3C 454.3 FeII, MgII & 3000{AA} measurements

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Over the years, the flat-spectrum radio quasar 3C454.3 has presented phases of very high activity (flares) in which the different wave bands increase their flux dramatically. In this work, we perform multiwavelength analysis from radio to gamma-rays and study the MgII {lambda}2798 emission line and the UV FeII band from 2008 to 2018. We found that an increase in the 43GHz flux density of the quasi-stationary component C coincides with the estimated time at which a superluminal blob ejected from the radio core (which caused the brightest flare of 2010) collides with the quasi-stationary component (at a projected distance of ~4.6pc from the radio core). The different behavior of the spectral index in the first (5000<JD-2,450000<5600) and second (6600<JD-2450000<7900) flaring periods suggests changes in the physical conditions. The complex nature of the second period can be a result of a superposition of multiple events at different locations. The MGII line has an anticorrelation with the UV continuum while Fe ii correlates positively, except at the time of the brightest flare of 2010, when both have a strong response at high continuum luminosities. Our results suggest that the dominant gamma-ray emission mechanism for the first flaring period is external Compton. For the second flaring period the region emitting seed photons is co-spatial with that emitting gamma-rays. However, a study of the spectral energy distribution using a multizone jet emission model is required to confirm the nature of each significant flare during the second period.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.19060005
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/906/5
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Provenance
Creator Amaya-Almazan R.A.; Chavushyan V.; Patino-Alvarez V.M.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2022
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; High Energy Astrophysics; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics