Multiwavelength observations of 3C 454.3. III. Eighteen months of agile monitoring of the "crazy diamond"

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 712, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 405-420

  Vercellone, S ^a   D'Ammando, F ^b,c   Vittorini, V ^b,d   Donnarumma, I ^b   Pucella, G ^e   Tavani, M ^b,c,d   Ferrari, A ^d,f   Raiteri, C M ^g   Villata, M ^g   Romano, P ^a   Krimm, H ^h,i   Tiengo, A ^j   Chen, A W ^d,j   Giovannini, G ^k,l   Venturi, T ^l   Giroletti, M ^l   Kovalev, Y Y ^m,n   Sokolovsky, K ^m,n   Pushkarev, A B ^m,o,p   Lister, M L ^q   Argan, A ^b   Barbiellini, G ^r   Bulgarelli, A ^l   Caraveo, P ^j   Cattaneo, P W ^s   Cocco, V ^b   Costa, E ^b   Del Monte, E ^b   De Paris, G ^b   Di Cocco, G ^l   Evangelista, Y ^b   Feroci, M ^b   Fiorini, M ^j   Fornari, F ^j   Froysland, T ^b   Fuschino, F ^l   Galli, M ^t   Gianotti, F ^l   Labanti, C ^l   Lapshov, I ^b,u   Lazzarotto, F ^b   Lipari, P ^v   Longo, F ^r   Giuliani, A ^j   Marisaldi, M ^l   Mereghetti, S ^j   Morselli, A ^w   Pellizzoni, A ^x   Pacciani, L ^b   Perotti, F ^j   Piano, G ^b   Picozza, P ^w   Pilia, M ^j,x,y   Prest, M ^y   Rapisarda, M ^e   Rappoldi, A ^s   Sabatini, S ^b   Soffitta, P ^b   Striani, E ^b   Trifoglio, M ^l   Trois, A ^b   Vallazza, E ⁿ   Zambra, A ^j   Zanello, D ^v   Pittori, C ^z   Verrecchia, F ^z   Santolamazza, P ^z   Giommi, P ^z   Colafrancesco, S ^z   Salotti, L ^aa   Agudo, I ^ab   Aller, H D ^ac   Aller, M F ^ac   Arkharov, A A ^o   Bach, U ^m   Bachev, R ^ad   Beltrame, P ^ae   Benitez E ^af   Bottcher M ^ag   Buemi, C S ^ah   Calcidese, P ^ai   Capezzali, D ^aj   Carosati, D ^aj   Chen, W P ^ak   Da Rio, D ^ae   Di Paola, A ^al   Dolci, M ^am   Dultzin, D ^af   Forne E ^ae   Gomez J L ^ab   Gurwell, M A ^an   Hagen Thorn, V A ^ao,ap   Halkola, A ^aq   Heidt, J ^ar   Hiriart, D ^af   Hovatta, T ^as   Hsiao, H Y ^ak   Jorstad, S G ^at   Kimeridze, G ^au   Konstantinova, T S ^ao   Kopatskaya, E N ^ao   Koptelova, E ^ak   Kurtanidze, O ^au   Lahteenmaki A ^as   Larionov, V M ^o,ao,ap   Leto, P ^ah   Ligustri, R ^ae   Lindfors, E ^aq   Lopez, J M ^af   Marscher, A P ^at   Mujica, R ^av   Nikolashvili, M ^au   Nilsson, K ^aq   Mommert, M ^ar   Palma, N ^ag   Pasanen, M ^aq   Roca Sogorb, M ^ab   Ros, J A ^ae   Roustazadeh, P ^ag   Sadun, A C ^aw   Saino, J ^aq   Sigua, L ^au   Sorcia, M ^af   Takalo, L O ^aq   Tornikoski, M ^as   Trigilio, C ^ah   Turchetti, R ^ae   Umana, G ^ah   more..

^a INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d CIFS Torino   (Italy)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^j INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^l OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

ⁿ LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^o RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^p CRIMEAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Ukraine)

^q PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^s INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^t ENEA   (Italy)

^u Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

^v INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^w INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^x INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^y UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^z ASI ASDC   (Italy)

^aa ASI   (Italy)

^ab INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^ad INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY   (Bulgaria)

^ae Bulgarian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Spain)

^af UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^ag OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^ai Osservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta   (Italy)

^aj Armenzano Astronomical Observatory   (Italy)

^ak NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^al INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^am INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^an HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^ao ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^ap Isaac Newton Institute of Chile   (Russian Federation)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^ar UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^as AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^at BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^au ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^av INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Galaxies: active; Galaxies: jets; Quasars: general; Quasars: individual (3C 454.3); Radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949293544     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/712/1/405     Document Type: Article

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