10 papers
Spectral Hardening Revealed by Geometric De-boosting in the Masked Jet of PKS 2155304
Alberto DomÃnguez, Adithiya Dinesh, Elena Madero
Blazar gamma-ray variability is predominantly stochastic and well described by red-noise processes. However, a subset of sources shows quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) on year-lo…
A New Measurement of the Extragalactic Background Light using 15\,yr of {\it Fermi}-Large Area Telescope Data
Anuvab Banerjee, Justin D. Finke, Marco Ajello +5
The extragalactic background Light (EBL) from ultraviolet to infrared comprises the emission from all stars, galaxies, and actively accreting black holes in the observable Universe…
Geometric masking in AGN jets and its implications for unification and blazar physics
Alberto DomÃnguez
I explore the theoretical implications of the Geometric Masking scenario for AGN Unification and the blazar sequence. In PKS 2155304, GeV spectral hardening appears locked to it…
Coexistence of Chromatic Flares and an Achromatic QPO in the Gamma-ray Blazar PG 1553+113
Elena Madero, Alberto DomÃnguez
The physical origin of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in blazars remains debated, with geometric and plasma-driven scenarios as the main competing interpretations. Discriminati…
A Catalogue of Variable Active Galactic Nuclei Based on Multi-Timescale Variability Analysis from Fermi-LAT Data
Luana Passos-Reis, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Tarek Hassan +2
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) sources feature supermassive black holes that launch relativistic plasma jets. They are key -ray sources providing a unique laboratory for studying…
Discovering High- BL Lacs Using Swift/UVOT and SARA Observations with the Dropout Technique
Y. Sheng, K. Imam, A. Kaur +14
Measuring spectroscopic redshifts for BL Lacertae (BL Lac) objects, a class of blazar, is challenging because their optical spectrum lacks, or has weak, emission lines ( equivalent…