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most citedThe dual nature of blazar fast variability. Space and ground observations of S5 0716+714

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9 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Detection of optical quasi-periodic oscillation in the blazar 3C 454.3

Karan Dogra, Alok C. Gupta, C. M. Raiteri +83

We analyzed 19 years of -band data of the blazar 3C 454.3 from the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) archive, along with new data from its members and from public archives suc…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Multiband optical variability on diverse timescales of the blazar Ton 599 from 2011 to 2023

O. Vince, C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata +72

(Shortened)Context: We analyze the optical variability of the FSRQ Ton 599 using BVRI photometry from the WEBT collaboration (2011-2023), complemented by photometric and spectrosco…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 4 cited

Multiband Optical Variability of the Blazar 3C 454.3 on Diverse Timescales

Karan Dogra, Alok C. Gupta, C. M. Raiteri +79

Due to its peculiar and highly variable nature, the blazar 3C 454.3 has been extensively monitored by the WEBT team. Here, we present for the first time these long-term optical flu…

astro-ph.HE2024

Multi-wavelength picture of the misaligned BL Lac object 3C 371

J. Otero-Santos, C. M. Raiteri, A. Tramacere +52

The BL Lac object 3C 371 is one of the targets that are regularly monitored by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) Collaboration to study blazar variability on both short and l…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 15 cited

A wiggling filamentary jet at the origin of the blazar multi-wavelength behaviour

C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, M. I. Carnerero +96

Blazars are beamed active galactic nuclei known for their strong multi-wavelength variability on timescales from years down to minutes. We aim to investigate the suitability of the…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 13 cited

Optical variability of the blazar 3C 371: from minute to year timescales

J. Otero-Santos, C. M. Raiteri, J. A. Acosta-Pulido +41

The BL Lac object 3C 371 has been observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (\textit{TESS}) for approximately a year, between July 2019 and July 2020, with an unmatched…

astro-ph.HE2023

Extreme photometric and polarimetric variability of blazar S4 0954+65 at its maximum optical and -ray brightness levels

C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, M. I. Carnerero +64

In 2022 the BL Lac object S4 0954+65 underwent a major variability phase, reaching its historical maximum brightness in the optical and -ray bands. We present optical photometri…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 12 cited

Multi-year characterisation of the broad-band emission from the intermittent extreme BL Lac 1ES~2344+514

H. Abe, S. Abe, V. A. Acciari +232

The BL Lac 1ES 2344+514 is known for temporary extreme properties (e.g., a shift of the synchrotron SED peak energy above 1keV). While those extreme states were so fa…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 52 cited

The dual nature of blazar fast variability. Space and ground observations of S5 0716+714

C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, D. Carosati +39

Blazar S5 0716+714 is well-known for its short-term variability, down to intra-day time-scales. We here present the 2-min cadence optical light curve obtained by the TESS space tel…