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OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF GAMMA-RAY BLAZAR CANDIDATES. VI. FURTHER OBSERVATIONS FROM TNG, WHT, OAN, SOAR, AND MAGELLAN TELESCOPES
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WoS WOS:000375609100008
Scopus SCOPUS_ID:84963653870
DOI 10.3847/0004-6256/151/4/95
Año 2016
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Abstract



Blazars, one of the most extreme classes of active galaxies, constitute so far the largest known population of.-ray sources, and their number is continuously growing in the Fermi catalogs. However, in the latest release of the Fermi catalog there is still a large fraction of sources that are classified as blazar candidates of uncertain type (BCUs) for which optical spectroscopic observations are necessary to confirm their nature and their associations. In addition, about one-third of the gamma-ray point sources listed in the Third Fermi-LAT Source Catalog (3FGL) are still unassociated and lacking an assigned lower-energy counterpart. Since 2012 we have been carrying out an optical spectroscopic campaign to observe blazar candidates to confirm their nature. In this paper, the sixth of the series, we present optical spectroscopic observations for 30 gamma-ray blazar candidates from different observing programs we carried out with the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, William Herschel Telescope, Observatorio Astronomico Nacional, Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope, and Magellan. Telescopes. We found that 21 out of 30 sources investigated are BL Lac objects, while the remaining targets are classified as flat-spectrum radio quasars showing the typical broad emission lines of normal quasi-stellar objects. We conclude that our selection of gamma-ray blazar. candidates based on their multifrequency properties continues to be a successful way to discover potential low-energy counterparts of the Fermi. unidentified gamma-ray sources and to confirm the nature of BCUs.

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Astronomical Journal 0004-6256

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1 Álvarez Crespo, N. Mujer Univ Turin - Italia
Ist Nazl Fis Nucl - Italia
Università degli Studi di Torino - Italia
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino - Italia
2 Massaro, Francesco Hombre Univ Turin - Italia
Ist Nazl Fis Nucl - Italia
Università degli Studi di Torino - Italia
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino - Italia
3 Milisavljevic, D. Hombre Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos
4 Landoni, M. Hombre Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera - Italia
5 Chavushyan, Vahram Hombre Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr - México
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica - México
6 Patino-Alvarez, V. Hombre Inst Nacl Astrofis Opt & Electr - México
Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica - México
7 Masetti, N. Mujer Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Italia
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
INAF Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Bologna - Italia
8 Jimenez-Bailon, E. Mujer Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico - México
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - México
9 Strader, J. - Michigan State Univ - Estados Unidos
Michigan State University - Estados Unidos
10 Chomiuk, L. Mujer Michigan State Univ - Estados Unidos
Michigan State University - Estados Unidos
11 Katagiri, H. - Ibaraki Univ - Japón
Ibaraki University - Japón
12 Kagaya, M. - Ibaraki Univ - Japón
Ibaraki University - Japón
13 Cheung, C. C. - Naval Res Lab - Estados Unidos
Naval Research Laboratory - Estados Unidos
14 Paggi, A. Hombre Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - Estados Unidos
15 D'Abrusco, R. Hombre Univ Naples Federico II - Italia
Università Degli Studi di Napoli Federico II - Italia
16 Ricci, Federica Mujer Univ Rome Tre - Italia
Università degli Studi Roma Tre - Italia
17 La Franca, F. Hombre Univ Rome Tre - Italia
Università degli Studi Roma Tre - Italia
18 Smith, Howard A. - Harvard Smithsonian Ctr Astrophys - Estados Unidos
19 Tosti, G. Hombre UNIV PERUGIA - Italia
Università degli Studi di Perugia - Italia
Università degli Studi di Torino - Italia

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National Science Foundation
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Australian Research Council
Ohio State University
Vanderbilt University
NASA
University of Tokyo
Yale University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
University of Arizona
Brazilian Participation Group
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Florida
French Participation Group
German Participation Group
Harvard University
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Michigan State/Notre Dame/JINA Participation Group
Johns Hopkins University
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
New Mexico State University
New York University
Pennsylvania State University
University of Portsmouth
Princeton University
Spanish Participation Group
University of Utah
University of Virginia
University of Washington
CONACYT (Mexico)
Packard Foundation
Science Foundation for Physics within the University of Sydney
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Paraguay
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Agradecimiento
r r SDSS-III is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions of the SDSS-III Collaboration, including the University of Arizona, the Brazilian Participation Group, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Florida, the French Participation Group, the German Participation Group, Harvard University, the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, the Michigan State/Notre Dame/JINA Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, New Mexico State University, New York University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the Spanish Participation Group, University of Tokyo, University of Utah, Vanderbilt University, University of Virginia, University of Washington, and Yale University. The WENSS project was a collaboration between the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy and the Leiden Observatory. We acknowledge the WENSS team,. which consisted of Ger de Bruyn, Yuan Tang, Roeland Rengelink, George Miley, Huub Rottgering, Malcolm Bremer, Martin Bremer, Wim Brouw, Ernst Raimond, and David Fullagar, for the extensive work aimed at producing the WENSS catalog, and. TOPCAT<SUP>16</SUP> (Taylor 2005) for the preparation and manipulation of the tabular data and the images. The Aladin Java applet<SUP>17</SUP> was used to create the finding charts reported in this paper (Bonnarel et al. 2000). It can be started from the CDS (Strasbourg-France), from the CFA (Harvard-USA), from the ADAC (Tokyo-Japan), from the IUCAA (Pune-India), from the UKADC (Cambridge-UK), or from the CADC (Victoria-Canada).r The Molonglo Observatory site manager, Duncan Campbell-Wilson, and the staff, Jeff Webb, Michael White and John Barry, are responsible for the smooth operation of Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST) and the day-to-day observing programme of SUMSS. The SUMSS survey is dedicated to Michael Large whose expertise and vision made the project possible. The MOST is operated by the School of Physics with the support of the Australian Research Council and the Science Foundation for Physics within the University of Sydney.
This investigation is supported by NASA grants NNX12AO97G, NNX13AP20G, and NNX14AJ61G. H.A.S. acknowledges partial support from NASA/JPL grant RSA 1369566. The work by G.T. is supported by the ASI/INAF contract I/005/12/0. V.C. and V.P.-A. are supported by the CONACyT research grant 151494 (Mexico). Work by C.C.C. at NRL is supported in part by NASA DPR S-15633-Y. J.S. is supported by a Packard Foundation Fellowship.

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