Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Gamma-Bright Blazar Mkn 421
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Observations and Data Reduction
3. Results and Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Troitskaya, Y.; Larionov, V.; Hagen-Thorn, V.; Morozova, D.; Blinov, D.; Borman, G.; Grishina, T.; Efimova, N.; Kopatskaya, E.; Larionova, L.; et al. Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Gamma-Bright Blazar Mkn 421. Galaxies 2016, 4, 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040067
Troitskaya Y, Larionov V, Hagen-Thorn V, Morozova D, Blinov D, Borman G, Grishina T, Efimova N, Kopatskaya E, Larionova L, et al. Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Gamma-Bright Blazar Mkn 421. Galaxies. 2016; 4(4):67. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040067
Chicago/Turabian StyleTroitskaya, Yulia, Valeri Larionov, Vladimir Hagen-Thorn, Daria Morozova, Dmitry Blinov, George Borman, Tatiana Grishina, Natalia Efimova, Evgenia Kopatskaya, Liudmila Larionova, and et al. 2016. "Multiwavelength Monitoring of the Gamma-Bright Blazar Mkn 421" Galaxies 4, no. 4: 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040067