BL Lacs bright in γ rays

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Feb 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011nimpa.630..265p&link_type=abstract

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, Volume 630, Issue 1, p. 265-268.

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In this preview we consider implications from the recent AGILE γ-ray detection of the BL Lac 0716+714 in September-October 2007, marked by two intense flaring episodes reaching peak fluxes of 200×10-8 photons cm-2 s-1 in the energy range 0.1-10 GeV. The source shows no evidence of emission lines or disk radiation, related to any surrounding gas; its pure non-thermal radiation is effectively represented in terms of the synchrotron-self Compton radiation in the Thomson regime, also supported by the observed quadratic relation of the γ-ray to the X-ray flux variations. With source parameters so derived, we find a total jet power of about 4×1045 erg s-1, that makes 0716+714 one of the brightest gas-poor BL Lacs so far detected at γ-ray energies. Thus it provides an ideal benchmark to compare its intrinsic luminosity with the top power extractable from a maximally rotating black-hole via the Blandford-Znajek mechanism. With a mass close to 5×108M&sun; for the associated BH, we find the source to remain close to the Blandford-Znajek threshold during the flare. Other gas-poor but weaker BL Lacs remain well below the threshold. These findings and those expected from FERMI will provide a powerful test of GR at work.

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