PKS 1510-089 in high gamma-ray state as detected by AGILE
ATel #9520; G. Minervini (CIFS and INAF/IAPS), G. Piano, P. Munar-Adrover (INAF/IAPS), F. Verrecchia, C. Pittori, F. Lucarelli (ASDC and INAF/OAR), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), I. Donnarumma (INAF/IAPS), A. Bulgarelli, V. Fioretti, A. Zoli (INAF/IASF-Bo), S. Vercellone (INAF/IASF-Pa), E. Striani (CIFS and INAF/IAPS), M. Cardillo (INAF/OA-Arcetri and INAF/IAPS), F. Gianotti, M. Trifoglio (INAF/IASF-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, S. Sabatini, V. Vittorini (INAF/IAPS), G. Pucella, M. Rapisarda (ENEA-Frascati), G. Di Cocco, F. Fuschino, M. Galli, C. Labanti, M. Marisaldi (INAF/IASF-Bo), A. Pellizzoni, M. Pilia, A. Trois (INAF/OA-Cagliari), 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), S. Colafrancesco (INAF/OAR and Wits University), N. Parmiggiani (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), A. Ferrari (Univ. Torino and CIFS), A. Antonelli (ASDC and INAF/OAR), P. Giommi (ASDC), L. Salotti, G. Valentini, and F. D'Amico (ASI)
on 21 Sep 2016; 15:16 UT
Credential Certification: Gabriele Minervini (minervinigabriele@gmail.com)
Subjects: Gamma Ray, >GeV, Request for Observations, AGN, Black Hole, Blazar, Transient
The AGILE-GRID is detecting transient gamma-ray emission above 100 MeV from the blazar PKS 1510-089.
Integrating from 2016-09-19 UT 01:00:00 to 2016-09-21 UT 01:00:00, a preliminary likelihood analysis provides a gamma-ray flux F(>100 MeV) = (3.7 +/- 1.2) x 10^-6 photons/cm^2/s with a significance above 5 sigma.
The blazar is active since the end of May in gamma rays, as reported by AGILE (ATel #9350 and ATel #9450), H.E.S.S. (ATel #9102) and MAGIC (ATel #9105; ) as in the NIR/optical energy bands (ATel #9160; ATel #9513).
This measurement was obtained with AGILE observing a large portion of the sky in spinning mode. We strongly encourage multi-frequency observations.
