Progress in multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations of blazars and theoretical challenges

M Böttcher - Galaxies, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review provides an overview of recent advances in multi-wavelength and multi-
messenger observations of blazars, the current status of theoretical models for blazar …

Radio galaxies at VHE energies

FM Rieger, A Levinson - Galaxies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Radio Galaxies have by now emerged as a new γ-ray emitting source class on the
extragalactic sky. Given their remarkable observed characteristics, such as unusual gamma …

A hadronic origin for ultra-high-frequency-peaked BL Lac objects

M Cerruti, A Zech, C Boisson… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Current Cherenkov telescopes have identified a population of ultra-high-frequency peaked
BL Lac objects (UHBLs), also known as extreme blazars, that exhibit exceptionally hard TeV …

The black hole accretion code

O Porth, H Olivares, Y Mizuno, Z Younsi… - Computational …, 2017 - Springer
We present the black hole accretion code (BHAC), a new multidimensional general-
relativistic magnetohydrodynamics module for the MPI-AMRVAC framework. BHAC has …

Leptohadronic blazar models applied to the 2014–2015 flare of TXS 0506+ 056

X Rodrigues, S Gao, A Fedynitch… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate whether the emission of neutrinos observed in 2014–2015 from the direction
of the blazar TXS 0506+ 056 can be accommodated with leptohadronic multiwavelength …

Black hole lightning due to particle acceleration at subhorizon scales

J Aleksić, S Ansoldi, LA Antonelli, P Antoranz, A Babic… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Supermassive black holes with masses of millions to billions of solar masses are commonly
found in the centers of galaxies. Astronomers seek to image jet formation using radio …

The 2010 very high energy γ-ray flare and 10 years of multi-wavelength observations of M 87

A Abramowski, F Acero, F Aharonian… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The giant radio galaxy M 87 provides a unique environment to study relativistic plasma
outflows and the surroundings of supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Its prominent jet …

Variable TeV emission as a manifestation of jet formation in M87?

A Levinson, F Rieger - The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
It is proposed that the variable TeV emission observed in M87 may be produced in a starved
magnetospheric region, above which the outflow associated with the VLBA jet is …

230 GHz VLBI Observations of M87: Event‐Horizon‐Scale Structure During an Enhanced Very‐High‐Energy‐Ray State in 2012

K Akiyama, RS Lu, VL Fish, SS Doeleman… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We report on 230 GHz (1.3 mm) very long baseline interferometry (VLBI)
observations of M87 with the Event Horizon Telescope using antennas on Mauna Kea in …

Cosmic neutrinos from temporarily gamma-suppressed blazars

E Kun, I Bartos, JB Tjus, PL Biermann… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Despite the uncovered association of a high-energy neutrino with the apparent flaring state
of blazar TXS 0506+ 056 in 2017, the mechanisms leading to astrophysical particle …