Observations of the FSRQ 3C454.3 with the RATAN-600 radio telescope

ATel #6246; S. A. Trushkin, M. G. Mingaliev, J. V. Sotnikova , T. V. Mufakharov A. K. Erkenov, T.
on 18 Jun 2014; 16:20 UT
Credential Certification: Sergei Trushkin (satr@sao.ru)

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According to the recent telegrams the blazar 3C454.3 shows activity in optical/NIR bands (ATEL #6237, #6232, #6213) and in Gamma-ray (ATEL #6236, #6234). We report about the increasing radio fluxes of it since December 2013. Now the blazar 3C454.3 has an inverted radio spectrum with spectral index equal to +0.51 (+/-0.05) between 11.2 and 21.7 GHz. Flux density has reached 11 Jy at 21.7 GHz, while it was only about near 3.6 Jy (with rms 10%) according to our measurements on May 2013. Obviously we see beginning of the new activity of the sources since powerful flares in 2010-11 (MJD ~55550) when the radio fluxes were very high. Averaged flux densities (with errors) measured with the RATAN-600 radio telescope for last six months at frequencies 4.8-21.7 GHz are given in the table:

 
Date                   Flux density, Jy at frequency (GHz)   
YYYY.MM.DD-DD   21.7 err    11.2  err     8.2 err      4.8  err  
2013.12.25-31  6.04 0.91    4.85 0.63    6.12 0.79    8.04 0.78  
2014.03.27-30  8.01 0.56    5.97 0.29    6.49 0.26    7.54 0.23  
2014.04.01-06  9.74 0.68    5.81 0.29    6.19 0.31    7.66 0.31  
2014.05.28-30 10.11 0.71    7.74 0.39    7.05 0.35    7.49 0.29  
2014.06.01-18 11.24 0.94    8.04 0.45    7.57 0.38    7.96 0.32