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Title: A compact radio source in the high-redshift soft gamma-ray blazar IGR J12319-0749
Authors: S. Frey, Z. Paragi, K.E. Gabanyi, T. An

Context. Blazars are powerful active galactic nuclei (AGNs) radiating prominently in the whole electromagnetic spectrum, from the radio to the X-ray and gamma-ray bands. Their emission is dominated by synchrotron and inverse-Compton radiation from a relativistic jet originating from an accreting central supermassive black hole. The object IGR J12319-0749 has recently been identified as a soft gamma-ray source with the IBIS instrument of the INTEGRAL satellite, coincident with a quasar at high redshift (z=3.12).
Aims. We studied the radio structure of IGR J12319-0749 to strengthen its blazar identification by detecting a compact radio jet on the milli-arcsecond (mas) angular scale, and to measure its astrometric position accurate to mas level.
Methods. We used the technique of electronic very long baseline interferometry (e-VLBI) to image IGR J12319-0749 with the European VLBI Network (EVN) at 5 GHz on 2012 June 19.
Results. IGR J12319-0749 (J1231-0747) is a compact radio source, practically unresolved on interferometric baselines up to ~136 million wavelengths. The estimated brightness temperature (at least ~2 x 10^12 K) indicates that the radio emission of its jet is Doppler-boosted. The accurate position of the compact radio source is consistent with the positions measured at higher energies.

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Title: IGR J12319-0749: evidence for another extreme blazar found with INTEGRAL
Authors: L. Bassani, R. Landi, F. E. Marshall, A. Malizia, A. Bazzano, A. J. Bird, N. Gehrels, P. Ubertini, N. Masetti

We report on the identification of a new soft gamma-ray source, IGR J12319-0749, detected with the IBIS imager on board the INTEGRAL satellite. The source, which has an observed 20-100 keV flux of ~8.3 x 10^{-12} erg cm^{-2} s^{-1}, is spatially coincident with an AGN at redshift z=3.12. The broad-band continuum, obtained by combining XRT and IBIS data, is flat (Gamma ~ 1.3) with evidence for a spectral break around 25 keV (100 keV in the source rest frame). X-ray observations indicate flux variability which is further supported by a comparison with a previous ROSAT measurement. IGR J12319-0749 is also a radio emitting object likely characterised by a flat spectrum and high radio loudness; optically it is a broad-line emitting object with a massive black hole (2.8 x 10^{9} solar masses) at its center. The source Spectral Energy Distribution is similar to another high redshift blazar, 225155+2217 at z=3.668: both objects are bright, with a large accretion disk luminosity and a Compton peak located in the hard X-ray/soft gamma-ray band. IGR J12319-0749 is likely the second most distant blazar detected so far by INTEGRAL.

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