Solid Identification of Extragalactic Gamma-Ray Source Using High-Resolution Radio Interferometric Observation
arXiv:2502.19858 · doi:10.3390/universe11030083
Abstract
The dominant fraction of the extragalactic -ray sources are blazars, active galactic nuclei with jets inclined at a small angle to the line of sight. Apart from blazars, a few dozen narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1) and a number of radio galaxies are associated with -ray sources. The identification of -ray sources requires multiwavelength follow-up observations since several candidates could reside within the relatively large -ray localisation area. The -ray source 4FGL 0959.6+4606 was originally associated with a radio galaxy. However, follow-up multiwavelength work suggested a nearby NLS1 as the more probable origin of the -ray emission. We performed high-resolution very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observation at 5 GHz of both proposed counterparts of 4FGL 0959.6+4606. We clearly detected the NLS1 source SDSS J095909.51+460014.3 with relativistically boosted jet emission. On the other hand, we did not detect milliarcsecond-scale compact emission in the radio galaxy 2MASX J09591976+4603515. Our VLBI imaging results suggest that the NLS1 object is the origin of the -ray emission in 4FGL 0959.6+4606.
11 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Universe
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