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High energy properties of PKS 1830-211

Astrophysics 2010-11-11 v1

Abstract

We report on an analysis of X- and γ\gamma-ray observations of PKS 1830-211, based on the long-term campaigns carried out by \emph{INTEGRAL} and COMPTEL. The \emph{INTEGRAL} data currently available present a 33σ33\sigma significance detection in the 20-100 keV band, while the COMPTEL 6-years data provide a 5.2σ5.2\sigma significance detection in the 1-3 MeV energy band. At hard X-rays, \emph{INTEGRAL} and supplementary \emph{SWIFT} observations show flux variability on timescales of months. At γ\gamma-rays, the source shows persistent emission over years. The hard X-ray spectrum is well represented by a power-law model, with Γ1.3\Gamma \sim 1.3 in the 20-250 keV band. This photon index is well consistent with the previous report of Γ1.3\Gamma \sim 1.3 obtained at E>3.5E > 3.5 keV from the best fit of \emph{XMM-Newton} data with a broken power law model. The joint \emph{XMM-Newton}/\emph{INTEGRAL} spectrum presented here is then fit with a broken power-law model and the parameters are refined compared to the previous. The results show the photon index changes from 1.0\sim 1.0 to 1.3\sim 1.3 at a break energy 4\sim 4 keV. At MeV energies, the spectrum softens to Γ2.2\Gamma \sim 2.2. These results, together with the EGRET measurement at E100E \ge 100 MeV, constitute a broad-band spectrum containing the peak of the power output at MeV energies, similar to most high-luminosity γ\gamma-ray blazars. The measured spectral characterstics are then discussed in the framework of the gravitational lens effects.

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@article{arxiv.0803.1900,
  title  = {High energy properties of PKS 1830-211},
  author = {Shu Zhang and Yu-peng Chen and Werner Collmar and Luigi Foschini and Ti-Pei Li and Diego F. Torres and Jian-Min Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.1900},
  year   = {2010}
}

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accepted for ApJ

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