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most citedThe optical behaviour of BL Lacertae at its maximum brightness levels: a blend of geometry and energetics

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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.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★ 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.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.HE2023★ 24 cited

The optical behaviour of BL Lacertae at its maximum brightness levels: a blend of geometry and energetics

C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, S. G. Jorstad +13

In 2021 BL Lacertae underwent an extraordinary activity phase, which was intensively followed by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) Collaboration. We present the WEBT optical…