Multi-wavelength observations of blazar AO 0235+164 in the 2008-2009 flaring state

Journal
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Ackermann, M.
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Ajello, M.
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Ballet, J.
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Barbiellini, G.
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Bastieri, D.
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Bellazzini, R.
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Blandford, R.D.
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Bloom, E.D.
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Bonamente, E.
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Borgland, A.W.
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Bottacini, E.
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Bregeon, J.
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Brigida, M.
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Bruel, P.
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Buehler, R.
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Buson, S.
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Caliandro, G.A.
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Cameron, R.A.
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Caraveo, P.A.
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Casandjian, J.M.
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Cavazzuti, E.
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Cecchi, C.
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Charles, E.
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Chekhtman, A.
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Chiang, J.
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Ciprini, S.
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Claus, R.
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Cohen-Tanugi, J.
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Cutini, S.
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De Palma, F.
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Dermer, C.D.
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Do Couto E. Silva, E.
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Drell, P.S.
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Drlica-Wagner, A.
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Dubois, R.
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Favuzzi, C.
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Fegan, S.J.
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Ferrara, E.C.
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Focke, W.B.
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Fortin, P.
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Fuhrmann, L.
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Fukazawa, Y.
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Fusco, P.
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Gargano, F.
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Gasparrini, D.
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Gehrels, N.
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Germani, S.
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Giglietto, N.
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Giommi, P.
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Giordano, F.
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Glanzman, T.
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Godfrey, G.
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Grenier, I.A.
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Guiriec, S.
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Hadasch, D.
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Hayashida, M.
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Hughes, R.E.
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Itoh, R.
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Jóhannesson, G.
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Johnson, A.S.
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Katagiri, H.
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Kataoka, J.
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Knödlseder, J.
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Kuss, M.
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Lande, J.
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Larsson, S.
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Lee, S.-H.
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Longo, F.
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Loparco, F.
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Lott, B.
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Lovellette, M.N.
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Lubrano, P.
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Madejski, G.M.
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Mazziotta, M.N.
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McEnery, J.E.
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Mehault, J.
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Michelson, P.F.
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Mitthumsiri, W.
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Mizuno, T.
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Monte, C.
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Monzani, M.E.
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Morselli, A.
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Moskalenko, I.V.
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Murgia, S.
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Naumann-Godo, M.
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Nishino, S.
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Norris, J.P.
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Nuss, E.
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Ohsugi, T.
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Okumura, A.
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Omodei, N.
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Orlando, E.
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Ozaki, M.
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Paneque, D.
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Panetta, J.H.
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Pelassa, V.
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Pesce-Rollins, M.
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Pierbattista, M.
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Piron, F.
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Pivato, G.
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Porter, T.A.
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Rainò, S.
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Rando, R.
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Rastawicki, D.
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Razzano, M.
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Readhead, A.
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Reimer, A.
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Reimer, O.
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Reyes, L.C.
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Richards, J.L.
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Sbarra, C.
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Sgrò, C.
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Siskind, E.J.
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Spandre, G.
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Spinelli, P.
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Szostek, A.
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Takahashi, H.
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Tanaka, T.
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Thayer, J.G.
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Thayer, J.B.
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Thompson, D.J.
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Tinivella, M.
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Torres, D.F.
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Tosti, G.
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Troja, E.
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Usher, T.L.
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Vandenbroucke, J.
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Vasileiou, V.
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Vianello, G.
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Vitale, V.
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Waite, A.P.
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Winer, B.L.
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Wood, K.S.
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Yang, Z.
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Zimmer, S.
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Moderski, R.
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Nalewajko, K.
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Sikora, M.
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Aller, H.D.
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Aller, M.F.
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Arkharov, A.A.
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Benítez, E.
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Berdyugin, A.
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Blinov, D.A.
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Boettcher, M.
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Bravo Calle, O.J.A.
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Carosati, D.
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Chen, W.P.
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Diltz, C.
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Dipaola, A.
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Efimova, N.V.
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Forné, E.
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Gurwell, M.A.
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Heidt, J.
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Hiriart, D.
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Jordan, B.
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Kimeridze, G.
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Konstantinova, T.S.
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Kopatskaya, E.N.
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Koptelova, E.
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Kurtanidze, O.M.
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Lähteenmäki, A.
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Larionova, E.G.
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Larionova, L.V.
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Larionov, V.M.
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Lindfors, E.
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Lin, H.C.
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Morozova, D.A.
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Nikolashvili, M.G.
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Nilsson, K.
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Oksman, M.
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Roustazadeh, P.
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Sievers, A.
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Sigua, L.A.
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Sillanpää, A.
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Takahashi, T.
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Takalo, L.O.
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Tornikoski, M.
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Troitsky, I.S.
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Angelakis, E.
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Krichbaum, T.P.
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Nestoras, I.
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Riquelme, D.
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Krips, M.
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Trippe, S.
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Arai, A.
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Kawabata, K.S.
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Sakimoto, K.
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Sasada, M.
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Sato, S.
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Uemura, M.
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Yamanaka, M.
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Yoshida, M.
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Bonning, E.W.
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Isler, J.
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Urry, C.M.
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Hoversten, E.
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Falcone, A.
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Pagani, C.
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Stroh, M.
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Abstract
The blazar AO 0235+164 (z = 0.94) has been one of the most active objects observed by Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) since its launch in Summer 2008. In addition to the continuous coverage by Fermi, contemporaneous observations were carried out from the radio to γ-ray bands between 2008 September and 2009 February. In this paper, we summarize the rich multi-wavelength data collected during the campaign (including F-GAMMA, GASP-WEBT, Kanata, OVRO, RXTE, SMARTS, Swift, and other instruments), examine the cross-correlation between the light curves measured in the different energy bands, and interpret the resulting spectral energy distributions in the context of well-known blazar emission models. We find that the γ-ray activity is well correlated with a series of near-IR/optical flares, accompanied by an increase in the optical polarization degree. On the other hand, the X-ray light curve shows a distinct 20 day high state of unusually soft spectrum, which does not match the extrapolation of the optical/UV synchrotron spectrum. We tentatively interpret this feature as the bulk Compton emission by cold electrons contained in the jet, which requires an accretion disk corona with an effective covering factor of 19% at a distance of 100 R g. We model the broadband spectra with a leptonic model with external radiation dominated by the infrared emission from the dusty torus. © 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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751
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0004-637X
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2012ApJ...751..159A
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