AGILE detection of a new gamma-ray source at high Galactic latitude, AGLJ1647+5107
ATel #4842; A. Bulgarelli, F. Gianotti, M. Trifoglio, V. Fioretti (INAF/IASF-Bo), F. Verrecchia, C. Pittori, F. Lucarelli (ASDC and INAF/OAR), E. Striani (Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), M. Cardillo (INAF/IAPS and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), G. Piano (INAF/IAPS), I. Donnarumma (INAF/IAPS), S. Vercellone (INAF/IASF-Pa), A. Chen, A. Giuliani, S. Mereghetti, P. Caraveo, F. Perotti (INAF/IASF-Mi), F. D'Ammando (INAF/IRA-Bo), E. Del Monte, Y. Evangelista, M. Feroci, F. Lazzarotto, L. Pacciani, P. Soffitta, E. Costa, I. Lapshov, M. Rapisarda, A. Argan, G. Pucella, S. Sabatini, A. Trois, V. Vittorini (INAF/IAPS), F. Fuschino, M. Galli, C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi, G. Di Cocco (INAF/IASF-Bo), A. Pellizzoni (INAF/OA-Cagliari), M. Pilia (ASTRON, the Netherlands), G. Barbiellini, F. Longo, E. Vallazza (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), S. Colafrancesco (INAF-OAR and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), P. Santolamazza (ASDC and INAF/OAR), P. Giommi (ASDC), L. Salotti, and G. Valentini (ASI)
on 26 Feb 2013; 21:21 UT
Credential Certification: Andrea Bulgarelli (bulgarelli@iasfbo.inaf.it)
Subjects: Gamma Ray, Transient
AGILE is detecting intense gamma-ray emission above 100 MeV from an unidentified source, AGLJ1647+5107, at Galactic coordinates (l,b)=(78.31, 40.00) +/- 0.5 deg (95% stat.) +/- 0.1 deg (syst.) (R.A., Dec.= 251.85 51.11 deg, J2000)
Integrating from 2013-02-22 15:00 UT to 2013-02-24 17:18 UT, a maximum likelihood analysis yields the detection of a source with a flux of (200+/-50) x 10E-8 ph/cm2/s (E > 100 MeV) with a significance level of 5.4 sigma.
No obvious counterpart is identified within the error box.
This measurement was obtained with AGILE observing a large portion of the
sky in spinning mode.
Multifrequency observations of sources in the AGILE error circle are strong encouraged.
