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A new sample of gamma-ray emitting jetted active galactic nuclei—preliminary results




AuthorsFoschini Luigi, Lister Matthew L., Antón Sonia, Berton Marco, Ciroi Stefano, Marchã Maria J.M., Tornikoski Merja, Järvelä Emilia, Romano Patrizia, Vercellone Stefano, Bontà Elena Dalla

PublisherMDPI

Publication year2021

JournalUniverse

Journal name in sourceUniverse

Volume7

Issue10

eISSN2218-1997

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/universe7100372

Web address https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/7/10/372

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/67639646


Abstract

We are compiling a new list of gamma-ray jetted active galactic nuclei (AGN), starting from the fourth catalog of point sources of the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). Our aim is to prepare a list of jetted AGN with known redshifts and classifications to be used to calibrate jet power. We searched in the available literature for all the published optical spectra and multiwavelength studies useful to characterize the sources. We found new, missed, or even forgotten information leading to a substantial change in the redshift values and classification of many sources. We present here the preliminary results of this analysis and some statistics based on the gamma-ray sources with right ascension within the interval 0h−−12h (J2000). Although flat-spectrum radio quasars and BL Lac objects are still the dominant populations, there is a significant increase in the number of other objects, such as misaligned AGN, narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies, and Seyfert galaxies. We also introduced two new classes of objects: changing-look AGN and ambiguous sources. About one third of the sources remain unclassified.


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