Preliminary Results of a Systematic Blazar Study with the BeppoSAX Wide Field Cameras
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Date Issued
2002-01-01
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Abstract
At the ASI Science Data Center (ASDC) we have started a systematic activity to process all public data in the BeppoSAX Wide Field Cameras (WFC) archive. To build a complete WFC results database, we have developed a standard procedure based on the latest WFC software release that produces spectra and light-curves of known and unidentified objects. Here we present preliminary results on 6 observations of 3 BL Lac objects (1ES 0033+595, Mkn421 and Mkn501). As part of a validation process of this standard procedure, we compared the Spectral Energy Distributions (SEDs) of the 3 BL Lacs with data obtained with the BeppoSAX Narrow Field Instruments (NFI) and from other archival data. We find that the WFC energy spectra are fully consistent with those of the NFI when the sources are in similar intensity states. These preliminary spectral results, and timing also show the typical high variability of these objects.