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  • Arti Goyal
  • Marian Soida
  • Łukasz Stawarz
  • Paul J. Wiita
  • Kari Nilsson
  • Alan P. Marscher
  • Margo F. Aller
  • Hugh D. Aller
  • Anne Lähteenmäki
  • Talvikki Hovatta
  • Staszek Zoła
  • Krzysztof Nalewajko
  • Merja Tornikoski
  • Joni Tammi
  • Mark Hodges
  • Sebastian Kiehlmann
  • Anthony C. S. Readhead
  • Walter Max-Moerbeck
  • Elina Lindfors
  • Vandad Fallah Ramazani
  • D. E. Reichart
  • D. B. Caton
  • Janeth Valverde
  • Deirdre Horan
  • Roopesh Ojha
  • Pfesesani van Zyl
We present the results of variability power spectral density (PSD) analysis using multiwavelength radio to GeV γ-ray light curves covering timescales of decades/years to days/minutes for the blazars 3C 279 and PKS 1510−089. The PSDs are modeled as single power laws, and the best-fit spectral shape is derived using the “power spectral response” method. With more than 10 yr of data obtained with weekly/daily sampling intervals, most of the PSDs cover ∼2–4 decades in temporal frequency; moreover, in the optical band, the PSDs cover ∼6 decades for 3C 279 due to the availability of intranight light curves. Our main results are the following: (1) on timescales ranging from decades to days, the synchrotron and the inverse-Compton spectral components, in general, exhibit red-noise (slope ∼2) and flicker-noise (slope ∼1) type variability, respectively; (2) the slopes of γ-ray variability PSDs obtained using a 3 hr integration bin and 3 weeks total duration exhibit a range between ∼1.4 and ∼2.0 (mean slope = 1.60 ± 0.70), consistent within errors with the slope on longer timescales; (3) comparisons of fractional variability indicate more power on timescales ≤100 days at γ-ray frequencies compared to longer wavelengths, in general (except between the γ-ray and optical wavelengths for PKS 1510−089); (4) the normalization of intranight optical PSDs for 3C 279 appears to be a simple extrapolation from longer timescales, indicating a continuous (single) process driving the variability at optical wavelengths; and (5) the emission at optical/infrared wavelengths may involve a combination of disk and jet processes for PKS 1510−089.
Язык оригиналарусский
ЖурналThe Astrophysical Journal
Том927
Номер выпуска2
DOI
СостояниеОпубликовано - 2022

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