Flux-density measurements of the high-redshift blazar PSO J047.4478+27.2992 at 4.7 and 8.2 GHz with RATAN-600

TL;DR

This study presents the first radio flux density measurements of the high-redshift blazar PSO J047.4478+27.2992 at 4.7 and 8.2 GHz, revealing a stable power-law spectrum and moderate variability over four months.

Contribution

It provides the first detection and flux measurements of this z=6.1 blazar at these frequencies, extending previous data and characterizing its radio spectrum and variability.

Findings

Detected at 4.7 and 8.2 GHz with RATAN-600.

Radio spectrum follows a single power-law with spectral index -0.51.

Moderate variability observed over four months.

Abstract

We report the first detection at 4.7 and 8.2 GHz with the RATAN-600 radio telescope of the source PSO J047.4478+27.2992, which has been announced as a blazar at z=6.1. The average flux density is $12\pm3$ and $8\pm4$ mJy at 4.7 and 8.2 GHz respectively, and an upper limit is estimated as 3 mJy at 11.2 GHz. The light curve at 4.7 GHz, obtained on a time-scale of four months, exhibits moderate variability of the source (fractional variability $F_{var}=0.28\pm0.02$). The new RATAN-600 measurements extend previous literature data to higher frequencies, indicating a single power-law radio spectrum with $\alpha_{0.147-8.2}$=$-0.51\pm0.1$. The monochromatic radio luminosity at 4.7 GHz $P_{\nu} \sim 2 \times 10^{27}$ W Hz$^{-1}$ is consistent with values for high-redshift quasars at $z\geq 3$.