AGILE detects another extraordinary gamma-ray flare from the blazar 3C 454.3
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Date Issued
2010-11-01
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Abstract
The AGILE Gamma-Ray Imaging Detector (GRID) is now detecting a very intense gamma-ray flare above 100 MeV from the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 454.3. Integrating from 2010-11-16 6 50 UT to 2010-11-17 09 15 UT, a preliminary quicklook maximum likelihood analysis yields a source flux of F = (2600 +/- 400)e-8 ph/cm2/sec (E > 100 MeV), which represents an increase by a factor of ~ 4 in 24 hours.