Relativistic jets of blazars

T Hovatta, E Lindfors - New Astronomy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Relativistic jets of active galactic nuclei have been known to exist for 100 years. Blazars with
their jet pointing close to our line of sight are some of the most variable and extreme objects …

Rapid variability of blazar 3C 279 during flaring states in 2013− 2014 with joint Fermi-LAT, NuSTAR, Swift, and ground-based multi-wavelength observations

M Hayashida, K Nalewajko, GM Madejski… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of a multiband observing campaign on the famous blazar 3C 279
conducted during a phase of increased activity from 2013 December to 2014 April, including …

A two-zone model for blazar emission: implications for TXS 0506+ 056 and the neutrino event IceCube-170922A

R Xue, RY Liu, M Petropoulou… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A high-energy muon neutrino event, IceCube-170922A, was recently discovered in both
spatial and temporal coincidence with a gamma-ray flare of the blazar TXS 0506+ 056. It has …

MAGIC gamma-ray and multi-frequency observations of flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510− 089 in early 2012

J Aleksić, S Ansoldi, LA Antonelli, P Antoranz… - Astronomy & …, 2014 - aanda.org
Aims. Amongst more than fifty blazars detected in very high energy (VHE, E> 100 GeV) γ
rays, only three belong to the subclass of flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs). The …

Constraining the location of gamma-ray flares in luminous blazars

K Nalewajko, MC Begelman… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Locating the gamma-ray emission sites in blazar jets is a long standing and highly
controversial issue. We jointly investigate several constraints on the distance scale r and …

Multiwavelength variability power spectrum analysis of the blazars 3C 279 and PKS 1510–089 on multiple timescales

A Goyal, M Soida, Ł Stawarz, PJ Wiita… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the results of variability power spectral density (PSD) analysis using
multiwavelength radio to GeV γ-ray light curves covering timescales of decades/years to …

Gravitational lenses as high-resolution telescopes

A Barnacka - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
The inner regions of active galaxies host the most extreme and energetic phenomena in the
universe including, relativistic jets, supermassive black hole binaries, and recoiling …

Locating the γ-ray emission region of the flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510− 089

AM Brown - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2013 - academic.oup.com
I present a study of the high-energy γ-ray properties of the flat spectrum radio quasar, PKS
1510− 089, based on 3.75 yr of observations with the Large Area Telescope detector on …

Short-timescale γ-Ray Variability in CTA 102

A Shukla, K Mannheim, SR Patel, J Roy… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The flat-spectrum radio quasar CTA 102 experienced a prolonged state of enhanced activity
across the entire observed electromagnetic spectrum during 2016–2017, most pronounced …

HESS and MAGIC observations of a sudden cessation of a very-high-energy γ-ray flare in PKS 1510− 089 in May 2016

H Abdalla, R Adam, F Aharonian, FA Benkhali… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1510− 089 is known for its complex
multiwavelength behaviour and it is one of only a few FSRQs detected in very-high-energy …