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2017ApJ...841..123P - Astrophys. J., 841, 123-123 (2017/June-1)

X-ray intraday variability of five TeV blazars with NuSTAR.

PANDEY A., GUPTA A.C. and WIITA P.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have examined 40 Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) light curves (LCs) of five TeV emitting high synchrotron peaked blazars: 1ES 0229+200, Mrk 421, Mrk 501, 1ES 1959+650, and PKS 2155-304. Four of the blazars showed intraday variability in the NuSTAR energy range of 3-79 keV. Using an autocorrelation function analysis we searched for intraday variability timescales in these LCs and found indications of several between 2.5 and 32.8 ks in eight LCs of Mrk 421, a timescale around 8.0 ks for one LC of Mrk 501, and timescales of 29.6 and 57.4 ks in two LCs of PKS 2155-304. The other two blazars' LCs do not show any evidence for intraday variability timescales shorter than the lengths of those observations; however, the data were both sparser and noisier for them. We found positive correlations with zero lag between soft (3-10 keV) and hard (10-79 keV) bands for most of the LCs, indicating that their emissions originate from the same electron population. We examined spectral variability using a hardness ratio analysis and noticed a general "harder-when-brighter" behavior. The 22 LCs of Mrk 421 observed between 2012 July and 2013 April show that this source was in a quiescent state for an extended period of time and then underwent an unprecedented double-peaked outburst while monitored on a daily basis during 2013 April 10-16. We briefly discuss models capable of explaining these blazar emissions.

Abstract Copyright: © 2017. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): BL Lacertae objects: general - BL Lacertae objects: individual: (1ES 0229+200, Mrk 421, Mrk 501, 1ES 1959+650, PKS 2155-304) - BL Lacertae objects: individual: (1ES 0229+200, Mrk 421, Mrk 501, 1ES 1959+650, PKS 2155-304)

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