The data are gathered with the Focal Reducer Rozhen 2 - FoReRo2 on the 2-m RCC telescope at NAO Rozhen, Bulgaria. We derive photometry and polarization in R-band, as well as position angle (P.A.). There are indications for correlation between polarization and brightness in R-band. Furthermore, observed variation in P.A. corresponds to a rotation of the plane of polarization of 5.80 deg per day., 5 pages, 3 figures, To be published in MNRAS, accepted 12/2013
Published: 2014

20. The awakening of BL Lacertae: observations by Fermi, Swift, and the GASP-WEBT

Author: V. T. Doroshenko, A. Berdyugin, M. I. Carnerero, Filippo D'Ammando, Stoyanka Peneva, Evgeni Semkov, D. O. Mirzaqulov, D. Carosati, A. C. Sadun, Elina Lindfors, M. J. Arévalo, J. Phipps, Dmitry A. Blinov, Rumen Bachev, Evgeni Ovcharov, S. G. Sergeev, Givi N. Kimeridze, K. A. Stoyanov, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Valeri M. Larionov, Neelam Panwar, Y. Metodieva, Y. Jadhav, R. Ligustri, Meenakshi Kohli, V. Kadenius, Alan P. Marscher, Antoniya Valcheva, N. Smith, I. M. McHardy, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, Sunay Ibryamov, Elena G. Larionova, Paul S. Smith, A. Sillanpää, R. Reinthal, C. M. Raiteri, A. Strigachev, Tatiana S. Konstantinova, Iván Agudo, M. G. Nikolashvili, V. Bozhilov, N. G. Pulatova, S. V. Nazarov, Carolina Casadio, Helmut Wiesemeyer, David Hiriart, G. A. Borman, Ivan S. Troitsky, R. D. Schwartz, Ekaterina Koptelova, Markus Böttcher, M. Villata, Kari Nilsson, E. N. Kopatskaya, Wen Ping Chen, B. McBreen, J. A. Ros, L. V. Larionova, Lorand A. Sigua, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, Ann E. Wehrle, Mark Gurwell, S. A. Klimanov, Manasvita Joshi, M. Pasanen, Erika Benítez, D. N. Okhmat, L. O. Takalo, N. V. Efimova, Brian W. Taylor, Omar M. Kurtanidze, Clemens Thum, Sol N. Molina, D. A. Morozova, Pedro A. Gonzalez-Morales, Yu. S. Efimov, José L. Gómez, Raiteri CM, Villata M, DAmmando F, Larionov VM, Gurwell MA, Mirzaqulov DO, Smith PS, Acosta-Pulido JA, Agudo I, Arevalo MJ, Bachev R, Benitez E, Berdyugin A, Blinov DA, Borman GA, Bottcher M, Bozhilov V, Carnerero MI, Carosati D, Casadio C, Chen WP, Doroshenko VT, Efimova YS, Efimova NV, Ehgamberdiev SA, Gomez JL, Gonzalez-Morales PA, Hiriart D, Ibryamov S, Jadhav Y, Jorstad SG, Joshi M, Kadenius V, Klimanov SA, Kohli M, Konstantinova TS, Kopatskaya EN, Koptelova E, Kimeridze G, Kurtanidze OM, Larionova EG, Larionova LV, Ligustri R, Lindfors E, Marscher AP, McBreen B, McHardy IM, Metodieva Y, Molina SN, Morozova DA, Nazarov SV, Nikolashvili MG, Nilsson K, Okhmat DN, Ovcharov E, Panwar N, Pasanen M, Peneva S, Phipps J, Pulatova NG, Reinthal R, Ros JA, Sadun AC, Schwartz RD, Semkov E, Sergeev SG, Sigua LA, Sillanpaa A, Smith N, Stoyanov K, Strigachev A, Takalo LO, Taylor B, Thum C, Troitsky IS, Valcheva A, Wehrle AE, and Wiesemeyer H
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), ta115, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), law.invention, Telescope, Wavelength, Space and Planetary Science, Observatory, law, Degree of polarization, galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: general, BL Lacertae objects: individual: BL Lacertae, galaxies: jets, Blazar, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Since the launch of the Fermi satellite, BL Lacertae has been moderately active at gamma-rays and optical frequencies until May 2011, when the source started a series of strong flares. The exceptional optical sampling achieved by the GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) in collaboration with the Steward Observatory allows us to perform a detailed comparison with the daily gamma-ray observations by Fermi. Discrete correlation analysis between the optical and gamma-ray emission reveals correlation with a time lag of 0 +- 1 d, which suggests cospatiality of the corresponding jet emitting regions. A better definition of the time lag is hindered by the daily gaps in the sampling of the extremely fast flux variations. In general, optical flares present more structure and develop on longer time scales than corresponding gamma-ray flares. Observations at X-rays and at millimetre wavelengths reveal a common trend, which suggests that the region producing the mm and X-ray radiation is located downstream from the optical and gamma-ray-emitting zone in the jet. The mean optical degree of polarisation slightly decreases over the considered period and in general it is higher when the flux is lower. The optical electric vector polarisation angle (EVPA) shows a preferred orientation of about 15 deg, nearly aligned with the radio core EVPA and mean jet direction. Oscillations around it increase during the 2011-2012 outburst. We investigate the effects of a geometrical interpretation of the long-term flux variability on the polarisation. A helical magnetic field model predicts an evolution of the mean polarisation that is in reasonable agreement with the observations. These can be fully explained by introducing slight variations in the compression factor in a transverse shock waves model., 17 pages, 17 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Published: 2013

21. Introducing the CTA concept

Author: A. Mathieu, R. G. Wagner, K. Panagiotidis, S Rosier Lees, Julien Rousselle, M. Gómez Berisso, Michela Uslenghi, Stephen Maxfield, R. C. Shellard, Ivica Puljak, T. Le Flour, Thomas Schanz, Tobias C. Walther, Juanan Aguilar, Pierre Colin, M. Chikawa, N. Fouque, Mosè Mariotti, G. Fontaine, Merja Tornikoski, V. Diez-Blanco, Enrico Giro, A. Krepps, G. Koss, J. M. Martin, Sergio Billotta, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Keitaro Takahashi, S. Buson, P. Brook, S. Steiner, M. Dyrda, Joseph Silk, Sera Markoff, P. Lubinski, U. Schwanke, Sauvik Bhattacharyya, J. Ripken, T. Haubold, C. Zurbach, H. Wetteskind, R. Hermel, J. Darling, J. Nicolau-Kukliński, Konstancja Satalecka, M. Videla, Stefan Funk, P. Conconi, S. Bajtlik, Lukasz Stawarz, J. M. Paredes, K. Reitberger, Stefan Wagner, Teresa Mineo, David Kieda, G. Pareschi, Shigeto Kabuki, Makoto Sawada, Antonio Stamerra, Rodolfo Canestrari, N. Baby, G. Crimi, P. Kostka, J. Grube, R. Zanin, I. K. Kominis, L. Mc Comb, R. Sternberger, M. Fesquet, M. Tokarz, David Fink, Daniela Dorner, N. Hamer Heras, A. Moralejo Olaizola, M. de Naurois, Diego F. Torres, Claes Fransson, K. Nishijima, Yutaka Fujita, L. Fresnillo, B. García, R. Kossakowski, A. Masserot, H. von Gunten, Alkiviadis F. Bais, Ciro Bigongiari, A. Saggion, G. Papyan, I. Mrusek, K. Farakos, J. Michałowski, A. Franckowiak, Fernando Martinez, M. Doert, R. Wawrzaszek, Michele Doro, L. Sapozhnikov, Claudia Lavalley, D. Thuermann, A.A. Zdziarski, Cristina Knapic, Karen Byrum, N. Neyroud, Petr Schovanek, W. Domainko, D. Kastana, E. Birsin, Adrian Biland, F. Sánchez, Alexandre Marcowith, M. Errando, R. L. C. Starling, J. Schultze, A. Weinstein, B. B. Singh, Yassir Moudden, Jelena Aleksić, C. L. Naumann, V. Waegebaert, M. Shayduk, U. F. Katz, Gianpiero Tagliaferri, M. Schroedter, A. Vollhardt, O. Reimann, Hideyuki Ohoka, Vincenzo Testa, C. Jablonski, Tsuguya Naito, J. Schäfer, Stavros Maltezos, A. Wierzcholska, P. Wawer, L. Nellen, F. Mirabel, Tatsuo Yoshida, P. H. Carton, Nina Nowak, L. Platos, Riccardo Rando, P. P. Krueger, R. Wischnewski, W. Romaszkan, E. Fede, Martino Marisaldi, Markus Gaug, Richard Willingale, J. H. Buckley, U. De AlmeidaBarres, J. Knapp, Saverio Lombardi, D. della Volpe, A. Herrero, A. Bottani, E. Delagnes, Martin J. Hardcastle, C. Morello, Anna Lipniacka, T. Greenshaw, M. Renaud, Giancarlo Cusumano, Jonathan Biteau, M. Sowiński, J. R. T. de Mello Neto, T. B. Humensky, Michael G. Richer, G. Parks, G. Grasseau, H. Baba, Gino Tosti, Damir Lelas, H. Krawzcynski, David Paneque, M. Barcelo, R. Dickherber, P. Ferrando, Shinji Hara, D. Florin, Hideaki Katagiri, T. Shibata, Fuyuki Tokanai, N. A. McCubbin, J. Gomez-Ortega, D. Nakajima, A. Liolios, P. Laporte, Orjan Dale, A. Sillanpää, Dainis Dravins, Timothée Grégoire, Nu. Komin, A. Mihailidis, L. Sidoli, Shiu-Hang Lee, A. W. Chen, J. M. Illa, A. Kuznetsov, P. Munar-Adrover, D. Dominis Prester, Marcos Daniel Actis, Abraham D. Falcone, L. Journet, D. Hadasch, N. Galante, A. Murphy, C. J. Todero Peixoto, S. Wiesand, A. Aravantinos, A. C. Rovero, J. L. Dournaux, P. Romano, M. Hrabovsky, R. de los Reyes Lopez, M. Ostrowski, J. Pallota, Geza Gyuk, Petar Temnikov, R. Dubois, Jan Ebr, R. Koul, David J. Smith, S. Schwarzburg, P. Manigot, Chad Finley, Tarek M. Hassan, Giuseppe Sottile, Evgeni Ovcharov, P. J. Rajda, F. Krennrich, Peter L. Moore, W. B. Focke, W. Bednarek, Elena Amato, Kazunori Kohri, J. Gamez-Garcia, I. Oya, A. Shibuya, German Hermann, William H. Lee, Dorota Sobczyńska, X. Zhou, C. Balkowski, G. Vallejo, M. Hayashida, M. Bitossi, Loukas Vlahos, H. Lockart, N. Geffroy, L. Tibaldo, Marek Jamrozy, Luke O'c. Drury, Pratik Majumdar, P. Sutcliffe, S. Schlenstedt, M. Palatka, Christophe Champion, H. Ueno, M. Rupiński, P. Giommi, J. Schwarz, G. Pühlhofer, Takashi Saito, W. van Driel, C. van Eldik, Q. Xiong, Yasuo Fukui, A. Donat, A. Ibarra, R. S. Warwick, Michiko Ohishi, A. W. Smith, J.-P. Lenain, Aion Viana, Terry Ashton, Guillaume Dubus, Jacek Niemiec, K. Kodani, Luis Ángel Tejedor, A. Wörnlein, Takanori Yoshikoshi, Masahiro Teshima, W. Gäbele, Ll. Font, Olaf Reimer, J. F. Valdés-Galicia, Lucy Fortson, J. P. Osborne, Mattia Fornasa, Keith Bechtol, Masayuki Tanaka, Shigehiro Nagataki, M. Rataj, M. Ribordy, Emmanuel Moulin, I. de la Calle, K. Winiarski, C. Jeanney, I. Mognet, I. Vegas, C. Juffroy, Yutaka Ohira, A. Jacholkowska, Matthew Wood, A. E. Suárez, J. Bähr, K. M. Schure, J. Maya, M. Dafonseca, J. Tasan, R. Sugawara, M. Bourgeat, A. Mancilla, D. Pelat, Olga Botner, D. Nedbal, G. Depaola, Robert Wagner, T. Okuda, H. Arnaldi, Josep Martí, P. Corona, T. Bonev, D. Yelos, J. Sieiro, V. Scalzotto, Jacco Vink, D. Languignon, Marco Ajello, J. Vandenbrouke, Philipp Mertsch, M. Mordalska, P. Wegner, P. Ziółkowski, P. T. O'Brien, A. Nozato, Robert D. Preece, B. Huber, Matteo Balbo, J.R. Bogart, R. Kankanyan, K. Mori, T. 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Phys (API, FNWI)
Subjects: Next generation Cherenkov telescopes, Ciencias Físicas, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, TeV GAMMA-RAY ASTRONOMY, Observatory, Air showers, HESS, Cherenkov Telescopes, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, MISSION, SUPERNOVA REMNANT W44, TELESCOPE, ASTRONOMY, EMISSION, Physics, ta213, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, TeV gamma-ray astronomy, ddc:540, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Air shower, AIR SHOWERS, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 0103 physical sciences, Preparatory phase, ta115, TeV gamma-ray astronomy Air showers Cherenkov Telescopes, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, CHERENKOV TELESCOPES, Física, Astronomy, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Astronomy and Astrophysics, ASTROFÍSICA, Cherenkov Telescope Array, [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Astronomía, Design study, Telecommunications, business
Abstract: The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is a new observatory for very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA has ambitions science goals, for which it is necessary to achieve full-sky coverage, to improve the sensitivity by about an order of magnitude, to span about four decades of energy, from a few tens of GeV to above 100 TeV with enhanced angular and energy resolutions over existing VHE gamma-ray observatories. An international collaboration has formed with more than 1000 members from 27 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. In 2010 the CTA Consortium completed a Design Study and started a three-year Preparatory Phase which leads to production readiness of CTA in 2014. In this paper we introduce the science goals and the concept of CTA, and provide an overview of the project., La lista completa de autores puede consultarse en el documento o en la página web de la revista., Facultad de Ingeniería
Published: 2013
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22. Variability of the blazar 4C 38.41 (B3 1633+382) from GHz frequencies to GeV energies

Author: Neelam Panwar, M. J. Arévalo, Clemens Thum, Antoniya Valcheva, Mark Gurwell, Elena G. Larionova, R. D. Schwartz, S. N. Molina, Evgeni Ovcharov, M. Pasanen, J. Leon-Tavares, J. A. Ros, A. Di Paola, L. V. Larionova, Svetlana G. Jorstad, H. C. Lin, K. Blumenthal, A. Sillanpää, Tatiana S. Konstantinova, D. O. Mirzaqulov, D. A. Morozova, R. Reinthal, Jochen Heidt, Carolina Casadio, Anne Lähteenmäki, Ekaterina Koptelova, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, David Hiriart, Merja Tornikoski, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, D. Carosati, Mauro Dolci, G. M. Richter, Ann E. Wehrle, A. I. Gonzále, I. Agudo, T. M. Carleton, José L. Gómez, I. M. McHardy, Alan P. Marscher, I. S. Troitsky, I. Puerto-Gimenez, M. G. Nikolashvili, E. N. Kopatskaya, Paolo Leto, Corrado Trigilio, G. Umana, N. Smith, T. Sakamoto, Kari Nilsson, Omar M. Kurtanidze, Wen Ping Chen, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, Raúl Mújica, A. Bueno, Filippo D'Ammando, C. M. Raiteri, L. O. Takalo, Valeri M. Larionov, Brian W. Taylor, M. I. Carnerero, Sh. Holikov, A. A. Arkharov, N. V. Efimova, Joni Tammi, Manasvita Joshi, Paul S. Smith, M. Villata, Andrei Berdyugin, Erika Benítez, U. Bach, Dmitry A. Blinov, Hugh D. Aller, V. A. Hagen-Thorn, M. F. Aller, Elina Lindfors, Carla Buemi, Anne Lähteenmäki Group, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Raiteri CM, Villata M, Smith PS, Larionov VM, Acosta-Pulido JA, Aller MF, DAmmando F, Gurwell MA, Jorstad SG, Joshi M, Kurtanidze OM, Lahteenmaki A, Mirzaqulov DO, Agudo I, Aller HD, Arevalo MJ, Arkharov AA, Bach U, Benitez E, Berdyugin A, Blinov DA, Blumenthal K, Buemi CS, Bueno A, Carleton TM, Carnerero MI, Carosati D, Casadio C, Chen WP, Di Paola A, Dolci M, Efimova NV, Ehgamberdiev SA, Gomez JL, Gonzalez AI, Hagen-Thorn VA, Heidt J, Hiriart D, Holikov S, Konstantinova TS, Kopatskaya EN, Koptelova E, Kurtanidze SO, Larionova EG, Larionova LV, Leon-Tavares J, Leto P, Lin HC, Lindfors E, Marscher AP, McHardy IM, Molina SN, Morozova DA, Mujica R, Nikolashvili MG, Nilsson K, Ovcharov EP, Panwar N, Pasanen M, Puerto-Gimenez I, Reinthal R, Richter GM, Ros JA, Sakamoto T, Schwartz RD, Sillanpaa A, Smith N, Takalo LO, Tammi J, Taylor B, Thum C, Tornikoski M, Trigilio C, Troitsky IS, Umana G, Valcheva AT, and Wehrle AE
Subjects: Brightness, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, education, jets [galaxies], Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, individual: 4C 38.41 [quasars], 0103 physical sciences, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Jet (fluid), Line-of-sight, general [quasars], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Viewing angle, Light curve, galaxies: active – quasars: general – quasars: individual: 4C 38.41 – galaxies: jets, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, active [galaxies], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: The quasar-type blazar 4C 38.41 (B3 1633+382) experienced a large outburst in 2011, which was detected throughout the entire electromagnetic spectrum. We present the results of low-energy multifrequency monitoring by the GASP project of the WEBT consortium and collaborators, as well as those of spectropolarimetric/spectrophotometric monitoring at the Steward Observatory. We also analyse high-energy observations of the Swift and Fermi satellites. In the optical-UV band, several results indicate that there is a contribution from a QSO-like emission component, in addition to both variable and polarised jet emission. The unpolarised emission component is likely thermal radiation from the accretion disc that dilutes the jet polarisation. We estimate its brightness to be R(QSO) ~ 17.85 - 18 and derive the intrinsic jet polarisation degree. We find no clear correlation between the optical and radio light curves, while the correlation between the optical and \gamma-ray flux apparently fades in time, likely because of an increasing optical to \gamma-ray flux ratio. As suggested for other blazars, the long-term variability of 4C 38.41 can be interpreted in terms of an inhomogeneous bent jet, where different emitting regions can change their alignment with respect to the line of sight, leading to variations in the Doppler factor \delta. Under the hypothesis that in the period 2008-2011 all the \gamma-ray and optical variability on a one-week timescale were due to changes in \delta, this would range between ~ 7 and ~ 21. If the variability were caused by changes in the viewing angle \theta\ only, then \theta\ would go from ~ 2.6 degr to ~ 5 degr. Variations in the viewing angle would also account for the dependence of the polarisation degree on the source brightness in the framework of a shock-in-jet model., Comment: 19 pages, 23 figures, in press for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Published: 2012

23. Spectral Energy Distribution variation in BL Lacs and FSRQs

Author: Strigachev, A., Gupta, Alok C., Mihov, B., Bindu Rani, Evgeni Ovcharov, Semkov, E., Ammando, F. D., Gurwell, M. A., Wiita, P. J., Bachev, R., Boeva, S., and Peneva, S.
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We present the results of our study of spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of a sample of ten low- to intermediate-synchrotron-peaked blazars. We investigate some of the physical parameters most likely responsible for the observed short-term variations in blazars. To do so, we focus on the study of changes in the SEDs of blazars corresponding to changes in their respective optical fluxes. We model the observed spectra of blazars from radio to optical frequencies using a synchrotron model that entails a log-parabolic distribution of electron energies. A significant correlation among the two fitted spectral parameters ($a$, $b$) of log-parabolic curves and a negative trend among the peak frequency and spectral curvature parameter, $b$, emphasize that the SEDs of blazars are fitted well by log-parabolic curves. On considering each model parameter that could be responsible for changes in the observed SEDs of these blazars, we find that changes in the jet Doppler factors are most important., Comment: 11 Pages, 9 Figures, 1 Table, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Published: 2011
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24. Intranight variability of 3C 454.3 during its 2010 November outburst

Author: A. Lalova, Evgeni Ovcharov, Evgeni Semkov, A. Valcheva, S. Peneva, R. Bachev, Boyko Mihov, Anton Strigachev, and Alok C. Gupta
Subjects: Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Synchrotron radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Light curve, Galaxy, Radio spectrum, Wavelength, Space and Planetary Science, Blazar, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: Context. 3C 454.3 is a very active flat spectrum radio quasar (blazar) that has undergone a recent outburst in all observed bands, including the optical. Aims. In this work we explore the short-term optical variability of 3C 454.3 during its outburst by searching for time delays between different optical bands. Finding one would be important for understanding the evolution of the spectrum of the relativistic electrons, which generate the synchrotron jet emission. Methods. We performed photometric monitoring of the object by repeating exposures in different optical bands (BVRI). Occasionally, different telescopes were used to monitor the object in the same band to verify the reliability of the smallest variations we observed. Results. Except on one occasion, where we found indications of a lag of the blue wavelengths behind the red ones, the results are inconclusive for most of the other cases. There were either no structures in the light curves to be able to search for patterns, or else different approaches led to different conclusions., Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A
Published: 2011
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25. Short-term flux and colour variations in low-energy peaked blazars

Author: Svetla Tsvetkova, Svetlana Boeva, Evgeni Ovcharov, Paul J. Wiita, A. Valcheva, K. A. Stoyanov, B. Spassov, Bindu Rani, Boyko Mihov, Anton Strigachev, Alok C. Gupta, Rumen Bachev, Evgeni Semkov, and S. Peneva
Subjects: Physics, Brightness, Active galactic nucleus, Low energy, Space and Planetary Science, Magnitude (astronomy), Flux, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Astrophysics, Blazar, Term (time)
Abstract: We have measured multi-band optical flux and colour variations for a sample of 12 low energy peaked blazars on short, day-to-month, timescales. Our sample contains six BL Lacertae objects and six flat spectrum radio quasars. These photometric observations, made during September 2008 to June 2009, used five optical telescopes, one in India and four in Bulgaria. We detected short term flux variations in eleven of these blazars and colour variability in eight of them. Our data indicate that six blazars (3C 66A, AO 0235+164, S5 0716+714, PKS 0735+178, OJ 287 and 3C 454.3) were observed in preor post-outburst states, that five (PKS 0420 014, 4C 29.45, 3C 279, PKS 1510 089 and BL Lac) were in a low state, while one (3C 273) was in an essentially steady state. The duty cycles for flux and colour variations on short timescales in these low energy peaked blazars are �92 per cent and � 33 per cent, respectively. The colour vs magnitude correlations seen here support the hypothesis that BL Lac objects tend to become bluer with increase in brightness; however, flat spectrum radio quasars may show the opposite trend, and there are exceptions to these trends in both categories of blazar. We briefly discuss emission models for active galactic nuclei that might explain our results.
Published: 2010
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26. Short Term Flux and Colour Variations in Low-Energy Peaked Blazars

Author: Strigachev, A., Valcheva, A., Gupta, Alok C., Mihov, B., Spassov, B., Bindu Rani, Evgeni Ovcharov, Semkov, E., Stoyanov, K., Wiita, Paul J., Bachev, R., Boeva, S., Peneva, S., and Tsvetkova, S.
Subjects: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract: We have measured multi-band optical flux and colour variations for a sample of 12 low energy peaked blazars on short, day-to-month, timescales. Our sample contains six BL Lacertae objects and six flat spectrum radio quasars. These photometric observations, made during September 2008 to June 2009, used five optical telescopes, one in India and four in Bulgaria. We detected short term flux variations in eleven of these blazars and colour variability in eight of them. Our data indicate that six blazars (3C 66A, AO 0235+164, S5 0716+714, PKS 0735+178, OJ 287 and 3C 454.3) were observed in pre- or post-outburst states, that five (PKS 0420-014, 4C 29.45, 3C 279, PKS 1510-089 and BL Lac) were in a low state, while one (3C 273) was in an essentially steady state. The duty cycles for flux and colour variations on short timescales in these low energy peaked blazars are ~ 92 percent and ~ 33 percent, respectively. The colour vs magnitude correlations seen here support the hypothesis that BL Lac objects tend to become bluer with increase in brightness; however, flat spectrum radio quasars may show the opposite trend, and there are exceptions to these trends in both categories of blazar. We briefly discuss emission models for active galactic nuclei that might explain our results., 34 pages, 5 tables, 15 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Published: 2010

27. Optical monitoring of the z=4.40 quasar Q 2203+292

Author: Andon Kostov, Evgeni Ovcharov, A. Valcheva, Valentin D. Ivanov, N. A. Tikhonov, Ts. B. Georgiev, Petko Nedialkov, and I. Stanev
Subjects: Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Structure function, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Quasar, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Light curve, Lower limit, Redshift, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, Emission spectrum, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Line (formation)
Abstract: We report Cousins R-band monitoring of the high-redshift (z=4.40) radio quiet quasar Q 2203+292 from May 1999 to October 2007. The quasar shows maximum peak-to-peak light curve amplitude of ~0.3 mag during the time of our monitoring, and ~0.9 mag when combined with older literature data. The rms of a fit to the light curve with a constant is 0.08 mag and 0.2 mag, respectively. The detected changes are at ~3-sigma level. The quasar was in a stable state during the recent years and it might have undergone a brightening event in the past. The structure function analysis concluded that the object shows variability properties similar to those of the lower redshift quasars. We set a lower limit to the Q 2203+292 broad line region mass of 0.3-0.4 M_odot. Narrow-band imaging search for redshifted Ly_alpha from other emission line objects at the same redshift shows no emission line objects in the quasar vicinity., 9 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Published: 2008

28. Black Hole Mases of the SDSS QSO Sample

Author: Valentin D. Ivanov, Evgeni Ovcharov, and Petko Nedialkov
Subjects: Black hole, Physics, Intermediate-mass black hole, Astronomy, Stellar black hole, Quasar, Sample (graphics)
Published: 2006
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29. Multiwavelength behaviour of the blazar OJ 248 from radio to gamma-rays

Author: M. I. Carnerero, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, E. N. Kopatskaya, Paolo Leto, C. S. Lin, A. B. Grinon-Marin, Sol N. Molina, D. A. Morozova, H. C. Lin, R. Bachev, Neelam Panwar, A. I. Manilla-Robles, M. Orienti, Valeri M. Larionov, Marcello Giroletti, J. L. Gomez, P. A. González-Morales, Antoniya Valcheva, Carolina Casadio, Anne Lähteenmäki, Helmut Wiesemeyer, Uwe Bach, Goran Damljanović, Corrado Trigilio, Y. T. Metodieva, D. O. Mirzaqulov, Sunay Ibryamov, Elena G. Larionova, A. Bueno Bueno, T. S. Grishina, H. Y. Hsiao, V. Ramakrishnan, G. Umana, D. Carosati, Wen Ping Chen, Arkady A. Arkharov, V. Bozhilov, Ivan Agudo, Mark Gurwell, A. Pastor Yabar, I. M. McHardy, David Hiriart, Carla Buemi, Manasvita Joshi, A. Strigachev, Alan P. Marscher, S. G. Jorstad, A. Di Paola, Lorand A. Sigua, L. V. Larionova, M. J. Arévalo, N. V. Efimova, D. Blinov, Erika Benítez, C. M. Raiteri, Brian W. Taylor, Omar M. Kurtanidze, I. Puerto Giménez, Evgeni Ovcharov, Yu. V. Troitskaya, M. G. Nikolashvili, Sergio Velasco, Ann E. Wehrle, A. A. Mokrushina, Paul S. Smith, M. Villata, Ivan S. Troitsky, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, Merja Tornikoski, M. Rossini, G. M. Richter, Filippo D'Ammando, C. Lázaro, O. Vince, Carnerero MI, Raiteri CM, Villata M, Acosta-Pulido JA, DAmmando F, Smith PS, Larionov VM, Agudo I, Arevalo MJ, Arkharov AA, Bach U, Bachev R, Benitez E, Blinov DA, Bozhilov V, Buemi CS, Bueno AB, Carosati D, Casadio C, Chen WP, Damljanovic G, Di Paola A, Efimova NV, Ehgamberdiev SA, Giroletti M, Gomez JL, Gonzalez-Morales PA, Grinon-Marin AB, Grishina TS, Gurwell MA, Hiriart D, Hsiao HY, Ibryamov S, Jorstad SG, Joshi M, Kopatskaya EN, Kurtanidze OM, Kurtanidze SO, Lahteenmaki A, Larionova EG, Larionova LV, Lazaro C, Leto P, Lin CS, Lin HC, Manilla-Robles AI, Marscher AP, McHardy IM, Metodieva Y, Mirzaqulov DO, Mokrushina AA, Molina SN, Morozova DA, Nikolashvili MG, Orienti M, Ovcharov E, Panwar N, Yabar AP, Gimenez IP, Ramakrishnan V, Richter GM, Rossini M, Sigua LA, Strigachev A, Taylor B, Tornikoski M, Trigilio C, Troitskaya YV, Troitsky IS, Umana G, Valcheva A, Velasco S, Vince O, Wehrle AE, Wiesemeyer H, Anne Lähteenmäki Group, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University
Subjects: active [Galaxies], Radio galaxy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, ta221, galaxies: active, ta1171, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, law.invention, Telescope, Observatory, law, quasars: general, Emission spectrum, Blazar, ta216, Physics, individual: OJ 248 [Quasars], ta115, ta213, ta114, Linear polarization, quasars: individual: OJ 248, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, general [Quasars], galaxies: active, galaxies: jets, quasars: general, quasars: individual: OJ 248, galaxies: jets, Light curve, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Space and Planetary Science, jets [Galaxies], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract: We present an analysis of the multiwavelength behaviour of the blazar OJ 248 at z = 0.939 in the period 2006-2013. We use low-energy data (optical, near-infrared, and radio) obtained by 21 observatories participating in the GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT), as well as data from the Swift (optical-UV and X-rays) and Fermi (gamma-rays) satellites, to study flux and spectral variability and correlations among emissions in different bands. We take into account the effect of absorption by the Damped Lyman Alpha intervening system at z = 0.525. Two major outbursts were observed in 2006-2007 and in 2012-2013 at optical and near-IR wavelengths, while in the high-frequency radio light curves prominent radio outbursts are visible peaking at the end of 2010 and beginning of 2013, revealing a complex radio-optical correlation. Cross-correlation analysis suggests a delay of the optical variations after the gamma-ray ones of about a month, which is a peculiar behaviour in blazars. We also analyse optical polarimetric and spectroscopic data. The average polarization percentage P is less than 3 per cent, but it reaches about 19 per cent during the early stage of the 2012-2013 outburst. A vague correlation of P with brightness is observed. There is no preferred electric vector polarisation angle and during the outburst the linear polarization vector shows wide rotations in both directions, suggesting a complex behaviour or structure of the jet and possible turbulence. The analysis of 140 optical spectra acquired at the Steward Observatory reveals a strong Mg II broad emission line with an essentially stable flux of 6.2 e-15 erg cm-2 s-1 and a full width at half-maximum of 2053 km s-1., Comment: 16 pages, 20 figures, 2 tables, in press for MNRAS
Published: 2015

30. Searching for very-high-energy electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave events with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Author: Patricelli, B., Carosi, A., Nava, L., Seglar-Arroyo, M., Schüssler, F., Stamerra, A., Adelfio, A., Ashkar, H., Bulgarelli, A., Di Girolamo, T., Di Piano, A., Gasparetto, T., Green, J., Longo, F., Agudo, I., Berti, A., Bissaldi, E., Cella, G., Circiello, A., Covino, S., Ghirlanda, G., Humensky, B., Inoue, S., Lefaucheur, J., Filipovic, M., Razzano, M., Ribeiro, D., Sergijenko, O., Stratta, G., Vergani, S., Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., Acín Portella, V., Ackley, K., Adam, R., Adams, C., Adhikari, S. S., Aguado-Ruesga, I., Aguilera, R., Aguirre-Santaella, A., Aharonian, F., Alberdi, A., Alfaro, R., Alfaro, J., Alispach, C., Aloisio, R., Alves Batista, R., Amans, J. -P, Amati, L., Amato, E., Ambrogi, L., Ambrosi, G., Ambrosio, M., Ammendola, R., Anderson, J., Anduze, M., Angüner, E. O., Antonelli, L. A., Antonuccio, V., Antoranz, P., Anutarawiramkul, R., Aragunde Gutierrez, J., Aramo, C., Araudo, A., Araya, M., Arbet-Engels, A., Arcaro, C., Arendt, V., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Arqueros, F., Arrabito, L., Arsioli, B., Artero, M., Asano, K., Ascasíbar, Y., Aschersleben, J., Ashley, M., Attinà, P., Aubert, P., Singh, C. B., Baack, D., Babic, A., Backes, M., Baena, V., Bajtlik, S., Baktash, A., Balazs, C., Balbo, M., Ballester, O., Ballet, J., Balmaverde, B., Bamba, A., Bandiera, R., Baquero Larriva, A., Barai, P., Barbier, C., Barbosa Martins, V., Barcelo, M., Barkov, M., Barnard, M., Baroncelli, L., Almeida, U. B., Barrio, J. A., Bastieri, D., Batista, P. I., Batkovic, I., Bauer, C., Bautista-González, R., Baxter, J., Becciani, U., Becerra González, J., Becherini, Y., Beck, G., Becker Tjus, J., Bednarek, W., Belfiore, A., Bellizzi, L., Belmont, R., Benbow, W., Berge, D., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M. 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31. Detection methods for the Cherenkov Telescope Array at very-short exposure times

Author: Di Piano, A., Bulgarelli, A., Fioretti, V., Baroncelli, L., Parmiggiani, N., Longo, F., Stamerra, A., López-Oramas, A., Stratta, G., Cesare, G., Abdalla, H., Abe, H., Abe, S., Abusleme, A., Acero, F., Acharyya, A., Acín Portella, V., Ackley, K., Adam, R., Adams, C., Adhikari, S. S., Aguado-Ruesga, I., Agudo, I., Aguilera, R., Aguirre-Santaella, A., Aharonian, F., Alberdi, A., Alfaro, R., Alfaro, J., Alispach, C., Aloisio, R., Alves Batista, R., Amans, J. -P, Amati, L., Amato, E., Ambrogi, L., Ambrosi, G., Ambrosio, M., Ammendola, R., Anderson, J., Anduze, M., Angüner, E. O., Antonelli, L. A., Antonuccio, V., Antoranz, P., Anutarawiramkul, R., Aragunde Gutierrez, J., Aramo, C., Araudo, A., Araya, M., Arbet-Engels, A., Arcaro, C., Arendt, V., Armand, C., Armstrong, T., Arqueros, F., Arrabito, L., Arsioli, B., Artero, M., Asano, K., Ascasíbar, Y., Aschersleben, J., Ashley, M., Attinà, P., Aubert, P., Singh, C. 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32. Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

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Abstract: Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has had a major breakthrough with the impressive results obtained using systems of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy has a huge potential in astrophysics, particle physics and cosmology. CTA is an international initiative to build the next generation instrument, with a factor of 5-10 improvement in sensitivity in the 100 GeV-10 TeV range and the extension to energies well below 100 GeV and above 100 TeV. CTA will consist of two arrays (one in the north, one in the south) for full sky coverage and will be operated as open observatory. The design of CTA is based on currently available technology. This document reports on the status and presents the major design concepts of CTA., La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo., Departamento de Aeronáutica, Facultad de Ingeniería, Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomía, Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
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1. Investigation of the correlation patterns and the Compton dominance variability of Mrk 421 in 2017

2. Periodic variability of the z=2.0 quasar QSO B1312+7837

3. The complex variability of blazars: time-scales and periodicity analysis in S4 0954+65

4. Multi-Wavelength Variability of BL Lacertae Measured with High Time Resolution

5. Multiwavelength Variability of BL Lacertae Measured with High Time Resolution

6. The beamed jet and quasar core of the distant blazar 4C 71.07

7. Dissecting the long-term emission behaviour of the BL Lac object Mrk 421

8. Investigating the multiwavelength behaviour of the flat spectrum radio quasar CTA 102 during 2013-2017

9. Blazar spectral variability as explained by a twisted inhomogeneous jet

10. Properties of the Young Milky Way globular cluster Whiting 1 from near-infrared photometry

11. Quasi-simultaneous two-band optical variability of the blazars 1ES 1959+650 and 1ES 2344+514

12. Spectral energy distribution variation in BL Lacs and flat spectrum radio quasars

13. Studying X-ray reprocessing and continuum variability in quasars: PG 1211+143

14. Exceptional outburst of the blazar CTA 102 in 2012: the GASP-WEBT campaign and its extension

15. Carbon stars and C/M ratio in the WLM dwarf irregular galaxy

16. The WEBT campaign on the BL Lac object PG 1553+113 in 2013. An analysis of the enigmatic synchrotron emission

17. The January 2015 outburst of a red nova in M31

18. Existence and Uniqueness of Proper Scoring Rules

19. Optical Photopolarimetry of Blazar OJ287

20. The awakening of BL Lacertae: observations by Fermi, Swift, and the GASP-WEBT

21. Introducing the CTA concept

22. Variability of the blazar 4C 38.41 (B3 1633+382) from GHz frequencies to GeV energies

23. Spectral Energy Distribution variation in BL Lacs and FSRQs

24. Intranight variability of 3C 454.3 during its 2010 November outburst

25. Short-term flux and colour variations in low-energy peaked blazars

26. Short Term Flux and Colour Variations in Low-Energy Peaked Blazars

27. Optical monitoring of the z=4.40 quasar Q 2203+292

28. Black Hole Mases of the SDSS QSO Sample

29. Multiwavelength behaviour of the blazar OJ 248 from radio to gamma-rays

30. Searching for very-high-energy electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave events with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

31. Detection methods for the Cherenkov Telescope Array at very-short exposure times

32. Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: an advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

33. Wide-field stellar photometry with the 50/70 cm schmidt telescope of NAO Rozhen

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