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Radio Flaring Activity of 3C 345 and its Connection to Gamma-ray Emission

2010/12/13 by F. K. Schinzel, Schinzel, F. K., A. P. Lobanov +10
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph.GA #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1012.2820

4 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, Proceedings of the Workshop "Fermi meets Jansky - AGN in Radio and Gamma-Rays", Savolainen, T., Ros, E., Porcas, R.W. & Zensus, J.A. (eds.), MPIfR, Bonn, June 21-23 2010

arxiv created 2010/12/13 · openalex publication_date 2010/12/13 · arxiv updated 2010/12/14 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

3C 345 is one of the archetypical active galactic nuclei, showing structural and flux variability on parsec scales near a compact unresolved radio core. During the last 2 years, the source has been undergoing a period of high activity visible in the broad spectral range, from radio through high-energy bands. We have been monitoring parsec-scale radio emission in 3C 345 during this period at monthly intervals, using the VLBA at 15, 24, and 43 GHz. Our radio observations are compared with gamma-ray emission detected by Fermi-LAT in the region including 3C 345 (1FGL J1642.5+3947). Three distinct gamma-ray events observed in this region are associated with the propagation of relativistic plasma condensations inside the radio jet of 3C 345. We report on evidence for the gamma-rays to be produced in a region of the jet of up to 40 pc (de-projected) in extent. This suggests the synchrotron self-Compton process as the most likely mechanism for production of gamma-rays in the source.

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