AGILE detects renewed gamma-ray emission from the FSRQ CTA 102
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Date Issued
2016-11-01
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Abstract
AGILE is detecting an increasing gamma-ray emission above 100 MeV from a source with galactic coordinates (l,b)= (77.2 , -38.3) +/- 0.5 deg (stat 95% c.l.) +/- 0.1 deg (syst), (RA, Dec) = (337.81, 11.82) (J2000), consistent with the flat spectrum radio quasar CTA 102. Integrating from 2016-11-22 06 44 00 UT to 2016-11-24 06 44 00 UT, a preliminary maximum likelihood analysis yields a detection with a significance of 9 sigma, and a flux F(E > 100 MeV)=(5.2 +/- 1.0) x 10^-6 ph cm^-2 s^-1.