Correlated variability of Mkn 421 at X-ray and TeV wavelengths on timescales of hours

Abstract

Mkn 421 was observed for about two days with BeppoSAX, prior to and partly overlapping the start of a 1 week continuous exposure with ASCA in April 1998, as part of a world-wide multiwavelength campaign. A pronounced, well defined, flare observed in X-rays was also observed simultaneously at TeV energies by the Whipple Observatory's 10 m gamma-ray telescope. These data provide the first evidence that the X-ray and TeV intensities are well correlated on time-scales of hours.

arXiv comment4 pages, 1 figure, presented at the VERITAS Workshop on the TeV Astrophysics of Extragalactic Objects

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