{
  "id": "1503.04863",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-03-16T21:33:12.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-03-16T21:33:12.000Z",
  "title": "Multi-frequency, multi-messenger astrophysics with Swift. The case of blazars",
  "authors": [
    "Paolo Giommi"
  ],
  "comment": "7 pages 10 figures, submitted to the Journal of High Energy Astrophysics for the dedicated issue: \"Swift: Ten Years of Discovery\"",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "During its first 10 years of orbital operations Swift dedicated approximately 11% of its observing time to blazars, carrying out more than 12,000 observations of ~1,600 different objects, for a total exposure time of over 25 million seconds. This is probably the largest contribution to multi-frequency (optical, UV, soft and hard X-rays) and multi-temporal data archives about this type of sources. In this paper I briefly discuss the impact that Swift is having on blazar multi-frequency and time-domain astrophysics, as well as how it is contributing to the opening of the era of multi-messenger astronomy. Finally, I present some preliminary results from a systematic analysis of a very large number of Swift XRT observations of blazars. All the \"science ready\" data products that are being generated by this project will be publicly released. Specifically, deconvolved X-ray spectra and best fit spectral parameters will be available through the ASDC \"SED builder\" tool (https://tools.asdc.asi.it/SED) and by means of interactive tables (http://www.asdc.asi.it/xrtspectra). Innovative data visualisation methods (see e.g. http://youtu.be/nAZYcXcUGW8) are being developed to help exploiting this new large data set as well as data form other multi-frequency archives.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-03-16T21:33:12.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "multi-messenger astrophysics",
      "multi-frequency",
      "best fit spectral parameters",
      "total exposure time",
      "innovative data visualisation methods"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1016/j.jheap.2015.06.001"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 7,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1353082
    }
  }
}