Looking for blazars in a sample of unidentified high-energy emitting Fermi sources

Context. Based on their overwhelming dominance among associated <i>Fermi</i> γ-ray catalogue sources, it is expected that a large fraction of the unidentified <i>Fermi</i> objects are blazars. Through crossmatching between the positions of unidentified γ-ray sources from the...

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Autores principales: Marchesini, Ezequiel Joaquín, Masetti, N., Chavushyan, V., Cellone, Sergio Aldo, Andruchow, Ileana, Bassani, L., Bazzano, A., Jiménez Bailón, E., Landi, R., Malizia, A., Palazzi, E., Patiño Álvarez, V., Rodríguez Castillo, G. A., Stephen, J. B., Ubertini, P.
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85754
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topic Ciencias Astronómicas
BL Lacertae objects: general
Galaxies: active
Gamma rays: general
X-rays: general
spellingShingle Ciencias Astronómicas
BL Lacertae objects: general
Galaxies: active
Gamma rays: general
X-rays: general
Marchesini, Ezequiel Joaquín
Masetti, N.
Chavushyan, V.
Cellone, Sergio Aldo
Andruchow, Ileana
Bassani, L.
Bazzano, A.
Jiménez Bailón, E.
Landi, R.
Malizia, A.
Palazzi, E.
Patiño Álvarez, V.
Rodríguez Castillo, G. A.
Stephen, J. B.
Ubertini, P.
Looking for blazars in a sample of unidentified high-energy emitting Fermi sources
topic_facet Ciencias Astronómicas
BL Lacertae objects: general
Galaxies: active
Gamma rays: general
X-rays: general
description Context. Based on their overwhelming dominance among associated <i>Fermi</i> γ-ray catalogue sources, it is expected that a large fraction of the unidentified <i>Fermi</i> objects are blazars. Through crossmatching between the positions of unidentified γ-ray sources from the First <i>Fermi</i> Catalog of γ-ray sources emitting above 10 GeV (1FHL) and the ROSAT and <i>Swift</i>/XRT catalogues of X-ray objects and between pointed XRT observations, a sample of 36 potential associations was found in previous works with less than 15 arcsec of positional offset. One-third of them have recently been classified; the remainder, though believed to belong to the blazar class, still lack spectroscopic classifications. Aims. We study the optical spectrum of the putative counterparts of these unidentified gamma-ray sources in order to find their redshifts and to determine their nature and main spectral characteristics. Methods. An observational campaign was carried out on the putative counterparts of 13 1FHL sources using medium-resolution optical spectroscopy from the Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna in Loiano, Italy; the Telescopio Nazionale <i>Galileo</i> and the Nordic Optical Telescope, both in the Canary Islands, Spain; and the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional San Pedro Mártir in Baja California, Mexico. Results. We were able to classify 14 new objects based on their continuum shapes and spectral features. Conclusions. Twelve new blazars were found, along with one new quasar and one new narrow line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) to be potentially associated with the 1FHL sources of our sample. Redshifts or lower limits were obtained when possible alongside central black hole mass and luminosity estimates for the NLS1 and the quasar.
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author Marchesini, Ezequiel Joaquín
Masetti, N.
Chavushyan, V.
Cellone, Sergio Aldo
Andruchow, Ileana
Bassani, L.
Bazzano, A.
Jiménez Bailón, E.
Landi, R.
Malizia, A.
Palazzi, E.
Patiño Álvarez, V.
Rodríguez Castillo, G. A.
Stephen, J. B.
Ubertini, P.
author_facet Marchesini, Ezequiel Joaquín
Masetti, N.
Chavushyan, V.
Cellone, Sergio Aldo
Andruchow, Ileana
Bassani, L.
Bazzano, A.
Jiménez Bailón, E.
Landi, R.
Malizia, A.
Palazzi, E.
Patiño Álvarez, V.
Rodríguez Castillo, G. A.
Stephen, J. B.
Ubertini, P.
author_sort Marchesini, Ezequiel Joaquín
title Looking for blazars in a sample of unidentified high-energy emitting Fermi sources
title_short Looking for blazars in a sample of unidentified high-energy emitting Fermi sources
title_full Looking for blazars in a sample of unidentified high-energy emitting Fermi sources
title_fullStr Looking for blazars in a sample of unidentified high-energy emitting Fermi sources
title_full_unstemmed Looking for blazars in a sample of unidentified high-energy emitting Fermi sources
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publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85754
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