3 papers
astro-ph.HE2014
Extremely high polarization in 2010 outburst of blazar 3C 454.3
Mahito Sasada, Makoto Uemura, Yasushi Fukazawa +16
The gamma-ray-detected blazar 3C 454.3 exhibits dramatic flux and polarization variations in the optical and near-infrared bands. In December 2010, the object emitted a very bright…
astro-ph.HE2011
Multi-Wavelength Photometric and Polarimetric Observations of the Outburst of 3C 454.3 in Dec. 2009
Mahito Sasada, Makoto Uemura, Yasushi Fukazawa +11
In December 2009, the bright blazar, 3C 454.3 exhibited a strong outburst in the optical, X-ray and gamma-ray regions. We performed photometric and polarimetric monitoring of this…
astro-ph.HE2010
PKS 1502+106: a new and distant gamma-ray blazar in outburst discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope
The Fermi LAT Collaboration, the Multifrequency Campaing Collaboration
The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered a rapid (about 5 days duration), high-energy (E >100 MeV) gamma-ray outburst from a source id…