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在GASP-WEBT监测期间AGILE探测blazar PKS 1510-089的快速gamma-ray耀斑

AGILE detection of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the blazar PKS 1510-089 during the GASP-WEBT monitoring

F. D'Ammando, G. Pucella, C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, V. Vittorini, S. Vercellone, I. Donnarumma, F. Longo, M. Tavani, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, F. Boffelli, A. … 展开作者

F. D'Ammando, G. Pucella, C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, V. Vittorini, S. Vercellone, I. Donnarumma, F. Longo, M. Tavani, A. Argan, G. Barbiellini, F. Boffelli, A. Bulgarelli, P. Caraveo, P. W. Cattaneo, A. W. Chen, V. Cocco, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. De Paris, G. Di Cocco, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, A. Ferrari, M. Fiorini, T. Froysland, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, A. Giuliani, C. Labanti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari, M. Marisaldi, S. Mereghetti, A. Morselli, L. Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni, F. Perotti, G. Piano, P. Picozza, M. Pilia, M. Prest, M. Rapisarda, A. Rappoldi, S. Sabatini, P. Soffitta, M. Trifoglio, A. Trois, E. Vallazza, A. Zambra, D. Zanello, I. Agudo, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, A. A. Arkharov, U. Bach, E. Benitez, A. Berdyugin, D. A. Blinov, C. S. Buemi, W. P. Chen, A. Di Paola, G. Di Rico, D. Dultzin, L. Fuhrmann, J. L. Gomez, M. A. Gurwell, S. G. Jorstad, J. Heidt, D. Hiriart, H. Y. Hsiao, G. Kimeridze, T. S. Konstantinova, E. N. Kopatskaya, E. Koptelova, O. Kurtanidze, V. M. Larionov, P. Leto, E. Lindfors, J. M. Lopez, A. P. Marscher, I. M. McHardy, D. A. Melnichuk, M. Mommert, R. Mujica, K. Nilsson, M. Pasanen, M. Roca-Sogorb, M. Sorcia, L. O. Takalo, B. Taylor, C. Trigilio, I. S. Troitsky, G. Umana, L. A. Antonelli, S. Colafrancesco, S. Cutini, D. Gasparrini, C. Pittori, B. Preger, P. Santolamazza, F. Verrecchia, P. Giommi, L. Salotti

摘要:

我们报告的快速伽马射线耀斑的AGILE卫星探测到的强大的伽马射线类星体PKS 1510-089,在指向中心的银河系中心区域从2008年3月1日至3月30日。该源一直由全球Blazar望远镜(WEBT)的GLAST-AGILE支持计划(GASP)在无线电-光学波段进行连续监测。此外,伽马射线耀斑事件引发了Swift卫星从2008年3月20日开始连续三天的三次ToO观测。在2008年3月1日至16日期间,AGILE探测到PKS 1510-089的伽马射线发射,其显著性水平为6.2 sigma,整个期间的平均通量为(84 +/- 17)x 10^{-8}光子cm^{-2} s^{-1},光子能量超过100 MeV。在2008年3月17日至21日进行了预定义的卫星重新定位后,AGILE在7.3-sigma的显著性水平上检测到了该源,平均通量(E > 100 MeV)的(134 +/- 29)x 10^{-8}光子cm^{-2} s^{-1}和峰值水平(281 +/- 68)x 10^{-8}光子cm^{-2} s^{-1},每日积分。在2008年1月至4月的观测期间,该辐射源还显示出强烈和多变的光学活动,出现了几次耀斑,在毫米频率上观测到通量显著增加。此外,在X射线波段,Swift/XRT观测似乎显示了源光谱的更亮时更硬的行为。2008年3月中旬的光谱能量分布建模与一个均匀的单区同步自康普顿发射加上贡献的逆康普顿散射的外部光子从吸积盘和宽线区域。事实上,紫外光谱中的一些特征似乎表明存在类似塞弗特的成分,比如蓝色的小凸起和蓝色的大凸起。

英文摘要:

We report the detection by the AGILE satellite of a rapid gamma-ray flare from the powerful gamma-ray quasar PKS 1510-089, during a pointing centered on the Galactic Center region from 1 March to 30 March 2008. This source has been continuosly monitored in the radio-to-optical bands by the GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT). Moreover, the gamma-ray flaring episode triggered three ToO observations by the Swift satellite in three consecutive days, starting from 20 March 2008. In the period 1-16 March 2008, AGILE detected gamma-ray emission from PKS 1510-089 at a significance level of 6.2-sigma with an average flux over the entire period of (84 +/- 17) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} for photon energies above 100 MeV. After a predefined satellite re-pointing, between 17 and 21 March 2008, AGILE detected the source at a significance level of 7.3-sigma, with an average flux (E > 100 MeV) of (134 +/- 29) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} and a peak level of (281 +/- 68) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} with daily integration. During the observing period January-April 2008, the source also showed an intense and variable optical activity, with several flaring episodes and a significant increase of the flux was observed at millimetric frequencies. Moreover, in the X-ray band the Swift/XRT observations seem to show an harder-when-brighter behaviour of the source spectrum. The spectral energy distribution of mid-March 2008 is modelled with a homogeneous one-zone synchrotron self Compton emission plus contributions from inverse Compton scattering of external photons from both the accretion disc and the broad line region. Indeed, some features in the optical-UV spectrum seem to indicate the presence of Seyfert-like components, such as the little blue bump and the big blue bump.

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