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Table 1.

Parameters obtained for the fit of the Fermi-LAT energy spectrum of PKS 0447−439 using power law (PL), log parabola (LP), broken power law (BPL) and PLSuperExpCutOff (PLSEC) spectral models.

Model Energy Spectral parameters Npred. Integral flux TS Log- Log-likelihood
[GeV] 10−8[cm−2 s−1] likelihood ratio-test
Power law (PL) 0.1 … 500 Γ = 1.867 ± 0.009 16724 (7.83 ± 0.13) 29293 −402489.3

Log parabola 0.1 … 500 Γα = 1.742 ± 0.025 15726 (7.39 ± 0.15) 29234 −402479.8 19.00
(LP) Γβ = 0.020 ± 0.004 (4.4σ)

Broken power law 0.1 … 500 Γ1 = 1.839 ± 0.009 16234 (7.62 ± 0.13) 29305 −402462.4 53.80
(BPL) Γ2 = 2.825 ± 0.171 (7.3σ)
Eb = 42.84 ± 1.78

PLSuperExpCutOff 0.1 … 500 Γ1 = 1.818 ± 0.012 16119 (7.51 ± 0.14) 29282 −402464.2 50.20
Γ2 = 1.031 ± 0.195 (7.1σ)
Ec = 137.9 ± 24.3

Notes. The last column gives the significance, obtained using Log-likelihood test by comparing the log-likelihood values for each model against those for the power-law model. Only statistical errors are shown. A BPL is preferred here. Npred. represents the number of predicted photons.

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