AGILE detection of increasing gamma-ray activity from CTA 102
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Date Issued
2017-12-01
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Abstract
AGILE is detecting increasing gamma-ray emission above 100 MeV from a source positionally consistent with the FSRQ CTA 102. Integrating from 2017-12-07 06 00 UT to 2017-12-09 06 00 UT, a preliminary maximum likelihood analysis yields a detection above 6 sigma and a flux F(E > 100 MeV)=(3.6 +/- 0.9) x 10^-6 ph cm^-2 s^-1.