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2009ApJ...694..294W - Astrophys. J., 694, 294-301 (2009/March-3)

Suzaku observations of the extreme MeV blazar Swift J0746.3+2548.

WATANABE S., SATO R., TAKAHASHI T., KATAOKA J., MADEJSKI G., SIKORA M., TAVECCHIO F., SAMBRUNA R., ROMANI R., EDWARDS P.G. and PURSIMO T.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the Suzaku observations of the high luminosity blazar SWIFT J0746.3+2548 (J0746) conducted in 2005 November. This object, which, with z = 2.979, is the highest redshift source observed in the Suzaku Guaranteed Time Observer period, is likely to show high gamma-ray flux peaking in the MeV range. As a result of the good photon statistics and high signal-to-noise ratio spectrum, the Suzaku observation clearly confirms that J0746 has an extremely hard spectrum in the energy range of 0.3-24 keV, which is well represented by a single power-law with a photon index of Γph≃ 1.17 and Galactic absorption. The multiwavelength spectral energy distribution of J0746 shows two continuum components, and is well modeled assuming that the high-energy spectral component results from Comptonization of the broad-line region photons. In this paper, we search for the bulk Compton spectral features predicted to be produced in the soft X-ray band by scattering external optical/UV photons by cold electrons in a relativistic jet. We discuss and provide constraints on the pair content resulting from the apparent absence of such features.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - quasars: individual: J0746.3+2548 - X-rays: galaxies

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