We report the discovery by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi
Gamma-ray Space Telescope of high-energy gamma-ray emission from the peculiar
quasar PMN J0948+0022 (z=0.585+/-0.001). Contrary to the expectations, the
optical spectrum of this quasar shows only narrow lines FWHM(Hbeta) ~ 1500
km/s and the typical characteristics of narrow-line Seyfert 1 type galaxies.
However, the strong radio emission and the flat spectrum suggest the presence
of a relativistic jet, which can now be confirmed by the detection of MeV-GeV
photons. PMN J0948+0022 is therefore the first radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1
quasar to be detected at gamma-rays and the third type of gamma-ray emitting
AGN, after blazars and radiogalaxies.
Description
Fermi/LAT discovery of gamma-ray emission from a relativistic jet in the
narrow-line Seyfert 1 quasar PMN J0948+0022
cite arxiv:0908.3313
Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures. Proceedings of the conference "Accretion and
ejection in AGN: a global view" (Como, 22-26 June 2009)
%0 Journal Article
%1 Foschini2009
%A Foschini, L.
%A for the Fermi/LAT Collaboration,
%A Ghisellini, G.
%A Maraschi, L.
%A Tavecchio, F.
%A Angelakis, E.
%D 2009
%K FERMI Seyfert-1 gamma-ray jets relativistic
%T Fermi/LAT discovery of gamma-ray emission from a relativistic jet in the
narrow-line Seyfert 1 quasar PMN J0948+0022
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.3313
%X We report the discovery by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi
Gamma-ray Space Telescope of high-energy gamma-ray emission from the peculiar
quasar PMN J0948+0022 (z=0.585+/-0.001). Contrary to the expectations, the
optical spectrum of this quasar shows only narrow lines FWHM(Hbeta) ~ 1500
km/s and the typical characteristics of narrow-line Seyfert 1 type galaxies.
However, the strong radio emission and the flat spectrum suggest the presence
of a relativistic jet, which can now be confirmed by the detection of MeV-GeV
photons. PMN J0948+0022 is therefore the first radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1
quasar to be detected at gamma-rays and the third type of gamma-ray emitting
AGN, after blazars and radiogalaxies.
@article{Foschini2009,
abstract = { We report the discovery by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) onboard the Fermi
Gamma-ray Space Telescope of high-energy gamma-ray emission from the peculiar
quasar PMN J0948+0022 (z=0.585+/-0.001). Contrary to the expectations, the
optical spectrum of this quasar shows only narrow lines [FWHM(Hbeta) ~ 1500
km/s] and the typical characteristics of narrow-line Seyfert 1 type galaxies.
However, the strong radio emission and the flat spectrum suggest the presence
of a relativistic jet, which can now be confirmed by the detection of MeV-GeV
photons. PMN J0948+0022 is therefore the first radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1
quasar to be detected at gamma-rays and the third type of gamma-ray emitting
AGN, after blazars and radiogalaxies.
},
added-at = {2009-08-26T01:06:44.000+0200},
author = {Foschini, L. and for the Fermi/LAT Collaboration and Ghisellini, G. and Maraschi, L. and Tavecchio, F. and Angelakis, E.},
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description = {Fermi/LAT discovery of gamma-ray emission from a relativistic jet in the
narrow-line Seyfert 1 quasar PMN J0948+0022},
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note = {cite arxiv:0908.3313
Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures. Proceedings of the conference "Accretion and
ejection in AGN: a global view" (Como, 22-26 June 2009)},
timestamp = {2009-08-26T01:06:44.000+0200},
title = {Fermi/LAT discovery of gamma-ray emission from a relativistic jet in the
narrow-line Seyfert 1 quasar PMN J0948+0022},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.3313},
year = 2009
}