Fermi results on AGN
Abstract
The Fermi gamma-ray observatory, launched just over two years ago - during the previous MAXI meeting - is performing flawlessly. The most prominent extragalactic point sources are highly variable and luminous jet-dominated active galaxies. Fermi LAT observations, coupled with well-sampled data in radio, mm, IR, optical, X-ray, and TeV gamma-ray bands allow us to probe the structure of relativistic jets, and put new constraints on the location of the region of energy dissipation into radiation. In this talk, I will summarize the gamma-ray properties of AGN measured by Fermi, and will highlight new results for several sources (such as 3C279, Mkn 421, 3C454.3, and AO 0235+164) inferred from multi-band observations.
- Publication:
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The First Year of MAXI: Monitoring Variable X-ray Sources
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010fym..confE..37M