Looking for High Energy Peaked Blazars
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Blazars can be classified on the basis of their overall Spectral Energy Distribution (SED). BL Lac objects are usually divided in LBL or HBL (Low or High energy peaked BL Lacs), according to the peak frequency of the synchrotron emission, if in the optical or UV–soft-X band respectively. FSRQs instead are characterized by synchrotron peaks mainly at IR–optical frequencies, similarly to LBLs. Here we report on recent BeppoSAX observations which are unveiling the high energy branch of the range of synchrotron peak frequencies. Four new “extreme” HBLs have been discovered, one of which (1ES 1426+428) peaks near or above 100 keV, in a quiescent state.
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