Multiwavelength Observations of the BL Lacertae Object PKS 2155-304 with XMM-Newton

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dc.creatorZhang, Y. H.
dc.creatorBai, J. M.
dc.creatorZhang, S. N.
dc.creatorTreves, A.
dc.creatorMaraschi, L.
dc.creatorCelotti, A.
dc.date2006-07-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:39:31Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:39:31Z
dc.descriptionThe optical-UV and X-ray instruments on-board XMM-Ndewton provide an excellent opportunity to perform simultaneous observations of violently variable objects over a broad wavelength range. The UV and X-ray bright BL Lac object PKS 2155-304 has been repeatedly observed with XMM-Ndewton about twice per year. In this paper, we present a detailed analysis of the simultaneous multiwavelength variability of the source from optical to X-rays, based on the currently available XMM-Ndewton observations. These observations probed the intra-day multiwavelength variability at optical-UV and X-ray wavelengths of the source. The UV variability amplitude is substantially smaller than the X-ray one, and the hardness ratios of the UV to X-rays correlates with the X-ray fluxes: the brighter the source, the flatter the UV-X-ray spectra. On 2000 May 30-31 the UV and X-ray light curves were weakly correlated, while the UV variations followed the X-ray ones with no detectable lags on 2000 November 19-21. On 2001 November 30 the source exhibited a major X-ray flare that was not detected in the optical. The intra-day UV and X-ray variability presented here is not similar to the inter-day UV and X-ray variability obtained from the previous coordinated extensive multiwavelength campaigns on the source, indicating that different ``modes'' of variability might be operating in PKS 2155-304 on different timescales or from epoch to epoch.
dc.descriptionAccepted by ApJ
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607138
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0607138
dc.identifierAstrophys.J.651:782-790,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1086/507601
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/181054
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleMultiwavelength Observations of the BL Lacertae Object PKS 2155-304 with XMM-Newton
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