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Title: The most powerful flaring activity from the NLSy1 PMN J0948+0022

Abstract

Here, we report on multifrequency observations performed during 2012 December–2013 August of the first narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy detected in γ-rays, PMN J0948+0022 (z = 0.5846). A γ-ray flare was observed by the Large Area Telescope on board Fermi during 2012 December–2013 January, reaching a daily peak flux in the 0.1–100 GeV energy range of (155 ± 31) × 10–8 ph cm–2 s–1 on 2013 January 1, corresponding to an apparent isotropic luminosity of ~1.5 × 1048 erg s–1. The γ-ray flaring period triggered Swift and Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) observations in addition to radio and optical monitoring by Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Monitoring Of Jets in Active galactic nuclei with VLBA Experiments, and Catalina Real-time Transient Survey. A strong flare was observed in optical, UV, and X-rays on 2012 December 30, quasi-simultaneously to the γ-ray flare, reaching a record flux for this source from optical to γ-rays. VERITAS observations at very high energy (E > 100 GeV) during 2013 January 6–17 resulted in an upper limit of F>0.2 TeV < 4.0 × 10–12 ph cm–2 s–1. We compared the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the flaring state in 2013 January with that of an intermediatemore » state observed in 2011. Here, the two SEDs, modelled as synchrotron emission and an external Compton scattering of seed photons from a dust torus, can be modelled by changing both the electron distribution parameters and the magnetic field.« less

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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Contributing Org.:
and the VERITAS Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1333000
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1355176
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 446; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0035-8711
Publisher:
Royal Astronomical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; galaxies: Seyfert; galaxies: active; galaxies: individual: PMN J0948+0022; galaxies: nuclei; gamma-rays: general

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D'Ammando, F., Orienti, M., Finke, J., Raiteri, C. M., Hovatta, T., Larsson, J., Max-Moerbeck, W., Perkins, J., Readhead, A. C. S., Richards, J. L., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berger, K., Bird, R., Bugaev, V., Cardenzana, J. V., Cerruti, M., Chen, X., Ciupik, L., Dickinson, H. J., Eisch, J. D., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gerard, L., Gillanders, G. H., Griffiths, S. T., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hakansson, N., Holder, J., Humensky, T. B., Kar, P., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krennrich, F., Kumar, S., Lang, M. J., Maier, G., McCann, A., Meagher, K., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., de Bhroithe, A. O., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Prokoph, H., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rousselle, J., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tucci, J. V., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B. The most powerful flaring activity from the NLSy1 PMN J0948+0022. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2251.
D'Ammando, F., Orienti, M., Finke, J., Raiteri, C. M., Hovatta, T., Larsson, J., Max-Moerbeck, W., Perkins, J., Readhead, A. C. S., Richards, J. L., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berger, K., Bird, R., Bugaev, V., Cardenzana, J. V., Cerruti, M., Chen, X., Ciupik, L., Dickinson, H. J., Eisch, J. D., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gerard, L., Gillanders, G. H., Griffiths, S. T., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hakansson, N., Holder, J., Humensky, T. B., Kar, P., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krennrich, F., Kumar, S., Lang, M. J., Maier, G., McCann, A., Meagher, K., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., de Bhroithe, A. O., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Prokoph, H., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rousselle, J., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tucci, J. V., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., & Zitzer, B. The most powerful flaring activity from the NLSy1 PMN J0948+0022. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2251
D'Ammando, F., Orienti, M., Finke, J., Raiteri, C. M., Hovatta, T., Larsson, J., Max-Moerbeck, W., Perkins, J., Readhead, A. C. S., Richards, J. L., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Berger, K., Bird, R., Bugaev, V., Cardenzana, J. V., Cerruti, M., Chen, X., Ciupik, L., Dickinson, H. J., Eisch, J. D., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gerard, L., Gillanders, G. H., Griffiths, S. T., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hakansson, N., Holder, J., Humensky, T. B., Kar, P., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krennrich, F., Kumar, S., Lang, M. J., Maier, G., McCann, A., Meagher, K., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., de Bhroithe, A. O., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Prokoph, H., Pueschel, E., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rousselle, J., Santander, M., Sembroski, G. H., Smith, A. W., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Tucci, J. V., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Wakely, S. P., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Williams, D. A., and Zitzer, B. 2014. "The most powerful flaring activity from the NLSy1 PMN J0948+0022". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2251. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1333000.
@article{osti_1333000,
title = {The most powerful flaring activity from the NLSy1 PMN J0948+0022},
author = {D'Ammando, F. and Orienti, M. and Finke, J. and Raiteri, C. M. and Hovatta, T. and Larsson, J. and Max-Moerbeck, W. and Perkins, J. and Readhead, A. C. S. and Richards, J. L. and Beilicke, M. and Benbow, W. and Berger, K. and Bird, R. and Bugaev, V. and Cardenzana, J. V. and Cerruti, M. and Chen, X. and Ciupik, L. and Dickinson, H. J. and Eisch, J. D. and Errando, M. and Falcone, A. and Finley, J. P. and Fleischhack, H. and Fortin, P. and Fortson, L. and Furniss, A. and Gerard, L. and Gillanders, G. H. and Griffiths, S. T. and Grube, J. and Gyuk, G. and Hakansson, N. and Holder, J. and Humensky, T. B. and Kar, P. and Kertzman, M. and Khassen, Y. and Kieda, D. and Krennrich, F. and Kumar, S. and Lang, M. J. and Maier, G. and McCann, A. and Meagher, K. and Moriarty, P. and Mukherjee, R. and Nieto, D. and de Bhroithe, A. O. and Ong, R. A. and Otte, A. N. and Pohl, M. and Popkow, A. and Prokoph, H. and Pueschel, E. and Quinn, J. and Ragan, K. and Reynolds, P. T. and Richards, G. T. and Roache, E. and Rousselle, J. and Santander, M. and Sembroski, G. H. and Smith, A. W. and Staszak, D. and Telezhinsky, I. and Tucci, J. V. and Tyler, J. and Varlotta, A. and Vassiliev, V. V. and Wakely, S. P. and Weinstein, A. and Welsing, R. and Williams, D. A. and Zitzer, B.},
abstractNote = {Here, we report on multifrequency observations performed during 2012 December–2013 August of the first narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy detected in γ-rays, PMN J0948+0022 (z = 0.5846). A γ-ray flare was observed by the Large Area Telescope on board Fermi during 2012 December–2013 January, reaching a daily peak flux in the 0.1–100 GeV energy range of (155 ± 31) × 10–8 ph cm–2 s–1 on 2013 January 1, corresponding to an apparent isotropic luminosity of ~1.5 × 1048 erg s–1. The γ-ray flaring period triggered Swift and Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) observations in addition to radio and optical monitoring by Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Monitoring Of Jets in Active galactic nuclei with VLBA Experiments, and Catalina Real-time Transient Survey. A strong flare was observed in optical, UV, and X-rays on 2012 December 30, quasi-simultaneously to the γ-ray flare, reaching a record flux for this source from optical to γ-rays. VERITAS observations at very high energy (E > 100 GeV) during 2013 January 6–17 resulted in an upper limit of F>0.2 TeV < 4.0 × 10–12 ph cm–2 s–1. We compared the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the flaring state in 2013 January with that of an intermediate state observed in 2011. Here, the two SEDs, modelled as synchrotron emission and an external Compton scattering of seed photons from a dust torus, can be modelled by changing both the electron distribution parameters and the magnetic field.},
doi = {10.1093/mnras/stu2251},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1333000}, journal = {Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society},
issn = {0035-8711},
number = 3,
volume = 446,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}

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