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Analysis of the activity of the blazar BL Lacertae over the period 1998–2011

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In 1998–2011 the blazar (active galactic nucleus) BL Lacertae was observed at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) with the second-generation GT-48 Cherenkov telescope at energies >1 TeV with a total significance of 11.8σ. More than 20 flares and a fourfold change in yearly mean fluxes (>1 TeV) were recorded. The optical (B band) data obtained at CrAO and the TeV data are shown to correlate in some time intervals. The optical data are also compared with the X-ray RXTE/ASM (2–10 keV) data. In addition, the data from GT-48 are compared with the gamma-ray fluxes recorded by the Fermi LAT space telescope (0.1–300 GeV). The 2009 flare at TeV and Fermi energies has been studied. As a result, it has been found that as the activity rises the increase in flux at high energies exceeds its increase at low energies. This conclusion may be related to the conversion mechanism of particle acceleration. This is consistent with the results of studies for a similar object, 1ES 1426+428.

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Original Russian Text © K.S. Strigunov, A.V. Zhovtan, 2016, published in Pis’ma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, Vol. 42, No. 7, pp. 465–475.

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Strigunov, K.S., Zhovtan, A.V. Analysis of the activity of the blazar BL Lacertae over the period 1998–2011. Astron. Lett. 42, 417–427 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063773716070070

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