Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-06-21
Astrophys.J.Lett.736:l30,2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
7 pages, 2 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in ApJL
Scientific paper
We report the extraordinary gamma-ray activity (E>100 MeV) of the gravitationally lensed blazar PKS 1830-211 (z=2.507) detected by AGILE between October and November 2010. The source experienced on October 14 a flux increase of a factor of ~ 12 with respect to its average value and kept brightest at this flux level (~ 500 x 10^{-8} ph cm^-2 sec^-1) for about 4 days. The 1-month gamma-ray light curve across the flare showed a mean flux F(E>100 MeV)= 200 x 10^{-8} ph cm^-2 sec^-1, which resulted in an enhancement by a factor of 4 with respect to the average value. Following the gamma-ray flare, the source was observed in NIR-Optical energy bands at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory and in X-rays by Swift/XRT and INTEGRAL/IBIS. The main result of these multifrequency observations is that the large variability observed in gamma-rays has not a significant counterpart at lower frequencies: no variation greater than a factor of ~ 1.5 resulted in NIR and X-ray energy bands. PKS 1830-211 is then a good "gamma-ray only flaring" blazar showing substantial variability only above 10-100 MeV. We discuss the theoretical implications of our findings.
Barbiellini Guido
Bulgarelli Andrea
Cattaneo Paolo Walter
Chen Andrew W.
Costa Edgar
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