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Variability Study of Fermi Blazars
Students
Bindu Rani
Debbijoy Bhattacharya
Hüsne Dereli
Reham Mostafa Ayoub
Ravi Joshi
Renyi Ma Supervisors
Peter Willmore
Benoit Lott
Varsha Chitnis
Gulab Dewanga
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Standard model for AGNs
An extragalactic object
More luminous than normal galaxies
Generally compact, point sources (stellar appearance) at the center of a galaxy. Supermassive Black hole, 108-109 solar masses.
Active Galactic Nucleus
The point source can be 10-100 times the brightness of the underlying galaxy
~ 10
Some exhibit jets
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AGN Type
the angle between the observer and the object
the mass of the object
how much mass the black hole accretesAGN ClassificationAccording to Emission lines According to Radio-Optical flux ratio A) Radio-Loud AGNs (Jets) 1.Radio Galaxies 2.Radio-loud Quasars 3.Blazars a) BL Lac b) FSRQ (OVV) B) Radio-Quiet AGNs (No Jets) 1. Seyfert galaxies (Type I and Type II) 2. LINERs 3. Radio-quiet quasars/QSOs
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Blazars
•AGNs with jets, pointing directly at us.
•Radiation from the jet swamps out all other sources
•Highly relativistic beams, particles in the jets, the observed gamma rays.
•Extreme variability at all frequencies
– FSRQs: lower polarization– BL Lac: high polarization,
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FSRQs BLLacs
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List of sources BL Lac :
AO 0235+164
3C 66A FSRQ :
B2 1520+31
3C 279 TeV Blazar
PKS 2155-304
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Analysis methods :
Likelihood Analysis Spectral Analysis in energy bandsLight curves
Aperture Photometry Light curves
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Results:
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AO 0235+164
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B2 1520+31
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PKS 2155-304
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3C 279
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3C 66A
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Summary
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Blazar
FSRQs BL Lacs
281 FSRQs291 BL Lacs
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The source We Studied
FSRQ BL Lac
3C 279 3C 66A (ISP)
B2 1520+31 AO 0235+164 (LSP)
PKS 2155-305 (HSP)
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Our Results
1. BL Lacs have a relatively flat spectra than FSRQs.
2. For some sources the spectra is better fitted with broken power law than simple power law.
3. Do not show significant spectral index variation.
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Results:
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3c279
Mrk 421
Borrowed from Benoit Lott presentation
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Variation of Spectral Index with Flux
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More detailed study is needed in order to understand the emission mechanism of different source classes.
Study the variation of spectral index in greater detail.
To understand the energetics and dynamics of jet and accretion disk, one need to study the objects over a broad energy band.
The simultaneous multiwavelength study will help to constrain crucial parameters of jet emissions.
Study their evolution as a class.
Future Plan
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