Blazar Time Variations in High Energy Gamma Rays

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Session 107 -- BL Lacs and Blazars
Display presentation, Saturday, January 15, 9:30-6:45, Salons I/II Room (Crystal Gateway)

[107.08] Blazar Time Variations in High Energy Gamma Rays

R.C. Hartman, D.L. Bertsch, C.E. Fichtel, S.D. Hunter, D.J. Thompson (NASA/GSFC), B.L. Dingus, J.A. Esposito, P. Sreekumar (USRA/GSFC), G. Kanbach, H.A. Mayer-Hasselwander, C. von Montigny (MPE), Y.C. Lin, P.F. Michelson, P.L. Nolan (Stanford), D.A. Kniffen (Hampden-Sydney), J.R. Mattox (CSC/GSFC), E.J. Schneid (Grumman)

Blazar observations by the CGRO/EGRET instrument have yielded variation timescales as short as a few days for changes of at least a factor of 2. Recent observational results, including searches for time variations in the spectral shapes, will be presented.

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