Swift observations of the Fermi-LAT source 4FGL J0206.4-1151 in the error region of the IceCube high-energy neutrino alert IceCube-201130A
ATel #14240; T. Gregoire (PSU), F. D'Ammando (INAF-IRA Bologna), D. B. Fox (PSU), A. Keivani (Columbia U.), J. P. Osborne (U. Leicester), F. Krauss (PSU), P. A. Evans (U. Leicester), J. A. Kennea (PSU), H. A. Ayala Solares (PSU), D. F. Cowen (PSU) and J. DeLaunay (PSU)
on 2 Dec 2020; 14:28 UT
Credential Certification: Filippo D'Ammando (dammando@ira.inaf.it)
Subjects: Optical, Ultra-Violet, X-ray, AGN, Blazar, Quasar
Referred to by ATel #: 14244
Swift observed the location of 4FGL J0206.4-1151, the Fermi-LAT source closest to the location of IceCube 201130A (IceCube Collaboration; GCN Circ. 28969) for 4.0 ks between 14:42 UT and 18:05 UT on 2020 December 1.
The source is detected by XRT at RA, Dec = 31.6094, -11.8440 (degrees) which corresponds to:
RA (J2000): 02h 06m 26.25s
Dec (J2000): -11d 50' 38.1"
with an uncertainty of 6.4 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence). This position is 2.8 arcmin from the position of the flat spectrum radio quasar PMN J0206-1150, that is associated to the gamma-ray source 4FGL J0206.4-1151 in the Fourth Fermi LAT source catalog (Abdollahi et al. 2020, ApJS, 247, 33).
The X-ray spectrum (0.3-10 keV) can be fit by an absorbed power law model with a HI column density consistent with the Galactic value in the direction of the source (n_H = 1.7 x 10^20 cm^-2, Ben Bekhti N. et al., 2016, A&A, 594, A116) and a photon index of 1.7+/-0.7. The corresponding 0.3-10 keV flux (unabsorbed) is 1.6 (+1.1, -0.4) x 10^-13 erg cm^-2 s^-1.
Simultaneous UVOT observations were performed on 2020 December 1 and the source is detected above 3 sigma in all UVOT filters. The measured magnitudes (Vega system) are V = 19.48 +/- 0.42, B = 19.68 +/- 0.21, U = 18.99 +/- 0.17, W1 = 19.24 +/- 0.18, M2 = 19.30 +/- 0.11, and W2 = 19.21 +/- 0.11.
