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The first gamma-ray outburst of a narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy: The case of PMNJ0948+0022 in 2010 July

  • L. Foschini
  • , G. Ghisellini
  • , Y. Y. Kovalev
  • , M. L. Lister
  • , F. D'Ammando
  • , D. J. Thompson
  • , A. Tramacere
  • , E. Angelakis
  • , D. Donato
  • , A. Falcone
  • , L. Fuhrmann
  • , M. Hauser
  • , Yu A. Kovalev
  • , K. Mannheim
  • , L. Maraschi
  • , W. Max-Moerbeck
  • , I. Nestoras
  • , V. Pavlidou
  • , T. J. Pearson
  • , A. B. Pushkarev
  • A. C.S. Readhead, J. L. Richards, M. A. Stevenson, G. Tagliaferri, O. Tibolla, F. Tavecchio, S. Wagner

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Abstract

We report on a multiwavelength campaign for the radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy PMNJ0948+0022 (z= 0.5846) performed in 2010 July-September and triggered by a high-energy γ-ray outburst observed by the Large Area Telescope onboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The peak flux in the 0.1-100 GeV energy band exceeded, for the first time in this type of source, the value of ~10-6 photon cm-2s-1, corresponding to an observed luminosity of ~1048ergs-1. Although the source was too close to the Sun position to organize a densely sampled follow-up, it was possible to gather some multiwavelength data that confirmed the state of high activity across the sampled electromagnetic spectrum. The comparison of the spectral energy distribution of the NLS1 PMNJ0948+0022 with that of a typical blazar - such as 3C273 - shows that the power emitted at γ-rays is extreme.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1671-1677
Number of pages7
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume413
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

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