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GeV $\gamma$-ray Emission of Compact Steep-Spectrum Source 4C +39.23B

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2022-03-30 v1

Abstract

Thirteen yr observation data of 4FGL J0824.9+3915 with the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope (Fermi/LAT) are analyzed for revisiting whether 4C +39.23B, a compact steep-spectrum (CSS) source closed to a flat-spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) 4C +39.23A in the γ\gamma-ray emitting region of 4FGL J0824.9+3915, is a γ\gamma-ray emitter. We find that the time-integrated γ\gamma-ray emission of 4FGL J0824.9+3915 is overwhelmingly dominated by 4C +39.23A. It shows significant variability at a 6.7σ\sigma confidence level and the average γ\gamma-ray flux in the 0.1--300 GeV energy band is (1.60±0.15)×108(1.60\pm 0.15)\times10^{-8} ph cm2^{-2} s1^{-1} with a power-law photon spectral index of 2.48±0.052.48\pm0.05. During MJD 57500--58500, 4FGL J0824.9+3915 is in a low state with a steady γ\gamma-ray flux. Analyzed the Fermi/LAT observation data in this time interval, it is found that the TS values of the γ\gamma-ray emission from 4C +39.23A and 4C +39.23B are 5\sim5 and 31\sim 31, respectively, indicating that the γ\gamma-ray emission in this time interval is dominated by the CSS 4C +39.23B. The derived average flux in this time interval for 4C +39.23B is (9.40±4.10)×109(9.40\pm4.10)\times 10^{-9} ph cm 2^{-2} s1^{-1} with Γγ=2.45±0.17\Gamma_{\gamma}=2.45\pm0.17. Attributing the spectral energy distribution (SED) of 4C +39.23B to the radiations from its core and extended region, we show that the SED can be represented with a two-zone leptonic model. Its γ\gamma-ray emission is contributed by the core region. The derived magnetic field strength and Doppler boosting factor of the core are 0.13 G and 6.5. Comparing 4C +39.23B with other γ\gamma-emitting CSSs and compact symmetric objects (CSOs) in the ΓγLγ\Gamma_{\gamma}-L_{\gamma} plane, it resembles CSSs.

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@article{arxiv.2202.04852,
  title  = {GeV $\gamma$-ray Emission of Compact Steep-Spectrum Source 4C +39.23B},
  author = {Ying Gu and Hai-Ming Zhang and Ying-Ying Gan and Jin Zhang and Xiao-Na Sun and En-Wei Liang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.04852},
  year   = {2022}
}

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12 Pages, 6 Figures, 2 Tables, accepted for publication in ApJ