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费米大面积望远镜全天巡天前三个月的明亮AGN源列表

Bright AGN Source List from the First Three Months of the Fermi Large Area Telescope All-Sky Survey

A. A. Abdo

摘要:

费米伽马射线太空望远镜(Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope,LAT)进行的前三个月的巡天观测显示,在|b| >10度处有132个亮源,检验统计量大于100(相当于约10 sigma)。两种方法,基于CGRaBS,CRATES和BZCat目录,表明高置信度协会的106个这些来源与已知的活动星系核。这个样本被称为LAT明亮AGN样本(LBAS)。它包含两个射电星系,即Centaurus A和NGC 1275,以及104个耀变体,其中包括57个平谱射电类星体(FSRQ)、42个BL Lac天体和5个分类不确定的耀变体。在LAT探测的基础上发现了四个新的耀变体。值得注意的是,LBAS包括10个高能量峰值BL Lac(HBL),这些来源到目前为止在GeV范围内难以检测。另外10个较低的置信度协会被发现。只有33个源,加上两个在|b| >10度,以前被检测到与EGRET,可能是由于这些源的变量性质。对LBAS源的γ射线性质的分析表明,BL Lac天体的平均GeV能谱比FSRQ的能谱硬得多。没有观察到无线电和峰值伽马射线通量之间的显着相关性。构造了Blazar log N-log S函数和光度函数,研究了不同Blazar类的演化,FSRQs的演化为正,而BLLacs的演化为零。估计了LAT-blazar对河外γ射线总强度的贡献。

英文摘要:

The first three months of sky-survey operation with the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope (Fermi) Large Area Telescope (LAT) reveals 132 bright sources at |b|>10 deg with test statistic greater than 100 (corresponding to about 10 sigma). Two methods, based on the CGRaBS, CRATES and BZCat catalogs, indicate high-confidence associations of 106 of these sources with known AGNs. This sample is referred to as the LAT Bright AGN Sample (LBAS). It contains two radio galaxies, namely Centaurus A and NGC 1275, and 104 blazars consisting of 57 flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs), 42 BL Lac objects, and 5 blazars with uncertain classification. Four new blazars were discovered on the basis of the LAT detections. Remarkably, the LBAS includes 10 high-energy peaked BL Lacs (HBLs), sources which were so far hard to detect in the GeV range. Another 10 lower-confidence associations are found. Only thirty three of the sources, plus two at |b|>10 deg, were previously detected with EGRET, probably due to the variable nature of these sources. The analysis of the gamma-ray properties of the LBAS sources reveals that the average GeV spectra of BL Lac objects are significantly harder than the spectra of FSRQs. No significant correlation between radio and peak gamma-ray fluxes is observed. Blazar log N - log S and luminosity functions are constructed to investigate the evolution of the different blazar classes, with positive evolution indicated for FSRQs but none for BLLacs. The contribution of LAT-blazars to the total extragalactic gamma-ray intensity is estimated.

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