Swift XRT and UVOT deep observations of the high-energy peaked BL Lacertae object PKS 0548–322 close to its brightest state

2006/10/13 by M. Perri, A. Maselli, P. Giommi +12 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Atomic physics #BL Lac object #Blazar #Gamma ray #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High energy #Nuclear physics #Optics #Physics #Swift #Synchrotron #Ultraviolet #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066063

Accepted for publication in A&A (6 pages, 3 figures)

arxiv created 2006/10/13 · openalex publication_date 2006/11/21 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.We observed the high-energy peaked BL Lac object PKS 0548-322 (BZB J0550-3216) with Swift to study the temporal and spectral properties of its synchrotron emission simultaneously in the optical, ultraviolet, and X-ray energy bands.

Citations

• The Swift X-Ray Telescope
• Chandraobservations of the X-ray environment of BL Lacs
• The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope

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