Fermi-LAT Observation of Non-Blazar AGNs
Abstract
We report on a detailed investigation of the -ray emission from 26 non-blazar AGNs based on the Fermi LAT data accumulated for 7 years. The photon index of non-blazar AGNs changes in the range of 1.84-2.86 and the flux varies from a few times to . Over long time periods, power-law provides an adequate description of the -ray spectra of almost all sources. Significant curvature is observed in the -ray spectra of NGC 1275, NGC 6251, SBS 0846+513 and PMN J0948+0022 and their spectra are better described by log-parabola or power-law with exponential cut-off models. The -ray spectra of PKS 0625-25 and 3C 380 show a possible deviation from a simple power-law shape, indicating a spectral cutoff around the observed photon energy of GeV and GeV, respectively. Our analysis confirms the previous finding of an unusual spectral turnover in the -ray spectrum of Cen A: the photon index changes from to at GeV. In the plane, the luminosity of non-blazar AGNs is spread in the range of , where the lowest luminosity have FRI radio galaxies (but typically appear with a harder photon index) and the highest- SSRQs/NLSY1s (with softer photon indexes). We confirm the previously reported short-timescale flux variability of NGC 1275 and 3C 120. The -ray emission from NLSY1s, 1H 0323+342, SBS 0846+513 and PMN J0948+0022, is variable, showing flares in short scales sometimes accompanied by a moderate hardening of their spectra (e.g., on MJD 56146.8 the -ray photon index of SBS 0846+513 was ). 3C 111, Cen A core, 3C 207, 3C 275.1, 3C 380, 4C+39.23B, PKS 1502+036 and PKS 2004-447 show a long-timescale flux variability in the -ray band.
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@article{arxiv.1801.09381,
title = {Fermi-LAT Observation of Non-Blazar AGNs},
author = {N. Sahakyan and V. Baghmanyan and D. Zargaryan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.09381},
year = {2018}
}
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Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. The abstract has been shortened to comply with the size limit set by arXiv