Swift and infra-red observations of the blazar 3C 454.3 during the giant X-ray flare of May 2005

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 456, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 911-916

  Giommi, P ^a,b   Blustin, A J ^c   Capalbi, M ^a   Colafrancesco, S ^d   Cucchiara, A ^e   Fuhrmann, L ^f   Krimm, H A ^g   Marchili, N ^f   Massaro, E ^h   Perri, M ^a   Tagliaferri, G ⁱ   Tosti, G ^f   Tramacere, A ^h   Burrows, D N ^e   Chincarini, G ⁱ   Falcone, A ^e   Gehrels, N ^g   Kennea, J ^e   Sambruna, R ^g  

^a ESA ESRIN   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

ⁱ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BRERA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: quasars: individual: 3C 454.3; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GALAXIES; INFRARED RADIATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GALAXIES: ACTIVE; GALAXIES: QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL: 3C 454.3; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NON-THERMAL;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 33748933362     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20064874     Document Type: Article

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