1. Very high energy outburst of markarian 501 in may 2009
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Aliu, E., Archambault, S., Bird, R., Weiner, O. M., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Wilhelm, Alina, Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Baring, M. G., Becerra Gónzalez, J., Cillis, A. N., Horan, D., Böttcher, M., Paneque, D., VERITAS Collaboration, Bouvier, A., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cardenzana, J. V., Cerruti, M., Cesarini, A., Chen, Xuhui, Archer, A., Ciupik, L., Collins-Hughes, E., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dumm, J., Eisch, J. D., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Arlen, T., Fleischhack, H., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Galante, N., Gall, D., Gillanders, G. H., Griffin, S., Griffiths, S. T., Grube, J., Aune, T., Gyuk, G., Hütten, M., Håkansson, N., Holder, J., Hughes, Greg, Humensky, T. B., Johnson, C. A., Kaaret, P., Kar, P., Kelley-Hoskins, N., Barnacka, A., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krause, M., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Lang, M. J., Madhavan, A. S., Maier, G., McArthur, S., Behera, B., McCann, A., Meagher, K., Millis, J., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Nieto, D., O’Faoláin de Bhróithe, A., Ong, R. A., Orr, M., Otte, A. N., Beilicke, M., Pandel, D., Park, N., Pelassa, V., Perkins, J. S., Pichel, A., Pohl, Martin, Popkow, A., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Reyes, L. C., Benbow, W., Reynolds, P. T., Roache, E., Rousselle, J., Rovero, A. C., Saxon, D. B., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Sheidaei, F., Skole, C., Smith, A. W., Berger, K., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Theiling, M., Todd, N. W., Tucci, J. V., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Vassiliev, V. V., Vincent, S., Wakely, S. P., Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), VERITAS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet ( LLR ), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -École polytechnique ( X ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )
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High energy ,GAMMA RAYS ,[ PHYS.ASTR ] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Ciencias Físicas ,bl-lacertae objects ,Flux ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] ,law ,gamma ray: flux ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,internal shocks ,extragalactic radio-sources ,High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE) ,Physics ,spectral variability ,Quiescent state ,Optical polarization ,large-area telescope ,VERITAS ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS ,Flare ,multiwavelength observations ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,GLAST ,blazar ,polarization: rotation ,BL-LAC OBJECTS ,bl lacertae objects: individual: mrk 501 ,0103 physical sciences ,gamma rays: galaxies ,polarization: optical ,Blazar ,optical polarization properties ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Institut für Physik und Astronomie ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https] ,gamma-ray emission ,Astronomía ,Crab Nebula ,gamma ray: VHE ,x-ray ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,active galactic nuclei ,ddc:520 ,spectral ,[PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] - Abstract
The very high energy (VHE; E $>$ 100 GeV) blazar Markarian 501 was observed between April 17 and May 5 (MJD 54938--54956), 2009, as part of an extensive multi-wavelength campaign from radio to VHE. Strong VHE $��$-ray activity was detected on May 1st with Whipple and VERITAS, when the flux (E $>$ 400 GeV) increased to 10 times the pre-flare baseline flux ($3.9{\times 10^{-11}}~{\rm ph~cm^{-2}~s^{-1}}$), reaching five times the flux of the Crab Nebula. This coincided with a decrease in the optical polarization and a rotation of the polarization angle by 15$^{\circ}$. This VHE flare showed a fast flux variation with an increase of a factor $\sim$4 in 25 minutes, and a falling time of $\sim$50 minutes. We present the observations of the quiescent state previous to the flare and of the high state after the flare, focusing on the flux and spectral variability from Whipple, VERITAS, Fermi-LAT, RXTE, and Swift combined with optical and radio data., 13 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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