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2012MNRAS.421.2303B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 421, 2303-2309 (2012/April-2)
Discovery of γ-ray emission from the broad-line radio galaxy Pictor A.
BROWN A.M. and ADAMS J.
Abstract (from CDS):
A temporal investigation of the observed γ-ray flux, which binned the flux into year-long intervals, reveals that the flux in the third year was 50 per cent higher than the three-year-averaged flux. This observation, coupled with the fact that this source was not detected in the first two years of Fermi-LAT observations, suggests variability on time-scales of a year or less.
Synchrotron self-Compton modelling of the spectral energy distribution of a prominent hotspot in Pictor A's western radio lobe is performed. It is found that the models in which the γ-ray emission originates within the lobes predict an X-ray flux larger than that observed. Given that the X-ray emission in the radio lobe hotspots has been resolved with the current suite of X-ray detectors, we suggest that the γ-ray emission from Pictor A originates from within its jet, which is in agreement with other γ-ray-loud BLRGs. This suggestion is consistent with the evidence that the γ-ray flux is variable on time-scales of a year or less.
Abstract Copyright: 2012 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society2012 RAS
Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - galaxies: active - galaxies: individual: Pictor A = PKS 0518-458 - galaxies: jets - gamma-rays: galaxies
Simbad objects: 6
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