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Short-timescale variability of the blazar Mrk 421 from AstroSat and simultaneous multi-wavelength observations. / Chatterjee, Ritaban; Das, Susmita; Khasnovis, Archishman; Ghosh, Ritesh; Kumari, Neeraj; Naik, Sachindra; Larionov, V. M.; Grishina, T. S.; Kopatskaya, E. N.; Larionova, E. G.; Nikiforova, A. A.; Morozov, D. A.; Savchenko, S. S.; Troitskaya, Yu V.; Troitsky, I. S.; Vasilyev, A. A.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Short-timescale variability of the blazar Mrk 421 from AstroSat and simultaneous multi-wavelength observations
AU - Chatterjee, Ritaban
AU - Das, Susmita
AU - Khasnovis, Archishman
AU - Ghosh, Ritesh
AU - Kumari, Neeraj
AU - Naik, Sachindra
AU - Larionov, V. M.
AU - Grishina, T. S.
AU - Kopatskaya, E. N.
AU - Larionova, E. G.
AU - Nikiforova, A. A.
AU - Morozov, D. A.
AU - Savchenko, S. S.
AU - Troitskaya, Yu V.
AU - Troitsky, I. S.
AU - Vasilyev, A. A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021, Indian Academy of Sciences.
PY - 2021/10/1
Y1 - 2021/10/1
N2 - We study the multi-wavelength variability of the blazar Mrk 421 at minutes to days timescales using simultaneous data at γ-rays from Fermi, 0.7–20 keV energies from AstroSat, and optical and near infrared (NIR) wavelengths from ground based observatories. We compute the shortest variability timescales at all of the above wave bands and find its value to be ∼ 1.1 ks at the hard X-ray energies and increasingly longer at soft X-rays, optical and NIR wavelengths as well as at the GeV energies. We estimate the value of the magnetic field to be 0.5 Gauss and the maximum Lorentz factor of the emitting electrons ∼ 1.6 × 10 5 assuming that synchrotron radiation cooling drives the shortest variability timescale. Blazars vary at a large range of timescales often from minutes to years. These results, as obtained here from the very short end of the range of variability timescales of blazars, are a confirmation of the leptonic scenario and in particular the synchrotron origin of the X-ray emission from Mrk 421 by relativistic electrons of Lorentz factor as high as 10 5. This particular mode of confirmation has been possible using minutes to days timescale variability data obtained from AstroSat and simultaneous multi-wavelength observations.
AB - We study the multi-wavelength variability of the blazar Mrk 421 at minutes to days timescales using simultaneous data at γ-rays from Fermi, 0.7–20 keV energies from AstroSat, and optical and near infrared (NIR) wavelengths from ground based observatories. We compute the shortest variability timescales at all of the above wave bands and find its value to be ∼ 1.1 ks at the hard X-ray energies and increasingly longer at soft X-rays, optical and NIR wavelengths as well as at the GeV energies. We estimate the value of the magnetic field to be 0.5 Gauss and the maximum Lorentz factor of the emitting electrons ∼ 1.6 × 10 5 assuming that synchrotron radiation cooling drives the shortest variability timescale. Blazars vary at a large range of timescales often from minutes to years. These results, as obtained here from the very short end of the range of variability timescales of blazars, are a confirmation of the leptonic scenario and in particular the synchrotron origin of the X-ray emission from Mrk 421 by relativistic electrons of Lorentz factor as high as 10 5. This particular mode of confirmation has been possible using minutes to days timescale variability data obtained from AstroSat and simultaneous multi-wavelength observations.
KW - Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
KW - blazar
KW - Mrk 421
KW - multiwavelength
KW - variability
KW - 3C 279
KW - SIGNATURES
KW - RAY LIGHT CURVES
KW - MODEL
KW - RADIATION
KW - GAMMA-RAY
KW - SYNCHRO-COMPTON EMISSION
KW - X-RAY
KW - JETS
KW - SPECTRAL ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION
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U2 - 10.1007/s12036-021-09709-3
DO - 10.1007/s12036-021-09709-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85110534201
VL - 42
JO - Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
JF - Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
SN - 0250-6335
IS - 2
M1 - 80
ER -
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