The origin of multi-TeV flares from the nearest blazar Markarian 421

Abstract Markarian 421 is a high-peaked BL Lac object and it has undergone many strong outbursts since its discovery as a TeV source in 1992. Markarian 421 has been studied intensively and was observed by various Cherenkov telescope arrays ever since. The outbursts of April 2004 observed by the Whip...

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Main Authors: Sarira Sahu, Alberto Rosales de León, Shigehiro Nagataki, Virendra Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6038-z