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2003A&A...407..453P - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 407, 453-460 (2003/8-4)

X-ray and optical observations of BL Lac objects: 3C 66A (B0219+428) and ON 325 (B1215+303).

PERRI M., MASSARO E., GIOMMI P., CAPALBI M., NESCI R., TAGLIAFERRI G., GHISELLINI G., RAVASIO M. and MILLER H.R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the results of new observations of the two BL Lac objects 3C 66A and ON 325 performed with BeppoSAX and of nearly simultaneous photometric measurements in the bandpasses from I to B. 3C 66A was observed in January 1999 and in July 2001: its X-ray flux was F(2-10keV)=2.0+0.3–0.5x10–12erg/cm2/s in January 1999 and F(2-10keV)=(2.6±0.6)x10–12erg/cm2/s in July 2001. In both observations the X-ray spectrum can be fitted by a single power law with an energy index 1.2±0.1, steeper than that measured in the optical, equal to 0.86±0.05. The BeppoSAX observation of ON 325 was performed in December 1998 when its X-ray flux was F(2-10keV)=8+3–4x10–13erg/cm2/s. The X-ray spectrum cannot be fitted by a single power law, but it is found to be well represented by a broken power law with a break energy at around 4keV and energy indices equal to 1.48±0.12 and -0.57±0.63. Both sources are characterised by a synchrotron-dominated emission at energies lower than a few keV, with a sharp flattening toward higher energies due to the inverse Compton component. We obtained satisfactory modelling of the overall spectral energy distributions, from the optical to low energy X-rays, with log-parabolic laws.

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Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - galaxies: active - X-rays: galaxies - BL Lacertae objects: individual: 3C 66A, ON 325

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