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

CM Raiteri, M Villata, VM Larionov… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Periodic oscillations in the intra-day optical light curves of the blazar S5 0716+ 714

AC Gupta, AK Srivastava, PJ Wiita - The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of a periodicity search of 20 intra-day variable optical light curves of
the blazar S5 0716+ 714, selected from a database of 102 light curves spanning over three …

Multiband optical variability of the blazar OJ 287 during its outbursts in 2015–2016

AC Gupta, A Agarwal, A Mishra, H Gaur… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We present recent optical photometric observations of the blazar OJ 287 taken during 2015
September–2016 May. Our intense observations of the blazar started in 2015 November …

The nature of micro-variability in blazars

JR Webb, V Arroyave, D Laurence, S Revesz, G Bhatta… - Galaxies, 2021 - mdpi.com
We present the results of a long-term study designed to investigate the nature of micro-
variability in blazars carried out primarily at the Southeastern Association for Research in …

The 72-h WEBT microvariability observation of blazar S5 0716+ 714 in 2009

G Bhatta, JR Webb, H Hollingsworth, S Dhalla… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
Context. The international Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) consortium planned and
carried out three days of intensive micro-variability observations of S5 0716+ 714 from …

The intra-night optical variability of the bright BL Lacertae object S5 0716+ 714

F Montagni, A Maselli, E Massaro, R Nesci… - Astronomy & …, 2006 - aanda.org
Aims. We address the topic of the intra-night optical variability of the BL Lac object S5 0716+
714. Methods. To this purpose a long-term observational campaign was carried out, from …

A fast flare and direct redshift constraint in far-ultraviolet spectra of the blazar S5 0716+ 714

CW Danforth, K Nalewajko, K France… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The BL Lacertae object S5 0716+ 714 is one of the most studied blazars on the
sky due to its active variability and brightness in many bands, including very-high-energy …

Multiband optical monitoring of the blazars S5 0716+ 714 and BL Lacertae

CS Stalin, R Sagar, PJ Wiita, V Mohan… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We report the results of multiband optical photometric monitoring of two well-known blazars,
S5 0716+ 714 and BL Lacertae, carried out during 1996 and 2000–01 with an aim to study …

Multiwavelength intraday variability of the BL Lacertae S5 0716+ 714

AC Gupta, TP Krichbaum, PJ Wiita… - Monthly Notices of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We report results from a one-week multiwavelength campaign to monitor the BL Lacertae
object (BL Lac) S5 0716+ 714 (on 2009 December 9–16). Nine ground-based telescopes at …

Radio variability and relativistic beaming effect for blazars

JH Fan, Y Huang, TM He, JH Yang… - Publications of the …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, using a database of the University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory
at the radio frequencies (8 GHz and 14.5 GHz), we determined the variability time scales …