Cherenkov and Jansky: Our Understanding of AGN at the Highest Energies

TL;DR

This paper reviews the insights gained from multiwavelength campaigns on misaligned blazars, highlighting their role in understanding AGN jet structures and emission processes at very high energies.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of recent observations and interpretations of three VHE misaligned blazars, emphasizing their importance in AGN research.

Findings

Misaligned blazars offer unique insights into AGN jet substructure.

Multiwavelength campaigns have advanced understanding of non-thermal emission.

VHE observations of misaligned blazars are crucial for AGN models.

Abstract

Misaligned blazars have been the subject of some of the most successful radio and gamma-ray multiwavelength campaigns. These campaigns have included many of the major ground and space based gamma-ray telescopes and span decades of energy. Even though misaligned blazars account for only a small number of the total AGN detected at VHE, they provide a unique view on the AGN population. By viewing blazars at larger angles to our line of sight, they become a unique laboratory for the study of AGN jet substructure and the morphology of non-thermal emission processes. This contribution will discuss our understanding of three VHE misaligned blazars.