Speaker
Sara Buson
(NASA-GSFC)
Description
In late 2016, the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) observed a dramatic increase in the gamma-ray activity from
the blazar CTA 102. The enhanced state was monitored throughout the whole electromagnetic spectrum and persisted for several weeks, reaching daily gamma-ray fluxes (0.1-100 GeV) as high as 10^-5 ph cm^-2 s^-1. We present the analysis of these flares and discuss their characteristics in the context of extreme blazar flares previously observed by the LAT.
Primary author
Sara Buson
(NASA-GSFC)
