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astro-ph.HE2015★ 134 cited

Probing the innermost regions of AGN jets and their magnetic fields with RadioAstron. I. Imaging BL Lacertae at 21 microarcsecond resolution

José L. Gómez, Andrei P. Lobanov, Gabriele Bruni +10

We present the first polarimetric space VLBI imaging observations at 22 GHz. BL Lacertae was observed in 2013 November 10 with the RadioAstron space VLBI mission, including a groun…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 143 cited

Multiwavelength Study of Quiescent States of Mrk 421 with Unprecedented Hard X-Ray Coverage Provided by NuSTAR in 2013

M. Baloković, D. Paneque, G. Madejski +305

We present coordinated multiwavelength observations of the bright, nearby BL Lac object Mrk 421 taken in 2013 January-March, involving GASP-WEBT, Swift, NuSTAR, Fermi-LAT, MAGIC, V…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 71 cited

First NuSTAR Observations of Mrk 501 within a Radio to TeV Multi-Instrument Campaign

A. Furniss, K. Noda, S. Boggs +273

We report on simultaneous broadband observations of the TeV-emitting blazar Markarian 501 between 1 April and 10 August 2013, including the first detailed characterization of the s…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 73 cited

A multi-wavelength polarimetric study of the blazar CTA 102 during a Gamma-ray flare in 2012

Carolina Casadio, José L. Gómez, Svetlana G. Jorstad +28

We perform a multi-wavelength polarimetric study of the quasar CTA 102 during an extraordinarily bright -ray outburst detected by the {\it Fermi} Large Area Telescope in Septemb…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 24 cited

Discovery of a Highly Polarized Optical Microflare in the Blazar S5 0716+714 During 2014 WEBT Campaign

Gopal Bhatta, Arti Goyal, Michal Ostrowski +42

The occurrence of low-amplitude flux variations in blazars on hourly timescales, commonly known as microvariability, is still a widely debated subject in high-energy astrophysics.…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 38 cited

Statistics of X-ray flares of Sagittarius A*: evidence for solar-like self-organized criticality phenomenon

Ya-Ping Li, Feng Yuan, Qiang Yuan +6

X-ray flares have routinely been observed from the supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A (Sgr A), at our Galactic center. The nature of these flares remains largel…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 67 cited

Through The Ring Of Fire: -Ray Variability In Blazars By A Moving Plasmoid Passing A Local Source Of Seed Photons

Nicholas R. MacDonald, Alan P. Marscher, Svetlana G. Jorstad +1

Blazars exhibit flares across the electromagnetic spectrum. Many -ray flares are highly correlated with flares detected at optical wavelengths; however, a small subset appears t…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 41 cited

Multiwavelength behaviour of the blazar OJ 248 from radio to γ-rays

M. I. Carnerero, C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata +4

We present an analysis of the multiwavelength behaviour of the blazar OJ 248 at z = 0.939 in the period 2006-2013. We use low-energy data (optical, near-infrared, and radio) obtain…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 50 cited

On Estimating the High-Energy Cutoff in the X-ray Spectra of Black Holes via Reflection Spectroscopy

Javier A. Garcia, Thomas Dauser, James F. Steiner +3

The fundamental parameters describing the coronal spectrum of an accreting black hole are the slope of the power-law continuum and the energy at which it rolls over.…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 136 cited

A Very Deep Chandra Observation of the Galaxy Group NGC 5813: AGN Shocks, Feedback, and Outburst History

S. W. Randall, P. E. J. Nulsen, C. Jones +11

We present results from a very deep (650 ks) Chandra X-ray observation of the galaxy group NGC~5813, the deepest Chandra observation of a galaxy group to date. Earlier observations…

astro-ph.HE2015

Perplexing correlations between Gamma-ray emission and parsec-scale jet orientation variations in the BL Lac object S5 0716+714

B. Rani, T. P. Krichbaum, A. P. Marscher +4

The analysis of -ray flux variability along with the parsec-scale jet kinematics suggests that the high-energy radiation in the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 has a significant corre…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 42 cited

Connection between inner jet kinematics and broadband flux variability in the BL Lac object S5 0716+714

B. Rani, T. P. Krichbaum, A. P. Marscher +5

We present a high-frequency very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) kinematical study of the BL Lac object S5 0716+714 over the time period of September 2008 to October 2010. The…

astro-ph.HE2015★ 4 cited

The innermost regions of relativistic jets and their magnetic fields in radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei

I. Donnarumma, I. Agudo, L. Costamante +17

This is a White Paper in support of the mission concept of the Large Observatory for X-ray Timing (LOFT), proposed as a medium-sized ESA mission. We discuss the potential of LOFT f…