Short-timescale Variability in the Broadband Emission of the Blazars Mkn421 and Mkn501
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We analyse ASCA x-ray data and Whipple γ-ray data from the blazars Mkn421 and Mkn501 for short-timescale variability. We find no evidence for statistically significant (> 3σ) variability in these data, in either source, on timescales of less than ∼ 10 minutes.
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تاریخ انتشار 1999