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15 February 2025
 
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Discovery of $gamma$-ray emission from the radio-intermediate quasar III Zw 2: violent jet activity with intraday $gamma$-ray variability
Liao Neng-Hui ; Xin Yu-Liang Xin ; Fan Xu-Liang ; Weng Shan-Shan ; Li Shao-Kun ; Chen Liang ; Fan Yi-Zhong ;
Date 1 May 2016
AbstractIII Zw 2 is the prototype of radio-intermediate quasars. Although there is the evidence of possessing strong jet, detection of its $gamma$-ray emission has not been reported before. In this paper, we carry out a detailed analysis of the latest {it Pass} 8 {it Fermi}-LAT data. Although no significant $gamma$-ray signal is detected in the time-averaged 7-year {it Fermi}-LAT data of III Zw 2, we have identified two distinct $gamma$-ray flares with luminosities of $sim 10^{45}$ erg $ m s^{-1}$. Multiwavelength data analyses including the optical photometric observations from Yunnan Observatories are also presented and simultaneous optical and $gamma$-ray flares of III Zw 2 were detected in Nov. 2009. Violent $gamma$-ray variability with doubling timescale of 2.5 hours was detected in another $gamma$-ray flare in May 2010, for which the 3-hour $gamma$-ray peak flux is $sim 250$ times of the 7-year average flux. Rather similar behaviors are observed in blazars and the blazar model can reasonably reproduce the spectral energy distribution of III Zw 2 in a wide energy range, strongly suggesting that its central engine resembles that of blazars. In view of also its atypical blazar behaviors including its relatively low extended radio emission, short size of the radio jet and high radio turnover frequency, we suggest that III Zw 2 is undergoing an early phase of jet activity and serves as a valuable target for investigating the formation of radio loud active galactic nuclei.
Source arXiv, 1605.0276
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