Multi wavelength study of 4C+28.07

TL;DR

This study analyzes 12 years of multi-wavelength data of the gamma-ray quasar 4C+28.07, revealing distinct flaring states, emission zones, and modeling its spectral and temporal behavior with a two-zone leptonic model.

Contribution

It provides a detailed multi-wavelength analysis of 4C+28.07, including spectral modeling and the identification of multiple emission zones during flares.

Findings

Identified three distinctive flaring states with different activity phases.

Detected large time delays between radio and gamma-ray emissions, indicating separate emission zones.

Modeled the source with a two-zone leptonic model, with jet power below Eddington luminosity.

Abstract

4C+28.07 is a $\gamma$-ray Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar (FSRQ) type source. It is often monitored at different frequencies, though long-term multi-wavelength data of this source have not been modelled in detail before. We have analyzed $\sim 12$ years (Aug, 2008 - May, 2020) of Fermi-LAT data with a binning of 10 days time scale and observed three distinctive flaring states. Each flaring state consists of different phases of activity, namely, pre-flare, flare \& post-flare regions. $\gamma$-ray spectral analysis of these different activity phases has been performed and the best fit model for its spectra is found to be a Log-parabola model. We have also studied the correlation of simultaneous $\gamma$-ray light curves with the optical \& radio counterparts in these flaring states and report the DCF with a 95\% significance level. A large time delay is found between radio and gamma-ray data for two flares, indicating two zones of emission. We have fitted the multi-wavelength data with a two-zone leptonic model. In our two-zone leptonic model, the maximum required power in the jet is 9.64 $\times$ 10$^{46}$ erg sec$^{-1}$, which is lower than its Eddington luminosity $2.29\times 10^{47}$ erg sec$^{-1}$.