Multi-Wavelength Variability of Fermi Selected Blazars
Abstract
It is known that blazars are among the most variable and luminous objects in the sky due to their orientation relative to our line of sight. Our work has been to map the variability in four energy bands to search for correlations, in hopes of finding better relationships between the energy bands and supplementing existing multi-wavelength studies. We've done this with seven blazars monitored by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and collected radio, optical, and X-ray data. We found strong correlation between optical and gamma-ray emissions in most of our objects, with X-rays generally uncorrelated with all other wavelengths, and were able to match these results up to existing emission models.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #217
- Pub Date:
- January 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011AAS...21714224F