Unification and physical interpretation of the radio spectra variability patterns in Fermi blazars and jet emission from NLSy1s

2012/05/09 by Angelakis, E., Fuhrmann, L., Nestoras, I. +10
#FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.1961

Abstract

The F-GAMMA program is among the most comprehensive programs that aim at understanding the physics in active galactic nuclei through the multi-frequency monitoring of Fermi blazars. Here we discuss monthly sampled broad-band radio spectra (2.6 - 142 GHz). Two different studies are presented. (a) We discuss that the variability patterns traced can be classified into two classes: (1) to those showing intense spectral-evolution and (2) those showing a self-similar quasi-achromatic behaviour. We show that a simple two-component model can very well reproduce the observed phenomenologies. (b) We present the cm-to-mm behaviour of three gamma-ray bright Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies over time spans varying between ~1.5 and 3 years and compare their variability characteristics with typical blazars.

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