Multiwavelength observations of the February 1996 high-energy flare in the blazar 3C 279

Wehrle, A. E.; Pian, E.; Urry, C. M.; Maraschi, L.; Ghisellini, G.; Hartman, R. C.; Madejski, G. M.; Makino, F.; Marscher, A. P.; McHardy, I. M.; Webb, J. R.; Aldering, G. S.; Aller, M. F.; Aller, H. D.; Backman, D. E.; Balonek, T. J.; Boltwood, P.; Bonnell, J.; Caplinger, J.; Celotti, A.; Collmar, W.; Dalton, J.; Drucker, A.; Falomo, R.; Fichtel, C. E.; Freudling, W.; Gear, W. K.; Gonzalez-Perez, N.; Hall, P.; Inoue, H.; Johnson, W. N.; Kidger, M. R.; Kollgaard, R. I.; Kondo, Y.; Kurfess, J.; Lawson, A. J.; McCollum, B.; McNaron-Brown, K.; Nair, D.; Penton, S.; Pesce, J. E.; Pohl, M.; Raiteri, C. M.; Renda, M.; Robson, E. I.; Sambruna, R. M.; Schirmer, A. F.; Shrader, C.; Sikora, M.; Sillanpää, A.; Smith, P. S.; Stevens, J. A.; Stocke, J.; Takalo, L. O.; Teräsranta, H.; Thompson, D. J.; Thompson, R.; Tornikoski, M.; Tosti, G.; Turcotte, P.; Treves, A.; Unwin, S. C.; Valtaoja, E.; Villata, M.; Wagner, S. J.; Xu, W.; Zook, A. C.
Bibliographical reference

The fourth compton symposium. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 410, pp. 1417-1422 (1997).

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1997
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67
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We report CGRO, RXTE, ASCA, ROSAT, IUE, HST and ground-based observations of a large flare in 3C 279 in February 1996. X-rays and γ-rays peaked simultaneously (within one day). We show simultaneous spectral energy distributions prior to and near the flare peak. The γ-ray flare was the brightest ever observed in this source.