XAO AGN Flux Monitoring Data Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Zhang Hailong, Cui Lang
  2. Published by
    Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory,CAS
Abstract
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) 
are extragalactic objects characterized by extremely complex physical processes 
and strong temporal flux variability over almost the whole electromagnetic 
spectrum, which play a very important role in studying the formation and 
evolution of galaxies, cosmology and many other astrophysical problems. 
Flux variability is one of the most remarkable observational characteristics 
of AGNs and the variability time scales are from minutes to dozens of years. 
Multi-wavelength flux monitoring is the main means to study the nature of AGN flux variability.

In order to systematically study the total flux variability of  AGNs in radio band, 
we launched a long-term program, which is called the quasi- Simultaneous Multiwavelength 
Monitoring of AGNs with the Nanshan 26-m radio telescope of Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO), 
namely SMMAN program. The monitoring data were acquired monthly with the cross-scan mode at 
C-band (4.8 GHz) and K-band (23.6 GHz) for a sample of about 100 AGNs selected from Fermi-LAT suvery.  
Additionally,  we also conducted weekly monitoring observations or Intra-Day Vairibility (IDV) 
observations for some of flaring Blazars to reveal their more complex variability time scales.
Keywords
  1. Intra-day Variablility
  2. Active Galactic Nuclei
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History

2015-09-06T12:00:00Z
Resource record created
2024-02-04T05:22:02Z
updated

Contact

Name
Zhang Hailong
Postal Address
150 Science 1-Street, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China
E-Mail
zhanghailong@xao.ac.cn
Telephone
+86 18699134012