X-ray Emission Study of TeV Blazars
In this work, we present a systematic X-ray study of 85 TeV-detected blazars based on archival \emph{Swift}-XRT and \emph{NuSTAR} observations available up to May 2024. We derive unabsorbed X-ray fluxes and photon indices through spectral fitting, and investigate their light curves, spectral energy distributions, flux distributions, power spectral densities, and flux-index correlations. Using the fractional variability method, we identify 78 sources as variable in the soft X-ray band and 14 sources as variable in the hard X-ray band. For well-sampled soft X-ray light curves, the flux distributions are generally better described by log-normal functions, while the PSD slopes span $β_{\rm PSD}=0.1$--$1.6$, with most values between 1.0 and 1.6, where the PSD is defined as $P(f)\propto f^{-β_{\rm PSD}}$. We find positive correlations between TeV and X-ray luminosities, supporting a leptonic emission scenario. We also find a correlation between X-ray and disk luminosities, whereas no significant correlation is found between X-ray luminosity and black hole mass.
Authors
- Junhang Liu
- 景瑜 吴
- Hubing Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8244-1229)
- Jianzhen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1876-699X)
- Shangchun Xie
- Lili Yang
- Zhihao Ouyang
- Xuhong Ye
- Marina Manganaro
- Junhui Fan
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.37114
- Primary Topic
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- preprint