Omar Kurtanidze

Omar Kurtanidze


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Academic Career Length

40Years (1987-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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13 May 2010 in The Astrophysical Journal
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MAM. Ackermann
M. Ackermann
IAIván Agudo
Iván Agudo
MAM. Ajello
M. Ajello
HAH. D. Aller
H. D. Aller
Margo AllerMargo Aller
Margo Aller
MZM. Ziegler
M. Ziegler

24 April 2008 in Nature
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AMAlan P. Marscher
Alan P. Marscher
SJSvetlana Jorstad
Svetlana Jorstad
FDFrancesca D. D’arcangelo
Francesca D. D’arcangelo
PSPaul S. Smith
Paul S. Smith
GWG. Grant Williams
G. Grant Williams
WRWesley T. Ryle
Wesley T. Ryle

1 February 2010 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
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AMAlan P. Marscher
Alan P. Marscher
SJSvetlana Jorstad
Svetlana Jorstad
VLValeri Larionov
Valeri Larionov
Margo AllerMargo Aller
Margo Aller
HAHugh D. Aller
Hugh D. Aller
LSLorand A. Sigua
Lorand A. Sigua

15 July 2011 in The Astrophysical Journal
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AAA. A. Abdo
A. A. Abdo
MAM. Ackermann
M. Ackermann
MAM. Ajello
M. Ajello
LBL. Baldini
L. Baldini
JBJ. Ballet
J. Ballet
AZA. Zook
A. Zook

20 January 2004 in The Astrophysical Journal
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HKH. Krawczynski
H. Krawczynski
SHS. B. Hughes
S. B. Hughes
DHD. Horan
D. Horan
FAF. Aharonian
F. Aharonian
Margo AllerMargo Aller
Margo Aller
MSM. Schroder
M. Schroder
Following the detection of strong TeV gamma-ray flares from the BL Lac object 1ES 1959+650 with the Whipple 10 m Cherenkov telescope on May 16 and 17, 2002, we performed intensive Target of Opportunity (ToO) radio, optical, X-ray and TeV gamma-ray observations from May 18, 2002 to August 14, 2002. Observations with the X-ray telescope RXTE and the Whipple and HEGRA gamma-ray telescopes revealed several strong flares, enabling us to sensitively test the X-ray/gamma-ray flux correlation properties. Although the X-ray and gamma-ray fluxes seemed to be correlated in general, we found an ``orphan'' gamma-ray flare that was not accompanied by an X-ray flare. After describing in detail the radio (UMRAO, VLA), optical (Boltwood, Abastumani), X-ray (RXTE) and gamma-ray (Whipple, HEGRA) light curves and Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) we present initial modeling of the SED with a simple Synchrotron Self-Compton (SSC) model. With the addition of another TeV blazar with good broadband data, we consider the set of all TeV blazars to begin to look for a connection of the jet properties to the properties of the central accreting black hole thought to drive the jet. Remarkably, the temporal and spectral X-ray and gamma-ray emission characteristics of TeV blazars are very similar, even though the masses estimates of their central black holes differ by up to one order of magnitude.Comment: Accepted for Publication in the ApJ on October 2nd, 200

4 December 2017 in Nature
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CRClaudia Maria Raiteri
Claudia Maria Raiteri
MVMassimo Villata
Massimo Villata
JAJ. A. Acosta-Pulido
J. A. Acosta-Pulido
IAI. Agudo
I. Agudo
AAA. A. Arkharov
A. A. Arkharov
OVO. Vince
O. Vince