Led by Dr. Daryl Macomb at Boise State, this group will conduct photometric monitoring of variable sources that are bright sources of X-ray and gamma-ray emission, mainly accreting binaries and blazar-type active galactic nuclei. The multi-wavelength correlation between optical and higher-energy radiation from such systems is an important tool for understanding the accretion processes in binaries and the variability of the relativistic jets responsible for blazar spectra.
