Special issue on: Proceedings of the International Conference on Multiwavelength Variability of Blazars

Volume 32, Numbers 1& 2, March-June 2011

 

Contents

Preface

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PART 1. BLAZAR OBSERVATIONS IN RADIO

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Radio Band Observations of Blazar Variability

Margo F. Aller • Hugh D. Aller • Philip A. Hughes

 

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Intra-Day Variability of Sagittarius A* at Multi-Wavelengths

Z. Q. Shen • J. Li • A. Miyazaki • L. Huang • R. J. Sault •

M. Miyoshi • M. Tsuboi • T. Tsutsumi

 

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Models for High-Energy Radiation from Blazars

G. E. Romero • M. M. Reynoso

 

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Peculiar Physical Properties of HST-1 in M87

Y. J. Chen • G.-Y. Zhao • Z.-Q. Shen

 

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Radio Variability of First 3-Month Fermi Blazars at 5 GHz: Affected by Interstellar Scintillation?

X. Liu • Z. Ding • J. Liu • N. Marchili • T. P. Krichbaum

 

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X-ray Cavities in Galaxy Groups and Clusters: Central Gas Entropy Excess as Direct Evidence for AGN Feedback

Yu Wang

 

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Multi-Wavelength Studies on H2O Maser Host Galaxies

J. S. Zhang • J. Wang

 

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Long-term Periodicity Analysis of Polarization Variation for Radio Sources

Yuhai Yuan

 

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Radio Observation of the 11-Month Fermi-AGN at Urumqi Observatory

Zhen Ding • Xiang Liu • Jun Liu • Lang Cui • H. G. Song

 

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The Eddington Ratio of H2O Maser Host AGN

Q. Guo • J. S. Zhang • J. Wang

 

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A Visual Method of Time Scale Determination using a PC for Radio Sources

Yong Huang • Jun-Hui Fan • Jing Pan

 

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Radio Observations of the S5 Sample

Jun Liu • Xiang Liu

 

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IDV Observations of BL0716+714 at 5 GHz

H.-G Song • X. Liu • J. Liu • N. Marchili • T. P. Krichbaum

 

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The Relationship between Radio Luminosity and Core-Dominance Parameter for XBLs

Yong-Xiang Wang • Y. Liu • Fei-Peng Pi • Jiang-He Yang

 

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Position Measurements of the Core in 3C 66B

G.-Y. Zhao • Y.-J. Chen • Z.-Q. Shen • H. Sudou •

S. Iguchi • Y. Murata • Y. Taniguchi

 

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PART 2. BLAZAR OBSERVATIONS IN INFRARED AND OPTICAL

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Variability of Blazars

J. H. Fan • Y. Liu • Y. Li • Q. F. Zhang • J. Tao • O. Kurtanidze

 

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Blazar Observations in Infrared and Optical Regions: Magnetic Field Strength Evaluation

Yu. S. Yefimov

 

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Methods for the Quasi-Periodic Variability Analysis in Blazars

Y. Liu • J. H. Fan • H. G. Wang • G. G. Deng

 

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Spectral Variability of FSRQs

Minfeng Gu • Y. L. Ai

 

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Astronomical Plate Archives and Binary Blazars Studies

Rene Hudec

 

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The Optical Microvariability and Spectral Changes of the BL Lacertae Object S5 0716+714

H. Poon • J. H. Fan • J. N. Fu

 

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Optical Photometric and Radio Monitoring of Gamma-ray Loud Blazars

V. S. Bychkova • N. S. Kardashev • M. G. Larionov • A. E. Volvach •

V. V. Vlasjuk • O. I. Spiridonova • A. Lδchteenmδki • M. Tornikoski •

T. Hovatta • E. Nieppola • I. Torniainen • H. D. Aller • M. F. Aller

 

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Optical Spectra Evolution of BL Lac Objects

X. W. Bi • B. Z. Wang • Z. Q. Ni • Q. Cai • J. J. Tian

 

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Multi-Band Spectral Properties of Fermi Blazars

Benzhong Dai • Dahai Yan

 

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Re-Analysis of QPO in 3C 273 Light Curve

P. Mohan • A. Mangalam • Hum Chand • Alok C. Gupta

 

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Novel Algorithms for Astronomical Plate Analyses

Rene Hudec • Lukas Hudec

 

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The Spectral Index and Beaming Effect for Radio Sources

J. Pan • J. H. Fan

 

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Optical Monitoring of 3C 66A in 1994–2008

J. Tao • J. H. Fan • B. C. Qian • H. J. Pan

 

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Long-Term Optical Spectra Variability of BL Lacertae Object S5 0716+714

Zhang Hao Jing • Zhao Gang • Zhang Xiong •

Bai Jing Ming • Tang Ling • Xu Yun  Bing

 

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PART 3. BLAZAR OBSERVATIONS IN HIGH ENERGY BANDS

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Gamma-Ray and Multiwavelength Emission from Blazars

Meg Urry

 

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Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in the X-ray Light Curves of Blazars

Paul J. Wiita

 

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UV and X-ray Variability of Blazars

Alok C. Gupta

 

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Spectral Evolution of Synchrotron and Inverse Compton Emission in BL Lac Objects

You-Hong Zhang

 

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Fermi-LAT View of Bright Flaring Gamma-Ray Blazars

D. Bastieri • S. Ciprini • D. Gasparrini

 

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Ten Years of Monitoring 3C 273 with XMM–Newton

Liu Liu • Youhong Zhang

 

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Chandra and XMM–Newton Observations of H2O Maser Galaxy Mrk 266

J. Wang • J. S. Zhang • J. H. Fan

 

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PART 4. EMISSION MODELS AND THEORY

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X-ray Time Lags in TeV Blazars

X. Chen • G. Fossati • E. Liang • M. Bφttcher

 

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Modelling the IDV Emissions of the BL Lac Objects with a Langevin Type Stochastic Differential Equation

C. S. Leung • J. Y. Wei • T. Harko • Z. Kovacs

 

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X-ray Radiation Mechanisms and the Beaming Effect of Hot Spots and Knots in AGN Jets

Jin Zhang • Jin-Ming Bai • Liang Chen • Enwei Liang

 

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The Tilt between Acretion Disk and Stellar Disk

Shiyin Shen • Zhengyi Shao • Minfeng Gu

 

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The Correlation between γ -Ray and Radio Emissions for the Fermi Blazars

J. H. Yang • J. H. Fan

 

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PART 5. BLACK HOLES IN BLAZARS

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Estimating Black Hole Masses of Blazars

Xue-Bing Wu • F. K. Liu • M. Z. Kong • R. Wang • J. L. Han

 

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Variability of Spectral Energy Distribution of Blazar S5 0716+714

B. Rani • Alok C. Gupta • Paul J. Wiita

 

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Unification of Radio Galaxies and their Accretion Jet Properties

Qingwen Wu • Ya-Di Xu • Xinwu Cao

 

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Period of Light Variability in BL Lac ON 231

Xu Yun Bing • Zhang Hao Jing • Zhang Xiong •

Mao Wei Ming • Dong Fu Tong

 

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PART 6. COMBINED MULTI-WAVEBAND OBSERVATIONS

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Multi-Waveband Emission Maps of Blazars

Alan Marscher • Svetlana G. Jorstad • Valeri M. Larionov •

Margo F. Aller • Anne Lδhteenmδki

 

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Multi-Frequency Observations of Gamma-Ray Blazar 1633+382

S. G. Jorstad • A. P. Marscher • I. Agudo • P. S. Smith •

V. M. Larionov • A. Lδhteenmδki

 

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The Fundamental Plane of FSRQs from SDSS DR5 Quasar Catalogue

Ting-Ting Wang • C.-Y. Su • Z.-F. Chen • Y.-P. Qin • G.-A. Wang

 

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On the Superluminal Motion of Radio-Loud AGNs

Zhi-Bin Zhang • Yi-Zhen Zhang

 

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PART 7. OTHER TOPICS

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Variability of Fe II in Two NLS1s, PG 1700+815 and NGC 4051

Weihao Bian • Zhen Yang

 

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Curvature Effect and the Spectral Softening Phenomenon Detected in GRB Afterglows

Y.-P. Qin

 

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Pumping Mechanisms for SiO Masers around VX Sgr

J. B. Su • Z.-Q. Shen • X. Chen • Jiyune Yi • D. R. Jiang • Y. J. Yun

 

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Solar Cycle Phase Dependence of Supergranular Fractal Dimension

U. Paniveni • V. Krishan • J. Singh • R. Srikanth

 

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Estimation of Black Hole Masses from Steep Spectrum Radio Quasars

Ye Chen • Zhi-Fu Chen • Yi-Ping Qin • You-Bing Li

 

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The Size of Narrow Line Region and [OIII] Luminosity Analyzed from SDSS DR7 Quasar Catalogue

Zhi-Fu Chen • Y.-P. Qin • Z.-Y. Chen • L.-Z.

 

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Identification of MgII Absorption Line Systems from SDSS Quasar Catalogue

W.-R. Huang • Z.-F. Chen • Y.-P. Qin • M.-S. Li • R.-H. Liao •

 W.-W. He • F. Han • Y.-Q. Zhong • J.-Q. Gan • W. Zhou

 

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Variability of GPS Radio Sources at 5 GHz

Lang Cui • Xiang Liu • Jun Liu

 

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Possible Outflow Formation in the Central Engine of GRBs

Tong Liu • Wei-Min Gu • Ju-Fu Lu

 

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Effects of Black Hole Spin on the Limit-Cycle Behaviour of Accretion Disks

Li Xue • Ju-Fu Lu

 

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Effects of Toroidal Magnetic Fields on the Thermal Instability of Thin Accretion Disks

Sheng-Ming Zheng • Feng Yuan • Wei-Min Gu • Ju-Fu Lu

 

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Chandra Data Analysis of H2O Megamaser Galaxy NGC4258

Baisheng Liu • Jiangshui Zhang • Jin Wang

 

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Constraint on Parameters of Inverse Compton Scattering Model for PSR B2319+60

H. G. Wang • M. Lv

 

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Cosmic Rays Accelerated at Cosmological Shock Waves

Renyi Ma • Dongsu Ryu • Hyesung Kang

 

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Measurement of Plasma Ion Temperature and Flow Velocity from Chord-Averaged Emission Line Profile

Xu Wei

 

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Relationship among FR-I, FR-II(Q) and FR-II(G) Radio Galaxies

R. S. Yang • J. H. Yang • Y. X. Wang • J. H. Fan

 

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Is GRB 100418A a Cosmic Twin of GRB 060614?

Lan-Wei Jia • Hou-Jun • Shu-Jin Hou • En-Wei Liang

 

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Correlation between the Flux Density and Polarization for Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars

Fei-Peng Pi • Yong-Xiang Wang • Jing Pan

 

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Measurement of Black Hole Mass Radio-Loud Quasars

Cheng-Yue Su • Z.-F. Chen • R.-L. He • C.-H. Zhang • T.-T. Wang

 

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N(HI) and Jet Power/Emission in AGNs

Zhongzu Wu • Minfeng Gu • Ming Zhu

 

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Black Hole Entropy Calculation in a Modified Thin Film Model

Jingyi Zhang

 

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Multi-Wavelength Variability in PKS 2155-304

Y. G. Zheng • L. Zhang • X. Zhang • H. J. Ma

 

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Astronomy Education for Physics Students

J. H. Fan • J. S. Zhang • J. Y. Zhang • Y. Liu • H. G. Wang

 

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Phase-Resolved Spectra of PSR B0525+21 and PSR B2020+28

J. L. Chen • H. G. Wang • N. Wang

 

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Scintillation Velocity of PSR B0329+54

R. X. Zhou • N. Wang • Z. Y. Liu • X. Liu

 

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PART 8. SUMMARY

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Multiwavelength Emission from Blazars – Conference Summary

Meg Urry

 

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List of Participants

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Author Index

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