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2018ApJ...853..159L - Astrophys. J., 853, 159-159 (2018/February-1)

Fast γ-ray variability in blazars beyond redshift 3.

LI S., XIA Z.-Q., LIANG Y.-F., LIAO N.-H. and FAN Y.-Z.

Abstract (from CDS):

High-redshift blazars are one of the most powerful sources in the universe and γ-ray variability carries crucial information about their relativistic jets. In this work we present results of the first systematical temporal analysis of Fermi-LAT data of all known seven γ-ray blazars beyond redshift 3. Significant long-term γ-ray variability is found from five sources in monthly γ-ray light curves, in which three of them are reported for the first time. Furthermore, intraday γ-ray variations are detected from NVSS J053954-283956 and NVSS J080518+614423. The doubling variability timescale of the former source is limited as short as <=1 hr (at the source frame). Together with variability amplitude over one order of magnitude, NVSS J053954-283956 is the most distant γ-ray flaring blazar so far. Meanwhile, intraday optical variability of NVSS J163547+362930 is found based on an archival PTF/iPTF light curve. Benefiting from the multi-wavelength activity of these sources, constraints on their Doppler factors, as well as the locations of the γ-ray radiation region and indications for the SDSS high redshift jetted active galactic nuclei deficit are discussed.

Abstract Copyright: © 2018. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: high-redshift - galaxies: jets - gamma rays: galaxies - quasars: general - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal

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