Prominent outburst of the blazar CTA 102 in 2012

After a few years of quiescence, the blazar CTA 102 underwent a large outburst in the fall of 2012. The flare has been tracked from γ-rays to near-infrared, including Fermi and Swift data as well as polarimetric data from several observatories. An intensive GASP-WEBT collaboration campaign in optica...

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Main Authors: Larionov V.M., Blinov D.A., Jorstad S.G., Marscher A.P., Villata M., Raiteri C.M., Agudo I., Smith P.S., Morozova D.A., Troitsky I.S., Clemens D.P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-12-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136104019