Not Only Once: The Amazing γ-ray Activity of the Blazar PKS 1510-089
Abstract
PKS 1510-089 is a powerful Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar at z=0.361 with radiative output dominated by the γ-ray emission. In the last two years PKS 1510-089 showed high variability over all the electromagnetic spectrum and in particular very high γ-ray activity was detected by the Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector on board the AGILE satellite with flaring episodes in August 2007 and March 2008. An extraordinary activity was detected in March 2009 with several flaring episodes and a flux that reached 500 × 10-8 photons cm-2s-1. Multiwavelength observations of PKS 1510-089 seem to indicate the presence of Seyfert-like features such as little blue bump and big blue bump. Moreover, X-ray observations suggested the presence of a soft X-ray excess that could be a feature of the bulk Comptonization mechanism. We present the results of the analysis of the multiwavelength data collected by GASP-WEBT, REM, Swift and AGILE during these γ-ray flares and the theoretical implications for the emission mechanisms.
- Publication:
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Accretion and Ejection in AGN: a Global View
- Pub Date:
- October 2010
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.0910.0966
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0910.0966
- Bibcode:
- 2010ASPC..427..271D
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 6 pages, 6 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the conference "Accretion and Ejection in AGN: A Global View ", June 22-26, 2009, Como, Italy