Abstract
In the TeV blazars Mkn421 and Mkn501, the same electrons are thought to be responsible for the synchrotron X-rays and TeV Comptonized emission. As a prelude to simultaneous X-ray/TeV analysis, we present results from variability studies of Mkn 421 and Mkn 501. We find that each source has a variability of 5% r.m.s. amplitude on time scales shorter than 20 minutes. We find some evidence that the hard X-ray flux may be more variable than the soft X-ray flux in Mkn 421. For Mkn 501 we also present comparisons with nearly simultaneous TeV observations taken by the HEGRA collaboration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 193-195 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Astroparticle Physics |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1999 |
Keywords
- BL Lac objects: individual (Mkn 501, Mkn421)
- X-rays: observations
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Maccarone, T. J., & Coppi, P. S. (1999). Short time scale variability in Mkn 501. Astroparticle Physics, 11(1-2), 193-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(99)00047-X