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Correlations between optical and VHE gamma ray fluxes from blazars: the case of PKS 2155-304.

2011/03/N/ST9/01867

Keywords:

PKS 2155-304 gamma rays high energy astrophysics blazars AGNs

Descriptors:

  • ST9_11: High energy and particle astrophysics: X-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Alicja Wierzcholska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: PRELUDIUM 2 - announced on 2011-09-15

Amount awarded: 81 960 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-08-13

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2015-09-12

Project duration:: 37 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Laptop (5 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Long-term monitoring of PKS 2155−304 with ATOM and H.E.S.S.: investigation of optical/gamma-ray correlations in different spectral states
    Authors:
    HESS Collaboration, autor korespondencyjny: Alicja Wierzcholska
    Academic press:
    Astronomy and Astrophysics (rok: 2014, tom: 571, A39, strony: 10), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201424142 - link to the publication
  2. X-ray spectral studies of TeV gamma-ray emitting blazars
    Authors:
    Wierzcholska A., Wagner S.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2016, tom: 458, strony: 56-83), Wydawca: Oxford Journal
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stw095 - link to the publication
  3. Longterm optical monitoring of bright BL Lacertae objects with ATOM: Spectral variability and multiwavelength correlations
    Authors:
    Alicja Wierzcholska, Michał Ostrowski, Łukasz Stawarz, Stefan Wagner, Marcus Hauser
    Academic press:
    Astronomy and Astrophysics (rok: 2015, tom: 573, A69, strony: 15), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201423967 - link to the publication