2015ApJ...813L..41A

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2015ApJ...813L..41A - Astrophys. J., 813, L41 (2015/November-2)

Multiwavelength evidence for quasi-periodic modulation in the gamma-ray blazar PG 1553+113.

ACKERMANN M., AJELLO M., ALBERT A., ATWOOD W.B., BALDINI L., BALLET J., BARBIELLINI G., BASTIERI D., BECERRA GONZALEZ J., BELLAZZINI R., BISSALDI E., BLANDFORD R.D., BLOOM E.D., BONINO R., BOTTACINI E., BREGEON J., BRUEL P., BUEHLER R., BUSON S., CALIANDRO G.A., CAMERON R.A., CAPUTO R., CARAGIULO M., CARAVEO P.A., CAVAZZUTI E., CECCHI C., CHEKHTMAN A., CHIANG J., CHIARO G., CIPRINI S., COHEN-TANUGI J., CONRAD J., CUTINI S., D'AMMANDO F., DE ANGELIS A., DE PALMA F., DESIANTE R., DI VENERE L., DOMI'NGUEZ A., DRELL P.S., FAVUZZI C., FEGAN S.J., FERRARA E.C., FOCKE W.B., FUHRMANN L., FUKAZAWA Y., FUSCO P., GARGANO F., GASPARRINI D., GIGLIETTO N., GIOMMI P., GIORDANO F., GIROLETTI M., GODFREY G., GREEN D., GRENIER I.A., GROVE J.E., GUIRIEC S., HARDING A.K., HAYS E., HEWITT J.W., HILL A.B., HORAN D., JOGLER T., JOHANNESSON G., JOHNSON A.S., KAMAE T., KUSS M., LARSSON S., LATRONICO L., LI J., LI L., LONGO F., LOPARCO F., LOTT B., LOVELLETTE M.N., LUBRANO P., MAGILL J., MALDERA S., MANFREDA A., MAX-MOERBECK W., MAYER M., MAZZIOTTA M.N., McENERY J.E., MICHELSON P.F., MIZUNO T., MONZANI M.E., MORSELLI A., MOSKALENKO I.V., MURGIA S., NUSS E., OHNO M., OHSUGI T., OJHA R., OMODEI N., ORLANDO E., ORMES J.F., PANEQUE D., PEARSON T.J., PERKINS J.S., PERRI M., PESCE-ROLLINS M., PETROSIAN V., PIRON F., PIVATO G., PORTER T.A., RAINO S., RANDO R., RAZZANO M., READHEAD A., REIMER A., REIMER O., SCHULZ A., SGRO C., SISKIND E.J., SPADA F., SPANDRE G., SPINELLI P., SUSON D.J., TAKAHASHI H., THAYER J.B., THOMPSON D.J., TIBALDO L., TORRES D.F., TOSTI G., TROJA E., UCHIYAMA Y., VIANELLO G., WOOD K.S., WOOD M., ZIMMER S., BERDYUGIN A., CORBET R.H.D., HOVATTA T., LINDFORS E., NILSSON K., REINTHAL R., SILLANPAA A., STAMERRA A., TAKALO L.O. and VALTONEN M.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report for the first time a γ-ray and multiwavelength nearly periodic oscillation in an active galactic nucleus. Using the Fermi Large Area Telescope we have discovered an apparent quasi-periodicity in the γ-ray flux (E > 100 MeV) from the GeV/TeV BL Lac object PG 1553+113. The marginal significance of the 2.18±0.08 year period γ-ray cycle is strengthened by correlated oscillations observed in radio and optical fluxes, through data collected in the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Tuorla, Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope, and Catalina Sky Survey monitoring programs and Swift-UVOT. The optical cycle appearing in ∼10 years of data has a similar period, while the 15 GHz oscillation is less regular than seen in the other bands. Further long-term multiwavelength monitoring of this blazar may discriminate among the possible explanations for this quasi-periodicity.

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Journal keyword(s): accretion, accretion disks - BL Lacertae objects: general - BL Lacertae objects: individual: PG 1553+113 - galaxies: jets - gamma rays: galaxies - gamma rays: general

Simbad objects: 2

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Number of rows : 2
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 ICRF J135938.0+401138 Bla 13 59 38.09426177 +40 11 38.2506777     19.2 17.00   ~ 69 1
2 PG 1553+113 BLL 15 55 43.0440048528 +11 11 24.365649948 14.91 14.72 14.57 13.99   ~ 672 1

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