Multiwavelength variability of BL Lacertae measured with high time resolution

ZR Weaver, KE Williamson, SG Jorstad… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Intra-night optical flux and polarization variability of BL Lacertae during its 2020–2021 high state

R Bachev, T Tripathi, AC Gupta… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In this work, we report the presence of rapid intra-night optical variations in both flux and
polarization of the blazar BL Lacertae during its unprecedented 2020–2021 high state of …

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 …

A comprehensive power spectral density analysis of astronomical time series. I. The Fermi-LAT gamma-ray light curves of selected blazars

M Tarnopolski, N Żywucka, V Marchenko… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of the Fermi-Large Area Telescope 10 yr long light curve (LC)
modeling of selected blazars: six flat-spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) and five BL Lacertae …

Multiwaveband quasi-periodic oscillation in the blazar 3C 454.3

A Sarkar, AC Gupta, VR Chitnis… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We report the detection (> 4σ) of a quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) in the gamma-ray light
curve of 3C 454.3 along with a simultaneous marginal QPO detection (> 2.4 σ) in the optical …

Detection of a quasi-periodic oscillation in γ-ray light curve of the high-redshift blazar B2 1520+ 31

AC Gupta, A Tripathi, PJ Wiita… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We detected a possible quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) of∼ 71 d in the 0.1–300 GeV γ-ray
Fermi-Large Area Telescope light curve of the high-redshift flat spectrum radio quasar B2 …

Variability and evolution of the optical polarization of a sample of gamma-ray blazars

J Otero-Santos, JA Acosta-Pulido… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We present a polarization variability analysis of a sample of 26 γ-ray blazars monitored by
the Steward Observatory between 2008 and 2018 in the optical band. We investigate the …

Characterizing Optical Variability of OJ 287 in 2016–2017

AC Gupta, H Gaur, PJ Wiita, A Pandey… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on a recent multiband optical photometric and polarimetric observational
campaign of the blazar OJ 287 that was carried out during 2016 September–2017 …

Long-term variability and correlation study of the blazar 3C 454.3 in the radio, NIR, and optical wavebands

A Sarkar, VR Chitnis, AC Gupta, H Gaur… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We performed a long-term optical (B, V, R bands), infrared (J and K bands), and radio band
(15, 22, 37 GHz band) study of the flat spectrum radio quasar, 3C 454.3, using data collected …

The ever-surprising blazar OJ 287: multiwavelength study and appearance of a new component in X-rays

P Kushwaha, AC Gupta, PJ Wiita, M Pal… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present a multiwavelength spectral and temporal investigation of OJ 287 emission
during its strong optical-to-X-ray activity between 2016 July and 2017 July. The daily γ-ray …