Gamma-ray astrophysics in the time domain

FM Rieger - Galaxies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The last few years have seen gamma-ray astronomy maturing and advancing in the field of
time-domain astronomy, utilizing source variability on timescales over many orders of …

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 …

MAGIC discovery of very high energy emission from the FSRQ PKS 1222+ 21

J Aleksić, LA Antonelli, P Antoranz… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Very high energy (VHE) γ-ray emission from the flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS
1222+ 21 (4C 21.35, z= 0.432) was detected with the MAGIC Cherenkov telescopes during …

The cosmological impact of luminous TeV blazars. I. Implications of plasma instabilities for the intergalactic magnetic field and extragalactic gamma-ray background

AE Broderick, P Chang, C Pfrommer - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT Inverse Compton cascades (ICCs) initiated by energetic gamma rays (E≳ 100
GeV) enhance the GeV emission from bright, extragalactic TeV sources. The absence of this …

HESS observations of RX J1713. 7− 3946 with improved angular and spectral resolution: Evidence for gamma-ray emission extending beyond the X-ray emitting shell

H Abdalla, A Abramowski, F Aharonian… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Supernova remnants exhibit shock fronts (shells) that can accelerate charged particles up to
very high energies. In the past decade, measurements of a handful of shell-type supernova …

Measurement of the extragalactic background light imprint on the spectra of the brightest blazars observed with HESS

A Abramowski, F Acero, F Aharonian… - Astronomy & …, 2013 - aanda.org
The extragalactic background light (EBL) is the diffuse radiation with the second highest
energy density in the Universe after the cosmic microwave background. The aim of this study …

Constraints on axionlike particles with HESS from the irregularity <?format ?>of the PKS energy spectrum

A Abramowski, F Acero, F Aharonian… - Physical Review D …, 2013 - APS
Axionlike particles (ALPs) are hypothetical light (sub-eV) bosons predicted in some
extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. In astrophysical environments …

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 …

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 …

The jets of TeV blazars at higher resolution: 43 GHz and polarimetric VLBA observations from 2005 to 2009

BG Piner, N Pant, PG Edwards - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present 23 new VLBA images of the six established TeV blazars Markarian 421,
Markarian 501, H 1426+ 428, 1ES 1959+ 650, PKS 2155− 304, and 1ES 2344+ 514 …