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most citedHigh-redshift quasars at -- I. Radio spectra

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34 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

A broadband outburst of the compact steep-spectrum quasar 3C 138 in 2024-2026

T. V. Mufakharov, Yu. V. Sotnikova, V. V. Vlasyuk +20

After several decades of relative quiescence, the compact steep-spectrum quasar 3C 138 entered an active phase in 2024-2026, exhibiting strong broadband flaring. We investigate its…

astro-ph.HE2026

Multiwavelength variability of the high-energy neutrino candidate PKS 0735+178 over three decades

T. Mufakharov, Yu. Sotnikova, V. Vlasyuk +12

We present the multiwavelength variability of the BL Lac object PKS 0735+178, associated with the high-energy neutrino event IC211208A. The light curves cover the radio (1-230 GHz)…

astro-ph.HE2026

Discovery of Unusual Jet Orientation Variations in the Microquasar GRS 1915+105

Xi Yan, Lang Cui, Wu Jiang +6

We report large day-timescale variations in the orientation of the southeast--northwest jet in the prototype microquasar GRS 1915+105. These results are based on three-epoch East A…

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

High-redshift quasars at -- III. Parsec-scale jet properties from VLBI observations

Shaoguang Guo, Tao An, Yuanqi Liu +5

High redshift active galactic nuclei (AGN) provide key insights into early supermassive black hole growth and cosmic evolution. This study investigates the parsec-scale properties…

astro-ph.GA2025★ 2 cited

Radio and Optical Properties of the blazar PKS 1614+051 at z=3.21

Yu. V. Sotnikova, A. G. Mikhailov, A. E. Volvach +21

We present a study of the radio and optical properties of the high-frequency peaker (HFP) blazar PKS 1614+051 at based on the data covering the time period of 1997-2024. T…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 10 cited

Multiwavelength variability of the blazar AO 0235+164

V. V. Vlasyuk, Yu. V. Sotnikova, A. E. Volvach +28

We present a study of the multiwavelength (MW) variability of the blazar AO 0235+164 based on the radio-to--ray data covering a long time period from 1997 to 2023. The radio dat…

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.GA2024★ 9 cited

High-redshift quasars at : radio variability and MPS/GPS candidates

Yu. Sotnikova, A. Mikhailov, T. Mufakharov +7

We present a study of the radio variability of bright, mJy, high-redshift quasars at on timescales up to 30-40 years. The study involved simultaneous RATA…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Magnetically Driven Relativistic Jet in the High-Redshift Blazar OH~471

S. Guo, T. An, Y. Liu +15

Context : Understanding the mechanisms that launch and shape powerful relativistic jets from supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in high-redshift active galactic nuclei (AGN) is cruci…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 4 cited

Cluster analysis of the Roma-BZCAT blazars

D. O. Kudryavtsev, Yu. V. Sotnikova, V. A. Stolyarov +5

Based on the collected multiwavelength data, namely in the radio (NVSS, FIRST, RATAN-600), IR (WISE), optical (Pan-STARRS), UV (GALEX), and X-ray (ROSAT, Swift-XRT) ranges, we have…

astro-ph.GA2024

GMRT observations of OHM candidates from the ALFALFA survey

Shouzhi Wang, Zhongzu Wu, Bo Zhang +5

We present the results of our observations using the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) to investigate the radio continuum and OH line emission of 10 OHM candidates from the Ar…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

VLBI observations of the high-redshift X-ray bright blazar SRGE J170245.3+130104

Yuanqi Liu, Tao An, Shaoguang Guo +8

Aims. The X-ray luminous and radio-loud AGN SRGE J170245.3+130104 discovered at z 5.5 provides unique chances to probe the SMBH growth and evolution with powerful jets in th…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 2 cited

Radio properties of high-redshift galaxies at

M. Khabibullina, A. Mikhailov, Yu. Sotnikova +6

Study of high-redshift radio galaxies (HzRGs) can shed light on the active galactic nuclei (AGNs) evolution in massive elliptical galaxies. The vast majority of observed high-redsh…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 6 cited

Optical and Radio Variability of the Blazar S4 0954+658

V. V. Vlasyuk, Yu. V. Sotnikova, A. E. Volvach +23

We present an optical-to-radio study of the BL Lac object S4 0954+658 observations during 1998-2023. The measurements were obtained with the SAO RAS Zeiss-1000 1-m and AS-500/2 0.5…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

Multi-band Cross-correlated Radio Variability of the Blazar 3C 279

Krishna Mohana A, Alok C. Gupta, Alan P. Marscher +18

We present the results of our study of cross-correlations between long-term multi-band observations of the radio variability of the blazar 3C 279. More than a decade (2008-2022) of…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 6 cited

Is the X-ray bright z = 5.5 quasar SRGE J170245.3+130104 a blazar?

Tao An, Ailing Wang, Yuanqi Liu +11

Jets may have contributed to promoting the growth of seed black holes in the early Universe, and thus observations of radio-loud high-redshift quasars are crucial to understanding…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 4 cited

Radio continuum and OH line emission of high-z OH megamaser galaxies

Zhongzu Wu, Yu. V. Sotnikova, Bo Zhang +8

We present the study of arcsecond scale radio continuum and OH line emission of a sample of known OH megamaser galaxies with 0.15 using archival Very Large Array (VLA) dat…

astro-ph.HE2022★ 12 cited

The RATAN-600 multi-frequency catalogue of blazars -- BLcat

Yu. Sotnikova, T. Mufakharov, R. Udovitskiy +6

In this paper we present the RATAN-600 multi-frequency catalogue of blazars, an updated version of the BLcat: the RATAN-600 multi-frequency catalogue of BL Lacertae objects. The ma…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 7 cited

Radio Variability and Broad-Band Spectra of Infrared Galaxies with and without OH Megamaser Emission

Yu. V. Sotnikova, T. V. Mufakharov, A. G. Mikhailov +7

We study the radio variability of galaxies with and without sources of hydroxyl (OH) megamaser radiation based on the continuum radio measurements conducted in 2019-2022 with the r…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

Radio properties of the OH megamaser galaxy IIZw 096

Hong Wu, Zhongzu Wu, Yu. Sotnikova +9

Based on the two epochs EVN archive data from OH line observations of IIZw 096, we confirm that the high-resolution OH emission in this source mainly comes from two spots (OH1 and…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 5 cited

Radio continuum properties of OH megamaser galaxies

Yu. V. Sotnikova, Z. Z. Wu, T. V. Mufakharov +13

We present a study of the radio continuum properties of two luminous/ultraluminous infrared galaxy samples: the OH megamaser (OHM) sample (74 objects) and the control sample (128 o…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 2 cited

Multifrequency study of gigahertz-peaked spectrum sources with RATAN-600

Yu. Sotnikova, T. Mufakharov, M. Mingaliev +1

We report the radio continuum properties for several samples of peaked spectrum (PS) radio sources. Broadband spectra of the objects were analysed using the RATAN-600 six-frequency…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 31 cited

High-redshift quasars at -- I. Radio spectra

Yu. Sotnikova, A. Mikhailov, T. Mufakharov +7

We present the radio properties of optically selected quasars with . The complete sample consists of 102 quasars with a flux density level mJy in a declina…