The 40m telescope in Owens Valley has embarked on a new research campaign. In support of the recently launched Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the 40m telescope is monitoring nearly 1200 blazars every two days.
The 40m measurements at 15GHz are to be compared to the Fermi gamma-ray measurements of the same sources. By looking for correlations in the variability, we hope to better understand the emission mechanisms at the hearts of Active Galactic Nuclei.
The Fermi-GST OVRO 40 M Telescope Flux Monitoring Programs is supported by NASA under award NNX08AW31G, and by the NSF under award 0808050.
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