Flare genesis in relativistic jet: Disentangling the drivers of variability in the blazar 4C +27.50

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Main Authors: Majumdar, Joysankar, Maurya, Sakshi, Prince, Raj
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author Majumdar, Joysankar
Maurya, Sakshi
Prince, Raj
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Maurya, Sakshi
Prince, Raj
contents Recently, blazar 4C +27.50 was found to be flaring in gamma-rays since its detection with Fermi-LAT in 2008. For the first time, a dedicated temporal and spectral study of the blazar 4C +27.50 has been performed in this work to understand the nature of this object. We used the Bayesian block algorithm to identify four flaring states and one quiet state in the 2-year-long Fermi-LAT light curve. Simultaneous broadband flaring episodes have been observed, and a significant correlation is seen between optical and $γ$-ray emission, suggesting the co-spatial origin of the broadband emission. The variation of fractional variability amplitude with respect to frequency shows a nearly double hump structure similar to broadband SED. The fastest flux doubling time in the 1-day binned $γ$-ray light curve is found to be about 7.8 hours. A curvature in $γ$-ray spectra has been observed, possibly caused by a stochastic particle acceleration process rather than radiative cooling. No evident correlation was found in the $γ$-ray flux-index plot, but a clear harder-when-brighter trend is observed in the X-ray flux-index plot. A one-zone leptonic model has been implemented to understand broadband emission during the quiet and flaring states, and the variation of the jet parameters is been investigated. A gradual increment in BLR and Disk energy density has been observed from a quiet to the flaring state. Broadband SED modeling suggested that an enhancement in the magnetic field, particle energy, and bulk Lorentz factor might have caused the flaring events.
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spellingShingle Flare genesis in relativistic jet: Disentangling the drivers of variability in the blazar 4C +27.50
Majumdar, Joysankar
Maurya, Sakshi
Prince, Raj
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Recently, blazar 4C +27.50 was found to be flaring in gamma-rays since its detection with Fermi-LAT in 2008. For the first time, a dedicated temporal and spectral study of the blazar 4C +27.50 has been performed in this work to understand the nature of this object. We used the Bayesian block algorithm to identify four flaring states and one quiet state in the 2-year-long Fermi-LAT light curve. Simultaneous broadband flaring episodes have been observed, and a significant correlation is seen between optical and $γ$-ray emission, suggesting the co-spatial origin of the broadband emission. The variation of fractional variability amplitude with respect to frequency shows a nearly double hump structure similar to broadband SED. The fastest flux doubling time in the 1-day binned $γ$-ray light curve is found to be about 7.8 hours. A curvature in $γ$-ray spectra has been observed, possibly caused by a stochastic particle acceleration process rather than radiative cooling. No evident correlation was found in the $γ$-ray flux-index plot, but a clear harder-when-brighter trend is observed in the X-ray flux-index plot. A one-zone leptonic model has been implemented to understand broadband emission during the quiet and flaring states, and the variation of the jet parameters is been investigated. A gradual increment in BLR and Disk energy density has been observed from a quiet to the flaring state. Broadband SED modeling suggested that an enhancement in the magnetic field, particle energy, and bulk Lorentz factor might have caused the flaring events.
title Flare genesis in relativistic jet: Disentangling the drivers of variability in the blazar 4C +27.50
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Astrophysics of Galaxies
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18927