A statistical approach to the study of AGN emission versus activity (with the detailed analysis of Mrk421)

TL;DR

This paper introduces a statistically rigorous method for fitting synchrotron self-Compton models to multi-wavelength AGN data, demonstrated through a detailed analysis of the active galaxy Markarian 421.

Contribution

It presents new statistical techniques for modeling AGN emission, applied specifically to the well-studied source Markarian 421.

Findings

Successful application of the method to Mrk 421 data

Enhanced understanding of AGN emission mechanisms

Improved fitting accuracy for spectral energy distributions

Abstract

We discuss the theory and implementation of statistically rigorous fits to synchrotron self Compton models for datasets obtained from multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei spectral energy distributions. The methods and techniques that we present are, then, exemplified reporting on a recent study of a nearby and well observed extragalactic source, Markarian 421.