Constraining the extension of a possible gamma-ray halo of 3C 279 from 2008-2014 solar occultations
arXiv:1412.1435 · doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slv044
Abstract
The angular extension of the gamma-ray image of 3C 279 may be constrained by studying its solar occultations as suggested by Fairbairn et al. (2010). We perform this kind of analysis for seven occultations observed by Fermi-LAT in 2008-2014, using the Fermi-LAT Solar System tools. The results are interpreted in terms of models with extended gamma-ray halo of 3C 279; first constraints on the size and the flux of the halo are reported.
arXiv commentV2: 4 pages, 3 figures; minor changes following the reviewer's remarks. Version accepted by Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. Letters
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