An optical view of BL Lacertae objects

R Falomo, E Pian, A Treves - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2014 - Springer
BL Lac objects are active nuclei, hosted in massive elliptical galaxies, the emission of which
is dominated by a relativistic jet closely aligned with the line of sight. This implies the …

Progress in multi-messenger observations and emission models of blazars

G Cao, X Geng, J Wang, X Yang - New Astronomy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent hint of correlated γ-ray and neutrino emission from the blazar TXS 0506+ 056
has renewed interest in blazars as the source of high-energy neutrinos, in which the …

Observations of Low and Intermediate Spectral Peak Blazars with the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer

HL Marshall, I Liodakis, AP Marscher… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present X-ray polarimetry observations from the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
(IXPE) of three low spectral peak and one intermediate spectral peak blazars, namely 3C …

The variability time-scales and brightness temperatures of radio flares from stars to supermassive black holes

M Pietka, RP Fender, EF Keane - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In this paper we compile the analysis of∼ 200 synchrotron flare events from∼ 90 distinct
objects/events for which the distance is well established, and hence the peak luminosity can …

Radio to gamma-ray variability study of blazar S5 0716+ 714

B Rani, TP Krichbaum, L Fuhrmann, M Böttcher… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
We present the results of a series of radio, optical, X-ray, and γ-ray observations of the BL
Lac object S50716+ 714 carried out between April 2007 and January 2011. The …

The Estimation of Fundamental Physics Parameters for Fermi-LAT Blazars

Z Pei, J Fan, J Yang, D Huang, Z Li - The Astrophysical Journal, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Aiming to delineate the physical framework of blazars, we present an effective method to
estimate four important parameters based on the idea proposed by Becker & Kafatos …

Kinematics of and emission from helically orbiting blobs in a relativistic magnetized jet

P Mohan, A Mangalam - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a general relativistic (GR) model of jet variability in active galactic nuclei due to
orbiting blobs in helical motion along a funnel or cone-shaped magnetic surface anchored to …

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 …

The spectral energy distributions of Fermi blazars

JH Fan, JH Yang, Y Liu, GY Luo, C Lin… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, multiwavelength data are compiled for a sample of 1425 Fermi blazars to
calculate their spectral energy distributions (SEDs). A parabolic function, ${\rm {log}}{(\nu {F} …

Radio and γ-ray variability in blazar S5 0716+ 714: a year-like quasi-periodic oscillation in the radio light curve

XP Li, HY Yang, Y Cai, A Lähteenmäki… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The nearly 33 yr long-term radio light curve obtained with the Metsähovi Radio Observatory
14 m telescope at 37 GHz and the recent 12.7 yr γ-ray light curve of the blazar S5 0716+ 714 …