PKS 1502+106: A new and distant gamma-ray blazar in outburst discovered by the FERMI large area telescope

A.A. Abdo, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, W.B. Atwood, M. Axelsson, L. Baldini, J. Ballet, G. Barbiellini, D. Bastieri, B.M. Baughman, K. Bechtol, R. Bellazzini, B. Berenji, E.D. Bloom, G. Bogaert, E. Bonamente, A.W. Borgland, J. Bregeon, A. Brez, M. BrigidaP. Bruel, T.H. Burnett, G.A. Caliandro, R.A. Cameron, P.A. Caraveo, J.M. Casandjian, E. Cavazzuti, C. Cecchi, Ö. Celik, A. Chekhtman, C.C. Cheung, J. Chiang, S. Ciprini, R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, J. Conrad, S. Cutini, C.D. Dermer, A. De Angelis, F. De Palma, S.W. Digel, P.S. Drell, R. Dubois, D. Dumora, C. Farnier, C. Favuzzi, S.J. Fegan, E.C. Ferrara, W.B. Focke, M. Frailis, L. Fuhrmann, Y. Fukazawa, S. Funk, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, N. Gehrels, S. Germani, B. Giebels, N. Giglietto, F. Giordano, M. Giroletti, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, I.A. Grenier, M.-H. Grondin, J.E. Grove, L. Guillemot, S. Guiriec, Y. Hanabata, A.K. Harding, M. Hayashida, E. Hays, R.E. Hughes, G. Johannesson, A.S. Johnson, R.P. Johnson, W.N. Johnson, M. Kadler, T. Kamae, H. Katagiri, J. Kataoka, M. Kerr, J. Knödlseder, M.L. Kocian, F. Kuehn, M. Kuss, J. Lande, L. Latronico, M. Lemoine-Goumard, F. Longo, F. Loparco, B. Lott, M.N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, G.M. Madejski, A. Makeev, M. Marelli, E. Massaro, W. Max-Moerbeck, M.N. Mazziotta, W. McConville, J.C. McEnery, C. Meurer, P.F. Michelson, W. Mitthumsiri, T. Mizuno, A.A. Moiseev, C. Monte, M.E. Monzani, A. Morselli, I.V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, P.L. Nolan, J.P. Norris, E. Nuss, T. Ohsugi, N. Omodei, E. Orlando, J.F. Ormes, M. Ozaki, D. Paneque, J.H. Panetta, D. Parent, V. Pavlidou, T.J. Pearson, V. Pelassa, M. Pepe, M. Pesce-Rollins, F. Piron, T.A. Porter, S. Raino, R. Rando, M. Razzano, S. Razzaque, A. Readhead, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, T. Reposeur, J.L. Richards, S. Ritz, L.S. Rochester, A.Y. Rodriguez, R.W. Romani, M. Roth, F. Ryde, H.F.-W. Sadrozinski, D. Sanchez, A. Sander, P.M. Saz Parkinson, J.D. Scargle, C. Sgro, M.S. Shaw, E.J. Siskind, D.A. Smith, P.D. Smith, G. Spandre, P. Spinelli, M. Stevenson, M.S. Strickman, D.J. Suson, H. Tajima, H. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, J.B. Thayer, J.G. Thayer, D.J. Thompson, L. Tiblado, O. Tibolla, D.F. Torres, G. Tosti, A. Tramacere, P. Ubertini, Y. Uchiyama, T.L. Usher, V. Vasileiou, N. Vilchez, V. Vitale, A.P. Waite, P. Wang, B.L. Winer, K.S. Wood, H. Yasuda, T. Ylinen, J.A. Zensus, M. Ziegler, E. Angelakis, T. Hovatta, E. Hoversten, Y. Ikejiri, K.S. Kawabata, Y.Y. Kovalev, Yu.A. Kovalev, T.P. Krichbaum, M.L. Lister, Anne Lähteenmäki, N. Marchili, P. Ogle, C. Pagani, A.B. Pushkarev, K. Sakimoto, M. Sasada, Merja Tornikoski, M. Uemura, M. Yamanaka, T. Yamashita, E. do Couto e Silva

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57 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)810-827
JournalThe Astrophysical Journal
Volume710
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2010
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • galaxies: active
  • galaxies: jets
  • gamma rays: general
  • quasars: general
  • quasars: individual (PKS 1502+106)
  • X-rays: galaxies

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