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Titolo: | Unveiling the nature of the γ-ray emitting active galactic nucleus PKS 0521-36 | Autori: | D'Ammando, F. Orienti, M. TAVECCHIO, Fabrizio GHISELLINI, Gabriele TORRESI, ELEONORA GIROLETTI, MARCELLO RAITERI, Claudia Maria GRANDI, PAOLA Aller, M. Aller, H. Gurwell, M. A. MALAGUTI, GIUSEPPE PIAN, Elena Tosti, G. |
Data pubblicazione: | 2015 | Rivista: | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY | Numero: | 450 | Fascicolo: | 4 | Da pagina:: | 3975 | Abstract: | PKS 0521-36 is an active galactic nucleus (AGN) with uncertain classification. We investigate the properties of this source from radio to γ-rays. The broad emission lines in the optical and ultraviolet bands and steep radio spectrum indicate a possible classification as an intermediate object between broad-line radio galaxies (BLRG) and steep spectrum radio quasars (SSRQ). On pc-scales PKS 0521-36 shows a knotty structure similar to misaligned AGN. The core dominance and the γ-ray properties are similar to those estimated for other SSRQ and BLRG detected in γ-rays, suggesting an intermediate viewing angle with respect to the observer. In this context the flaring activity detected from this source by Fermi-Large Area Telescope between 2010 June and 2012 February is very intriguing. We discuss the γ-ray emission of this source in the framework of the structured jet scenario, comparing the spectral energy distribution (SED) of the flaring state in 2010 June with that of a low state. We present three alternative models corresponding to three different choices of the viewing angles θ<SUB>v</SUB> = 6°, 15°, and 20°. We obtain a good fit for the first two cases, but the SED obtained with θ<SUB>v</SUB> = 15° if observed at a small angle does not resemble that of a typical blazar since the synchrotron emission should dominate by a large factor (̃100) the inverse Compton component. This suggests that a viewing angle between 6° and 15° is preferred, with the rapid variability observed during γ-ray flares favouring a smaller angle. However, we cannot rule out that PKS 0521-36 is the misaligned counterpart of a synchrotron-dominated blazar. | Acknowledgments: | The Fermi LAT Collaboration acknowledges generous ongoing support from a number of agencies and institutes that have supported both the development and the operation of the LAT as well as scientific data analysis. These include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Energy in the United States, the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules in France, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Italy, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Japan, and the K. A. Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council, and the Swedish National Space Board in Sweden. Additional support for science analysis during the operations phase is gratefully acknowledged from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Italy and the Centre National d’Études Spatiales in France. We thank the Swift team for making these observations possible, the duty scientists, and science planners. The Submillimeter Array is a joint project between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics and is funded by the Smithsonian Institution and the Academia Sinica. This research has made use of data from the University of Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory which has been supported by the University of Michigan and by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation, most recently AST-0607523. This research was supported in part by NASA Fermi Guest Investigator awards NNX09AU16G, NNX10AP16G, NNX11AO13G, and NNX13AP18G. Part of this work is based on archival data, software, or online service provided by ASI Science Data Center (ASDC). The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. We thank S. Digel, D. J. Thompson, J. Perkins, D. Gasparrini, and the anonymous referee for useful comments and suggestions. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23762 | URL: | https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/450/4/3975/1750239 | ISSN: | 0035-8711 | DOI: | 10.1093/mnras/stv909 | Bibcode ADS: | 2015MNRAS.450.3975D | Fulltext: | open |
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