RXTE MONITORING OF THE BLAZARS 3C-279 AND 3C-273

Authors
LAWSON AJ MCHARDY IM NEWSAM AM
Citation
Aj. Lawson et al., RXTE MONITORING OF THE BLAZARS 3C-279 AND 3C-273, Nuclear physics. B, Proceedings supplement, 69(1-3), 1999, pp. 439-444
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Particles & Fields
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B, Proceedings supplement → ACNP
ISSN journal
09205632
Volume
69
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
439 - 444
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5632(1999)69:1-3<439:RMOTB3>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
In blazar research the key to answering such questions as 'What is the origin and emission mechanism of the high energy photons?' are the ti me lags between different wavebands. Progress towards measuring these lags has been hampered by the difficulty of obtaining longterm high en ergy monitoring, but this situation changed with the launch of RXTE. W e report on and discuss the results we have obtained from 18 months of monitoring of 3C 279 and 3C 273 by RXTE in conjunction with other wav ebands. Highlights include simultaneous flares in the X-ray/gamma-ray and X-ray/IR, both new ground breaking results.