Investigating the puzzling synchrotron behaviour of Mrk 421

the WEBT Collaboration

doi:10.3390/galaxies4040061

Investigating the puzzling synchrotron behaviour of Mrk 421

the WEBT Collaboration

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We investigate the multiwavelength behaviour of the high-energy peaked BL Lac object (HBL) Mrk 421 at redshift z = 0.031 in the period 2007-2015. We use optical photometric, spectroscopic, and polarimetric data and near-infrared data obtained by 35 observatories participating in the GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT), as well as by the Steward Observatory Support of the Fermi Mission. We also employ high-energy data from the Swift (UV and X-rays) satellite to study correlations among emission in different bands.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	61
Journal	Galaxies
Volume	4
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040061
State	Published - Dec 1 2016

Keywords

BL Lacertae objects: general
BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mrk 421
Galaxies: active
Galaxies: jets

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Astronomy and Astrophysics

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