The 2009 December Gamma-ray Flare of 3C 454.3: The Multifrequency Campaign

The 2009 December Gamma-ray Flare of 3C 454.3: The Multifrequency Campaign

During the month of 2009 December, the blazar 3C 454.3 became the brightest gamma-ray source in the sky,reaching a peak flux F ~ 2000 × 10-8 photons cm-2 s-1 for E > 100 MeV. Starting in 2009 Novemberintensive multifrequency campaigns monitored the 3C 454 gamma-ray outburst. Here, we report o...

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Main Authors: Pacciani, L., Vittorini, V., Tavani, M., Fiocchi, M., Vercellone, S., D’Ammando, F., Sakamoto, T., Pian, E., Raiteri, C., Villata, M., Sasada, M., Itoh, R., Yamanaka, M., Uemura, M., Striani, E., Fugazza, D., Tiengo, A., Krimm, H., Stroh, M., Falcone, A., Curran, Peter, Sadun, A., Lahteenmaki, A., Tornikoski, M., Aller, H., Aller, M., Lin, C., Larionov, V., Leto, P., Takalo, L., Berdyugin, A., Gurwell, M., Bulgarelli, A., Chen, A., Donnarumma, I., Giuliani, A., Longo, F., Pucella, G., Argan, A., Barbiellini, G., Caraveo, P., Cattaneo, P., Costa, E., De Paris, G., Del Monte, E., Di Cocco, G., Evangelista, Y., Ferrari, A., Feroci, M., Fiorini, M., Fuschino, F., Galli, M., Gianotti, F., Labanti, C., Lapshov, I., Lazzarotto, F., Lipari, P., Marisaldi, M., Mereghetti, S., Morelli, E., Moretti, E., Morselli, A., Pellizzoni, A., Perotti, F., Piano, G., Picozza, P., Pilia, M., Prest, M., Rapisarda, M., Rappoldi, A., Rubini, A., Sabatini, S., Soffitta, P., Trifoglio, M., Trois, A., Vallazza, E., Zanello, D., Colafrancesco, S., Pittori, C., Verrecchia, F., Santolamazza, P., Lucarelli, F., Giommi, P., Salotti, L.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd. 2010
Subjects:
quasars: general
radiation mechanisms: - non-thermal
galaxies: active
galaxies: individual (3C 454.3)
Online Access:http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/716/2/L170/pdf/apjl_716_2_170.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24759

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http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205/716/2/L170/pdf/apjl_716_2_170.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24759

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