Progress in multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations of blazars and theoretical challenges

0538982 - FZÚ 2021 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Bottcher, M.
Progress in multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations of blazars and theoretical challenges.
Galaxies. Roč. 7, č. 1 (2019), s. 1-37, č. článku 20. E-ISSN 2075-4434
Research Infrastructure: CTA-CZ - 90046
Keywords : active galaxies * blazars * multi-wavelength astronomy
OECD category: Particles and field physics
Method of publishing: Open access
https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies7010020

This review provides an overview of recent advances in multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observations of blazars, the current status of theoretical models for blazar emission, and prospects for future facilities. The discussion of observational results will focus on advances made possible through the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope and ground-based gamma-ray observatories (H.E.S.S., MAGIC, VERITAS), as well as the recent first evidence for a blazar being a source of IceCube neutrinos. The main focus of this review will be the discussion of our current theoretical understanding of blazar multi-wavelength and multi-messenger emission, in the spectral, time, and polarization domains. Future progress will be expected in particular through the development of the first X-ray polarimeter, IXPE, and the installation of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), both expected to become operational in the early to mid 2020s.
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