Identification of the infrared non-thermal emission in Blazars

Abstract

Blazars constitute the most interesting and enigmatic class of extragalactic gamma-ray sources dominated by non-thermal emission. In this Letter, we show how the WISE infrared data make possible to identify a distinct region of the [3.4]-[4.6]-[12] micron color-color diagram where the sources dominated by the the thermal radiation are separated from those dominated by non-thermal emission, in particular the blazar population. This infrared non-thermal region delineated as the WISE Blazar Strip (WBS), it is a powerful new diagnostic tool when the full WISE survey data is released. The WBS can be used to extract new blazar candidates, to identify those of uncertain type and also to search for the counterparts of unidentified gamma-ray sources. We show one example of the value of the use of the WBS identifying the TeV source VER J 0648+152, recently discovered by VERITAS.

5 pages, 4 figures, Astrophysical Journal published

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