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Variability Studies Of Multi-Wavelength Data From Gamma-Ray Blazars Mrk 421 And Mrk 501, Brandon Becker
Variability Studies Of Multi-Wavelength Data From Gamma-Ray Blazars Mrk 421 And Mrk 501, Brandon Becker
Physics
In this thesis we take astronomical multi-wavelength data from nearby blazars Markarian 421 and Markarian 501 and perform computational analysis and correlative studies to determine any possible time lag across different bands of our targets as well as to measure the statistical significance of this calculated result. The data was taken over the interval of December 2010 to May 2012 from multiple instruments spanning a broad range of wavelengths. We used the Discrete Correlation Function (DCF) to determine the time lag factor across data set pairs, focusing on X-ray and Very-High-Energy (VHE; >100 GeV) data. To establish the significance of …