Six years of Fermi-LAT and multi-wavelength monitoring of the broad-line radio galaxy 3c 120 : jet dissipation at sub-parsec scales from the central engine

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dc.abstract.enWe present multi-wavelength monitoring results for the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 120 in the MeV/GeV, sub-millimeter, and 43 GHz bands over 6 yr. Over the past 2 yr, the Fermi-Large Area Telescope sporadically detected 3C 120 with high significance and the 230 GHz data also suggest an enhanced activity of the source. After the MeV/GeV detection from 3C 120 in MJD 56240–56300, 43 GHz Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) monitoring revealed a brightening of the radio core, followed by the ejection of a superluminal knot. Since we observed the $\gamma$-ray and VLBA phenomena in temporal proximity to each other, it is naturally assumed that they are physically connected. This assumption was further supported by the subsequent observation that the 43 GHz core brightened again after a $\gamma$-ray flare occurred around MJD 56560. We can then infer that the MeV/GeV emission took place inside an unresolved 43 GHz core of 3C 120 and that the jet dissipation occurred at sub-parsec distances from the central black hole (BH), if we take the distance of the 43 GHz core from the central BH as $\sim$ 0.5 pc, as previously estimated from the time lag between X-ray dips and knot ejections. Based on our constraints on the relative locations of the emission regions and energetic arguments, we conclude that the $\gamma$ rays are more favorably produced via the synchrotron self-Compton process, rather than inverse Compton scattering of external photons coming from the broad line region or hot dusty torus. We also derived the electron distribution and magnetic field by modeling the simultaneous broadband spectrum.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut – Obserwatorium Astronomicznepl
dc.contributor.authorTanaka, Y. T.pl
dc.contributor.authorDoi, A.pl
dc.contributor.authorInoue, Y.pl
dc.contributor.authorCheung, C. C.pl
dc.contributor.authorStawarz, Łukasz - 132081 pl
dc.contributor.authorFukazawa, Y.pl
dc.contributor.authorGurwell, M. A.pl
dc.contributor.authorTahara, M.pl
dc.contributor.authorKataoka, J.pl
dc.contributor.authorItoh, R.pl
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T11:16:23Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T11:16:23Z
dc.date.issued2015pl
dc.date.openaccess12
dc.description.accesstimepo opublikowaniu
dc.description.number2pl
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume799pl
dc.identifier.articleidL18pl
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/2041-8205/799/2/L18pl
dc.identifier.eissn2041-8213pl
dc.identifier.issn2041-8205pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/12797
dc.languageengpl
dc.language.containerengpl
dc.rights.licenceOTHER
dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.engalaxies: activepl
dc.subject.engalaxies: individual: 3C 120pl
dc.subject.engalaxies: jetspl
dc.subject.enradiation mechanisms: non-thermalpl
dc.subject.enradio continuum: galaxiespl
dc.subject.engamma-rays: galaxiespl
dc.subtypeArticlepl
dc.titleSix years of Fermi-LAT and multi-wavelength monitoring of the broad-line radio galaxy 3c 120 : jet dissipation at sub-parsec scales from the central enginepl
dc.title.journalThe Astrophysical Journal Letterspl
dc.typeJournalArticlepl
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