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dc.contributor.authorHayashida, M.
dc.contributor.authorMadejski, G.
dc.contributor.authorNalewajko, K.
dc.contributor.authorSikora, M.
dc.contributor.authorWehrle, A.
dc.contributor.authorOgle, P.
dc.contributor.authorCollmar, W.
dc.contributor.authorLarsson, S.
dc.contributor.authorFukazawa, Y.
dc.contributor.authorItoh, R.
dc.contributor.authorChiang, J.
dc.contributor.authorStawarz, L.
dc.contributor.authorBlandford, R.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, J.
dc.contributor.authorMax-Moerbeck, W.
dc.contributor.authorReadhead, A.
dc.contributor.authorBuehler, R.
dc.contributor.authorCavazzuti, E.
dc.contributor.authorCiprini, S.
dc.contributor.authorGehrels, N.
dc.contributor.authorReimer, A.
dc.contributor.authorSzostek, A.
dc.contributor.authorTanaka, T.
dc.contributor.authorTosti, G.
dc.contributor.authorUchiyama, Y.
dc.contributor.authorKawabata, K.
dc.contributor.authorKino, M.
dc.contributor.authorSakimoto, K.
dc.contributor.authorSasada, M.
dc.contributor.authorSato, S.
dc.contributor.authorUemura, M.
dc.contributor.authorYamanaka, M.
dc.contributor.authorGreiner, J.
dc.contributor.authorKruehler, T.
dc.contributor.authorRossi, A.
dc.contributor.authorMacquart, Jean-Pierre
dc.contributor.authorBock, D.
dc.contributor.authorVillata, M.
dc.contributor.authorRaiteri, C.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:26:51Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:26:51Z
dc.date.created2016-09-22T12:29:03Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationHayashida, M. and Madejski, G. and Nalewajko, K. and Sikora, M. and Wehrle, A. and Ogle, P. and Collmar, W. et al. 2012. The structure and emission model of the relativistic jet in the quasar 3C 279 inferred from radio to high-energy [gamma]-ray observations in 2008-2010. The Astrophysical Journal. 754 (2).
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46364
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0004-637X/754/2/114
dc.description.abstract

We present time-resolved broadband observations of the quasar 3C 279 obtained from multi-wavelength campaigns conducted during the first two years of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope mission. While investigating the previously reported γ-ray/optical flare accompanied by a change in optical polarization, we found that the optical emission appears to be delayed with respect to the γ-ray emission by about 10 days. X-ray observations reveal a pair of "isolated" flares separated by ~90 days, with only weak γ-ray/optical counterparts. The spectral structure measured by Spitzer reveals a synchrotron component peaking in the mid-infrared band with a sharp break at the far-infrared band during the γ-ray flare, while the peak appears in the millimeter (mm)/submillimeter (sub-mm) band in the low state. Selected spectral energy distributions are fitted with leptonic models including Comptonization of external radiation produced in a dusty torus or the broad-line region. Adopting the interpretation of the polarization swing involving propagation of the emitting region along a curved trajectory, we can explain the evolution of the broadband spectra during the γ-ray flaring event by a shift of its location from ~1 pc to ~4 pc from the central black hole. On the other hand, if the γ-ray flare is generated instead at sub-pc distance from the central black hole, the far-infrared break can be explained by synchrotron self-absorption. We also model the low spectral state, dominated by the mm/sub-mm peaking synchrotron component, and suggest that the corresponding inverse-Compton component explains the steady X-ray emission.

dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishing, Inc.
dc.titleThe structure and emission model of the relativistic jet in the quasar 3C 279 inferred from radio to high-energy [gamma]-ray observations in 2008-2010
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume754
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.issn0004637X
dcterms.source.titleThe Astrophysical Journal
curtin.departmentCurtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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