AGILE detection of the gamma-ray blazar PKS 1830-211
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Date Issued
2009-10-01
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Abstract
During the current AGILE pointing centered near the Galactic Center, the AGILE Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) has detected significant gamma-ray emission above 100 MeV from a gamma-ray source positionally consistent with the blazar PKS 1830-211. Integrating from 2009-10-12 00 03 UT to to 2009-10-13 04 57 UT, a maximum likelihood analysis shows a detection at a significance level above 5 sigma, with a source flux reaching a gamma-ray flux of (160+/-50) e-8 ph/cm2/sec above 100 MeV.