On the identification of the Fermi/LAT source 0FGL J2001.0+4352 with a BL Lac
On the identification of the Fermi/LAT source 0FGL J2001.0+4352 with a BL Lac
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关于 Fermi/LAT 源 0FGL J2001.0 4352 与 BL Lac 的识别
DOI:
10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00683.x
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
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通讯作者:
P. Ubertini
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作者:
L. Bassani;R. Landi;N. Masetti;P. Parisi;A. Bazzano;P. Ubertini
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) × 10−9 ph cm−2 s−1 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 1.9 × 10−12 erg cm−2 s−1), variable (by a factor of ∼2) and with a steep power-law spectrum (Γ= 2.7). It coincides with a radio bright (∼200 mJy at 8.4 GHz) 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.
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Gehrels, N;Chincarini, G;Zhang, WW
通讯作者:
Zhang, WW