AGILE detection of variable gamma-ray activity from the blazar S5 0716+714 during September-October 2007

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dc.creatorD'Ammando, F.
dc.creatorChen, A. W.
dc.creatorVillata, M.
dc.creatorRaiteri, C. M.
dc.creatorVittorini, V.
dc.creatorBulgarelli, A.
dc.creatorDonnarumma, I.
dc.creatorGiuliani, A.
dc.creatorLongo, F.
dc.creatorPacciani, L.
dc.creatorPucella, G.
dc.creatorTavani, M.
dc.creatorVercellone, S.
dc.date2008-08-27
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:03:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:03:02Z
dc.descriptionWe report the gamma-ray activity from the Intermediate BL Lac S5 0716+714 during 2007 September-October observations by the AGILE satellite, coincident with a period of intense optical activity of the source monitored by GASP-WEBT. AGILE observed the source with its two co-aligned imagers, the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) and the hard X-ray imager (Super-AGILE) sensitive in the energy range 30 MeV-50 GeV and 18-60 keV respectively, in two different periods: the first between 4 and 23 September 2007, the second between 24 October and 1 November 2007. Over the period 7-12 September, AGILE detected gamma-ray emission from the source at a significance level of 9.6-sigma with an average flux (E>100 MeV) of (97+/-15) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1}, increasing by a factor of at least four within three days. No emission was detected by Super-AGILE in the energy range 18-60 keV, with a 3-sigma upper limit of 10 mCrab in 335 ksec. The gamma-ray flux of S5 0716+714 detected by AGILE is the highest ever detected for this blazar and one of the most intense gamma-ray fluxes detected from a BL Lac object. The Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of mid-September seems to be consistent with the synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) emission model, but only by including two SSC components with different variability. In October 2007 AGILE repointed toward S5 0716+714 following an intense optical flare, measuring an average flux of (47+/-11) x 10^{-8} photons cm^{-2} s^{-1} at a significance level of 6.0-sigma. The gamma-ray flux during both AGILE pointings appears to be highly variable on timescales of 1 day.
dc.description8 pages, 4 figures, "Workshop on Blazar Variability across the Electromagnetic Spectrum", 2008 April 22-25, Palaiseau, France
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0808.3673
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0808.3673
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/226657
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleAGILE detection of variable gamma-ray activity from the blazar S5 0716+714 during September-October 2007
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