KVN observations reveal multiple γ-ray emission regions in 3C84?

Jeffrey A. Hodgson, Bindu Rani, Sang Sung Lee, Juan Carlos Algaba, Motoki Kino, Sascha Trippe, Jong Ho Park, Guang Yao Zhao, Do Young Byun, Sincheol Kang, Jae Young Kim, Jeong Sook Kim, Soon Wook Kim, Atsushi Miyazaki, Kiyoaki Wajima, Junghwan Oh, Dae won Kim, Mark Gurwell

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Abstract

3C 84 (NGC 1275) is a well-studied misaligned sctive galactic nucleus (AGN), which has been active in γ -rays since at least 2008. We have monitored the source at four wavelengths (14, 7, 3, and 2 mm) using the Korean VLBI network (KVN) since 2013 as part of the interferometric monitoring of γ -ray bright AGN (iMOGABA) programme, and it exhibits bright radio emission both near the central SMBH and in a slowly moving feature located to the south known as C3. Other facilities have also detected these short-term variations above a slowly rising trend at shorter wavelengths, such as in γ -ray and 1-mm total intensity light curves. We find that the variations in the γ -rays and 1-mm total intensity light curves are correlated, with the γ -ray leading and lagging the radio emission. Analysis of the 2-mm KVN data shows that both the γ -rays and 1-mm total intensity short-term variations are better correlated with the SMBH region than C3, likely placing the short-term variations in C1. We interpret the emission as being due to the random alignment of spatially separated emission regions. We place the slowly rising trend in C3, consistent with previous results. Spectral analysis of the γ -ray data shows that the γ -ray flaring is inconsistent with blazar-like γ -ray emission. Additionally, we report that since mid-2015, a large mm-wave radio flare has been occurring in C3, with a large γ -ray flare coincident with the onset of this flare at all radio wavelengths.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberstx3041
Pages (from-to)368-378
Number of pages11
JournalMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume475
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Mar 2018

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Keywords

  • Galaxies: active
  • Gamma-rays: galaxies
  • Quasars: individual: 3C 84
  • Radio continuum: galaxies

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