1. Very high energy gamma-ray observation of the peculiar transient event Swift J1644+57 with the MAGIC telescopes and AGILE
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Abelardo Moralejo, Ivica Puljak, Pierre Colin, T. Krähenbühl, L. A. Antonelli, K. Berger, E. Colombo, S. Bonnefoy, Giacomo Bonnoli, R. Mirzoyan, D. Eisenacher, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, Fabio Zandanel, Ralph Bock, L. O. Takalo, Nina Nowak, Natalia Lewandowska, Mosè Mariotti, M. Doert, Michael Backes, M. Asensio, Takashi Saito, Juan Abel Barrio, K. Mallot, Fabrizio Tavecchio, R. J. García López, Saverio Lombardi, D. Borla Tridon, Ll. Font, F. Jankowski, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Reiko Orito, S. Partini, Francesco Longo, Julian Sitarek, Kari Nilsson, M. Salvati, R. Reinthal, J. Hose, Dominik Elsaesser, A. Sillanpää, Steven N. Shore, A. La Barbera, Emanuele Paolo Farina, U. Barres de Almeida, Dario Hrupec, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, Daniela Hadasch, Felix Spanier, P. G. Prada Moroni, J. Moldón, Christian Fruck, T. Toyama, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, W. Idec, Damir Lelas, Patrick Vogler, P. Munar-Adrover, D. Garrido Terrats, Ignasi Reichardt, O. Tibolla, V. Scalzotto, C. Pittori, M. L. Knoetig, Tomislav Terzić, M. Palatiello, Massimo Persic, J. Krause, Dorota Sobczyńska, B. De Lotto, M. A. Lopez, Hajime Takami, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, Riccardo Paoletti, I. Snidaric, Marc Ribó, D. Dominis Prester, Aaron Dominguez, M. V. Fonseca, G. Maneva, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Francesco Dazzi, R. Zanin, A. Saggion, Adrian Biland, J. Kushida, G. De Caneva, S. Klepser, E. Prandini, Jose Luis Contreras, Francisco Prada, Juan Cortina, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, S. Spiro, E. Lorenz, A. De Angelis, Victor Stamatescu, Aldo Treves, J. Rico, Thomas Bretz, B. Steinke, J. Masbou, A. Hadamek, J. Storz, Diego F. Torres, M. I. Martínez, Wolfgang Rhode, J. Becerra González, P. Da Vela, A. Boller, L. Cossio, Daniel Ferenc, Mario Meucci, Artemio Herrero, K. Saito, F. Verrecchia, Q. Weitzel, Tihomir Surić, D. Carreto Fidalgo, V. Kadenius, S. Paiano, Karl Mannheim, C. Delgado Mendez, S. R. Gozzini, Gianluca Giavitto, A. González Muñoz, Daniela Dorner, M. Gaug, Elisa Bernardini, A. López-Oramas, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, D. Nakajima, Jose Miguel Miranda, L. Maraschi, Elina Lindfors, Daniel Mazin, Konstancja Satalecka, P. Temnikov, Michele Doro, Shan Sun, Jelena Aleksić, A. Niedzwiecki, David Paneque, Stefano Covino, T. Schweizer, I. Lozano, D. Tescaro, Masahiro Teshima, Robert Wagner, M. Uellenbeck, P. Antoranz, UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica, J., Aleksić, L. A., Antonelli, P., Antoranz, M., Asensio, M., Backe, U., Barres de Almeida, J. A., Barrio, J., Becerra González, W., Bednarek, K., Berger, E., Bernardini, A., Biland, O., Blanch, R. K., Bock, A., Boller, S., Bonnefoy, G., Bonnoli, D., Borla Tridon, T., Bretz, E., Carmona, A., Carosi, D., Carreto Fidalgo, P., Colin, E., Colombo, J. L., Contrera, J., Cortina, L., Cossio, S., Covino, P., Da Vela, F., Dazzi, A., De Angeli, G., De Caneva, B., De Lotto, C., Delgado Mendez, M., Doert, A., Domínguez, D., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, M., Doro, D., Eisenacher, D., Elsaesser, E., Farina, D., Ferenc, M. V., Fonseca, L., Font, C., Fruck, R. J., García López, M., Garczarczyk, D., Garrido Terrat, M., Gaug, G., Giavitto, N., Godinović, A., González Muñoz, S. R., Gozzini, A., Hadamek, D., Hadasch, A., Herrero, J., Hose, D., Hrupec, W., Idec, F., Jankowski, V., Kadeniu, S., Klepser, M. L., Knoetig, T., Krähenbühl, J., Krause, J., Kushida, A., La Barbera, D., Lela, N., Lewandowska, E., Lindfor, S., Lombardi, M., López, R., López Coto, A., López Orama, E., Lorenz, I., Lozano, M., Makariev, K., Mallot, G., Maneva, N., Mankuzhiyil, K., Mannheim, L., Maraschi, B., Marcote, M., Mariotti, M., Martínez, J., Masbou, D., Mazin, M., Meucci, J. M., Miranda, R., Mirzoyan, J., Moldón, A., Moralejo, P., Munar Adrover, D., Nakajima, A., Niedzwiecki, K., Nilsson, N., Nowak, R., Orito, S., Paiano, M., Palatiello, D., Paneque, R., Paoletti, J. M., Parede, S., Partini, M., Persic, F., Prada, P. G., Prada Moroni, E., Prandini, I., Puljak, I., Reichardt, R., Reinthal, W., Rhode, M., Ribó, J., Rico, A., Saggion, K., Saito, T. Y., Saito, M., Salvati, K., Satalecka, V., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, C., Schultz, T., Schweizer, S. N., Shore, A., Sillanpää, J., Sitarek, I., Snidaric, D., Sobczynska, F., Spanier, S., Spiro, V., Stamatescu, A., Stamerra, B., Steinke, J., Storz, S., Sun, T., Surić, L., Takalo, H., Takami, F., Tavecchio, P., Temnikov, T., Terzić, D., Tescaro, M., Teshima, O., Tibolla, D. F., Torre, T., Toyama, A., Treve, M., Uellenbeck, P., Vogler, R. M., Wagner, Q., Weitzel, F., Zandanel, R., Zanin, Longo, Francesco, F., Lucarelli, C., Pittori, and F., Verrecchia
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Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission ,active [Galaxies] ,Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal ,TIDAL DISRUPTION ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,radiation mechanisms: non-thermal ,galaxies: active ,Gamma rays: general ,general [Gamma rays] ,Astrophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Tidal disruption event ,NEARBY ,0103 physical sciences ,Blazar ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Zenith ,Physics ,gamma rays: general ,non-thermal [Radiation mechanisms] ,STAR ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,Gamma ray ,Astronomy ,Física ,MASSIVE BLACK-HOLE ,GALAXIES ,BLAZARS ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Galaxies: active ,Galaxy ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,ddc:520 ,Electrónica ,Física nuclear ,Electricidad ,Gamma-ray burst ,Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope - Abstract
Astronomy and astrophysics 552(A112 ), 1-6 (2013). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321197, Context. On March 28, 2011, the BAT instrument on board the Swift satellite detected a new transient event that in the very beginning was classified as a gamma ray burst (GRB). However, the unusual X-ray flaring activity observed from a few hours up to days after the onset of the event made a different nature seem to be more likely. The long-lasting activity in the X-ray band, followed by a delayed brightening of the source in infrared and radio activity, suggested that it is better interpreted as a tidal disruption event that triggered a dormant black hole in the nucleus of the host galaxy and generated an outflowing jet of relativistic matter. Aims. Detecting a very high energy emission component from such a peculiar object would be enable us to constrain the dynamic of the emission processes and the jet model by providing information on the Doppler factor of the relativistic ejecta. Methods. The MAGIC telescopes observed the peculiar source Swift J1644+57 during the flaring phase, searching for gamma-ray emission at very-high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV), starting observations nearly 2.5 days after the trigger time. MAGIC collected a total of 28 h of dataduring 12 nights. The source was observed in wobble mode during dark time at a mean zenith angle of 35◦. Data were reduced using a new image-cleaning algorithm, the so-called sum-cleaning, which guarantees a better noise suppression and a lower energy threshold than the standard analysis procedure. Results. No clear evidence for emission above the energy threshold of 100 GeV was found. MAGIC observations permit one to constrain theemission from the source down to 100 GeV, which favors models that explain the observed lower energy variable emission. Data analysis of simultaneous observations from AGILE, Fermi and VERITAS also provide negative detection, which additionally constrain the self-Compton emission component., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis
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