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20172026
most citedPolarized Blazar X-rays imply particle acceleration in shocks

140 citations · 258 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Tracking down the broadband polarimetric properties of PG 1553+113

Riccardo Middei, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Alan P. Marscher +78

We report on a nine-month monitoring campaign of the blazar PG 1553+113, relying on three observations carried out in 2025 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) and su…

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.HE2026★ 1 cited

Multiwavelength quasi-periodic variability of the blazar Ton 599

Yu. V. Sotnikova, T. V. Mufakharov, A. E. Volvach +34

During the last 40-50 years, the TeV blazar Ton 599 has systematically experienced major outbursts detected in a wide wavelength range from radio to -rays. In this work, we pres…

astro-ph.HE2025

Detection of Compton scattering in the jet of 3C 84

Ioannis Liodakis, Sudip Chakraborty, Frédéric Marin +77

3C 84 is the brightest cluster galaxy in the Perseus Cluster. It is among the closest radio-loud active galaxies and among the very few that can be detected from low frequency radi…

astro-ph.HE2025

Unveiling blazar synchrotron emission: a multiwavelength polarimetric study of HSP and LSP populations

Sara Capecchiacci, Ioannis Liodakis, Riccardo Middei +96

Polarimetric properties of blazars allow us to put constraints on the acceleration mechanisms that fuel their powerful jets. By studying the multiwavelength polarimetric behaviour…

astro-ph.HE2025

IXPE Observations of the Blazar Mrk 501 in 2022: A Multiwavelength View

L. Lisalda, E. Gau, H. Krawczynski +157

The blazar Markarian 501 (Mrk 501) was observed on three occasions over a 4-month period between 2022 March and 2022 July with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). In thi…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 9 cited

Determining the origin of the X-ray emission in blazars through multiwavelength polarization

Ioannis Liodakis, Haocheng Zhang, Stella Boula +48

The origin of the high-energy emission in astrophysical jets from black holes is a highly debated issue. This is particularly true for jets from supermassive black holes that are a…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 15 cited

High optical to X-ray polarization ratio reveals Compton scattering in BL Lacertae's jet

Ivan Agudo, Ioannis Liodakis, Jorge Otero-Santos +147

Blazars, supermassive black hole systems (SMBHs) with highly relativistic jets aligned with the line of sight, are the most powerful long-lived emitters of electromagnetic emission…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 4 cited

Polarization Studies in Different Blazar Types. Part I: Correlation between Optical Brightness and Polarization Degree

E. A. Shkodkina, S. S. Savchenko, D. A. Morozova +11

We present an analysis of the cross-correlation between optical brightness and polarization degree in different types of blazars. The aim is to identify objects with simultaneous a…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

IXPE Observation of the Low-Synchrotron Peaked Blazar S4 0954+65 During An Optical-X-ray Flare

Pouya M. Kouch, Ioannis Liodakis, Francesco Fenu +134

The X-ray polarization observations made possible with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) offer new ways of probing high-energy emission processes in astrophysical jets…

astro-ph.HE2024

A Two-Week Monitoring Campaign on Mrk 421

W. Peter Maksym, Ioannis Liodakis, M. Lynne Saade +153

X-ray polarization is a unique new probe of the particle acceleration in astrophysical jets made possible through the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Here we report on the firs…

astro-ph.HE2024

X-ray and multiwavelength polarization of Mrk 501 from 2022 to 2023

Chien-Ting J. Chen, Ioannis Liodakis, Riccardo Middei +143

We present multiwavelength polarization measurements of the luminous blazar Mrk~501 over a 14-month period. The 2--8 keV X-ray polarization was measured with the Imaging X-ray Pola…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 32 cited

Multi-messenger characterization of Mrk 501 during historically low X-ray and -ray activity

MAGIC collaboration, H. Abe, S. Abe +322

We study the broadband emission of Mrk 501 using multi-wavelength observations from 2017 to 2020 performed with a multitude of instruments, involving, among others, MAGIC, Fermi-LA…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 140 cited

Polarized Blazar X-rays imply particle acceleration in shocks

Ioannis Liodakis, Alan P. Marscher, Iván Agudo +125

Most of the light from blazars, active galactic nuclei with jets of magnetized plasma that point nearly along the line of sight, is produced by high-energy particles, up to $\sim 1…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 47 cited

Dissecting the long-term emission behaviour of the BL Lac object Mrk 421

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

We report on long-term multi-wavelength monitoring of blazar Mrk 421 by the GASP-WEBT collaboration and Steward Observatory, and by the Swift and Fermi satellites. We study the sou…