AGILE detection of a rapid γ-ray flare from the blazar PKS 1510-089 during the GASP-WEBT monitoring

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 181-189

  D'Ammando, F ^a,b   Pucella, G ^a   Raiteri, C M ^c   Villata, M ^c   Vittorini, V ^a,d   Vercellone, S ^e   Donnarumma, I ^a   Longo, F ^f   Tavani, M ^a,b   Argan, A ^a   Barbiellini, G ^f   Boffelli, F ^g,h   Bulgarelli, A ⁱ   Caraveo, P ^j   Cattaneo, P W ^g   Chen, A W ^d,j   Cocco, V ^a   Costa, E ^a   Del Monte, E ^a   De Paris, G ^a   Di Cocco, G ⁱ   Evangelista, Y ^a   Feroci, M ^a   Ferrari, A ^k   Fiorini, M ^j   Froysland, T ^b,d   Fuschino, F ⁱ   Galli, M ^l   Gianotti, F ⁱ   Giuliani, A ^j   Labanti, C ⁱ   Lapshov, I ^a   Lazzarotto, F ^a   Lipari, P ^m   Marisaldi, M ⁱ   Mereghetti, S ^j   Morselli, A ⁿ   Pacciani, L ^a   Pellizzoni, A ^o   Perotti, F ^j   Piano, G ^a,b   Picozza, P ⁿ   Pilia, M ^o   Prest, M ^p   Rapisarda, M ^q   Rappoldi, A ^g   Sabatini, S ^a,b   Soffitta, P ^a   Trifoglio, M ⁱ   Trois, A ^a   Vallazza, E ^f   Zambra, A ^a   Zanello, D ^m   Agudo, I ^r   Aller, M F ^s   Aller, H D ^s   Arkharov, A A ^t   Bach, U ^u   Benitez, E ^v   Berdyugin, A ^w   Blinov, D A ^x   Buemi, C S ^y   Chen, W P ^z   Di Paola, A ^aa   Di Rico, G ^ab   Dultzin, D ^v   Fuhrmann, L ^u   Gomez J L ^r   Gurwell, M A ^ac   Jorstad, S G ^ad   Heidt, J ^ae   Hiriart, D ^v   Hsiao, H Y ^z   Kimeridze, G ^af   Konstantinova, T S ^x   Kopatskaya, E N ^x   Koptelova, E ^z   Kurtanidze, O ^af   Larionov, V M ^t,x   Leto, P ^ag   Lindfors, E ^w   Lopez, J M ^v   Marscher, A P ^ad   McHardy, I M ^ah   Melnichuk, D A ^x   Mommert, M ^ae   Mujica, R ^ai   Nilsson, K ^w   Pasanen, M ^w   Roca Sogorb, M ^r   Sorcia, M ^v   Takalo, L O ^w   Taylor, B ^aj   Trigilio, C ^y   Troitsky, I S ^x   Umana, G ^y   Antonelli, L A ^ak   Colafrancesco, S ^ak   Cutini, S ^ak   Gasparrini, D ^ak   Pittori, C ^ak   Preger, B ^ak   Santolamazza, P ^ak   Verrecchia, F ^ak   Giommi, P ^ak   Salotti, L ^al   more..

^a INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d CIFS Torino   (Italy)

^e INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^f SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

ⁱ OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^j INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^l ENEA   (Italy)

^m INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

ⁿ INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^o INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^q ENEA   (Italy)

^r INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^s UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^t RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^u MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^v UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^w UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^x ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^y INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^z NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^aa INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^ab INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI COLLURANIA   (Italy)

^ac HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^ad BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^af ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^ag INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^ai INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

^aj LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^ak ASI ASDC   (Italy)

^al ASI   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Gamma rays: observations; Quasars: individual: PKS 1510 089; Radiation mechanisms: non thermal

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION DISKS; AGILE SATELLITES; AVERAGE FLUX; BROAD LINE REGION; COMPTON; ENERGY BAND; GALACTIC CENTER REGION; GAMMA RAYS:OBSERVATION; GAMMA-RAY IMAGING; HARD X-RAY IMAGER; IMAGERS; INVERSE COMPTON; INVERSE COMPTON SCATTERING; MULTI FREQUENCY; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; OPTICAL BANDS; OPTICAL MONITORING; PHOTON ENERGY; QUASARS: INDIVIDUAL: PKS 1510-089; QUASI-SIMULTANEOUS; RADIATION MECHANISMS: NONTHERMAL; SEYFERTS; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRUM RADIO QUASAR; SWIFT SATELLITES; TIME EVOLUTIONS; UV SPECTRUM; WHOLE EARTH BLAZAR TELESCOPES; X RAY BANDS;

BAND STRUCTURE; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE SENSORS; ION BEAMS; PHOTONS; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SYNCHROTRONS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 71849118769     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912560     Document Type: Article

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