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Fermi/LAT observations of Lobe-dominant Radio Galaxy 3C 207 and Possible Radiation Region of the Gamma-Rays

arXiv:1803.09856 · doi:10.1088/1674-4527/18/6/70

Abstract

3C 207 is a lobe-dominant radio galaxy with one sided jet and the bright knots in kpc-Mpc scale were resolved in the radio, optical and X-ray bands. It was confirmed as a gamma-ray emitter with Fermi/LAT, but it is uncertain whether the gamma-ray emission region is the core or knots due to the low spatial resolution of Fermi/LAT. We present an analysis of its Fermi/LAT data in the past 9 years. Different from the radio and optical emission from the core, it is found that the gamma-ray emission is steady without detection of flux variation over 2 sigma confidence level. This likely implies that the gamma-ray emission is from its knots. We collect the radio, optical, and X-ray data of knot-A, the closest knot from the core at 1 arcsec, and compile its spectral energy distribution (SED). Although the single-zone synchrotron+SSC+IC/CMB model by assuming knot-A at rest can reproduce the SED in the radio-optical-X-ray band, the predicted gamma-ray flux is lower than the LAT observations and the derived magnetic field strength deviates the equipartition condition with 3 orders of magnitude. Assuming that knot-A is relativistically moving, its SED from radio to gamma-ray bands would be well represented with the single-zone synchrotron+SSC+IC/CMB model under the equipartition condition. These results likely suggest that the gamma-ray emission may be from knot-A via the IC/CMB process and the knot should have relativistical motion. The jet power derived from our model parameters is also roughly consistent with the kinetic power estimated with the radio data.

arXiv comment7 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in RAA

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