High energy γ-radiation from the core of radio galaxy Centaurus A

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Mar 2012

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012ap.....55...14s&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics, Volume 55, Issue 1, pp.14-20

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Centaurus A, Gamma-Rays, Radio Galaxy

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The results of analysis of approximately 3 years of gamma-ray observations (August 2008-July 2011) of the radio galaxy Centaurus A with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (Fermi LAT) are presented. By modeling the surrounding (background) sources including the giant lobes of Centaurus A, and using the standard binned likelihood analysis method, the energy spectrum of the core is derived. In the energy range below several GeV it is described by a single power-law with photon index Γ = 2.73 ± 0.06 in agreement with the report of the Fermi LAT collaboration based on the first 10 months observations of the source. However, at higher energies the new data show significant excess above the extrapolation of the energy spectrum from low energies. The total flux between 200 MeV to 50 GeV is estimated to be (1.63 ± 0.14) × 10-7 ph cm-2 s-1. The comparison of the corresponding Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) at GeV energies with the SED in the TeV energy band reported by the H.E.S.S. collaboration shows that we deal with two or perhaps even three components of gamma-radiation originating from different regions located within the central 10 kpc of Centaurus A.

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