2011ApJ...736..131A


Query : 2011ApJ...736..131A

2011ApJ...736..131A - Astrophys. J., 736, 131 (2011/August-1)

Fermi large area telescope observations of Markarian 421: the missing piece of its spectral energy distribution.

ABDO A.A., ACKERMANN M., AJELLO M., BALDINI L., BALLET J., BARBIELLINI G., BASTIERI D., BECHTOL K., BELLAZZINI R., BERENJI B., BLANDFORD R.D., BLOOM E.D., BONAMENTE E., BORGLAND A.W., BOUVIER A., BREGEON J., BREZ A., BRIGIDA M., BRUEL P., BUEHLER R., BUSON S., CALIANDRO G.A., CAMERON R.A., CANNON A., CARAVEO P.A., CARRIGAN S., CASANDJIAN J.M., CAVAZZUTI E., CECCHI C., CELIK O., CHARLES E., CHEKHTMAN A., CHIANG J., CIPRINI S., CLAUS R., COHEN-TANUGI J., CONRAD J., CUTINI S., DE ANGELIS A., DE PALMA F., DERMER C.D., DO COUTO E SILVA E., DRELL P.S., DUBOIS R., DUMORA D., ESCANDE L., FAVUZZI C., FEGAN S.J., FINKE J., FOCKE W.B., FORTIN P., FRAILIS M., FUHRMANN L., FUKAZAWA Y., FUKUYAMA T., FUNK S., FUSCO P., GARGANO F., GASPARRINI D., GEHRELS N., GEORGANOPOULOS M., GERMANI S., GIEBELS B., GIGLIETTO N., GIOMMI P., GIORDANO F., GIROLETTI M., GLANZMAN T., GODFREY G., GRENIER I.A., GUIRIEC S., HADASCH D., HAYASHIDA M., HAYS E., HORAN D., HUGHES R.E., JOHANNESSON G., JOHNSON A.S., JOHNSON W.N., KADLER M., KAMAE T., KATAGIRI H., KATAOKA J., KNODLSEDER J., KUSS M., LANDE J., LATRONICO L., LEE S.-H., LONGO F., LOPARCO F., LOTT B., LOVELLETTE M.N., LUBRANO P., MADEJSKI G.M., MAKEEV A., MAX-MOERBECK W., MAZZIOTTA M.N., McENERY J.E., MEHAULT J., MICHELSON P.F., MITTHUMSIRI W., MIZUNO T., MONTE C., MONZANI M.E., MORSELLI A., MOSKALENKO I.V., MURGIA S., NAKAMORI T., NAUMANN-GODO M., NISHINO S., NOLAN P.L., NORRIS J.P., NUSS E., OHSUGI T., OKUMURA A., OMODEI N., ORLANDO E., ORMES J.F., OZAKI M., PANEQUE D., PANETTA J.H., PARENT D., PAVLIDOU V., PEARSON T.J., PELASSA V., PEPE M., PESCE-ROLLINS M., PIERBATTISTA M., PIRON F., PORTER T.A., RAINO S., RANDO R., RAZZANO M., READHEAD A., REIMER A., REIMER O., REYES L.C., RICHARDS J.L., RITZ S., ROTH M., SADROZINSKI H.F.-W., SANCHEZ D., SANDER A., SGRO C., SISKIND E.J., SMITH P.D., SPANDRE G., SPINELLI P., STAWARZ L., STEVENSON M., STRICKMAN M.S., SUSON D.J., TAKAHASHI H., TAKAHASHI T., TANAKA T., THAYER J.G., THAYER J.B., THOMPSON D.J., TIBALDO L., TORRES D.F., TOSTI G., TRAMACERE A., TROJA E., USHER T.L., VANDENBROUCKE J., VASILEIOU V., VIANELLO G., VILCHEZ N., VITALE V., WAITE A.P., WANG P., WEHRLE A.E., WINER B.L., WOOD K.S., YANG Z., YATSU Y., YLINEN T., ZENSUS J.A., ZIEGLER M. (The Fermi-LAT Collaboration), ALEKSIC J., ANTONELLI L.A., ANTORANZ P., BACKES M., BARRIO J.A., BECERRA GONZALEZ J., BEDNAREK W., BERDYUGIN A., BERGER K., BERNARDINI E., BILAND A., BLANCH O., BOCK R.K., BOLLER A., BONNOLI G., BORDAS P., BORLA TRIDON D., BOSCH-RAMON V., BOSE D., BRAUN I., BRETZ T., CAMARA M., CARMONA E., CAROSI A., COLIN P., COLOMBO E., CONTRERAS J.L., CORTINA J., COVINO S., DAZZI F., DE ANGELIS A., DE CEA DEL POZO E., DELGADO MENDEZ C., DE LOTTO B., DE MARIA M., DE SABATA F., DIAGO ORTEGA A., DOERT M., DOMINGUEZ A., DOMINIS PRESTER D., DORNER D., DORO M., ELSAESSER D., FERENC D., FONSECA M.V., FONT L., GARCIA LOPEZ R.J., GARCZARCZYK M., GAUG M., GIAVITTO G., GODINOVIC N., HADASCH D., HERRERO A., HILDEBRAND D., HOHNE-MONCH D., HOSE J., HRUPEC D., JOGLER T., KLEPSER S., KRAHENBUHL T., KRANICH D., KRAUSE J., LA BARBERA A., LEONARDO E., LINDFORS E., LOMBARDI S., LOPEZ M., LORENZ E., MAJUMDAR P., MAKARIEV E., MANEVA G., MANKUZHIYIL N., MANNHEIM K., MARASCHI L., MARIOTTI M., MARTINEZ M., MAZIN D., MEUCCI M., MIRANDA J.M., MIRZOYAN R., MIYAMOTO H., MOLDON J., MORALEJO A., NIETO D., NILSSON K., ORITO R., OYA I., PAOLETTI R., PAREDES J.M., PARTINI S., PASANEN M., PAUSS F., PEGNA R.G., PEREZ-TORRES M.A., PERSIC M., PERUZZO J., POCHON J., PRADA F., PRADA MORONI P.G., PRANDINI E., PUCHADES N., PULJAK I., REICHARDT T., RHODE W., RIBO M., RICO J., RISSI M., RUGAMER S., SAGGION A., SAITO K., SAITO T.Y., SALVATI M., SANCHEZ-CONDE M., SATALECKA K., SCALZOTTO V., SCAPIN V., SCHULTZ C., SCHWEIZER T., SHAYDUK M., SHORE S.N., SIERPOWSKA-BARTOSIK A., SILLANPAA A., SITAREK J., SOBCZYNSKA D., SPANIER F., SPIRO S., STAMERRA A., STEINKE B., STORZ J., STRAH N., STRUEBIG J.C., SURIC T., TAKALO L.O., TAVECCHIO F., TEMNIKOV P., TERZIC T., TESCARO D., TESHIMA M., VANKOV H., WAGNER R.M., WEITZEL Q., ZABALZA V., ZANDANEL F., ZANIN R. (The MAGIC Collaboration), VILLATA M., RAITERI C., ALLER H.D., ALLER M.F., CHEN W.P., JORDAN B., KOPTELOVA E., KURTANIDZE O.M., LAHTEENMAKI A., McBREEN B., LARIONOV V.M., LIN C.S., NIKOLASHVILI M.G., REINTHAL R., ANGELAKIS E., CAPALBI M., CARRAMINANA A., CARRASCO L., CASSARO P., CESARINI A., FALCONE A., GURWELL M.A., HOVATTA T., KOVALEV Yu.A., KOVALEV Y.Y., KRICHBAUM T.P., KRIMM H.A., LISTER M.L., MOODY J.W., MACCAFERRI G., MORI Y., NESTORAS I., ORLATI A., PACE C., PAGANI C., PEARSON R., PERRI M., PINER B.G., ROS E., SADUN A.C., SAKAMOTO T., TAMMI J. and ZOOK A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on the γ-ray activity of the high-synchrotron-peaked BL Lacertae object Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) during the first 1.5 years of Fermi operation, from 2008 August 5 to 2010 March 12. We find that the Large Area Telescope (LAT) γ-ray spectrum above 0.3 GeV can be well described by a power-law function with photon index Γ = 1.78±0.02 and average photon flux F(> 0.3 GeV) = (7.23±0.16)x10–8 ph/cm2/s. Over this time period, the Fermi-LAT spectrum above 0.3 GeV was evaluated on seven-day-long time intervals, showing significant variations in the photon flux (up to a factor ∼3 from the minimum to the maximum flux) but mild spectral variations. The variability amplitude at X-ray frequencies measured by RXTE/ASM and Swift/BAT is substantially larger than that in γ-rays measured by Fermi-LAT, and these two energy ranges are not significantly correlated. We also present the first results from the 4.5 month long multifrequency campaign on Mrk 421, which included the VLBA, Swift, RXTE, MAGIC, the F-GAMMA, GASP-WEBT, and other collaborations and instruments that provided excellent temporal and energy coverage of the source throughout the entire campaign (2009 January 19 to 2009 June 1). During this campaign, Mrk 421 showed a low activity at all wavebands. The extensive multi-instrument (radio to TeV) data set provides an unprecedented, complete look at the quiescent spectral energy distribution (SED) for this source. The broadband SED was reproduced with a leptonic (one-zone synchrotron self-Compton) and a hadronic model (synchrotron proton blazar). Both frameworks are able to describe the average SED reasonably well, implying comparable jet powers but very different characteristics for the blazar emission site.

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Journal keyword(s): acceleration of particles - BL Lacertae objects: general - BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mrk 421 - galaxies: active - gamma rays: general - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal

Simbad objects: 3

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Number of rows : 3
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1 Z 184-50 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2841 1
2 Z 225-7 BLL 16 53 52.21668403 +39 45 36.6088754 14.09 14.15 13.29 8.26   ~ 2304 2
3 3C 454.3 Bla 22 53 57.7480438728 +16 08 53.561508864   16.57 16.10 15.22   ~ 3004 2

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