Relativistic jets from active galactic nuclei

R Blandford, D Meier… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The nuclei of most normal galaxies contain supermassive black holes, which can accrete
gas through a disk and become active. These active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can form jets that …

Active galactic nuclei: what's in a name?

P Padovani, DM Alexander, RJ Assef… - The Astronomy and …, 2017 - Springer
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are energetic astrophysical sources powered by accretion onto
supermassive black holes in galaxies, and present unique observational signatures that …

Kinematics of Parsec-scale Jets of Gamma-Ray Blazars at 43 GHz during 10 yr of the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR Program

ZR Weaver, SG Jorstad, AP Marscher… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the parsec-scale jet kinematics from 2007 June to 2018 December of a sample
of γ-ray bright blazars monitored roughly monthly with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) …

Kinematics of parsec-scale jets of gamma-ray blazars at 43 GHz within the VLBA-BU-BLAZAR program

SG Jorstad, AP Marscher, DA Morozova… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze the parsec-scale jet kinematics from 2007 June to 2013 January of a sample of
γ-ray bright blazars monitored roughly monthly with the Very Long Baseline Array at 43 GHz …

Characterizing the gamma-ray variability of the brightest flat spectrum radio quasars observed with the Fermi LAT

M Meyer, JD Scargle, RD Blandford - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Almost 10 yr of γ-ray observations with the Fermi Large Area Telescope have revealed
extreme γ-ray outbursts from flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), temporarily making these …

Long-term optical monitoring of TeV emitting blazars-I. Data analysis

K Nilsson, E Lindfors, LO Takalo, R Reinthal… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
We present ten years of R-band monitoring data of 31 northern blazars which were either
detected at very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays or listed as potential VHE gamma-ray …

Multiwavelength evidence for quasi-periodic modulation in the gamma-ray blazar PG 1553+ 113

M Ackermann, M Ajello, A Albert… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We report for the first time a γ-ray and multiwavelength nearly periodic oscillation in an
active galactic nucleus. Using the Fermi Large Area Telescope we have discovered an …

Multiwavelength study of quiescent states of Mrk 421 with unprecedented hard X-ray coverage provided by NuSTAR in 2013

M Baloković, D Paneque, G Madejski… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Markarian 421 (Mrk 421 hereafter) is a nearby active galaxy with a featureless optical
spectrum devoid of prominent emission or absorption lines, strongly polarized variable …

Characterizing long-term optical variability properties of γ-Ray-bright Blazars

G Bhatta - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Optical observations of a sample of 12 γ-ray-bright blazars from four optical data archives—
American Association of Variable Star Observers, Small and Moderate Aperture Research …

Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies of Mrk 421 during historically low X-ray and γ-ray activity in 2015–2016

VA Acciari, S Ansoldi, LA Antonelli… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We report a characterization of the multiband flux variability and correlations of the nearby
(z= 0.031) blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) using data from Metsähovi, Swift, Fermi-LAT …