PKS 1502+106: a new and distant gamma-ray blazar in outburst discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

A. A. Abdo; Markus Ackermann; Marco Ajello; W. B. Atwood; Magnus Axelsson; Luca Baldini; Jean Ballet; Guido Barbiellini; D. Bastieri; B. M. Baughman; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; B. Berenji; E. D. Bloom; G. Bogaert; E. Bonamente; A. W. Borgland; J. Bregeon; A. Brez; M. Brigida; Pascal Bruel; T. H. Burnett; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; P. A. Caraveo; J. M. Casandjian; E. Cavazzuti; C. Cecchi; Ö. Çelik; A. Chekhtman; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; J. Cohen-Tanugi; J. Conrad; S. Cutini; C. D. Dermer; A. de Angelis; F. de Palma; S. W. Digel; E. Do Couto E Silva; P. S. Drell; R. Dubois; D. Dumora; C. Farnier; C. Favuzzi; S. J. Fegan; E. C. Ferrara; W. B. Focke; M. Frailis; L. Fuhrmann; Y. Fukazawa; S. Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; N. Gehrels; S. Germani; B. Giebels; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; M. Giroletti; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; I. A. Grenier; M.-H. Grondin; J. E. Grove; L. Guillemot; S. Guiriec; Y. Hanabata; A. K. Harding; M. Hayashida; E. Hays; R. E. Hughes; G. Jóhannesson; A. S. Johnson; R. P. Johnson; W. N. Johnson; M. Kadler; T. Kamae; H. Katagiri; J. Kataoka; M. Kerr; Jürgen Knödlseder; M. L. Kocian; F. Kuehn; M. Kuss; J. Lande; L. Latronico; M. Lemoine-Goumard; F. Longo; F. Loparco; B. Lott; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; G. M. Madejski; A. Makeev; M. Marelli; E. Massaro; W. Max-Moerbeck; M. N. Mazziotta; W. Mcconville; J. E. Mcenery; C. Meurer; P. F. Michelson; W. Mitthumsiri; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; C. Monte; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; P. L. Nolan; J. P. Norris; E. Nuss; T. Ohsugi; N. Omodei; E. Orlando; J. F. Ormes; M. Ozaki; D. Paneque; J. H. Panetta; D. Parent; V. Pavlidou; T. J. Pearson; V. Pelassa; M. Pepe; M. Pesce-Rollins; F. Piron; T.A. Porter; S. Rainò; R. Rando; M. Razzano; S. Razzaque; A. Readhead; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; T. Reposeur; J. L. Richards; S. Ritz; L. S. Rochester; A. Y. Rodriguez; R. W. Romani; M. Roth; F. Ryde; H. F.-W. Sadrozinski; D. Sanchez; A. Sander; P. M. Saz Parkinson; J. D. Scargle; C. Sgrò; M. S. Shaw; E. J. Siskind; David Stanley Smith; P. D. Smith; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; M. Stevenson; M. S. Strickman; D. J. Suson; H. Tajima; H. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; J. B. Thayer; J. G. Thayer; D. J. Thompson; L. Tibaldo; O. Tibolla; D. F. Torres; G. Tosti; A. Tramacere; P. Ubertini; Y. Uchiyama; T. L. Usher; V. Vasileiou; N. Vilchez; V. Vitale; A. P. Waite; P. Wang; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; H. Yasuda; T. Ylinen; J. A. Zensus; M. Ziegler; And E. Angelakis; T. Hovatta; E. Hoversten; Y. Ikejiri; K. S. Kawabata; Y.Y. Kovalev; Yu. A. Kovalev; T. P. Krichbaum; M. L. Lister; A. Lähteenmäki; N. Marchili; P. Ogle; C. Pagani; A. B. Pushkarev; K. Sakimoto; M. Sasada; M. Tornikoski; M. Uemura; M. Yamanaka; T. Yamashita

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PKS 1502+106: a new and distant gamma-ray blazar in outburst discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

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PKS 1502+106: a new and distant gamma-ray blazar in outburst discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

A. A. Abdo, Markus Ackermann, Marco Ajello, W. B. Atwood, Magnus Axelsson, Luca Baldini, Jean Ballet, Guido Barbiellini, D. Bastieri, B. M. Baughman, …

The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.710, pp.810-827

10/02/2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/810

Abstract

galaxies: active

galaxies: jets

gamma rays: general

quasars: general

quasars: individual (PKS 1502+106)

X-rays: galaxies

The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered a rapid (about 5 days duration), high-energy (E >100 MeV) gamma-ray outburst from a source identified with the blazar PKS 1502+106 (OR 103, S3 1502+10, z=1.839) starting on August 05, 2008 and followed by bright and variable flux over the next few months. Results on the gamma-ray localization and identification, as well as spectral and temporal behavior during the first months of the Fermi all-sky survey are reported here in conjunction with a multi-waveband characterization as a result of one of the first Fermi multi-frequency campaigns. The campaign included a Swift ToO (followed up by 16-day observations on August 07-22, MJD 54685-54700), VLBA (within the MOJAVE program), Owens Valley (OVRO) 40m, Effelsberg-100m, Metsahovi-14m, RATAN-600 and Kanata-Hiroshima radio/optical observations. Results from the analysis of archival observations by INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton and Spitzer space telescopes are reported for a more complete picture of this new gamma-ray blazar.

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Title: PKS 1502+106: a new and distant gamma-ray blazar in outburst discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope
Creators - without role: A. A. Abdo
Markus Ackermann - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Marco Ajello - Stanford University
W. B. Atwood
Magnus Axelsson - Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
Luca Baldini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Jean Ballet - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
Guido Barbiellini - University of Trieste
D. Bastieri - University of Padua
B. M. Baughman
K. Bechtol - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Bellazzini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
B. Berenji - Stanford University
E. D. Bloom
G. Bogaert - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
E. Bonamente - University of Perugia
A. W. Borgland
J. Bregeon - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
A. Brez - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. Brigida - Polytechnic University of Bari
Pascal Bruel - École Polytechnique
T. H. Burnett
G. A. Caliandro
R. A. Cameron
P. A. Caraveo - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
J. M. Casandjian - Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation
E. Cavazzuti - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
C. Cecchi - University of Perugia
Ö. Çelik - Goddard Space Flight Center
A. Chekhtman - United States Naval Research Laboratory
C. C. Cheung
J. Chiang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Ciprini - University of Perugia
R. Claus - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. Cohen-Tanugi - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
S. Cutini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
C. D. Dermer
A. de Angelis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
F. de Palma - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
S. W. Digel
E. Do Couto E Silva
P. S. Drell
R. Dubois - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
D. Dumora - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
C. Farnier - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
C. Favuzzi - Polytechnic University of Bari
S. J. Fegan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
E. C. Ferrara
W. B. Focke
M. Frailis - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
L. Fuhrmann - Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Y. Fukazawa - Hiroshima University
S. Funk - Stanford University
P. Fusco - Polytechnic University of Bari
F. Gargano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
D. Gasparrini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
N. Gehrels - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Germani - University of Perugia
B. Giebels - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
N. Giglietto - Polytechnic University of Bari
F. Giordano - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. Giroletti - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
T. Glanzman - Stanford University
G. Godfrey - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
I. A. Grenier
M.-H. Grondin - Université de Bordeaux
J. E. Grove
L. Guillemot - Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
S. Guiriec - University of Alabama in Huntsville
Y. Hanabata - Hiroshima University
A. K. Harding
M. Hayashida - Stanford University
E. Hays - Goddard Space Flight Center
R. E. Hughes
G. Jóhannesson - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. S. Johnson
R. P. Johnson
W. N. Johnson
M. Kadler - University of Bamberg
T. Kamae - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
H. Katagiri - Hiroshima University
J. Kataoka - Waseda University
M. Kerr - University of Washington
Jürgen Knödlseder - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
M. L. Kocian
F. Kuehn - The Ohio State University
M. Kuss - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
J. Lande - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
L. Latronico - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. Lemoine-Goumard - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
F. Longo - University of Trieste
F. Loparco - Polytechnic University of Bari
B. Lott - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
M. N. Lovellette
P. Lubrano - University of Perugia
G. M. Madejski
A. Makeev - United States Naval Research Laboratory
M. Marelli - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
E. Massaro - Sapienza University of Rome
W. Max-Moerbeck - California Institute of Technology
M. N. Mazziotta
W. Mcconville - Goddard Space Flight Center
J. E. Mcenery
C. Meurer - AlbaNova
P. F. Michelson
W. Mitthumsiri - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Mizuno - Hiroshima University
A. A. Moiseev
C. Monte - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. E. Monzani
A. Morselli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
I. V. Moskalenko
S. Murgia - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
P. L. Nolan
J. P. Norris
E. Nuss - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
T. Ohsugi - Hiroshima University
N. Omodei - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
E. Orlando - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
J. F. Ormes
M. Ozaki - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
D. Paneque - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. H. Panetta
D. Parent - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
V. Pavlidou - California Institute of Technology
T. J. Pearson
V. Pelassa - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
M. Pepe - University of Perugia
M. Pesce-Rollins - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
F. Piron - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules
T.A. Porter - University of California, Santa Cruz
S. Rainò - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. Rando - University of Padua
M. Razzano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
S. Razzaque - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
A. Readhead
A. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
O. Reimer - Universität Innsbruck
T. Reposeur - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
J. L. Richards
S. Ritz - University of California, Santa Cruz
L. S. Rochester
A. Y. Rodriguez
R. W. Romani
M. Roth - University of Washington
F. Ryde - KTH Royal Institute of Technology
H. F.-W. Sadrozinski
D. Sanchez - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
A. Sander - The Ohio State University
P. M. Saz Parkinson
J. D. Scargle
C. Sgrò - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. S. Shaw
E. J. Siskind
David Stanley Smith - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
P. D. Smith
G. Spandre - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
P. Spinelli - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. Stevenson - California Institute of Technology
M. S. Strickman
D. J. Suson
H. Tajima - Stanford University
H. Takahashi - Hiroshima University
T. Tanaka - Stanford University
J. B. Thayer
J. G. Thayer
D. J. Thompson
L. Tibaldo - University of Padua
O. Tibolla - Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
D. F. Torres
G. Tosti - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
A. Tramacere - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P. Ubertini
Y. Uchiyama - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. L. Usher
V. Vasileiou - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
N. Vilchez - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
V. Vitale - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
A. P. Waite
P. Wang - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
B. L. Winer
K. S. Wood
H. Yasuda - Hiroshima University
T. Ylinen - Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
J. A. Zensus
M. Ziegler - University of California, Santa Cruz
And E. Angelakis
T. Hovatta - Metsähallitus
E. Hoversten - Pennsylvania State University
Y. Ikejiri - Hiroshima University
K. S. Kawabata
Y.Y. Kovalev - Astro Space Center
Yu. A. Kovalev
T. P. Krichbaum
M. L. Lister
A. Lähteenmäki - Metsähallitus
N. Marchili - Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
P. Ogle - California Institute of Technology
C. Pagani - Pennsylvania State University
A. B. Pushkarev
K. Sakimoto - Hiroshima University
M. Sasada - Hiroshima University
M. Tornikoski - Metsähallitus
M. Uemura - Hiroshima University
M. Yamanaka - Hiroshima University
T. Yamashita - Hiroshima University
Publication Details: The Astrophysical Journal, Vol.710, pp.810-827
Identifiers: 9941289209311
Academic Unit: Université de Montpellier
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
Local Fields: in2p3-00460756