A multiwavelength study of the flat spectrum radio-quasar NVSS J141922-083830 covering four flaring episodes

Abstract

We present multiwavelength observations and a model for flat spectrum radio quasar NVSS J141922-083830, originally classified as a blazar candidate of unknown type (BCU II object) in the Third Fermi-LAT AGN Catalog (3LAC). Relatively bright flares (>3 magnitudes) were observed on 21 February 2015 (MJD 57074) and 8 September 2018 (MJD 58369) in the optical band with the MASTER Global Robotic Net (MASTER-Net) telescopes. Optical spectra obtained with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) on 1 March 2015 (MJD 57082), during outburst, and on 30 May 2017 (MJD 57903), during quiescence, showed emission lines at 5325Å and at $\approx$3630Å that we identified as the Mg II 2798Å and C III] 1909Å lines, respectively, and hence derived a redshift z = 0.903. Analysis of Fermi-LAT data was performed in the quiescent regime (5 years of data) and during four prominent flaring states in February-April 2014, October-November 2014, February-March 2015 and September 2018. We present spectral and timing analysis with Fermi-LAT. We report a hardening of the gamma-ray spectrum during the last three flaring periods, with a power-law spectral index $\Gamma =2.0$-$2.1$. The maximum gamma-ray flux level was observed on 24 October 2014 (MJD 56954) at $(7.57\pm 1.83)\times 10^{-7}$ ph~cm${}^{-2}$s${}^{-1}$. The multi-wavelength spectral energy distribution during the February-March 2015 flare supports the earlier evidence of this blazar to belong to the FSRQ class. The SED can be well represented with a single-zone leptonic model with parameters typical of FSRQs, but also a hadronic origin of the high-energy emission can not be ruled out.

arXiv comment15 pages, 11 figures, 8 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS (29 July 2022)

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