Renewed gamma ray activity of 3C 454.3 detected by AGILE
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Date Issued
2008-05-01
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Abstract
The AGILE Gamma Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) detected new flaring activity from the blazar 3C 454.3 in the period between 2008-05-24 03 10 UT and 2008-05-27 04 17 UT. Despite the fact that the source is currently more than 35 degrees off-axis, a preliminary maximum likelihood analysis shows a detection at a significance level of about 9 sigma, with a source flux in excess of 100e-8 ph/cm2/s at energies above 100 MeV.