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1. Multiwavelength Observations of the Gamma-Ray Blazar PKS 0528+134 in Quiescence

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N. I. Palma, M. Böttcher, I. de la Calle, I. Agudo, M. Aller, H. Aller, U. Bach, E. Benítez, C. S. Buemi, L. Escande, J. L. Gómez, M. A. Gurwell, J. Heidt, D. Hiriart, S. G. Jorstad, M. Joshi, A. Lähteenmäki, V. M. Larionov, P. Leto, Y. Li, J. M. López, B. Lott, G. Madejski, A. P. Marscher, D. A. Morozova, C. M. Raiteri, V. Roberts, M. Tornikoski, C. Trigilio, G. Umana, M. Villata, D. Wylezalek, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), and Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma ray, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Optical polarization, Quasar, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, Particle acceleration, Wavelength, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Degree of polarization, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics
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We present multiwavelength observations of the ultraluminous blazar-type radio loud quasar PKS 0528+134 in quiescence during the period July to December 2009. Significant flux variability on a time scale of several hours was found in the optical regime, accompanied by a weak trend of spectral softening with increasing flux. We suggest that this might be the signature of a contribution from the accretion disk at the blue end of the optical spectrum. The optical flux is weakly polarized with rapid variations of the degree and direction of polarization, while the polarization of the 43 GHz radio core remains steady. Optical spectropolarimetry suggests a trend of increasing degree of polarization with increasing wavelength, providing additional evidence for an accretion disc contribution towards the blue end of the optical spectrum. We constructed four SEDs indicating that even in the quiescent state, the bolometric luminosity of PKS 0528+134 is dominated by its gamma-ray emission. A leptonic single-zone jet model produced acceptable fits to the SEDs with contributions to the high-energy emission from synchrotron self-Compton radiation and Comptonization of direct accretion disk emission. Fit parameters close to equipartition were obtained. The moderate variability on long time scales implies the existence of on-going particle acceleration, while the observed optical polarization variability seems to point towards a turbulent acceleration process. Turbulent particle acceleration at stationary features along the jet therefore appears to be a viable possibility for the quiescent state of PKS 0528+134., Comment: Accepted for Publication in The Astrophysical Journal. - Acknowledgement added

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2011
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2. The high activity of 3C 454.3 in autumn 2007. Monitoring by the WEBT during the AGILE detection

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C. M. Raiteri, M. Villata, W. P. Chen, W.-S. Hsiao, O. M. Kurtanidze, K. Nilsson, V. M. Larionov, M. A. Gurwell, I. Agudo, H. D. Aller, M. F. Aller, E. Angelakis, A. A. Arkharov, U. Bach, M. Böttcher, C. S. Buemi, P. Calcidese, P. Charlot, F. D'Ammando, I. Donnarumma, E. Forné, A. Frasca, L. Fuhrmann, J. L. Gómez, V. A. Hagen-Thorn, S. G. Jorstad, G. N. Kimeridze, T. P. Krichbaum, A. Lähteenmäki, L. Lanteri, G. Latev, J.-F. Le Campion, C.-U. Lee, P. Leto, H.-C. Lin, N. Marchili, E. Marilli, A. P. Marscher, R. Nesci, E. Nieppola, M. G. Nikolashvili, J. Ohlert, E. Ovcharov, D. Principe, T. Pursimo, B. Ragozzine, A. C. Sadun, L. A. Sigua, R. L. Smart, A. Strigachev, L. O. Takalo, M. Tavani, C. Thum, M. Tornikoski, C. Trigilio, K. Uckert, G. Umana, A. Valcheva, S. Vercellone, A. Volvach, H. Wiesemeyer, INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (OATo), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère (LPCA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Laboratoire de chimie bactérienne (LCB), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, National Engineering Research Center for Optoelectronic Crystalline Materials, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Insitute of Geology China Earthquake Administration Beijing 100029, China (X.X., G.C., W.C.) (INSITUTE OF GEOLOGY), Insitute of Geology, ECE Dept., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Department of Information Science and Media Studies [Bergen], University of Bergen (UIB), Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences [Changchun Branch] (CAS), Linköping University (LIU), Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Research Center for Environmental Changes, Institute of Earthquake Prediction Research, Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux (L3AB), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale (ULCO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Information Science and Media Studies [Bergen] (UiB), University of Bergen (UiB), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Raiteri CM, Villata M, Chen WP, Hsiao WS, Kurtanidze OM, Nilsson K, Larionov VM, Gurwell MA, Agudo I, Aller HD, Aller MF, Angelakis E, Arkharov AA, Bach U, Bottcher M, Buemi CS, Calcidese P, Charlot P, DAmmando F, Donnarumma I, Forne E, Frasca A, Fuhrmann L, Gomez JL, Hagen-Thorn VA, Jorstad SG, Kimeridze GN, Krichbaum TP, Lahteenmaki A, Lanteri L, Latev G, Le Campion JF, Lee CU, Leto P, Lin HC, Marchili N, Marilli E, Marscher AP, Nesci R, Nieppola E, Nikolashvili MG, Ohlert J, Ovcharov E, Principe D, Pursimo T, Ragozzine B, Sadun AC, Sigua LA, Smart RL, Strigachev A, Takalo LO, Tavani M, Thum C, Tornikoski M, Trigilio C, Uckert K, Umana G, Valcheva A, Vercellone S, Volvach A, and Wiesemeyer H

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Brightness, Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Extinction (astronomy), galaxies: active, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, galaxies: active -- galaxies: quasars: general -- galaxies: quasars: individual: 3C 454.3, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], law, 0103 physical sciences, galaxies: quasars: individual: 3C 454.3, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Physics, [SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph], Astrophysics (astro-ph), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, galaxies: quasars: general, Space and Planetary Science, Satellite
Abstract

The quasar-type blazar 3C 454.3 underwent a phase of high activity in summer and autumn 2007, which was intensively monitored in the radio-to-optical bands by the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT). The gamma-ray satellite AGILE detected this source first in late July, and then in November-December 2007. In this letter we present the multifrequency data collected by the WEBT and collaborators during the second AGILE observing period, complemented by a few contemporaneous data from UVOT onboard the Swift satellite. The aim is to trace in detail the behaviour of the synchrotron emission from the blazar jet, and to investigate the contribution from the thermal emission component. Optical data from about twenty telescopes have been homogeneously calibrated and carefully assembled to construct an R-band light curve containing about 1340 data points in 42 days. This extremely well-sampled optical light curve allows us to follow the dramatic flux variability of the source in detail. In addition, we show radio-to-UV spectral energy distributions (SEDs) at different epochs, which represent different brightness levels. In the considered period, the source varied by 2.6 mag in a couple of weeks in the R band. Many episodes of fast (i.e. intranight) variability were observed, most notably on December 12, when a flux increase of about 1.1 mag in 1.5 hours was detected, followed by a steep decrease of about 1.2 mag in 1 hour. The contribution by the thermal component is difficult to assess, due to the uncertainties in the Galactic, and possibly also intrinsic, extinction in the UV band. However, polynomial fitting of radio-to-UV SEDs reveals an increasing spectral bending going towards fainter states, suggesting a UV excess likely due to the thermal emission from the accretion disc., 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters

Published
2008
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