X-ray Rapid Variability of MKN 421

1999/07/29 by A. Treves, Y. H. Zhang, Treves, A. +17
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Statistical and numerical algorithms #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9907416

1 page, 1 figure, to be published in the Proc. of the ASCA Symposium "Heating and Acceleration in the Universe", Tokio, March 1999

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Abstract

We present a detailed Cross Correlation analysis of the light curves of the X-ray bright BL Lac object Mkn 421 observed with BeppoSAX period 1997-1998. Monte Carlo simulations are performed in order to estimate the uncertainties. We found that in one occasion the lag is negative.

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