New episode of enhanced gamma-ray emission from the Crab Nebula detected by AGILE
ATel #9617; P. Munar-Adrover (INAF/IAPS), F. Verrecchia, C. Pittori, (ASDC and INAF/OAR), A. Bulgarelli (INAF/IASF-Bo), M. Tavani (INAF/IAPS, and Univ. Roma Tor Vergata), G. Piano (INAF/IAPS), G. Minervini (CIFS and INAF/IAPS), F. Lucarelli (ASDC and INAF/OAR), V. Fioretti, A. Zoli (INAF/IASF-Bo), I. Donnarumma (INAF/IAPS), 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 12 Oct 2016; 12:44 UT
Credential Certification: Pere Munar-Adrover (pere.munar@iaps.inaf.it)
Subjects: Gamma Ray, Neutron Star, Pulsar
Integrating from 2016-10-10 05:00 UT to 2016-10-12 05:00 UT, AGILE-GRID detects enhanced gamma-ray emission from a source positionally consistent with the Crab Nebula.
The total (pulsar + Nebula) gamma-ray flux is F = (6.9 +/- 1.3) x 10^-6 ph cm^-2 s^-1 (E > 100 MeV) at 8.5 sigma statistical significance. This is the second enhancement of the gamma-ray flux from the Crab Nebula in 7 days, after the activity reported in ATel #9586 and #9588 by AGILE and Fermi.
This measurement was obtained with AGILE observing a large portion of the sky in spinning mode.
Multifrequency observations of the Crab are strongly encouraged.
