COMPTEL Observations of the Gamma-ray Blazars 3C~454.3 and CTA 102 During the CGRO Mission

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2005-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0508280v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20053592

We have investigated the MeV behaviour of the \gray blazars 3C~454.3 and CTA 102 by analyzing all COMPTEL observations of this sky region during the complete CGRO mission. Both sources are detected by COMPTEL at the upper COMPTEL energies; although their flux estimates may be uncertain by possible minor contribution of nearby unidentified EGRET \gray sources. While CTA 102 was only detected at energies above 10 MeV during the early mission, 3C~454.3 is most significantly detected in the COMPTEL 3-10 MeV band in the sum of all data. Time-resolved analyses indicate a weak (near COMPTEL threshold) but likely steady 3-10 MeV emission over years, being independent of the observed time variability at energies above 100 MeV as observed by EGRET. This energy-dependent variability behaviour suggests different emission mechanisms at work at the two bands. Putting the COMPTEL fluxes in multifrequency perspective (radio to \grays), reveals for both sources the typical two-hump blazar spectra, with a low-energy maximum around the IR and a high-energy maximum at MeV energies. The latter one dominates the energy output across the whole electro-magnetic spectrum. The results of our analyses are discussed in the framework of current blazar modeling.

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