2008ApJ...676L..13V

Query : 2008ApJ...676L..13V

2008ApJ...676L..13V - Astrophys. J., 676, L13-L16 (2008/March-3)

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

VERCELLONE S., CHEN A.W., GIULIANI A., BULGARELLI A., DONNARUMMA I., LAPSHOV I., TAVANI M., ARGAN A., BARBIELLINI G., CARAVEO P., COCCO V., COSTA E., D'AMMANDO F., DEL MONTE E., DE PARIS G., DI COCCO G., EVANGELISTA Y., FEROCI M., FIORINI M., FROYSLAND T., FUSCHINO F., GALLI M., GIANOTTI F., LABANTI C., LAZZAROTTO F., LIPARI P., LONGO F., MARISALDI M., MAURI F., MEREGHETTI S., MORSELLI A., PACCIANI L., PELLIZZONI A., PEROTTI F., PICOZZA P., PREST M., PUCELLA G., RAPISARDA M., SOFFITTA P., TRIFOGLIO M., TROIS A., VALLAZZA E., VITTORINI V., ZAMBRA A., ZANELLO D., PITTORI C., VERRECCHIA F., GASPARRINI D., CUTINI S., GIOMMI P., ANTONELLI L.A., COLAFRANCESCO S. and SALOTTI L.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the first blazar detection by AGILE. AGILE detected 3C 454.3 during a period of strongly enhanced optical emission in 2007 July. 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 to 50 GeV and 18-60 keV ranges, respectively. Over the entire period, AGILE detected γ-ray emission from 3C 454.3 at a significance level of 13.8 σ with an average flux (E>100 MeV) of (280±40)x10–8 photons/cm2/s. The γ-ray flux appears to be variable toward 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 2.3x10–3 photons/cm2/s. The γ-ray flux level of 3C 454.3 detected by AGILE is the highest ever detected for this quasar and among the most intense γ-ray fluxes ever detected from flat-spectrum radio quasars.

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Journal keyword(s): Gamma Rays: Observations - Galaxies: Quasars: Individual: Alphanumeric: 3C 454.3

Simbad objects: 6

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Number of rows : 6
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 QSO B0208-512 BLL 02 10 46.2004407600 -51 01 01.893013392   17.10 16.93 14.82   ~ 485 1
2 QSO J0530+13 Bla 05 30 56.41674741 +13 31 55.1494688     20.00 19.35   ~ 1004 1
3 NAME Vela Pulsar Psr 08 35 20.65525 -45 10 35.1545     15.10     ~ 2446 1
4 3C 279 Bla 12 56 11.16657958 -05 47 21.5251510   18.01 17.75 15.87   ~ 3205 2
5 QSO J1626-2951 Bla 16 26 06.02084013 -29 51 26.9712990   18.41 20.5 17.6   ~ 452 1
6 3C 454.3 Bla 22 53 57.7480438728 +16 08 53.561508864   16.57 16.10 15.22   ~ 3004 2

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