AGILE detection of gamma-ray flaring activity from the FSRQ PKS 0454-234
ATel #13011; M. Cardillo (INAF-IAPS), F. Verrecchia (SSDC and INAF/OAR) , A. Bulgarelli, N. Parmiggiani, V. Fioretti (INAF/OAS-Bo), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), C. Casentini, G. Piano, A. Ursi (INAF/IAPS),F. Lucarelli, C. Pittori (SSDC and INAF/OAR) I. Donnarumma (ASI), S. Vercellone (INAF/OA-Brera), F. Gianotti, M. Trifoglio (INAF/OAS-Bo), A. Giuliani, S. Mereghetti, P. Caraveo, F. Perotti (INAF/IASF-Mi), A. Chen (Wits University), A. Argan, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, L. Pacciani, P. Soffitta, V. Vittorini (INAF/IAPS), G. Di Cocco, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, C. Labanti (INAF/OAS-Bo), M. Marisaldi (University of Bergen), A. Pellizzoni, M. Pilia, A. Trois (INAF/OA-Cagliari), F. Lazzarotto (INAF - OAPD), G. Barbiellini, E. Vallazza (INFN Trieste), F. Longo (Univ. Trieste and INFN Trieste), A. Morselli, P. Picozza (INFN and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), M. Prest (Univ. dell'Insubria), P. Lipari, D. Zanello (INFN and Univ. Roma Sapienza), P. W. Cattaneo, A. Rappoldi (INFN Pavia), A. Ferrari (Univ. Torino and CIFS), F. Paoletti (East Windsor RSD Hightstown and INAF/IAPS), L. A. Antonelli (INAF/OAR), P. Giommi, L. Salotti, G. Valentini, and F. D'Amico (ASI).
on 9 Aug 2019; 14:14 UT
Credential Certification: MARTINA CARDILLO (martina.cardillo@iaps.inaf.it)
Subjects: Gamma Ray, Blazar
AGILE is detecting gamma-ray flaring activity above 100 MeV from the blazar PKS 0454-234 (also known as BZQ J0457-2324). For a 48h integration, from 2019-08-06 22:49:08 UTC until 2019-08-08 22:49:08 UTC, a preliminary multi-source maximum likelihood analysis yields a detection at the level of 5.2 sigma and a flux F(>100 MeV) = (1.6 +/- 0.6) x 10^-6 photons/cm^2/s.
The AGILE-GRID detection was obtained while AGILE is observing in spinning mode, surveying a large fraction of the sky each day. The source can be monitored with the public mobile application "AGILEScience" developed by the AGILE Team, available for both Android and iOS devices.
Multifrequency observations of PKS 0454-234 are strongly encouraged.
