AGILE confirmation of the gamma-ray flaring activity from the two blazars PKS 0514-459 and TXS 1700+685

ATel #14634; A. Bulgarelli (INAF/OAS-Bo), C. Pittori (SSDC and INAF/OAR), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), V. Fioretti, N. Parmiggiani, A. Addis, L. Baroncelli, A. Di Piano (INAF/OAS-Bo), F. Lucarelli, F. Verrecchia (SSDC and INAF/OAR), M. Cardillo, C. Casentini, G. Piano, A. Ursi (INAF/IAPS), 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, F. Lazzarotto, I. Lapshov, 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), G. Barbiellini, E. Vallazza (INFN Trieste), L. A. Antonelli (SSDC and INAF/OAR), 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), P. Giommi, L. Salotti, G. Valentini, and F. D'Amico (ASI)
on 17 May 2021; 16:23 UT
Credential Certification: Andrea Bulgarelli (bulgarelli@iasfbo.inaf.it)

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AGILE confirms intense gamma-ray activity above 100 MeV from the blazars PKS 0514-459 and TXS 1700+685, as previously reported by Fermi-LAT team with ATel #14633.

Integrating from 2021-05-14 07:00 UT to 2021-05-16 07:00 UT, a maximum likelihood analysis yields a 5 sigma detection positionally consistent with the blazar PKS 0514-459, with a source flux F = (2.3 +/- 0.7) x 10e-6 ph/cm^2/s (E > 100 MeV). This detection partially includes the time of the GeV flare reported recently by Fermi/LAT from the same source.

Integrating in the same time period, a maximum likelihood analysis yields a 5 sigma detection positionally consistent with the blazar TXS 1700+685, with a source flux F = (2.0 +/- 0.6) x 10e-6 ph/cm^2/s (E > 100 MeV). This detection partially includes the time of the GeV flare reported recently by Fermi/LAT from the same source.

The AGILE-GRID detection was obtained while AGILE is observing in spinning mode, surveying a large fraction of the sky each day.

Multifrequency follow-up observations are strongly encouraged.

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