In the early days of 2010 April, the blazar 3C 454.3 (z= 0.859) underwent a strong γ-ray outburst, reaching fluxes (E > 100 MeV) in excess of 10-5 photon cm-2 s-1. The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope performed a 200 ks long pointed observation starting from 2010 April 5 19:38 utc. This allowed us to try probing the variability of the γ-ray emission on time-scales of hours or less. We found the variability on a few hours time-scale. On subhour time-scale we found no evidence of significant variability, although the present statistics is not yet conclusive and further observations are needed. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS.

Foschini, L., Tagliaferri, G., Ghisellini, G., Ghirlanda, G., Tavecchio, F., Bonnoli, G. (2010). Does the gamma-ray flux of the blazar 3C 454.3 vary on subhour time-scales?. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 408(1), 448-451 [10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17128.x].

Does the gamma-ray flux of the blazar 3C 454.3 vary on subhour time-scales?

BONNOLI, GIACOMO
2010-01-01

Abstract

In the early days of 2010 April, the blazar 3C 454.3 (z= 0.859) underwent a strong γ-ray outburst, reaching fluxes (E > 100 MeV) in excess of 10-5 photon cm-2 s-1. The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope performed a 200 ks long pointed observation starting from 2010 April 5 19:38 utc. This allowed us to try probing the variability of the γ-ray emission on time-scales of hours or less. We found the variability on a few hours time-scale. On subhour time-scale we found no evidence of significant variability, although the present statistics is not yet conclusive and further observations are needed. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2010 RAS.
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Foschini, L., Tagliaferri, G., Ghisellini, G., Ghirlanda, G., Tavecchio, F., Bonnoli, G. (2010). Does the gamma-ray flux of the blazar 3C 454.3 vary on subhour time-scales?. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 408(1), 448-451 [10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17128.x].
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