PKS 1502+106: a new and distant gamma-ray blazar in outburst discovered by the Fermi Large Area Telescope
A. A. Abdo
,
Markus Ackermann
,
Marco Ajello
,
W. B. Atwood
,
Magnus Axelsson
,
Luca Baldini
,
Jean Ballet
(1)
,
Guido Barbiellini
,
D. Bastieri
,
B. M. Baughman
,
K. Bechtol
,
R. Bellazzini
,
B. Berenji
,
E. D. Bloom
,
G. Bogaert
(2)
,
E. Bonamente
,
A. W. Borgland
,
J. Bregeon
,
A. Brez
,
M. Brigida
,
Pascal Bruel
(2)
,
T. H. Burnett
,
G. A. Caliandro
,
R. A. Cameron
,
P. A. Caraveo
,
J. M. Casandjian
(1)
,
E. Cavazzuti
,
C. Cecchi
,
Ö. Çelik
,
A. Chekhtman
,
C. C. Cheung
,
J. Chiang
,
S. Ciprini
,
R. Claus
,
J. Cohen-Tanugi
(3)
,
J. Conrad
,
S. Cutini
,
C. D. Dermer
,
A. de Angelis
,
F. de Palma
,
S. W. Digel
,
E. Do Couto E Silva
,
P. S. Drell
,
R. Dubois
,
D. Dumora
(4)
,
C. Farnier
(3)
,
C. Favuzzi
,
S. J. Fegan
(2)
,
E. C. Ferrara
,
W. B. Focke
,
M. Frailis
,
L. Fuhrmann
,
Y. Fukazawa
,
S. Funk
,
P. Fusco
,
F. Gargano
,
D. Gasparrini
,
N. Gehrels
,
S. Germani
,
B. Giebels
(2)
,
N. Giglietto
,
F. Giordano
,
M. Giroletti
,
T. Glanzman
,
G. Godfrey
,
I. A. Grenier
,
M.-H. Grondin
(4)
,
J. E. Grove
,
L. Guillemot
(4)
,
S. Guiriec
,
Y. Hanabata
,
A. K. Harding
,
M. Hayashida
,
E. Hays
,
R. E. Hughes
,
G. Jóhannesson
,
A. S. Johnson
,
R. P. Johnson
,
W. N. Johnson
,
M. Kadler
,
T. Kamae
,
H. Katagiri
,
J. Kataoka
,
M. Kerr
,
Jürgen Knödlseder
(5)
,
M. L. Kocian
,
F. Kuehn
,
M. Kuss
,
J. Lande
,
L. Latronico
,
M. Lemoine-Goumard
(4)
,
F. Longo
,
F. Loparco
,
B. Lott
(4)
,
M. N. Lovellette
,
P. Lubrano
,
G. M. Madejski
,
A. Makeev
,
M. Marelli
,
E. Massaro
,
W. Max-Moerbeck
,
M. N. Mazziotta
,
W. Mcconville
,
J. E. Mcenery
,
C. Meurer
,
P. F. Michelson
,
W. Mitthumsiri
,
T. Mizuno
,
A. A. Moiseev
,
C. Monte
,
M. E. Monzani
,
A. Morselli
,
I. V. Moskalenko
,
S. Murgia
,
P. L. Nolan
,
J. P. Norris
,
E. Nuss
(3)
,
T. Ohsugi
,
N. Omodei
,
E. Orlando
,
J. F. Ormes
,
M. Ozaki
,
D. Paneque
,
J. H. Panetta
,
D. Parent
(4)
,
V. Pavlidou
,
T. J. Pearson
,
V. Pelassa
(3)
,
M. Pepe
,
M. Pesce-Rollins
,
F. Piron
(3)
,
T.A. Porter
,
S. Rainò
,
R. Rando
,
M. Razzano
,
S. Razzaque
,
A. Readhead
,
A. Reimer
,
O. Reimer
,
T. Reposeur
(4)
,
J. L. Richards
,
S. Ritz
,
L. S. Rochester
,
A. Y. Rodriguez
,
R. W. Romani
,
M. Roth
,
F. Ryde
,
H. F.-W. Sadrozinski
,
D. Sanchez
(2)
,
A. Sander
,
P. M. Saz Parkinson
,
J. D. Scargle
,
C. Sgrò
,
M. S. Shaw
,
E. J. Siskind
,
David Stanley Smith
(4)
,
P. D. Smith
,
G. Spandre
,
P. Spinelli
,
M. Stevenson
,
M. S. Strickman
,
D. J. Suson
,
H. Tajima
,
H. Takahashi
,
T. Tanaka
,
J. B. Thayer
,
J. G. Thayer
,
D. J. Thompson
,
L. Tibaldo
(1)
,
O. Tibolla
,
D. F. Torres
,
G. Tosti
,
A. Tramacere
,
P. Ubertini
,
Y. Uchiyama
,
T. L. Usher
,
V. Vasileiou
,
N. Vilchez
(5)
,
V. Vitale
,
A. P. Waite
,
P. Wang
,
B. L. Winer
,
K. S. Wood
,
H. Yasuda
,
T. Ylinen
,
J. A. Zensus
,
M. Ziegler
,
And E. Angelakis
,
T. Hovatta
,
E. Hoversten
,
Y. Ikejiri
,
K. S. Kawabata
,
Y.Y. Kovalev
,
Yu. A. Kovalev
,
T. P. Krichbaum
,
M. L. Lister
,
A. Lähteenmäki
,
N. Marchili
,
P. Ogle
,
C. Pagani
,
A. B. Pushkarev
,
K. Sakimoto
,
M. Sasada
,
M. Tornikoski
,
M. Uemura
,
M. Yamanaka
,
T. Yamashita
A. A. Abdo
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Markus Ackermann
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Marco Ajello
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W. B. Atwood
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Magnus Axelsson
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Luca Baldini
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Guido Barbiellini
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D. Bastieri
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B. M. Baughman
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K. Bechtol
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R. Bellazzini
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B. Berenji
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E. D. Bloom
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G. Bogaert
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E. Bonamente
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A. W. Borgland
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A. Brez
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M. Brigida
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T. H. Burnett
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G. A. Caliandro
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R. A. Cameron
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P. A. Caraveo
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E. Cavazzuti
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C. Cecchi
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Ö. Çelik
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A. Chekhtman
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C. C. Cheung
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J. Chiang
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S. Ciprini
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R. Claus
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J. Cohen-Tanugi
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J. Conrad
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S. Cutini
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C. D. Dermer
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A. de Angelis
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F. de Palma
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S. W. Digel
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E. Do Couto E Silva
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P. S. Drell
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R. Dubois
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C. Favuzzi
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S. J. Fegan
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E. C. Ferrara
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M. Frailis
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L. Fuhrmann
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Y. Fukazawa
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S. Funk
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P. Fusco
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F. Gargano
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D. Gasparrini
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N. Gehrels
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S. Germani
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N. Giglietto
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F. Giordano
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M. Giroletti
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T. Glanzman
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I. A. Grenier
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M.-H. Grondin
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J. E. Grove
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S. Guiriec
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Y. Hanabata
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A. K. Harding
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M. Hayashida
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E. Hays
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R. E. Hughes
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G. Jóhannesson
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A. S. Johnson
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R. P. Johnson
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W. N. Johnson
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M. Kadler
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T. Kamae
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H. Katagiri
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J. Kataoka
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M. Kerr
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Jürgen Knödlseder
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M. L. Kocian
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M. Kuss
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L. Latronico
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M. N. Mazziotta
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C. Meurer
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P. F. Michelson
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W. Mitthumsiri
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T. Mizuno
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A. A. Moiseev
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C. Monte
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M. E. Monzani
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A. Morselli
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I. V. Moskalenko
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S. Murgia
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P. L. Nolan
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J. P. Norris
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T. Ohsugi
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N. Omodei
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J. F. Ormes
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A. Reimer
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R. W. Romani
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M. Roth
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G. Tosti
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H. Yasuda
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T. Ylinen
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E. Hoversten
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N. Marchili
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Abstract
The Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered a rapid (about 5 days duration), high-energy (E >100 MeV) gamma-ray outburst from a source identified with the blazar PKS 1502+106 (OR 103, S3 1502+10, z=1.839) starting on August 05, 2008 and followed by bright and variable flux over the next few months. Results on the gamma-ray localization and identification, as well as spectral and temporal behavior during the first months of the Fermi all-sky survey are reported here in conjunction with a multi-waveband characterization as a result of one of the first Fermi multi-frequency campaigns. The campaign included a Swift ToO (followed up by 16-day observations on August 07-22, MJD 54685-54700), VLBA (within the MOJAVE program), Owens Valley (OVRO) 40m, Effelsberg-100m, Metsahovi-14m, RATAN-600 and Kanata-Hiroshima radio/optical observations. Results from the analysis of archival observations by INTEGRAL, XMM-Newton and Spitzer space telescopes are reported for a more complete picture of this new gamma-ray blazar.