Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1997
Abstract
We present the results of our 1994 January and 1995 January observations of the quasar 3C 273 obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) and the Extreme-Ultraviolet Explorer (EUV E). These observations were part of a large multiwavelength campaign to observe 3C 273 from radio through γ-rays. Our 1995 January photometric observations with the EUV E Lexan/B Deep Survey (DS) instrument indicate strong evidence for variability, at a 99% confidence level, during the 12 day observing period. We have utilized ROSAT PSPC soft X-ray power-law models to correlate with EUV E count rates. Besides variations in the normalization level between both observations, our EUV count rates are consistent with a simple power-law model with spectral index α ~ 1.77 (Fv ~ v^-α) that can be extrapolated lated from the soft X-rays to the EUV range. The active galactic nucleus 3C 273 is an important blazar to study because in our picture it reveals the presence of both disk and relativistic beam spectral contributions.
Recommended Citation
Ramos, E., Kafatos, M., Fruscione, A., Bruhweiler, F.C., McHardy, I.M., Hartman, R.C., Titarchuk, L.G., von Montigny, C. (1997) Contemporaneous IUE, EUVE, and High-Energy Observations of 3C 273, Astrophysical Journal, 482: 167-172.
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
IOP Publishing
Comments
This article was originally published in Astrophysical Journal, volume 482, in 1997.