Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
May 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003a%26a...402..929b&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.402, p.929-947 (2003)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Bl Lacertae Objects: Individual: Mrk 421, X-Rays: Galaxies, Radiation Mechanisms: Non-Thermal
Scientific paper
We present the results of a detailed spectral and temporal analysis of the currently available XMM-Newton observations of the bright BL Lac object Mrk 421 using mainly the EPIC-PN data. The source was found in various intensity states differing by up to a factor of five in count rates. In general, the source is more variable and shows a harder spectrum during higher intensities than when it is in lower states. The spectrum is very complex and cannot be fitted adequately by a broken power law or a continuously curved model. We find that the flux variations on time scales of ga few thousand seconds are associated with significant and sometimes very complex spectral changes. The spectral variability rate is not the same in all cases and is correlated with the source flux state: the spectral variations per unit time increase with the source flux. The Cross-Correlation analysis shows that the soft and hard band light curves are often well correlated near zero lag, in other cases the hard band variations lead the soft band variations by typically ~ 5 min, in two cases we find the soft band leading the hard band variations. The delays appear to be correlated to the flares' duration: the shorter the flare, the smaller the delay.
Brinkmann Wolfgang
den Herder W. A. J.
Haberl Franck
Papadakis Iossif E.
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