Multi-wavelength observations of the BL Lac object Fermi J1544-0649: one year after its awakening


Abstract in English

We report observations of a transient source fermi from radio to grs. fermi was discovered by the {it Fermi-LAT} in May 2017. Follow-up {it Swift-XRT} observations revealed three flaring episodes through March 2018, and the peak X-ray flux is about $10^3$ higher than the {it ROSAT all-sky survey (RASS)} flux upper limit. Optical spectral measurements taken by the {it Magellan 6.5-m telescope} and the {it Lick-Shane telescope} both show a largely featureless spectrum, strengthening the BL Lac interpretation first proposed by citet{Bruni18}. The optical and mid-infrared (MIR) emission goes to a higher state in 2018, when the flux in high energies goes down to a lower level. Our {it RATAN-600m} measurements at 4.8~GHz and 8.2~GHz do not indicate any significant radio flux variation over the monitoring seasons in 2017 and 2018, nor deviate from the archival {it NVSS} flux level. During GeV flaring times, the spectrum is very hard ($Gamma_gammasim$1.7) in the GeV band and at times also very hard (($Gamma_{rm X}lesssim2$) in the X-rays, similar to a high-synchrotron-peak (or even an extreme) BL Lac object, making fermi a good target for ground-based {it Cherenkov telescopes}.

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