2021A&A...647A.163M

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2021A&A...647A.163M - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 647A163-163 (2021/3-1)

VHE gamma-ray detection of FSRQ QSO B1420+326 and modeling of its enhanced broadband state in 2020.

MAGIC COLLABORATION, ACCIARI V.A., ANSOLDI S., ANTONELLI L.A., ARBET ENGELS A., ARTERO M., ASANO K., BAACK D., BABIC A., BAQUERO A., BARRES DE ALMEIDA U., BARRIO J.A., BECERRA GONZALEZ J., BEDNAREK W., BELLIZZI L., BERNARDINI E., BERNARDOS M., BERTI A., BESENRIEDER J., BHATTACHARYYA W., BIGONGIARI C., BILAND A., BLANCH O., BONNOLI G., BOSNJAK Z., BUSETTO G., CAROSI R., CERIBELLA G., CERRUTI M., CHAI Y., CHILINGARIAN A., CIKOTA S., COLAK S.M., COLOMBO E., CONTRERAS J.L., CORTINA J., COVINO S., D'AMICO G., D'ELIA V., DA VELA P., DAZZI F., DE ANGELIS A., DE LOTTO B., DELFINO M., DELGADO J., DELGADO MENDEZ C., DEPAOLI D., DI PIERRO F., DI VENERE L., DO SOUTO ESPINEIRA E., DOMINIS PRESTER D., DONINI A., DORNER D., DORO M., ELSAESSER D., FALLAH RAMAZANI V., FATTORINI A., FERRARA G., FOFFANO L., FONSECA M.V., FONT L., FRUCK C., FUKAMI S., GARCIA LOPEZ R.J., GARCZARCZYK M., GASPARYAN S., GAUG M., GIGLIETTO N., GIORDANO F., GLIWNY P., GODINOVIC N., GREEN J.G., GREEN D., HADASCH D., HAHN A., HECKMANN L., HERRERA J., HOANG J., HRUPEC D., HUTTEN M., INADA T., INOUE S., ISHIO K., IWAMURA Y., JORMANAINEN J., JOUVIN L., KAJIWARA Y., KARJALAINEN M., KERSZBERG D., KOBAYASHI Y., KUBO H., KUSHIDA J., LAMASTRA A., LELAS D., LEONE F., LINDFORS E., LOMBARDI S., LONGO F., LOPEZ-COTO R., LOPEZ-MOYA M., LOPEZ-ORAMAS A., LOPORCHIO S., MACHADO DE OLIVEIRA FRAGA B., MAGGIO C., MAJUMDAR P., MAKARIEV M., MALLAMACI M., MANEVA G., MANGANARO M., MANNHEIM K., MARASCHI L., MARIOTTI M., MARTINEZ M., MAZIN D., MENDER S., MICANOVIC S., MICELI D., MIENER T., MINEV M., MIRANDA J.M., MIRZOYAN R., MOLINA E., MORALEJO A., MORCUENDE D., MORENO V., MORETTI E., NEUSTROEV V., NIGRO C., NILSSON K., NINCI D., NISHIJIMA K., NODA K., NOZAKI S., OHTANI Y., OKA T., OTERO-SANTOS J., PAIANO S., PALATIELLO M., PANEQUE D., PAOLETTI R., PAREDES J.M., PAVLETIC L., PENIL P., PERENNES C., PERSIC M., PRADA MORONI P.G., PRANDINI E., PRIYADARSHI C., PULJAK I., RHODE W., RIBO M., RICO J., RIGHI C., RUGLIANCICH A., SAHA L., SAHAKYAN N., SAITO T., SAKURAI S., SATALECKA K., SATURNI F.G., SCHLEICHER B., SCHMIDT K., SCHWEIZER T., SITAREK J., SNIDARIC I., SOBCZYNSKA D., SPOLON A., STAMERRA A., STROM D., STRZYS M., SUDA Y., SURIC T., TAKAHASHI M., TAVECCHIO F., TEMNIKOV P., TERZIC T., TESHIMA M., TORRES-ALBA N., TOSTI L., TRUZZI S., TUTONE A., VAN SCHERPENBERG J., VANZO G., VAZQUEZ ACOSTA M., VENTURA S., VERGUILOV V., VIGORITO C.F., VITALE V., VOVK I., WILL M., ZARIC D., ANGIONI R., D'AMMANDO F., CIPRINI S., CHEUNG C.C., ORIENTI M., PACCIANI L., PRAJAPATI P., KUMAR P., GANESH S., MINEV M., KURTENKOV A., MARCHINI A., CARRASCO L., ESCOBEDO G., PORRAS A., RECILLAS E., LAHTEENMAKI A., TORNIKOSKI M., BERTON M., TAMMI J., VERA R.J.C., JORSTAD S.G., MARSCHER A.P., WEAVER Z.R., HART M., HALLUM M.K., LARIONOV V.M., BORMAN G.A., GRISHINA T.S., KOPATSKAYA E.N., LARIONOVA E.G., NIKIFOROVA A.A., MOROZOVA D.A., SAVCHENKO S.S., TROITSKAYA Y.V., TROITSKY I.S., VASILYEV A.A., HODGES M., HOVATTA T., KIEHLMANN S., MAX-MOERBECK W., READHEAD A.C.S., REEVES R. and PEARSON T.J.

Abstract (from CDS):


Context. QSO B1420+326 is a blazar classified as a flat-spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ). At the beginning of the year 2020, it was found to be in an enhanced flux state and an extensive multiwavelength campaign allowed us to trace the evolution of the flare.
Aims. We search for very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from QSO B1420+326 during this flaring state. We aim to characterize and model the broadband emission of the source over different phases of the flare.
Methods. The source was observed with a number of instruments in radio, near-infrared, optical (including polarimetry and spectroscopy), ultraviolet, X-ray, and gamma-ray bands. We use dedicated optical spectroscopy results to estimate the accretion disk and the dust torus luminosity. We performed spectral energy distribution modeling in the framework of combined synchrotron-self-Compton and external Compton scenario in which the electron energy distribution is partially determined from acceleration and cooling processes.
Results. During the enhanced state, the flux of both SED components of QSO B1420+326 drastically increased and the peaks were shifted to higher energies. Follow-up observations with the MAGIC telescopes led to the detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from this source, making it one of only a handful of FSRQs known in this energy range. Modeling allows us to constrain the evolution of the magnetic field and electron energy distribution in the emission region. The gamma-ray flare was accompanied by a rotation of the optical polarization vector during a low -polarization state. Also, a new superluminal radio knot contemporaneously appeared in the radio image of the jet. The optical spectroscopy shows a prominent FeII bump with flux evolving together with the continuum emission and a MgII line with varying equivalent width.

Abstract Copyright: © ESO 2021

Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: galaxies - galaxies: jets - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - quasars: individual: QSO B1420+326

Simbad objects: 16

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Number of rows : 16
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 NGC 1275 Bla 03 19 48.1599902040 +41 30 42.108850836   13.10 12.48 11.09   ~ 4243 3
2 QSO B0346-279 Bla 03 48 38.14457039 -27 49 13.5657855   20.08 18.63 17.72   ~ 219 1
3 QSO B0736+01 Bla 07 39 18.03389906 +01 37 04.6177501   16.90 16.47 16.19   ~ 738 1
4 4C 01.28 BLL 10 58 29.60520810 +01 33 58.8237454   18.74 18.28 16.68   ~ 828 2
5 LB 2136 Bla 11 53 24.46663994 +49 31 08.8301372   17.94 17.66     ~ 529 1
6 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7815 3
7 3C 279 Bla 12 56 11.16657958 -05 47 21.5251510   18.01 17.75 15.87   ~ 3205 2
8 US 371 BLL 13 10 28.66385420 +32 20 43.7828340   15.61 15.24 17.91   ~ 917 1
9 6C 142016+323628 Bla 14 22 30.3788624376 +32 23 10.440862980   19.33 19.16 19.11   ~ 196 1
10 HD 126944 Em* 14 27 45.2955850848 +32 57 02.871283176   8.890 8.64     A3 24 0
11 7C 1441+2514 Bla 14 43 56.89220390 +25 01 44.4907165   19.5   19.7   ~ 179 1
12 QSO J1512-0906 Bla 15 12 50.53293048 -09 05 59.8297908   16.74 16.54     ~ 1409 1
13 3C 345 Bla 16 42 58.80997043 +39 48 36.9939552   16.81 16.59 16.84   ~ 1808 3
14 DR 21 SFR 20 39 01.6 +42 19 38           O4.5 1121 0
15 NGC 7027 PN 21 07 01.571952 +42 14 10.47120   10.358 8.831 10.157   ~ 2541 1
16 QSO J2345-1555 BLL 23 45 12.4622049264 -15 55 07.836801888   19.21   18.48   ~ 202 1

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