The Gamma-ray bright BL Lac object RX J1211+2242

Details The Gamma-ray bright BL Lac object RX J1211+2242 The Gamma-ray bright BL Lac object RX J1211+2242

2004-03-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0403091v1

Astrophys.J. 608 (2004) 692-697

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1086/420815

RX J1211+2242 is an optically faint (B = 19.2 mag) but X-ray bright (2 - 10 keV flux fx = 5e-12 erg/cm**2/sec) AGN, which has been shown to be a BL Lac object at redshift z = 0.455. The ROSAT X-ray, Calar Alto optical, and NVSS radio data suggest that the peak of the synchrotron emission of this object is at energies as high as several keV. BeppoSAX observations have been carried out simultaneously with optical observations in order to extend the coverage to higher energies. The new data indeed indicate a turn-over in the 2 - 10 keV energy region. We propose that RX J1211+2242 is the counterpart of the unidentified EGRET source 3EG J1212+2304, making it a gamma-ray emitter with properties similar to, for example, Markarian 501 in its bright state, though being at a much larger distance.

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