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Early Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Observations of the Quasar 3C 454.3

dc.contributor.authorABDO, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorACKERMANN, Markus
dc.contributor.authorAJELLO, Marco
dc.contributor.authorB. ATWOOD, W.
dc.contributor.authorAXELSSON, Magnus
dc.contributor.authorBALDINI, Luca
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorBALLET, Jean
dc.contributor.authorBARBIELLINI, Guido
dc.contributor.authorBASTIERI, D.
dc.contributor.authorBATTELINO, M.
dc.contributor.authorM. BAUGHMAN, B.
dc.contributor.authorBECHTOL, K.
dc.contributor.authorBELLAZZINI, R.
dc.contributor.authorBERENJI, B.
dc.contributor.authorD. BLANDFORD, R.
dc.contributor.authorD. BLOOM, E.
dc.contributor.authorBONAMENTE, E.
dc.contributor.authorW. BORGLAND, A.
dc.contributor.authorBOUVIER, A.
dc.contributor.authorBREGEON, J.
dc.contributor.authorBREZ, A.
dc.contributor.authorBRIGIDA, M.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire Leprince-Ringuet [LLR]
dc.contributor.authorBRUEL, Pascal
dc.contributor.authorH. BURNETT, T.
dc.contributor.authorA. CALIANDRO, G.
dc.contributor.authorA. CAMERON, R.
dc.contributor.authorCARAVEO, P. A.
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorM. CASANDJIAN, J.
dc.contributor.authorCAVAZZUTI, E.
dc.contributor.authorCECCHI, C.
dc.contributor.authorCHARLES, E.
dc.contributor.authorCHATY, S.
dc.contributor.authorCHEKHTMAN, A.
dc.contributor.authorC. CHEUNG, C.
dc.contributor.authorCHIANG, J.
dc.contributor.authorCIPRINI, S.
dc.contributor.authorCLAUS, R.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules [LPTA]
dc.contributor.authorCOHEN-TANUGI, J.
dc.contributor.authorR. COMINSKY, L.
dc.contributor.authorCONRAD, J.
dc.contributor.authorCOSTAMANTE, L.
dc.contributor.authorCUTINI, S.
dc.contributor.authorD. DERMER, C.
dc.contributor.authorDE ANGELIS, A.
dc.contributor.authorDE PALMA, F.
dc.contributor.authorW. DIGEL, S.
dc.contributor.authorDO COUTO E SILVA, E.
dc.contributor.authorDONATO, D.
dc.contributor.authorS. DRELL, P.
dc.contributor.authorDUBOIS, R.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorDUMORA, D.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules [LPTA]
dc.contributor.authorFARNIER, C.
dc.contributor.authorFAVUZZI, C.
dc.contributor.authorB. FOCKE, W.
dc.contributor.authorFOSCHINI, L.
dc.contributor.authorFRAILIS, M.
dc.contributor.authorFUHRMANN, L.
dc.contributor.authorFUKAZAWA, Y.
dc.contributor.authorFUNK, S.
dc.contributor.authorFUSCO, P.
dc.contributor.authorGARGANO, F.
dc.contributor.authorGASPARRINI, D.
dc.contributor.authorGEHRELS, N.
dc.contributor.authorGERMANI, S.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire Leprince-Ringuet [LLR]
dc.contributor.authorGIEBELS, B.
dc.contributor.authorGIGLIETTO, N.
dc.contributor.authorGIOMMI, P.
dc.contributor.authorGIORDANO, F.
dc.contributor.authorGLANZMAN, T.
dc.contributor.authorGODFREY, G.
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorA. GRENIER, I.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorGRONDIN, M.-H.
dc.contributor.authorE. GROVE, J.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorGUILLEMOT, L.
dc.contributor.authorGUIRIEC, S.
dc.contributor.authorHANABATA, Y.
dc.contributor.authorK. HARDING, A.
dc.contributor.authorC. HARTMAN, R.
dc.contributor.authorHAYASHIDA, M.
dc.contributor.authorHAYS, E.
dc.contributor.authorE. HUGHES, R.
dc.contributor.authorJ'OHANNESSON, G.
dc.contributor.authorS. JOHNSON, A.
dc.contributor.authorP. JOHNSON, R.
dc.contributor.authorN. JOHNSON, W.
dc.contributor.authorKAMAE, T.
dc.contributor.authorKATAGIRI, H.
dc.contributor.authorKATAOKA, J.
dc.contributor.authorKAWAI, N.
dc.contributor.authorKERR, M.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements [CESR]
dc.contributor.authorKNÖDLSEDER, Jürgen
dc.contributor.authorL. KOCIAN, M.
dc.contributor.authorKUEHN, F.
dc.contributor.authorKUSS, M.
dc.contributor.authorLATRONICO, L.
dc.contributor.authorLEE, S.-H.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorLEMOINE-GOUMARD, M.
dc.contributor.authorLONGO, F.
dc.contributor.authorLOPARCO, F.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorLOTT, B.
dc.contributor.authorN. LOVELLETTE, M.
dc.contributor.authorLUBRANO, P.
dc.contributor.authorM. MADEJSKI, G.
dc.contributor.authorMAKEEV, A.
dc.contributor.authorMASSARO, E.
dc.contributor.authorN. MAZZIOTTA, M.
dc.contributor.authorE. MCENERY, J.
dc.contributor.authorMCGLYNN, S.
dc.contributor.authorMEURER, C.
dc.contributor.authorF. MICHELSON, P.
dc.contributor.authorMITTHUMSIRI, W.
dc.contributor.authorMIZUNO, T.
dc.contributor.authorA. MOISEEV, A.
dc.contributor.authorMONTE, C.
dc.contributor.authorE. MONZANI, M.
dc.contributor.authorMORSELLI, A.
dc.contributor.authorV. MOSKALENKO, I.
dc.contributor.authorMURGIA, S.
dc.contributor.authorL. NOLAN, P.
dc.contributor.authorP. NORRIS, J.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules [LPTA]
dc.contributor.authorNUSS, E.
dc.contributor.authorOHSUGI, T.
dc.contributor.authorOMODEI, N.
dc.contributor.authorORLANDO, E.
dc.contributor.authorF. ORMES, J.
dc.contributor.authorPANEQUE, D.
dc.contributor.authorH. PANETTA, J.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorPARENT, D.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules [LPTA]
dc.contributor.authorPELASSA, V.
dc.contributor.authorPEPE, M.
dc.contributor.authorPESCE-ROLLINS, M.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules [LPTA]
dc.contributor.authorPIRON, F.
dc.contributor.authorPORTER, T.A.
dc.contributor.authorRAINO, S.
dc.contributor.authorRANDO, R.
dc.contributor.authorRAZZANO, M.
dc.contributor.authorREIMER, A.
dc.contributor.authorREIMER, O.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorREPOSEUR, T.
dc.contributor.authorC. REYES, L.
dc.contributor.authorRITZ, S.
dc.contributor.authorS. ROCHESTER, L.
dc.contributor.authorY. RODRIGUEZ, A.
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorRAHOUI, F.
dc.contributor.authorRYDE, F.
dc.contributor.authorF.-W. SADROZINSKI, H.
dc.contributor.authorSAMBRUNA, R.
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire Leprince-Ringuet [LLR]
dc.contributor.authorSANCHEZ, D.
dc.contributor.authorSANDER, A.
dc.contributor.authorM. SAZ PARKINSON, P.
dc.contributor.authorD. SCARGLE C. SGR'O, J.
dc.contributor.authorS. SHAW, M.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan [CENBG]
dc.contributor.authorSMITH, David Stanley
dc.contributor.authorD. SMITH, P.
dc.contributor.authorSPANDRE, G.
dc.contributor.authorSPINELLI, P.
hal.structure.identifierAstrophysique Interprétation Modélisation [AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)]
dc.contributor.authorSTARCK, Jean-Luc
dc.contributor.authorS. STRICKMAN, M.
dc.contributor.authorJ. SUSON, D.
dc.contributor.authorTAJIMA, H.
dc.contributor.authorTAKAHASHI, H.
dc.contributor.authorTAKAHASHI, T.
dc.contributor.authorTANAKA, T.
dc.contributor.authorB. THAYER, J.
dc.contributor.authorG. THAYER, J.
dc.contributor.authorJ. THOMPSON, D.
dc.contributor.authorTIBALDO, L.
dc.contributor.authorF. TORRES, D.
dc.contributor.authorTOSTI, G.
dc.contributor.authorTRAMACERE, A.
dc.contributor.authorUCHIYAMA, Y.
dc.contributor.authorL. USHER, T.
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements [CESR]
dc.contributor.authorVILCHEZ, N.
dc.contributor.authorVILLATA, M.
dc.contributor.authorVITALE, V.
dc.contributor.authorP. WAITE, A.
dc.contributor.authorL. WINER, B.
dc.contributor.authorS. WOOD, K.
dc.contributor.authorYLINEN, T.
dc.contributor.authorA. ZENSUS, J.
dc.contributor.authorZIEGLER, M.
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.issn2041-8205
dc.description.abstractEnThis is the first report of Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observations of the quasar 3C 454.3, which has been undergoing pronounced long-term outbursts since 2000. The data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT), covering 2008 July 7 - October 6, indicate strong, highly variable gamma-ray emission with an average flux of ~3 x 10^{-6} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1}, for energies above 100 MeV. The gamma-ray flux is variable, with strong, distinct, symmetrically-shaped flares for which the flux increases by a factor of several on a time scale of about three days. This variability indicates a compact emission region, and the requirement that the source is optically thin to pair-production implies relativistic beaming with Doppler factor delta > 8, consistent with the values inferred from VLBI observations of superluminal expansion (delta ~ 25). The observed gamma-ray spectrum is not consistent with a simple power-law, but instead steepens strongly above ~2 GeV, and is well described by a broken power-law with photon indices of ~2.3 and ~3.5 below and above the break, respectively. This is the first direct observation of a break in the spectrum of a high luminosity blazar above 100 MeV, and it is likely direct evidence for an intrinsic break in the energy distribution of the radiating particles. Alternatively, the spectral softening above 2 GeV could be due to gamma-ray absorption via photon-photon pair production on the soft X-ray photon field of the host AGN, but such an interpretation would require the dissipation region to be located very close (less than 100 gravitational radii) to the black hole, which would be inconsistent with the X-ray spectrum of the source.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBristol : IOP Publishing
dc.title.enEarly Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Observations of the Quasar 3C 454.3
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0004-637X/699/1/817
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie [astro-ph.HE]
dc.subject.halPlanète et Univers [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Phénomènes cosmiques de haute energie [astro-ph.HE]
dc.subject.halPhysique [physics]/Astrophysique [astro-ph]/Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]
dc.identifier.arxiv0904.4280
bordeaux.journalThe Astrophysical journal letters
bordeaux.page817-823
bordeaux.volume699
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierin2p3-00380233
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceNon spécifiée
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//in2p3-00380233v1
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