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Multiwavelength variability analysis of the FSRQ 3C 279

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2015

V. Patiño-Álvarez ,
V. Chavushyan ,
J. León-Tavares ,
A. Carramiñana ,
L. Carrasco ,
S. Fernandes ,
E. M. Schlegel  and
E. López-Rodríguez
V. Patiño-Álvarez
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla, México email: victorp@inaoep.mx
V. Chavushyan
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla, México email: victorp@inaoep.mx
J. León-Tavares
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla, México email: victorp@inaoep.mx
A. Carramiñana
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla, México email: victorp@inaoep.mx
L. Carrasco
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla, México email: victorp@inaoep.mx
S. Fernandes
Affiliation:
University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Physics and Astronomy, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
E. M. Schlegel
Affiliation:
University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Physics and Astronomy, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
E. López-Rodríguez
Affiliation:
University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Physics and Astronomy, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA
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Abstract

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We present a multifrequency analysis of the variability in the flat-spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 from 2008 to 2014. Our multiwavelength dataset includes gamma-ray data from Fermi/LAT (Abdo et al. 2009), observations in 1mm from SMA (Gurwell et al. 2007), Near Infrared from OAGH (Carramiñana & Carrasco 2009) and SMARTS (Bonning et al. 2012); optical V band from the Steward Observatory (Smith et al. 2009) and SMARTS; optical spectra from OAGH (Patiño-Álvarez et al. 2013) and the Steward Observatory; and polarization spectra from the Steward Observatory. The light curves are shown in Fig. 1. Six out of seven optical activity periods identified within our dataset show clear counterparts in mm, NIR and gamma-rays, however, the late 2011 - early 2012 optical flare does not have a counterpart in the GeV regime. In this contribution, we discuss the flaring evolution of 3C 279 and speculate about the production of the anomalous activity period.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: jetsgamma rays: galaxiesquasars: individual (3C 279)
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 10 , Issue S313: Extragalactic jets from every angle , September 2014 , pp. 89 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2015 

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