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FACT - Long-term Monitoring of Bright TeV-Blazars

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arxiv 1311.0478 v1 pith:XT4CHENU submitted 2013-11-03 astro-ph.HE astro-ph.IM

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Since October 2011, the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is operated successfully on the Canary Island of La Palma. Apart from the proof of principle for the use of G-APDs in Cherenkov telescopes, the major goal of the project is the dedicated long-term monitoring of a small sample of bright TeV blazars. The unique properties of G-APDs permit stable observations also during strong moon light. Thus a superior sampling density is provided on time scales at which the blazar variability amplitudes are expected to be largest, as exemplified by the spectacular variations of Mrk 501 observed in June 2012. While still in commissioning, FACT monitored bright blazars like Mrk 421 and Mrk 501 during the past 1.5 years so far. Preliminary results including the Mrk 501 flare from June 2012 will be presented.

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  1. FACT -- Multi-wavelength analysis of more than 30 flares of Mrk 421

    astro-ph.HE 2019-08 conditional novelty 5.0 of 10

    Mrk 421's X-ray and TeV flares are simultaneous, and its radio light curve can be reproduced as a delayed, smeared version of its GeV light curve.

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