Variability timescales of TeV blazars observed in the ASCA continuous long-look X-ray monitoring

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 563, Issue 2 PART 1, 2001, Pages 569-581

  Tanihata, Chiharu ^a,b   Urry, C Megan ^c   Takahashi, Tadayuki ^a,b   Kataoka, Jun ^d   Wagner, Stefan J ^e   Madejski, Greg M ^f   Tashiro, Makoto ^g   Kouda, Manabu ^a,b  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^g SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: individual (Markarian 421, Markarian 501, PKS 2155 304); Galaxies : active; Radiation mechanisms: nonthermal; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044402878     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323960     Document Type: Article

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