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2015A&A...574A..88S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 574A, 88-88 (2015/2-1)

On the gamma-ray emission from 3C 120.

SAHAKYAN N., ZARGARYAN D. and BAGHMANYAN V.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the analysis of Fermi Large Area Telescope data from five years of observations of the broad line radio galaxy rg. The accumulation of a larger data set results in the detection of high energy γ-rays up to 10 GeV, with a detection significance of about 8.7σ. A power law spectrum with a photon index of 2.72±0.1 and an integrated flux of Fγ=(2.35±0.5)x10–8photon/cm2/s above 100MeV well describe the data averaged over five years of observations. The variability analysis of the light curve with 180, and 365 day bins reveals flux increase (nearly twice its average level) during the last year of observation. This variability on month timescales indicates the compactness of the emitting region. The γ-ray spectrum can be described as synchrotron self-Compton emission from the electron population producing the radio-to-X-ray emission in the jet. The required electron energy density exceeds the magnetic field energy density only by a factor of 2, meaning there is no significant deviation from equipartition.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: individual: 3C 120 - gamma rays: galaxies - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal

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