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blazar 3C 454.3强gamma-ray耀斑的AGILE探测

AGILE detection of a strong gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 454.3

S. Vercellone, A. W. Chen, A. Giuliani, A. Bulgarelli, I. Donnarumma, I. Lapshov, M. Tavani, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, P. Caraveo, V. Cocco, E. Costa, F. D'Amma… 展开作者

S. Vercellone, A. W. Chen, A. Giuliani, A. Bulgarelli, I. Donnarumma, I. Lapshov, M. Tavani, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, P. Caraveo, V. Cocco, E. Costa, F. D'Ammando, E. Del Monte, G. De Paris, G. Di Cocco, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, M. Fiorini, T. Froysland, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, C. Labanti, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, F. Longo, M. Marisaldi, F. Mauri, S. Mereghetti, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, P. Picozza, M. Prest, G. Pucella, M. Rapisarda, P. Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, V. Vittorini, A. Zambra, D. Zanello, C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia, D. Gasparrini, S. Cutini, P. Giommi, L. A. Antonelli, S. Colafrancesco, L. Salotti

摘要:

我们报告的第一个耀变体检测的AGILE卫星。AGILE在2007年7月的一个强烈增强的光发射期间探测到3C 454.3。AGILE在2007年7月24日至30日期间使用其两个共同对准的成像仪,伽马射线成像探测器和硬X射线成像仪Super-AGILE,分别在30 MeV-50 GeV和18-60 keV范围内进行了专门的重新定位。在整个周期内,AGILE探测到3C 454.3的伽马射线发射,其显著性水平为13.8- $σ$,平均通量(E $>$ 100 MeV)为$(280 \pm 40) \times 10^{-8}$光子cm $^{-2}$ s $^{-1}$。伽马射线通量在观测结束时似乎是可变的。Super-AGILE在20-60 keV能量范围内未检测到发射,3- $σ$上限为$2.3 \times 10^{-3}$光子cm $^{-2}$ s $^{-1}$。AGILE探测到的3C 454.3的伽马射线通量水平是该类星体有史以来探测到的最高水平,也是平谱射电类星体有史以来探测到的最强伽马射线通量之一。

英文摘要:

We report the first blazar detection by the AGILE satellite. AGILE detected 3C 454.3 during a period of strongly enhanced optical emission in July 2007. AGILE observed the source with a dedicated repointing during the period 2007 July 24-30 with its two co-aligned imagers, the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector and the hard X-ray imager Super-AGILE sensitive in the 30 MeV-50 GeV and 18-60 keV, respectively. Over the entire period, AGILE detected gamma-ray emission from 3C 454.3 at a significance level of 13.8-$σ$ with an average flux (E$>$100 MeV) of $(280 \pm 40) \times 10^{-8}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. The gamma-ray flux appears to be variable towards the end of the observation. No emission was detected by Super-AGILE in the energy range 20-60 keV, with a 3-$σ$ upper limit of $2.3 \times 10^{-3}$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. The gamma-ray flux level of 3C 454.3 detected by AGILE is the highest ever detected for this quasar and among the most intense gamma-ray fluxes ever detected from Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars.

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