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2009MNRAS.397L..55B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 397, L55-L59 (2009/July-3)

On the identification of the Fermi/LAT source 0FGL J2001.0+4352 with a BL Lac.

BASSANI L., LANDI R., MASETTI N., PARISI P., BAZZANO A. and UBERTINI P.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on the identification of the gamma-ray source 0FGL J20001.0+4352 listed in the Fermi bright source catalogue. This object, which has an observed 1-100 GeV flux of (7.8±1.2)x10–9ph/cm2/s and is located close to the Galactic plane, is not associated with any previously known high-energy source. We use archival XMM-Newton and Swift/X-ray Telescope (XRT) data to localize with arcsec accuracy the X-ray counterpart of this GeV emitter and to characterize its X-ray properties: the source is bright (the 0.2-12 keV flux is 1.9x10–12erg/cm2/s), variable (by a factor of ∼2) and with a steep power-law spectrum (Γ = 2.7). It coincides with a radio bright (∼200mJy at 8.4GHz) and flat spectrum object [MG4 J200112+4352 in NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED)]. Broad-band optical photometry of this source suggests variability also in this waveband, while a spectroscopic follow-up observation provides the first source classification as a BL Lac object. The source SED, as well as the overall characteristics and optical classification, point to a high frequency peaked blazar identification for 0FGL J2001.0+4352.

Abstract Copyright: © 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 RAS

Journal keyword(s): X-rays: general - X-rays: individual: MG4 J200112+4352 - X-rays: individual: 0FGL J2001.0+4352

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