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揭示未确认的gamma-ray源的性质II:gamma-ray blazar候选者的无线电、红外和光学对应物

Unveiling the nature of the unidentified gamma-ray sources II: radio, infrared and optical counterparts of the gamma-ray blazar candidates

F. Massaro, R. D'Abrusco, A. Paggi, N. Masetti, M. Giroletti, G. Tosti, Howard A. Smith, S. Funk

摘要:

在第二个费米LAT目录(2FGL)中列出的高能伽马射线源中,有很大一部分(约30%)仍然来源不明,尚未与低能对应物相关联。我们最近开发了一种新的关联方法,以确定是否有一个伽玛射线blazar候选人的位置不确定性区域内的一个通用的2FGL源。这种方法完全基于这样的发现,即耀变体相对于其他河外源具有不同的红外颜色,这要归功于宽视场红外巡天探测器(WISE)的全天观测。几个改进也已进行,以提高我们的方法在识别伽玛射线blazar候选人的效率。在本文中,我们将我们的方法应用到两个不同的样本,第一个由未识别的伽马射线源(UGS),而第二个由不确定类型的活动星系(AGU),都在2FGL中列出。我们提出了一个目录的IR同行约20%的UGS调查。然后,我们还比较了我们的结果与文献中的相关来源。此外,我们说明了进行广泛的档案研究,以确定无线电,红外,光学和X射线对应的WISE选择,伽玛射线耀变体候选人。最后,我们讨论了未来的发展,我们的方法的基础上地基跟踪观测。

英文摘要:

A significant fraction (~30%) of the high-energy gamma-ray sources listed in the second Fermi LAT catalog (2FGL) are still of unknown origin, being not yet associated with counterparts at low energies. We recently developed a new association method to identify if there is a gamma-ray blazar candidate within the positional uncertainty region of a generic 2FGL source. This method is entirely based on the discovery that blazars have distinct infrared colors with respect to other extragalactic sources found thanks, to the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) all-sky observations. Several improvements have been also performed to increase the efficiency of our method in recognizing gamma-ray blazar candidates. In this paper we applied our method to two different samples, the first constituted by the unidentified gamma-ray sources (UGSs) while the second by the active galaxies of uncertain type (AGUs), both listed in the 2FGL. We present a catalog of IR counterparts for ~20% of the UGSs investigated. Then, we also compare our results on the associated sources with those present in literature. In addition, we illustrate the extensive archival research carried out to identify the radio, infrared, optical and X-ray counterparts of the WISE selected, gamma-ray blazar candidates. Finally, we discuss the future developments of our method based on ground-based follow-up observations.

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