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1. A Search for QPOs in the Blazar OJ287: Preliminary Results from the 2015/2016 Observing Campaign

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S. Zola, M. Valtonen, G. Bhatta, A. Goyal, B. Debski, A. Baran, J. Krzesinski, M. Siwak, S. Ciprini, A. Gopakumar, H. Jermak, K. Nilsson, D. Reichart, K. Matsumoto, K. Sadakane, K. Gazeas, M. Kidger, V. Piirola, F. Alicavus, K. S. Baliyan, A. Berdyugin, D. Boyd, M. Campas Torrent, F. Campos, J. Carrillo Gómez, D. B. Caton, V. Chavushyan, J. Dalessio, D. Dimitrov, M. Drozdz, H. Er, A. Erdem, A. Escartin Pérez, V. Fallah Ramazani, A. V. Filippenko, F. Garcia, F. Gómez Pinilla, M. Gopinathan, J. B. Haislip, J. Harmanen, R. Hudec, G. Hurst, K. M. Ivarsen, M. Jelinek, A. Joshi, M. Kagitani, N. Kaur, W. C. Keel, A. P. LaCluyze, B. C. Lee, E. Lindfors, J. Lozano de Haro, J. P. Moore, M. Mugrauer, R. Naves Nogues, A. W. Neely, R. H. Nelson, W. Ogloza, S. Okano, J. C. Pandey, M. Perri, P. Pihajoki, G. Poyner, J. Provencal, T. Pursimo, A. Raj, R. Reinthal, S. Sadegi, T. Sakanoi, Sameer, J.-L. Salto González, T. Schweyer, F. C. Soldán Alfaro, N. Karaman, E. Sonbas, I. Steele, J. T. Stocke, J. Strobl, L. O. Takalo, T. Tomov, L. Tremosa Espasa, J. R. Valdes, J. Valero Pérez, F. Verrecchia, J. R. Webb, M. Yoneda, M. Zejmo, W. Zheng, J. Telting, J. Saario, T. Reynolds, A. Kvammen, E. Gafton, R. Karjalainen, and P. Blay

Subjects
galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: individual (OJ287), supermassive black holes, Astronomy, QB1-991
Abstract

We analyse the light curve in the R band of the blazar OJ287, gathered during the 2015/2016 observing season. We did a search for quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) using several methods over a wide range of timescales. No statistically significant periods were found in the high-frequency domain both in the ground-based data and in Kepler observations. In the longer-period domain, the Lomb–Scargle periodogram revealed several peaks above the 99% significance level. The longest one—about 95 days—corresponds to the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) period of the more massive black hole. The 43-day period could be an alias, or it can be attributed to accretion in the form of a two-armed spiral wave.

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2016
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2. Testing two-component models on very high-energy gamma-ray-emitting BL Lac objects

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Razmik Mirzoyan, D. Ninci, Susumu Inoue, Dorota Sobczyńska, V. Verguilov, Chiara Righi, J. van Scherpenberg, I. Šnidarić, John Hoang, Y. Chai, Stefano Covino, A. Babić, F. Di Pierro, D. Strom, Jose Luis Contreras, Petar Temnikov, Elisa Bernardini, C. Arcaro, Y. Iwamura, Ž. Bošnjak, Juan Cortina, Andrei Berdyugin, Bernd Schleicher, L. Jouvin, M. Makariev, Massimo Persic, P. Peñil, Markus Garczarczyk, Antonio Stamerra, J. Becerra González, F. de Palma, A. Arbet Engels, F. Leone, B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga, L. Nogués, Juan Abel Barrio, Sebastian Kiehlmann, A. Rugliancich, Marina Manganaro, S. Ansoldi, J. Rico, Anthony C. S. Readhead, M. Palatiello, H. Kubo, M. Karjalainen, Vitaly Neustroev, Laura Maraschi, Pawel Gliwny, Tomohiro Inada, N. Godinović, Giacomo Bonnoli, L. Bellizzi, Narek Sahakyan, M. Vazquez Acosta, Nicola Giglietto, P. G. Prada Moroni, K. Mannheim, M. Takahashi, Luca Tosti, S. Loporchio, D. Dominis Prester, Miguel Nievas-rosillo, Francesco Giordano, U. Barres de Almeida, C. Nigro, Valerio D'Elia, J. Otero-Santos, M. I. Martínez, Francesco Dazzi, Simone Mender, Alessia Spolon, G. Maneva, D. Hadasch, Elina Lindfors, Konstancja Satalecka, Luca Foffano, R. J. García López, Jenni Jormanainen, Michele Doro, A. Hahn, Takeshi Oka, Rumen Bachev, Kyoshi Nishijima, Daniel Mazin, A. Berti, A. Donini, B. Banerjee, T. Schweizer, Kari Nilsson, K. Noda, Armin Nabizadeh, G. Busetto, Shunsuke Sakurai, Daniel Kerszberg, M. Will, S. Gasparyan, A. Lamastra, M. Delfino, P. Munar-Adrover, A. López-Oramas, V. Fallah Ramazani, Carlo Vigorito, L. Saha, M. Mariotti, Walter Max-Moerbeck, N. Torres-Albà, Sarah M. Wagner, David Paneque, A. Biland, F. D' Ammando, Anton Strigachev, J. Besenrieder, M. Hütten, I. Vovk, C. Maggio, Arto Oksanen, L. Pavletić, D. Elsaesser, Matteo Cerruti, S. Fukami, Christian Fruck, U. Colin, David A. Green, D. Lelas, Kazuma Ishio, V. A. Acciari, W. Bhattacharyya, Yosuke Kobayashi, A. Fattorini, R. Reinthal, D. Zarić, Seiya Nozaki, E. Do Souto Espiñeira, Tomislav Terzić, Y. Kajiwara, Julian Sitarek, A. De Angelis, D. Miceli, M. V. Fonseca, W. Rhode, Francesco Longo, S. Lombardi, B. De Lotto, Roberto Carosi, Elisa Prandini, Sofia Ventura, D. Morcuende, N. Talebpour Sheshvan, W. Bednarek, Saša Mićanović, M. Minev, Riccardo Paoletti, M. Teshima, S. M. Colak, Markus Gaug, M. Peresano, Yoshiki Ohtani, Jordi Delgado, J. Kushida, P. Kehusmaa, Oscar Blanch, Ashot Chilingarian, D. Dorner, L. A. Antonelli, L. O. Takalo, V. Moreno, Giacomo D'Amico, S. Cikota, Kevin Schmidt, Y. Suda, Talvikki Hovatta, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Rodrigo Reeves, Eduardo Colombo, Ll. Font, M. Hodges, G. Ferrara, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, G. Ceribella, J. M. Paredes, Ciro Bigongiari, M. Mallamaci, R. López-Coto, Abelardo Moralejo, E. Moretti, D. Depaoli, Edgar Molina, G. Vanzo, T. Saito, P. Majumdar, Jose Carlos Herrera, F. Wierda, M. Strzys, L. Di Venere, Vincenzo Vitale, Dominik Baack, Jose Miguel Miranda, Tjark Miener, T. Surić, P. Da Vela, M. Ribó, I. Puljak, Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arbet Engels, A., Baack, D., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra Gonzalez, J., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Bosnjak, A., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colin, U., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D'Amico, G., D'Elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Do Souto Espineira, E., Dominis Prester, D., Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fattorini, A., Ferrara, G., Foffano, L., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Garcia Lopez, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinovic, N., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hutten, M., Inada, T., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jouvin, L., Kajiwara, Y., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., Lopez, M., Lopez-Coto, R., Lopez-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., MacHado De Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martinez, M., Mazin, D., Mender, S., Micanovic, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Munar-Adrover, P., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogues, L., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavletic, L., Penil, P., Peresano, M., Persic, M., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribo, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Suric, T., Takahashi, M., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzic, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Alba, N., Tosti, L., Van Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zaric, D., Nievas-Rosillo, M., Arcaro, C., D' Ammando, F., De Palma, F., Hodges, M., Hovatta, T., Kiehlmann, S., Max-Moerbeck, W., Readhead, A. C. S., Reeves, R., Takalo, L., Reinthal, R., Jormanainen, J., Wierda, F., Wagner, S. M., Berdyugin, A., Nabizadeh, A., Talebpour Sheshvan, N., Oksanen, A., Bachev, R., Strigachev, A., Kehusmaa, P., 30588766 - Arcaro, Cornelia, Academy of Finland, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Swiss National Science Foundation, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

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galaxies [Gamma rays], Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, BL Lacertae objects: general, Galaxies: Active, Galaxies: jets, Gamma rays: galaxies, Radiation mechanisms: non-Thermal, SHEATH POLARIZATION STRUCTURES, Astrophysics, Parameter space, galaxies: active, galaxies: jets, astronomical databases: miscellaneous, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, gamma rays: galaxies, 01 natural sciences, jet [Galaxies], non-Thermal [Radiation mechanisms], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, LACERTAE OBJECTS, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, TEV BLAZARS, CROSS-CORRELATIONS, galaxie [Gamma rays], 1ES 1959+650, Gamma ray, Active [Galaxies], miscellaneous [Astronomical databases], Spectral energy distribution, Física nuclear, RELATIVISTIC JETS, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS, 0103 physical sciences, Very-long-baseline interferometry, Blazar, MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, general [BL Lacertae objects], ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Space and Planetary Science, X-RAY, ddc:520, jets [Galaxies], miscellaneou [Astronomical databases], COMPLETE SAMPLE, Free parameter
Abstract

MAGIC Collaboration: et al., [Context]: It has become evident that one-zone synchrotron self-Compton models are not always adequate for very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray-emitting blazars. While two-component models perform better, they are difficult to constrain due to the large number of free parameters., [Aims]: In this work, we make a first attempt at taking into account the observational constraints from very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) data, long-term light curves (radio, optical, and X-rays), and optical polarisation to limit the parameter space for a two-component model and test whether or not it can still reproduce the observed spectral energy distribution (SED) of the blazars., [Methods]: We selected five TeV BL Lac objects based on the availability of VHE gamma-ray and optical polarisation data. We collected constraints for the jet parameters from VLBI observations. We evaluated the contributions of the two components to the optical flux by means of decomposition of long-term radio and optical light curves as well as modelling of the optical polarisation variability of the objects. We selected eight epochs for these five objects based on the variability observed at VHE gamma rays, for which we constructed the SEDs that we then modelled with a two-component model., [Results]: We found parameter sets which can reproduce the broadband SED of the sources in the framework of two-component models considering all available observational constraints from VLBI observations. Moreover, the constraints obtained from the long-term behaviour of the sources in the lower energy bands could be used to determine the region where the emission in each band originates. Finally, we attempt to use optical polarisation data to shed new light on the behaviour of the two components in the optical band. Our observationally constrained two-component model allows explanation of the entire SED from radio to VHE with two co-located emission regions., VFR and EL were supported by Academy of Finland projects 317636 and 320045. We would like to thank the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias for the excellent working conditions at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma. The financial support of the German BMBF and MPG; the Italian INFN and INAF; the Swiss National Fund SNF; the ERDF under the Spanish MINECO (FPA2017-87859-P, FPA2017-85668-P, FPA2017-82729-C6-2-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-6-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-5-R, AYA2015-71042-P, AYA2016-76012-C3-1-P, ESP2017-87055-C2-2-P, FPA2017-90566-REDC); the Indian Department of Atomic Energy; the Japanese ICRR, the University of Tokyo, JSPS, and MEXT; the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, National RI Roadmap Project DO1-268/16.12.2019 and the Academy of Finland grant nr. 320045 is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the Spanish Centro de Excelencia “Severo Ochoa” SEV-2016-0588 and SEV2015-0548, the Unidad de Excelencia “María de Maeztu” MDM-2014-0369 and the “la Caixa” Foundation (fellowship LCF/BQ/PI18/11630012), by the Croatian Science Foundation (HrZZ) Project IP-2016-06-9782 and the University of Rijeka Project 13.12.1.3.02, by the DFG Collaborative Research Centers SFB823/C4 and SFB876/C3, the Polish National Research Centre grant UMO2016/22/M/ST9/00382 and by the Brazilian MCTIC, CNPq and FAPERJ.

Published
2020

3. MAGIC upper limits on the GRB 090102 afterglow

Author

M. Gaug, Elisa Bernardini, Gianluca Giavitto, A. González Muñoz, C. Delgado Mendez, Victor Stamatescu, T. Schweizer, A. De Angelis, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, D. Dominis Prester, Robert Wagner, L. A. Antonelli, Julian Sitarek, Saverio Lombardi, M. L. Knoetig, P. Antoranz, J. Hose, Natalia Lewandowska, T. Toyama, A. Sillanpää, Nikola Godinovic, Takashi Saito, P. Temnikov, Benito Marcote, Abelardo Moralejo, A. La Barbera, Fabrizio Tavecchio, M. V. Fonseca, A. Bouvier, J. Moldón, D. Garrido Terrats, Konstancja Satalecka, Ll. Font, Reiko Orito, Francisco Prada, W. Idec, Julia Thaele, Michele Doro, M. Palatiello, Dario Hrupec, Jelena Aleksić, M. A. Lopez, E. Colombo, P. Da Vela, V. Scalzotto, Dominik Elsaesser, U. Barres de Almeida, A. Niedzwiecki, M. Doert, Damir Lelas, Fabio Zandanel, Ralph Bock, L. O. Takalo, K. Frantzen, Q. Weitzel, Tihomir Surić, M. Uellenbeck, David Paneque, Francesco Dazzi, Patrick Vogler, Hiroyasu Tajima, I. Snidaric, D. Carreto Fidalgo, Ana Babić, Dorota Sobczyńska, G. De Caneva, U. Menzel, M. Salvati, Stefano Ansoldi, S. Rügamer, Juan Abel Barrio, Riccardo Paoletti, Nina Nowak, Diego F. Torres, A. Herrero, Christian Fruck, S. Partini, M. Hayashida, Francesco Longo, E. Lorenz, S. Paiano, Kari Nilsson, Karl Mannheim, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, K. Berger, P. Munar-Adrover, I. Lozano, D. Hadasch, Giacomo Bonnoli, E. Prandini, J. M. Paredes, M. Garczarczyk, Antonio Stamerra, Silvia Preziuso, Marc Ribó, P. G. Prada Moroni, J. Kushida, Aldo Treves, Jose Luis Contreras, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, Masahiro Teshima, O. Tibolla, Juan Cortina, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, Tomislav Terzić, A. Hadamek, J. Storz, Ivica Puljak, Alicia López-Oramas, Pierre Colin, J. Becerra González, Emanuele Paolo Farina, S. Bonnefoy, Aaron Dominguez, Mario Meucci, R. Mirzoyan, D. Eisenacher, E. Carmona, Daniel Ferenc, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Felix Spanier, D. Nakajima, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Jose Miguel Miranda, F. Borracci, Wolfgang Rhode, Ignasi Reichardt, G. Maneva, R. Zanin, A. Saggion, Adrian Biland, J. Rico, R. Reinthal, L. Maraschi, Elina Lindfors, Daniel Mazin, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, Stefano Covino, S. Sun, Massimo Persic, A. Boller, L. Cossio, D. Tescaro, T. Krähenbühl, K. Saito, J. Masbou, M. I. Martínez, V. Kadenius, S. R. Gozzini, J. Rodriguez Garcia, Daniela Dorner, J., Aleksic, S., Ansoldi, L. A., Antonelli, P., Antoranz, A., Babic, U. B., de Almeida, J. A., Barrio, J. B., Gonzalez, W., Bednarek, K., Berger, E., Bernardini, A., Biland, O., Blanch, R. K., Bock, A., Boller, S., Bonnefoy, G., Bonnoli, F., Borracci, T., Bretz, E., Carmona, A., Carosi, D. C., 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. D., Mendez, M., Doert, A., Dominguez, D. D., Prester, D., Dorner, M., Doro, D., Eisenacher, D., Elsaesser, E., Farina, D., Ferenc, M. V., Fonseca, L., Font, K., Frantzen, C., Fruck, R. J. G., Lopez, M., Garczarczyk, D. G., Terrat, M., Gaug, G., Giavitto, N., Godinovic, A. G., Munoz, S. R., Gozzini, A., Hadamek, D., Hadasch, A., Herrero, J., Hose, D., Hrupec, W., Idec, V., Kadeniu, M. L., Knoetig, T., Krahenbuhl, J., Krause, J., Kushida, A. L., Barbera, D., Lela, N., Lewandowska, E., Lindfor, S., Lombardi, R., Lopez Coto, M., Lopez, A., Lopez Orama, E., Lorenz, I., Lozano, M., Makariev, K., Mallot, G., Maneva, N., Mankuzhiyil, K., Mannheim, L., Maraschi, B., Marcote, M., Mariotti, M., Martinez, J., Masbou, D., Mazin, U., Menzel, M., Meucci, J. M., Miranda, R., Mirzoyan, J., Moldon, A., Moralejo, P., Munar Adrover, D., Nakajima, A., Niedzwiecki, K., Nilsson, N., Nowak, R., Orito, A., Overkemping, S., Paiano, M., Palatiello, D., Paneque, R., Paoletti, J. M., Parede, S., Partini, M., Persic, F., Prada, P. G. P., Moroni, E., Prandini, S., Preziuso, I., Puljak, I., Reichardt, R., Reinthal, W., Rhode, M., Ribo, J., Rico, J. R., Garcia, S., Rugamer, A., Saggion, K., Saito, T., Saito, M., Salvati, K., Satalecka, V., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, C., Schultz, T., Schweizer, S. N., Shore, A., Sillanpaa, J., Sitarek, I., Snidaric, D., Sobczynska, F., Spanier, V., Stamatescu, A., Stamerra, J., Storz, S., Sun, T., Suric, L., Takalo, F., Tavecchio, P., Temnikov, T., Terzic, D., Tescaro, M., Teshima, J., Thaele, O., Tibolla, D. F., Torre, T., Toyama, A., Treve, M., Uellenbeck, P., Vogler, R. M., Wagner, Q., Weitzel, F., Zandanel, R., Zanin, A., Bouvier, M., Hayashida, H., Tajima, and Longo, Francesco

Subjects
Photon, General, Non-thermal - gamma-ray burst, Radiation mechanisms, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, gamma-ray burst: general, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, general [gamma-ray burst], 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Telescope, law, 0103 physical sciences, MAGIC (telescope), 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), astro-ph.HE, Physics, ta115, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], Afterglow, gamma-rays bursts: general, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Gamma-ray burst, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

Indications of a GeV component in the emission from GRBs are known since the EGRET observations during the 1990's and they have been confirmed by the data of the Fermi satellite. These results have, however, shown that our understanding of GRB physics is still unsatisfactory. The new generation of Cherenkov observatories and in particular the MAGIC telescope, allow for the first time the possibility to extend the measurement of GRBs from several tens up to hundreds of GeV energy range. Both leptonic and hadronic processes have been suggested to explain the possible GeV/TeV counterpart of GRBs. Observations with ground-based telescopes of very high energy photons (E>30 GeV) from these sources are going to play a key role in discriminating among the different proposed emission mechanisms, which are barely distinguishable at lower energies. MAGIC telescope observations of the GRB 090102 (z=1.547) field and Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data in the same time interval are analysed to derive upper limits of the GeV/TeV emission. We compare these results to the expected emissions evaluated for different processes in the framework of a relativistic blast wave model for the afterglow. Simultaneous upper limits with Fermi and a Cherenkov telescope have been derived for this GRB observation. The results we obtained are compatible with the expected emission although the difficulties in predicting the HE and VHE emission for the afterglow of this event makes it difficult to draw firmer conclusions. Nonetheless, MAGIC sensitivity in the energy range of overlap with space-based instruments (above about 40 GeV) is about one order of magnitude better with respect to Fermi. This makes evident the constraining power of ground-based observations and shows that the MAGIC telescope has reached the required performance to make possible GRB multiwavelength studies in the very high energy range., 8 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables. Submitted to MNRAS

Published
2014

4. Locating the γ-ray emission site inFermi/LAT blazars – II. Multifrequency correlations

Author

L. O. Takalo, Elina Lindfors, V. Ramakrishnan, Kari Nilsson, Anne Lähteenmäki, Mislav Baloković, R. Reinthal, Merja Tornikoski, and Talvikki Hovatta

Subjects
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Active galactic nucleus, active-galaxies, nuclei-gamma-rays, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, RED-NOISE, FOS: Physical sciences, SCALE JET, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, CONNECTION, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, jets-galaxies, galaxies, 0103 physical sciences, BRIGHT BLAZARS, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, LIGHT CURVES, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, ta115, EXTRAGALACTIC RADIO-SOURCES, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Galaxy, VARIABILITY, Correlation function (statistical mechanics), Space and Planetary Science, OPTICAL CONTINUUM, Millimeter, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies-radio continuum, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

In an attempt to constrain and understand the emission mechanism of gamma rays, we perform a cross-correlation analysis of 15 blazars using light curves in millimetre, optical and gamma rays. We use discrete correlation function and consider only correlations significant at 99 per cent level. A strong correlation was found between 37 and 95 GHz with a near-zero time delay in most of the sources, and ~1 month or longer in the rest. A similar result was obtained between the optical and gamma-ray bands. Of the 15 sources, less than 50 per cent showed a strong correlation between the millimetre and gamma-ray or millimetre and optical bands. The primary reason for the lack of statistically significant correlation is the absence of a major outburst in the millimetre bands of most of the sources during the 2.5 yr time period investigated in our study. This may indicate that only the long-term variations or large flares are correlated between these bands. The variability of the sources at every waveband was also inspected using fractional rms variability. The fractional rms variability displays an increase with frequency reaching its maximum in the gamma rays., 10 pages, 3 figures and 2 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS. Online-only Figure 1 is available as ancillary file with this submission

Published
2015

5. Unraveling the Complex Behavior of Mrk 421 with Simultaneous X-Ray and VHE Observations during an Extreme Flaring Activity in 2013 April

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Simonetta Puccetti, D. Dominis Prester, M. Makariev, Alice Donini, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, G. Bonnoli, Julian Sitarek, D. Dorner, Yoshiki Ohtani, J. Becerra González, S. Ventura, S. Ansoldi, L. Nogués, J. Besenrieder, A. Rugliancich, P. Munar-Adrover, Jose Luis Contreras, B. Jordan, I. Puljak, Pawel Gliwny, L. V. Larionova, L. Di Venere, Sunay Ibryamov, Abelardo Moralejo, M. I. Martínez, B. De Lotto, Juan Cortina, A. A. Mokrushina, E. Moretti, Kaya Mori, Maria Petropoulou, Elena G. Larionova, J. Rico, Juan Abel Barrio, Narek Sahakyan, A. Fattorini, C. Fruck, F. Del Puppo, F. Verrecchia, Victoria Moreno, Chiara Righi, M. V. Fonseca, Elina Lindfors, Justin D. Finke, D. A. Morozova, V. D'Elia, A. López-Oramas, M. G. Nikolashvili, John Hoang, Susumu Inoue, L. Maraschi, R. Paoletti, R. Reinthal, A. Strigachev, Saverio Lombardi, T. Schweizer, E. Do Souto Espiñeira, Tomislav Terzić, Ferdinando Giordano, Fabrizio Tavecchio, C. Nigro, B. Banerjee, Bernd Schleicher, A. Hahn, R. G. Chanishvili, Francesco Longo, M. Will, Shunsuke Sakurai, Ll. Font, Takeshi Oka, Davide Depaoli, Alan P. Marscher, L. Saha, D. Elsaesser, Antonio Stamerra, R. Carosi, G. Ceribella, Joni Tammi, V. Fallah Ramazani, D. Lelas, T. Guever, M. Teshima, J. M. Paredes, Dorota Sobczyńska, Zeljka Bosnjak, Chakali Eswaraiah, A. C. R. Readhead, G. Busetto, Jorge Otero-Santos, Mislav Baloković, J. L. Richards, R. A. Chigladze, Y. Chai, J. Kushida, Seiya Nozaki, Kari Nilsson, U. Barres de Almeida, L. Foffano, Ciro Bigongiari, Saša Mićanović, V. Vitale, Wen Ping Chen, P. Temnikov, T. Saito, Andrei Berdyugin, David H. Green, D. Strom, F. Di Pierro, E. N. Kopatskaya, Stefano Covino, D. Miceli, S. Gasparyan, D. Blinov, G. Maneva, E. Molina, S. G. Jorstad, T. Surić, M. Mariotti, I. Šnidarić, Satoshi Fukami, H. Kubo, M. Vazquez Acosta, R. López-Coto, Kazuma Ishio, Y. Iwamura, M. Gaug, A. Lamastra, A. C. Sadun, J. Herrera, G. Vanzo, Oscar Blanch, T. S. Grishina, Walter Max-Moerbeck, Anne Lähteenmäki, S. M. Colak, Valeri M. Larionov, C. M. Raiteri, C. Maggio, O. M. Kurtanidze, S. Cikota, D. Ninci, G. Ferrara, A. De Angelis, Rumen Bachev, Yu. V. Troitskaya, M. Minev, Georgi Latev, Elisa Bernardini, Other groups, L. Pavletić, Elisa Prandini, Goran Damljanović, Evgeni Semkov, M. Delfino, Wolfgang Rhode, Yusuke Suda, Massimo Persic, Carlo Vigorito, A. Berti, Paul S. Smith, K. Noda, Dario Hrupec, C. Leto, Victor A. Acciari, K. Nishijima, B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga, Mitsunari Takahashi, P. Peñil, L. Bellizzi, Serena Loporchio, Jose Miguel Miranda, N. Godinović, M. Strzys, Ashot Chilingarian, N. Giglietto, U. Colin, W. Bednarek, Simone Mender, Moritz Hütten, W. Bhattacharyya, I. Agudo, R. Mirzoyan, Louis Antonelli, Dominik Baack, P. Majumdar, G. M. Madejski, A. Arbet Engels, Vitaly Neustroev, J. W. Moody, Luca Tosti, M. Villata, D. Morcuende, N. Torres-Albà, I. Vovk, Jordi Delgado, H. C. Lin, Kevin Schmidt, Talvikki Hovatta, D. Hadasch, M. Palatiello, Y. Kajiwara, Francesco Dazzi, M. Mallamaci, O. Vince, M. Peresano, Yosuke Kobayashi, P. Da Vela, F. D'Ammando, K. Mannheim, R. J. García López, Ivan S. Troitsky, Tjark Miener, David Paneque, A. Biland, Marina Manganaro, P. G. Prada Moroni, Merja Tornikoski, Matteo Cerruti, M. López, Konstancja Satalecka, D. Mazin, Michele Doro, J. Barnes, F. Leone, M. Ribó, J. van Scherpenberg, A. Babić, Alessia Spolon, Léa Jouvin, Manasvita Joshi, Vassil Verguilov, Daniel Kerszberg, V. Ramakrishnan, D. Zarić, Tomohiro Inada, E. Colombo, M. Perri, M. Garczarczyk, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Swiss National Science Foundation, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Department of Atomic Energy (India), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science (Bulgaria), Academy of Finland, Croatian Science Foundation, University of Rijeka, German Research Foundation, National Centre for Research and Development (Poland), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil), Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Department of Energy (US), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Russian Science Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, John Templeton Foundation, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Chile), Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Magic, Collaboration, Other Groups And, Collaborator, Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Engels, A. A., Baack, D., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., De Almeida, U. B., Barrio, J. A., Gonzalez, J. B., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L. K., Bernardini, E., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Bosnjak, Z., Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colin, U., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., D'Elia, V., Vela, P. D., Dazzi, F., Angelis, A. D., Lotto, B. D., Puppo, F. D., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Depaoli, D., Pierro, F. D., Venere, L. D., Souto Espiñeira, E. D., Prester, D. D., Donini, A., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Elsaesser, D., Ramazani, V. F., Fattorini, A., Ferrara, G., Foffano, L., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Lopez, R. J. G., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinovic, N., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hutten, M., Inada, T., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jouvin, L., Kajiwara, Y., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., Lopez, M., Lopez-Coto, R., Lopez-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., De Oliveira Fraga, B. M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martinez, M., Mazin, D., Mender, S., Micanovic, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Munar-Adrover, P., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogues, L., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavletic, L., Peñil, P., Peresano, M., Persic, M., Moroni, P. G. P., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribo, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Schleicher, B., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Suric, T., Takahashi, M., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzic, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Alba, N., Tosti, L., Scherpenberg, J. V., Vanzo, G., Acosta, M. V., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zaric, D., Petropoulou, M., Finke, J., D'Ammando, F., Balokovic, M., Madejski, G., Mori, K., Puccetti, S., Leto, C., Perri, M., Verrecchia, F., Villata, M., Raiteri, C. M., Agudo, I., Bachev, R., Berdyugin, A., Blinov, D. A., Chanishvili, R., Chen, W. P., Chigladze, R., Damljanovic, G., Eswaraiah, C., Grishina, T. S., Ibryamov, S., Jordan, B., Jorstad, S. G., Joshi, M., Kopatskaya, E. N., Kurtanidze, O. M., Kurtanidze, S. O., Larionova, E. G., Larionova, L. V., Larionov, V. M., Latev, G., Lin, H. C., Marscher, A. P., Mokrushina, A. A., Morozova, D. A., Nikolashvili, M. G., Semkov, E., Smith, P. S., Strigachev, A., Troitskaya, Y. V., Troitsky, I. S., Vince, O., Barnes, J., Guver, T., Moody, J. W., Sadun, A. C., Hovatta, T., Richards, J. L., Max-Moerbeck, W., Readhead, A. C. S., Lahteenmaki, A., Tornikoski, M., Tammi, J., Ramakrishnan, V., and Reinthal, R.

Subjects
Individual sources Mrk 421, Flux, Astrophysics, Blazar, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov observations, Gamma-ray, Active galaxie, Relativistic jet, MAGIC (telescope), BL lacertae objects, BL Lacertae objects, Blazars, Active galaxies, Markarian galaxies, Gamma-ray detectors, Gamma-rays, Relativistic jets, High energy astrophysics, Observational astronomy, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Gamma ray, X-ray, Markarian galaxie, Física nuclear, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Individual sources Mrk 421, Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov observations, MAGIC, BL Lacertae objects, Blazars, Active galaxies, Markarian galaxies, Gamma-ray detectors, Gamma-rays, Relativistic jets, High energy astrophysics, Observational astronomy, Plasmoid, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, BL Lacertae object, High energy astrophysic, 0103 physical sciences, Gamma-ray detector, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Magnetic reconnection, Light curve, MAGIC, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We report on a multiband variability and correlation study of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 during an exceptional flaring activity observed from 2013 April 11 to 19. The study uses, among others, data from GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT), Swift, Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), Fermi Large Area Telescope, Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS), and Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC). The large blazar activity and the 43 hr of simultaneous NuSTAR and MAGIC/VERITAS observations permitted variability studies on 15 minute time bins over three X-ray bands (3-7 keV, 7-30 keV, and 30-80 keV) and three very-high-energy (VHE; >0.1 TeV) gamma-ray bands (0.2-0.4 TeV, 0.4-0.8 TeV, and >0.8 TeV). We detected substantial flux variations on multi-hour and sub-hour timescales in all of the X-ray and VHE gamma-ray bands. The characteristics of the sub-hour flux variations are essentially energy independent, while the multi-hour flux variations can have a strong dependence on the energy of the X-rays and the VHE gamma-rays. The three VHE bands and the three X-ray bands are positively correlated with no time lag, but the strength and characteristics of the correlation change substantially over time and across energy bands. Our findings favor multi-zone scenarios for explaining the achromatic/chromatic variability of the fast/slow components of the light curves, as well as the changes in the flux-flux correlation on day-long timescales. We interpret these results within a magnetic reconnection scenario, where the multi-hour flux variations are dominated by the combined emission from various plasmoids of different sizes and velocities, while the sub-hour flux variations are dominated by the emission from a single small plasmoid moving across the magnetic reconnection layer. © 2020. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved., The financial support of the German BMBF and MPG, the Italian INFN and INAF, the Swiss National Fund SNF, the ERDF under the Spanish MINECO (FPA2017-87859-P, FPA2017-85668-P, FPA2017-82729-C6-2-R, FPA2017-827 29-C6-6-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-5-R, AYA2015-71042-P, AYA2016-76012-C3-1-P, ESP2017-87055-C2-2-P, and FPA 201790566REDC), the Indian Department of Atomic Energy, the Japanese JSPS and MEXT, the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, National RI Roadmap Project DO-1153/28.08.2018 and the Academy of Finland grant No. 320045 is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the Spanish Centro de Excelencia "Severo Ochoa" SEV-20160588 and SEV-2015-0548, and Unidad de Excelencia "Maria de Maeztu" MDM-2014-0369, by the Croatian Science Foundation (HrZZ) Project IP-2016-06-9782 and the University of Rijeka Project 13.12.1.3.02, by the DFG Collaborative Research Centers SFB823/C4 and SFB876/C3, the Polish National Research Centre grant UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00382, and by the Brazilian MCTIC, CNPq and FAPERJ. The Fermi-LAT.Collaboration acknowledges generous ongoing support from a number of agencies and institutes that have supported both the development and the operation of the LAT as well as scientific data analysis. These include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Energy in the United States, the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules in France, the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare in Italy, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in Japan, and the K..A..Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council, and the Swedish National Space Board in Sweden. Additional support for science analysis during the operations phase is gratefully acknowledged from the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica in Italy and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales in France. This work made use of data from the NuSTAR mission, a project led by the California Institute of Technology, managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We thank the NuSTAR Operations, Software, and Calibration teams for support with the execution and analysis of these observations. This research has made use of the NuSTAR Data Analysis Software (NuSTARDAS) jointly developed by the ASI Science Data Center (ASDC; Italy) and the California Institute of Technology (USA). D.P. and A.B. are grateful to Amy Furniss and Wystan Benbow for providing the VERITAS VHE gamma-ray fluxes and for useful discussions about them. M.P. acknowledges support from the Lyman Jr. Spitzer Postdoctoral Fellowship and NASA Fermi grant No. 80NSSC18K1745., and J.F. is partially supported by NASA under contract S-15633Y. M.B. acknowledges support from NASA Headquarters under the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship Program (grant NNX14AQ07H) and the black hole Initiative at Harvard University, which is funded in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (grant GBMF8273) and in part by the John Templeton Foundation. This research was partially supported by the Bulgarian National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science under grants DN 18-13/2017, DN 18-10/2017, KP06-H28/3 (2018), and KP-06-PN38/1 (2019), as well as for the Spanish MIMECO (AYA2016-80889-P, RYC-2013-14511) and the IAA-CSIC "Severo Ochoa" program SEV2017-0709. The St. Petersburg University team acknowledges support from Russian Science Foundation grant 17-12-01029. The Abastumani team acknowledges financial support of the project FR/638/6-320/12 by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation under contract 31/77. T.G. acknowledges support from Istanbul University (Project numbers 49429 and 48285), Bilim Akademisi (BAGEP program), and TUBITAK (project numbers 13AT100-431, 13AT100-466, and 13AT60-430). The Boston University effort was supported in part by NASA grants NNX12AO90G and NNX14AQ58G. Data from the Steward Observatory spectropolarimetric monitoring project were used in this paper. This program is supported by Fermi Guest Investigator grants NNX08AW56G, NNX09 AU10G, NNX12AO93G, and NNX15AU81G. The OVRO 40 m monitoring program is supported in part by NASA grants NNX08AW31G and NNX11A043G and NSF grants AST-0808050 and AST-1109911. The Metsahovi team acknowledges the support from the Academy of Finland to our observing projects (numbers 212656, 210338, 121148, and others). W.M. acknowledges support from CONICYT project Basal AFB-170002.

Published
2020

6. Long-term optical monitoring of TeV emitting Blazars - I. Data Analysis

Author

A. Sillanpää, T. Vornanen, R. Reinthal, Elina Lindfors, T. Tuominen, M. Pasanen, Carolin Villforth, L. Ostorero, Pekka Heinämäki, R. Rekola, V. Kadenius, Jari Saarinen, Stefano Ciprini, Talvikki Hovatta, A. Halkola, Kari Nilsson, Pasi Nurmi, J. Sainio, Andrei Berdyugin, L. O. Takalo, and B. Zaprudin

Subjects
Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma ray, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Probability density function, Astrophysics, Light curve, 01 natural sciences, Radio spectrum, Constant false alarm rate, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, galaxies: active – BL Lacertae objects: general – methods: data analysis, Variance function
Abstract

We present ten years of R-band monitoring data of 31 northern blazars which were either detected at very high-energy (VHE) gamma rays or listed as potential VHE gamma-ray emitters. The data comprise 11 820 photometric data points in the R-band obtained in 2002–2012. We analyzed the light curves by determining their power spectral density (PSD) slopes assuming a power-law dependence with a single slope β and a Gaussian probability density function (PDF). We used the multiple fragments variance function (MFVF) combined with a forward-casting approach and likelihood analysis to determine the slopes and perform extensive simulations to estimate the uncertainties of the derived slopes. We also looked for periodic variations via Fourier analysis and quantified the false alarm probability through a large number of simulations. Comparing the obtained PSD slopes to values in the literature, we find the slopes in the radio band to be steeper than those in the optical and gamma rays. Our periodicity search yielded one target, Mrk 421, with a significant (p < 5%) period. Finding one significant period among 31 targets is consistent with the expected false alarm rate, but the period found in Mrk 421 is very strong and deserves further consideration.

Published
2018

7. The broad-band properties of the intermediate synchrotron peaked BL Lac S2 0109+22 from radio to VHE gamma rays

Author

F. Wierda, M. Peresano, Cosimo Nigro, Alexander Hahn, M. Nievas Rosillo, R. Reinthal, M. Hayashida, M. Minev, N. Mankuzhiyil, Julian Sitarek, Razmik Mirzoyan, U. Barres de Almeida, Nikola Godinovic, Damir Lelas, J. M. Paredes, Tomislav Terzić, Marc Ribó, Kazuma Ishio, Antonio Stamerra, Ievgen Vovk, Dorota Sobczyńska, M. Delfino, Wrijupan Bhattacharyya, Juan Abel Barrio, P. Bangale, Francesco Longo, D. Dominis Prester, Hidetoshi Kubo, B. De Lotto, J. E. Ward, Rodolfo Carosi, Camilla Maggio, Jenni Jormanainen, S. Paiano, M. Lopez, Karl Mannheim, P. G. Prada Moroni, Marcel Strzys, Ivica Puljak, John Hoang, Stefano Ciprini, Pierre Colin, Daniela Dorner, Gaia Vanzo, Dominik Baack, R. Desiante, Jordi Delgado, T. Schweizer, Fallah Ramazani, F. Di Pierro, M. Gaug, G. Ferrara, Anthony C. S. Readhead, D. Elsaesser, J. Becerra González, J. Herrera, G. Bonnoli, M. Vazquez Acosta, Talvikki Hovatta, Neustroev, L. Nogués, R. J. García López, Martin Makariev, Koji Noda, Elisa Bernardini, L. Maraschi, A. Niedzwiecki, Francesco Dazzi, A. Fernández-Barral, Elina Lindfors, K. Pfrang, Oscar Blanch, E. Moretti, Dario Hrupec, P. Da Vela, Pratik Majumdar, M. V. Fonseca, Darko Zarić, Aaron Dominguez, Daniel Mazin, A. Berti, Ciro Bigongiari, J. Palacio, Massimo Persic, F. Leone, Anne Lähteenmäki, Stefano Ansoldi, S Barcewicz, M. Garczarczyk, David Paneque, Masahiro Teshima, Martin Will, Riccardo Paoletti, Stefano Covino, Walter Max-Moerbeck, R. Ch. Berse, Sidika Merve Colak, Yuki Iwamura, Kyoshi Nishijima, D. Ninci, Abelardo Moralejo, J. R. Garcia, Susumu Inoue, D. Guberman, E. Prandini, Louis Antonelli, R. J. C. Vera, Alessandra Lamastra, M. I. Martínez, Tomoki Saito, Giovanni Ceribella, Marina Manganaro, Merja Tornikoski, Joni Tammi, Sabrina Einecke, P. Cumani, Chiara Righi, Konstancja Satalecka, Wolfgang Rhode, Michele Doro, P. Temnikov, K. Mielke, Iva Šnidarić, Sebastian Kiehlmann, B. Banerjee, Alicia Fattorini, C. Arcaro, Pablo Peñil, Shimpei Tsujimoto, Jürgen Besenrieder, Adrian Biland, Moreno, Tihomir Surić, J. Rico, Satoshi Masuda, Arka Chatterjee, P. Giammaria, D. Fidalgo, N. Torres-Albà, Tarek M. Hassan, G. Pedaletti, Yusuke Konno, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Ll. Font, A. De Angelis, Stefano Gallozzi, Jose Miguel Miranda, G. Maneva, Ana Babić, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, Juan Cortina, Kari Nilsson, E. Colombo, Lab Saha, Luca Foffano, L. O. Takalo, D. Hadasch, Mosè Mariotti, Saverio Lombardi, Andrea Rugliancich, D’Elia, Christian Fruck, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Arcaro, C., Baack, D., Babić, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., de Almeida, U. Barre, Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Berse, R. Ch., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnoli, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Chatterjee, A., Colak, S. M., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Cumani, P., D'Elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Di Pierro, F., Domínguez, A., Prester, D. Domini, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Elsaesser, D., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Fattorini, A., Fernández-Barral, A., Ferrara, G., Fidalgo, D., Foffano, L., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Gallozzi, S., García Łópez, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hassan, T., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Inoue, S., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., Łópez, M., Maggio, C., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Masuda, S., Mazin, D., Mielke, K., Minev, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nievas Rosillo, M., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Ninci, D., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pedaletti, G., Peñil, P., Peresano, M., Persic, M., Pfrang, K., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Garcia, J. R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Saha, L., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Strzys, M., Surić, T., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Teshima, M., Torres-Albà, N., Tsujimoto, S., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Zarić, D., Ciprini, S., Desiante, R., Barcewicz, S., Hovatta, T., Jormanainen, J., Takalo, L., Reinthal, R., Mankuzhiyil, N., Wierda, F., Lähteenmäki, A., Tammi, J., Tornikoski, M., Vera, R. J. C., Kiehlmann, S., Max-Moerbeck, W., Readhead, A. C. S., Ciprini , S., and Desiante , R.

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galaxie [Gamma-rays], active [Galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, jet [Galaxies], Luminosity, 0103 physical sciences, BL Lacertae objects: individual: S2 0109+22, Galaxies: active, Galaxies: jets, Gamma-rays: galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, MAGIC (telescope), Blazar, education, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, education.field_of_study, ta115, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, galaxies: active, galaxies: jets, gamma-rays: galaxies, Optical polarization, individual: S2 0109+22 [BL Lacertae objects], Astronomy and Astrophysic, Redshift, 13. Climate action, ddc:520, Spectral energy distribution, Física nuclear, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object
Abstract

The MAGIC telescopes observed S2 0109+22 in 2015 July during its flaring activity in high energy gamma rays observed by Fermi-LAT. We analyse the MAGIC data to characterise the very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission of S2 0109+22, which belongs to the subclass of intermediate synchrotron peak (ISP) BL Lac objects. We study the multi-frequency emission in order to investigate the source classification. Finally, we compare the source long-term behaviour to other VHE gamma-ray emitting (TeV) blazars. We performed a temporal and spectral analysis of the data centred around the MAGIC interval of observation (MJD 57225-57231). Long-term radio and optical data have also been investigated using the discrete correlation function. The redshift of the source is estimated through optical host-galaxy imaging and also using the amount of VHE gamma-ray absorption. The quasi-simultaneous multi-frequency spectral energy distribution (SED) is modelled with the conventional one-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model. MAGIC observations resulted in the detection of the source at a significance level of $5.3\,\sigma$. The VHE gamma-ray emission of S2 0109+22 is variable on a daily time scale. VHE gamma-ray luminosity of the source is lower than the average of TeV BL Lacs. The optical polarization, and long-term optical/radio behaviour of the source are different from the general population of TeV blazars. All these findings agree with the classification of the source as an ISP BL Lac object. We estimate the source redshift as $z = 0.36 \pm 0.07$. The SSC parameters describing the SED are rather typical for blazars., Comment: 15 pages, 10 figures, Corresponding authors: Fallah Ramazani, V. (vafara@utu.fi), Hovatta, T. (talvikki.hovatta@utu.fi), Lindfors, E. (elilin@utu.fi) and Nilsson, K. (kani@utu.fi)

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2018
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8. MAGIC detection of short-term variability of the high-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524

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A. De Angelis, A. Treves, Vitaly Neustroev, R. Zanin, Adrian Biland, J. Rico, G. Maneva, Dario Hrupec, Thomas Bretz, M. Palatiello, Dario Gasparrini, I. Lozano, M. A. Lopez, A. González Muñoz, Louis Antonelli, Walter Max-Moerbeck, Diego F. Torres, Jelena Aleksić, R. López-Coto, X. Paredes-Fortuny, A. Niedzwiecki, D. Nakajima, Julian Sitarek, Francesco Dazzi, A. Fernández-Barral, Patrick Vogler, P. Munar-Adrover, J. M. Paredes, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, Masahiro Teshima, Ivica Puljak, Filippo D'Ammando, Daniela Dorner, K. Mallot, Wolfgang Rhode, Pierre Colin, R. J. García López, Elina Lindfors, A. Sillanpää, Juan Abel Barrio, David Paneque, Juan Cortina, C. Fruck, M. Gaug, D. Fidalgo, T. Toyama, Antonio Stamerra, Daniel Mazin, Takashi Saito, J. Krause, W. Bednarek, J. Herrera, B. De Lotto, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Julia Thaele, S. N. Shore, K. Berger, Ll. Font, Koji Noda, Reiko Orito, Elisa Bernardini, J. Hose, I. Snidaric, J. L. Richards, D. Elsaesser, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Francesco Longo, H. Takami, Abelardo Moralejo, K. Nishijima, F. Di Pierro, C. Delgado Mendez, D. Dominis Prester, T. Steinbring, Massimo Persic, Yusuke Konno, Juri Poutanen, E. Lorenz, M. Hayashida, Stefano Covino, G. De Caneva, M. V. Fonseca, Kari Nilsson, K. Kodani, Y. Hanabata, K. Saito, G. Bonnoli, Talvikki Hovatta, M. Will, Marc Ribó, D. Tescaro, P. Antoranz, Konstancja Satalecka, R. Reinthal, P. Temnikov, Michele Doro, M. L. Knoetig, S. Buson, Razmik Mirzoyan, Hidetoshi Kubo, P. G. Prada Moroni, D. Garrido Terrats, Damir Lelas, V. Scalzotto, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, Dorota Sobczyńska, Oscar Blanch, Ana Babić, P. Da Vela, Stefano Ansoldi, T. Schweizer, Riccardo Paoletti, E. Prandini, F. Borracci, Alessandro Carosi, D. Hadasch, Jose Miguel Miranda, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Anthony C. S. Readhead, M. Strzys, L. Maraschi, B. Biasuzzi, Tomislav Terzić, D. Galindo, M. I. Martínez, P. Bangale, Sabrina Einecke, S. R. Gozzini, J. Rodriguez Garcia, M. Makariev, U. Menzel, W. Idec, E. Colombo, L. O. Takalo, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, Saverio Lombardi, Hanna Kellermann, K. Frantzen, V. Kadenius, S. Bonnefoy, S. Paiano, Karl Mannheim, D. Eisenacher, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, Alicia López-Oramas, Natalia Lewandowska, A. La Barbera, M. Nievas Rosillo, J. Becerra González, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Aleksi , J., Ansoldi, Stefano, Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Bangale, P., Barrio, J. A., Becerra Gonzalez, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Delgado Mendez, C., Di Pierro, F., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher, D., Elsaesser, D., Fernandez Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., Garcia Lopez, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Godinovi , N., Gonzalez Munoz, A., Gozzini, S. R., Hadasch, D., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Idec, W., Kadenius, V., Kellermann, H., Knoetig, M. L., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Krause, J., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lewandowska, N., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, Lopez, M., Lopez Coto, R., Lopez Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Lozano, I., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martinez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Munar Adrover, P., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nievas Rosillo, M., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribo, M., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Saito, T., Saito, K., Satalecka, K., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpaa, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzi , T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Vogler, P., Will, M., Zanin, R., Berger, K., Buson, S., D'Ammando, F., Gasparrini, D., Hovatta, T., Max Moerbeck, W., Readhead, A., and Richards, J.

Subjects
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 0806+524, galaxies: jets, gamma rays: galaxies, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, astro-ph.GA, galaxies: active, jets [galaxies], Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, BL Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 0806+524, galaxies: jets, gamma rays: galaxies, individual: 1ES 0806+524 [BL Lacertae objects], Astrophysics, law.invention, law, MAGIC (telescope), Blazar, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), astro-ph.HE, ta115, ta213, Compton scattering, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], non-thermal, galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 0806+524, galaxies: jets, gamma rays: galaxies [radiation mechanisms], Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Galaxies: active, Galaxies: jets, Gamma rays: galaxies, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Space and Planetary Science, Crab Nebula, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), active [galaxies], galaxies [gamma rays], ddc:520, Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object, Flare
Abstract

Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 451(1), 739 - 750 (2015). doi:10.1093/mnras/stv895, The high-frequency-peaked BL Lac (HBL) 1ES 0806+524 (z = 0.138) was discovered in very high energy (VHE) γ-rays in 2008. Until now, the broad-band spectrum of 1ES 0806+524 has been only poorly characterized, in particular at high energies. We analysed multiwavelength observations from γ-rays to radio performed from 2011 January to March, which were triggered by the high activity detected at optical frequencies. These observations constitute the most precise determination of the broad-band emission of 1ES 0806+524 to date. The stereoscopic Major Atmospheric Gamma-Ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) observations yielded a γ-ray signal above 250 GeV of (3.7 ± 0.7) per cent of the Crab Nebula flux with a statistical significance of 9.9σ. The multiwavelength observations showed significant variability in essentially all energy bands, including a VHE γ-ray flare that lasted less than one night, which provided unprecedented evidence for short-term variability in 1ES 0806+524. The spectrum of this flare is well described by a power law with a photon index of 2.97 ± 0.29 between ∼150 GeV and 1 TeV and an integral flux of (9.3 ± 1.9) per cent of the Crab nebula flux above 250 GeV. The spectrum during the non-flaring VHE activity is compatible with the only available VHE observation performed in 2008 with VERITAS when the source was in a low optical state. The broad-band spectral energy distribution can be described with a one-zone synchrotron self-Compton model with parameters typical for HBLs, indicating that 1ES 0806+524 is not substantially different from the HBLs previously detected., Published by Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford

Published
2015

9. Stochastic modeling of multiwavelength variability of the classical BL Lac object OJ 287 on timescales ranging from decades to hours

Author

A. Goyal, Ł. Stawarz, S. Zola, V. Marchenko, M. Soida, K. Nilsson, S. Ciprini, A. Baran, M. Ostrowski, P. J. Wiita, null Gopal-Krishna, A. Siemiginowska, M. Sobolewska, S. Jorstad, A. Marscher, M. F. Aller, H. D. Aller, T. Hovatta, D. B. Caton, D. Reichart, K. Matsumoto, K. Sadakane, K. Gazeas, M. Kidger, V. Piirola, H. Jermak, F. Alicavus, K. S. Baliyan, A. Baransky, A. Berdyugin, P. Blay, P. Boumis, D. Boyd, Y. Bufan, M. Campas Torrent, F. Campos, J. Carrillo Gómez, J. Dalessio, B. Debski, D. Dimitrov, M. Drozdz, H. Er, A. Erdem, A. Escartin Pérez, V. Fallah Ramazani, A. V. Filippenko, E. Gafton, F. Garcia, V. Godunova, F. Gómez Pinilla, M. Gopinathan, J. B. Haislip, S. Haque, J. Harmanen, R. Hudec, G. Hurst, K. M. Ivarsen, A. Joshi, M. Kagitani, N. Karaman, R. Karjalainen, N. Kaur, D. Kozieł-Wierzbowska, E. Kuligowska, T. Kundera, S. Kurowski, A. Kvammen, A. P. LaCluyze, B. C. Lee, A. Liakos, J. Lozano de Haro, J. P. Moore, M. Mugrauer, R. Naves Nogues, A. W. Neely, W. Ogloza, S. Okano, U. Pajdosz, J. C. Pandey, M. Perri, G. Poyner, J. Provencal, T. Pursimo, A. Raj, B. Rajkumar, R. Reinthal, T. Reynolds, J. Saario, S. Sadegi, T. Sakanoi, J. L. Salto González, null Sameer, A. O. Simon, M. Siwak, T. Schweyer, F. C. Soldán Alfaro, E. Sonbas, J. Strobl, L. O. Takalo, L. Tremosa Espasa, J. R. Valdes, V. V. Vasylenko, F. Verrecchia, J. R. Webb, M. Yoneda, M. Zejmo, W. Zheng, P. Zielinski, J. Janik, V. Chavushyan, I. Mohammed, C. C. Cheung, and M. Giroletti

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ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, OJ-287, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, individual: OJ 287 [BL Lacertae objects], Type (model theory), Astronomy & Astrophysics, magnetic fields, 01 natural sciences, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, Radio telescope, PERIODICITIES, 0103 physical sciences, individual (OJ 287) [BL Lacertae objects], Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, LACERTAE OBJECTS, acceleration of particles, MISSION, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Science & Technology, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, OPTICAL POLARIZATION, Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], BLAZARS, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Colors of noise, Physical Sciences, active [galaxies], UNEQUALLY-SPACED DATA, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, OJ 287, Noise (radio), BL Lac object
Abstract

We present the results of our power spectral density analysis for the BL Lac object OJ\,287, utilizing the {\it Fermi}-LAT survey at high-energy $\gamma$-rays, {\it Swift}-XRT in X-rays, several ground-based telescopes and the {\it Kepler} satellite in the optical, and radio telescopes at GHz frequencies. The light curves are modeled in terms of continuous-time auto-regressive moving average (CARMA) processes. Owing to the inclusion of the {\it Kepler} data, we were able to construct \emph{for the first time} the optical variability power spectrum of a blazar without any gaps across $\sim6$ dex in temporal frequencies. Our analysis reveals that the radio power spectra are of a colored-noise type on timescales ranging from tens of years down to months, with no evidence for breaks or other spectral features. The overall optical power spectrum is also consistent with a colored noise on the variability timescales ranging from 117 years down to hours, with no hints of any quasi-periodic oscillations. The X-ray power spectrum resembles the radio and optical power spectra on the analogous timescales ranging from tens of years down to months. Finally, the $\gamma$-ray power spectrum is noticeably different from the radio, optical, and X-ray power spectra of the source: we have detected a characteristic relaxation timescale in the {\it Fermi}-LAT data, corresponding to $\sim 150$\,days, such that on timescales longer than this, the power spectrum is consistent with uncorrelated (white) noise, while on shorter variability timescales there is correlated (colored) noise., Comment: ApJ accepted

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2017
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10. The prolonged X-ray flaring activity of Mrk 501 in 2014

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P. Romano, S. Vercellone, R. Reinthal, Daniela Dorner, Elina Lindfors, S. Kapanadze, Kari Nilsson, Karl Mannheim, L. Tabagari, Bidzina Kapanadze, and L. O. Takalo

Subjects
Physics, ta115, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, 0103 physical sciences, X-ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 01 natural sciences
Abstract

The X-ray variability of the BL Lacertae source Mrk 501 was studied during 11.5 yr of monitoring with Swift. Here, we report the results of this study pertaining to the epoch of 2014 March-October, when our target showed the most powerful and long-lasting X-ray flaring activity. This epoch was characterized by X-ray flares varying in amplitude by factors of 2-5 on time-scales of a few weeks or shorter. We detected 35 instances of the intraday variability, sometimes occurring within the 1 ks observational runs. The X-ray flux was generally correlated with the TeV flux, while the 0.3-300 GeV and optical-UV fluxes did not show a significant correlation. Some notable incidences of more complicated variability patterns could also be recognized, indicating that the high-energy emission in Mrk 501 arose from an emission region more complex than a single zone. The best fits of the 0.3-10 keV spectra were mainly obtained using the logparabola model. Strong spectral variability was detected, affecting the slope but not the curvature of the spectrum. In strong flares, the spectral index became harder than 1.70. The spectral evolution was characterized by a harder-when-brighter behaviour, shifting the peak of the spectral energy distribution by about 20 keV that happens rarely in blazars.

Published
2017

11. Ringo2 Optical Polarimetry of Blazars

Author

Andrei Berdyugin, Gavin P. Lamb, Talvikki Hovatta, Helen Jermak, Ville Kadenius, Ulisses Barres de Almeida, Elina Lindfors, Carole Mundell, Kari Nilsson, R. Reinthal, Iain A. Steele, and Leo O. Takalo

Subjects
lcsh:Astronomy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, blazars, Polarimetry, Flux, active, Astrophysics, polarisation, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, 010309 optics, Telescope, lcsh:QB1-991, law, 0103 physical sciences, galaxies, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, ta115, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Position angle, Monitoring program, Galaxy, Magnitude (astronomy)
Abstract

We present polarimetric and photometric observations from a sample of 15 γ-ray bright blazars with data from the Tuorla blazar monitoring program (KVA DIPOL) and Liverpool Telescope (LT) Ringo2 polarimeters (supplemented with γ-ray data from Fermi-LAT). We find that (1) The optical magnitude and γ-ray flux are positively correlated; (2) electric vector position angle rotations can occur in any blazar subclass; (3) there is no difference in the γ-ray flaring rates in the sample between subclasses; flares can occur during and outside of rotations with no preference for this behaviour; (4) the average degree of polarisation (P), optical magnitude and γ-ray flux are lower during a rotation compared with during non-rotation; (5) the number of observed flaring events and optical polarisation rotations are correlated and (6) the maximum observed P increases from ∼10% to ∼30% to ∼40% for subclasses with synchrotron peaks at high, intermediate and low frequencies respectively.

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2016
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12. A Search for QPOs in the Blazar OJ287: Preliminary Results from the 2015/2016 Observing Campaign

Author

T. M. Reynolds, J. H. Telting, Andrzej S. Baran, Daniel E. Reichart, Navpreet Kaur, Eda Sonbas, Stefano Ciprini, J. Lozano de Haro, T. Schweyer, Takeshi Sakanoi, WeiKang Zheng, Gary Poyner, Kiran S. Baliyan, Daniel B. Caton, Katsura Matsumoto, A. Escartin Pérez, A. W. Neely, J. Dalessio, Kozo Sadakane, Waldemar Ogloza, T. Pursimo, Jussi Harmanen, F. Garcia, V. H. Chavushyan, Byeong-Cheol Lee, Markus Mugrauer, B. Debski, S. Okano, Pauli Pihajoki, Kari Nilsson, Andrei Berdyugin, Andreas Kvammen, R. Naves Nogues, K. M. Ivarsen, H. Er, F. Alicavus, L. Tremosa Espasa, J. P. Moore, J. B. Haislip, Masato Kagitani, Elina Lindfors, L. O. Takalo, G. Hurst, R. Reinthal, V. Fallah Ramazani, Toma Tomov, Marek Drozdz, Kosmas Gazeas, Mauri Valtonen, Michal Siwak, John T. Stocke, J.-L. Salto González, William C. Keel, F. Campos, Arti Joshi, Pere Blay, J. Carrillo Gómez, J. R. Valdes, J. Valero Pérez, Iain A. Steele, Maheswar Gopinathan, M. Zejmo, Alexei V. Filippenko, M. R. Kidger, Gopal Bhatta, Dinko Dimitrov, Jan Strobl, Arti Goyal, Helen Jermak, Mizuki Yoneda, E. Gafton, F. Verrecchia, Stanisław Zoła, Judith L. Provencal, R. H. Nelson, M. Campas Torrent, J. Saario, Aaron P. LaCluyze, Vilppu Piirola, J. Krzesinski, James R. Webb, Ahmet Erdem, David Boyd, N. Karaman, F. Gómez Pinilla, Jeewan C. Pandey, A. Raj, Martin Jelínek, Achamveedu Gopakumar, René Hudec, F. C. Soldán Alfaro, S. Sadegi, M. Perri, R. Karjalainen, Sameer, and Department of Physics

Subjects
Physics, Supermassive black hole, ta115, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Accretion (meteorology), lcsh:Astronomy, galaxies: active, supermassive black holes, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Light curve, 115 Astronomy, Space science, 01 natural sciences, BL Lacertae objects: individual (OJ287), Black hole, lcsh:QB1-991, Innermost stable circular orbit, Spiral wave, 0103 physical sciences, Periodogram, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Abstract

We analyse the light curve in the R band of the blazar OJ287, gathered during the 2015/2016 observing season. We did a search for quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) using several methods over a wide range of timescales. No statistically significant periods were found in the high-frequency domain both in the ground-based data and in Kepler observations. In the longer-period domain, the Lomb–Scargle periodogram revealed several peaks above the 99% significance level. The longest one—about 95 days—corresponds to the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) period of the more massive black hole. The 43-day period could be an alias, or it can be attributed to accretion in the form of a two-armed spiral wave.

Published
2016

13. Optical and radio variability of the northern VHE gamma-ray emitting BL Lacertae objects

Author

Andrei Berdyugin, Elina Lindfors, Joseph L. Richards, R. Reinthal, Anthony C. S. Readhead, A. Sillanpää, Vasiliki Pavlidou, Kari Nilsson, Walter Max-Moerbeck, L. O. Takalo, V. Fallah Ramazani, Talvikki Hovatta, University of Turku, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, University of Crete, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

Subjects
active [Galaxies], media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Radio spectrum, 0103 physical sciences, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, general [BL Lacertae objects], Spectral density, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Monitoring program, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Sky, Spectral energy distribution, jets [Galaxies], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

We compare the variability properties of very high energy gamma-ray emitting BL Lac objects in the optical and radio bands. We use the variability information to distinguish multiple emission components in the jet, to be used as a guidance for spectral energy distribution modelling. Our sample includes 32 objects in the Northern sky that have data for at least 2 years in both bands. We use optical R-band data from the Tuorla blazar monitoring program and 15 GHz radio data from the Owens Valley Radio Observatory blazer monitoring program. We estimate the variability amplitudes using the intrinsic modulation index, and study the time-domain connection by cross-correlating the optical and radio light curves assuming power law power spectral density. Our sample objects are in general more variable in the optical than radio. We find correlated flares in about half of the objects, and correlated long-term trends in more than 40% of the objects. In these objects we estimate that at least 10%-50% of the optical emission originates in the same emission region as the radio, while the other half is due to faster variations not seen in the radio. This implies that simple single-zone spectral energy distribution models are not adequate for many of these objects., Comment: Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 25 pages, 41 figures

Published
2016

14. Search for QPOs in the Light Curve of the Blazar OJ287: Preliminary Results from 2015/16 Observing Campaign

Author

K. M. Ivarsen, Jussi Harmanen, John T. Stocke, Pere Blay, Pauli Pihajoki, Byeong-Cheol Lee, Dinko Dimitrov, F. Alicavus, J.-L. Salto Gonzales, F. Garcia, Arti Goyal, Waldemar Ogloza, Judith L. Provencal, J. H. Telting, Eda Sonbas, J. Carrillo Gómez, Elina Lindfors, Stefano Ciprini, Vilppu Piirola, Helen Jermak, J. Lozano de Haro, F. C. Soldán Alfaro, Andrei Berdyugin, T. Pursimo, R. Naves Nogues, Ahmet Erdem, Staszek Zola, R. Reinthal, S. Okano, Kiran S. Baliyan, B. Debski, J. R. Valdes, T. M. Reynolds, Gopal Bhatta, Takeshi Sakanoi, Michal Siwak, M. Campas Torrent, Andrzej S. Baran, Daniel E. Reichart, R. H. Nelson, V. Fallah Ramazani, A. Escartin Pérez, Mizuki Yoneda, J. Saario, E. Gafton, J. Valero Pérez, F. Campos, Kari Nilsson, L. Tremosa Espasa, Tassilo Schweyer, Maheswar Gopinathan, James R. Webb, Jan Strobl, Arti Joshi, G. Hurst, Toma Tomov, J. Dalessio, Kozo Sadakane, Daniel B. Caton, A. W. Neely, L. O. Takalo, J. Krzesinski, William C. Keel, V. H. Chavushyan, Mauri Valtonen, WeiKang Zheng, Gary Poyner, Katsura Matsumoto, Andreas Kvammen, M. Zejmo, Alexei V. Filippenko, Masato Kagitani, M. R. Kidger, Navpreet Kaur, J. P. Moore, Kosmas Gazeas, Marek Drozdz, Aaron P. LaCluyze, Iain A. Steele, F. Verrecchia, J. B. Haislip, David Boyd, N. Karaman, F. Gómez Pinilla, Jeewan C. Pandey, A. Raj, Martin Jelínek, Achamveedu Gopakumar, S. Sadegi, Sameer, M. Perri, and R. Karjalainen

Subjects
Physics, Supermassive black hole, Accretion (meteorology), Alias, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Light curve, 01 natural sciences, astronomy_astrophysics, Frequency domain, 0103 physical sciences, Time domain, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, BL Lac object
Abstract

We analyse the light curve in the R-band gathered during the 2015/16 observing season of OJ287. We did a search for QPOs using several methods in wide time domain. No statistically significant periods were found in the high frequency domain both in the ground data and also in K2 observations. In the longer periods domain the Lomb-Scargle periodogram revealed several peaks above the 99\% significance level. The longest one, about 95-day, corresponds to the ISCO period of the more massive SMBH. The 43-day period could be an alias or can be attributed to accretion in the form of two armed spiral wave.

Published
2016

15. Investigating the peculiar emission from the new VHE gamma-ray source H1722+119

Author

M. Hayashida, M. Makariev, B. Biasuzzi, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, Louis Antonelli, D. Dominis Prester, E. Prandini, M. Doert, M. H. Wu, Massimo Persic, F. D'Ammando, Marc Ribó, G. Bonnoli, Abelardo Moralejo, Juri Poutanen, R. Reinthal, V. Fallah Ramazani, P. Bangale, Y. Hanabata, Razmik Mirzoyan, U. Barres de Almeida, Damir Lelas, T. Steinbring, Marina Manganaro, P. G. Prada Moroni, Stefano Covino, Hidetoshi Kubo, P. Antoranz, D. Galindo, J. Becerra González, G. Pedaletti, Dorota Sobczyńska, D. Nakajima, Thomas Bretz, J. Hose, Andrei Berdyugin, Pratik Majumdar, M. V. Fonseca, S. Bonnefoy, A. Sillanpää, Arka Chatterjee, Francesco Longo, D. Elsaesser, F. Di Pierro, K. Kodani, Alexander Hahn, Konstancja Satalecka, Walter Max-Moerbeck, Tomoki Saito, D. Tescaro, Ivica Puljak, Pierre Colin, H. Takami, L. Nogués, U. Menzel, Michele Doro, M. I. Martínez, Gareth Hughes, Talvikki Hovatta, C. Schultz, E. Moretti, Marcel Strzys, D. Fidalgo, Vassil Verguilov, Aaron Dominguez, Diego F. Torres, Julia Thaele, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Reiko Orito, F. Verrecchia, Sabrina Einecke, Junko Kushida, P. Da Vela, R. López-Coto, J. Rodriguez Garcia, J. E. Ward, M. Palatiello, Elina Lindfors, A. Niedzwiecki, Kyoshi Nishijima, Ievgen Vovk, Wolfgang Rhode, Daniel Mazin, Oscar Blanch, Julian Sitarek, Juan Abel Barrio, L. Maraschi, Francesco Dazzi, David Paneque, A. Fernández-Barral, Markus Garczarczyk, Yusuke Konno, C. Fruck, B. De Lotto, M. Villata, T. Schweizer, T. Toyama, D. Guberman, Tomislav Terzić, K. Frantzen, J. L. Richards, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, S. Paiano, Saverio Lombardi, Karl Mannheim, D. Hadasch, L. Perri, A. La Barbera, D. Eisenacher Glawion, X. Paredes-Fortuny, P. Temnikov, M. Nievas Rosillo, W. Idec, A. González Muñoz, E. Colombo, B. Banerjee, S. Buson, L. O. Takalo, Masahiro Teshima, Daniela Dorner, R. Zanin, Dariusz Gora, Adrian Biland, M. Gaug, J. Rico, J. Herrera, Koji Noda, Elisa Bernardini, A. De Angelis, A. Treves, Vitaly Neustroev, Jose Luis Contreras, Juan Cortina, G. Maneva, C. M. Raiteri, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, Max Ludwig Ahnen, Kari Nilsson, P. Giammaria, M. Will, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, R. Clavero, D. Garrido Terrats, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Ll. Font, I. Snidaric, Ana Babić, Stefano Ansoldi, Riccardo Paoletti, J. Palacio, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, Alessandro Carosi, Jose Miguel Miranda, F. Borracci, Anthony C. S. Readhead, Universitat de Barcelona, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Ahnen ML, Ansoldi S, Antonelli LA, Antoranz P, Babic A, Banerjee B, Bangale P, de Almeida UB, Barrio JA, Gonzalez JB, Bednarek W, Bernardini E, Biasuzzi B, Biland A, Blanch O, Bonnefoy S, Bonnoli G, Borracci F, Bretz T, Buson S, Carosi A, Chatterjee A, Clavero R, Colin P, Colombo E, Contreras JL, Cortina J, Covino S, Da Vela P, Dazzi F, De Angelis A, De Lotto B, Wilhelmi ED, Di Pierro F, Doert M, Dominguez A, Prester DD, Dorner D, Doro M, Einecke S, Glawion DE, Elsaesser D, Ramazani VF, Fernandez-Barral A, Fidalgo D, Fonseca MV, Font L, Frantzen K, Fruck C, Galindo D, Lopez RJG, Garczarczyk M, Terrats DG, Gaug M, Giammaria P, Godinovic N, Munoz AG, Gora D, Guberman D, Hadasch D, Hahn A, Hanabata Y, Hayashida M, Herrera J, Hose J, Hrupec D, Hughes G, Idec W, Kodani K, Konno Y, Kubo H, Kushida J, La Barbera A, Lelas D, Lindfors E, Lombardi S, Longo F, Lopez M, Lopez-Coto R, Majumdar P, Makariev M, Mallot K, Maneva G, Manganaro M, Mannheim K, Maraschi L, Marcote B, Mariotti M, Martinez M, Mazin D, Menzel U, Miranda JM, Mirzoyan R, Moralejo A, Moretti E, Nakajima D, Neustroev V, Niedzwiecki A, Rosillo MN, Nilsson K, Nishijima K, Noda K, Nogues L, Orito R, Overkemping A, Paiano S, Palacio J, Palatiello M, Paneque D, Paoletti R, Paredes JM, Paredes-Fortuny X, Pedaletti G, Perri L, Persic M, Poutanen J, Moroni PGP, Prandini E, Puljak I, Rhode W, Ribo M, Rico J, Garcia JR, Saito T, Satalecka K, Schultz C, Schweizer T, Sillanpaa A, Sitarek J, Snidaric I, Sobczynska D, Stamerra A, Steinbring T, Strzys M, Takalo L, Takami H, Tavecchio F, Temnikov P, Terzic T, Tescaro D, Teshima M, Thaele J, Torres DF, Toyama T, Treves A, Verguilov V, Vovk I, Ward JE, Will M, Wu MH, Zanin R, DAmmando F, Berdyugin A, Hovatta T, Max-Moerbeck W, Raiteri CM, Readhead ACS, Reinthal R, Richards JL, Verrecchia F, Villata M, Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Buson, S., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Clavero, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Lotto, B., De Oña Wilhelmi, E., Di Pierro, F., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher Glawion, D., Elsaesser, D., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fernández Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Gora, D., Guberman, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Idec, W., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, López, M., López Coto, R., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moretti, E., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nievas Rosillo, M., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nogués, L., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Palatiello, Michele, Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Pedaletti, G., Perri, L., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T, Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Verguilov, V., Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Wu, M. H., Zanin, R., D'Ammando, F., Berdyugin, A., Hovatta, T., Max Moerbeck, W., Raiteri, C. M., Readhead, A. C. S., Reinthal, R., Richards, J. L., Verrecchia, F., and Villata, M.

Subjects
galaxie [Gamma-rays], gamma-rays: galaxies, UPGRADE, Astrophysics, DETECTED BLAZARS, 01 natural sciences, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, law.invention, Raigs gamma, law, galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: individual: H1722+119, galaxies, distances and redshifts, BL LACERTAE OBJECTS, ALL-SKY SURVEY, MAGIC, TELESCOPES, LAC OBJECTS, SOURCE CATALOG, MAJOR, HELICAL JETS, CRAB-NEBULA, MAGIC (telescope), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), distances and redshift [Galaxies], active BL Lacertae objects, individual, H1722+119 galaxies, distances and redshifts gamma-rays, Galaxies: active, Galaxies: distances and redshifts, Gamma-rays: galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, galaxies [Gamma-rays], Extragalactic background light, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object, active [Galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Telescope, galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: individual: H1722+119, galaxies: distances and redshifts, gamma-rays: galaxies, 0103 physical sciences, individual: H1722+119 [BL Lacertae objects], distances and redshifts [Galaxies], ta115, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma rays, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Redshift, Crab Nebula, 13. Climate action, Galàxies actives, Active galaxies, ddc:520
Abstract

The MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescopes observed the BL Lac object H1722+119 (redshift unknown) for six consecutive nights between 2013 May 17 and 22, for a total of 12.5 h. The observations were triggered by high activity in the optical band measured by the KVA (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) telescope. The source was for the first time detected in the very high energy (VHE, $E > 100$ GeV) $\gamma$-ray band with a statistical significance of 5.9 $\sigma$. The integral flux above 150 GeV is estimated to be $(2.0\pm 0.5)$ per cent of the Crab Nebula flux. We used contemporaneous high energy (HE, 100 MeV $ < E < 100$ GeV) $\gamma$-ray observations from Fermi-LAT (Large Area Telescope) to estimate the redshift of the source. Within the framework of the current extragalactic background light models, we estimate the redshift to be $z = 0.34 \pm 0.15$. Additionally, we used contemporaneous X-ray to radio data collected by the instruments on board the Swift satellite, the KVA, and the OVRO (Owens Valley Radio Observatory) telescope to study multifrequency characteristics of the source. We found no significant temporal variability of the flux in the HE and VHE bands. The flux in the optical and radio wavebands, on the other hand, did vary with different patterns. The spectral energy distribution (SED) of H1722+119 shows surprising behaviour in the $\sim 3\times10^{14} - 10^{18}$ Hz frequency range. It can be modelled using an inhomogeneous helical jet synchrotron self-Compton model., Comment: 12 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables

Published
2016

16. Polarization angle swings in blazars: The case of 3C 279

Author

A. Berdyugin, G. A. Borman, Dmitry A. Blinov, Tuomas Savolainen, J. M. Lopez, Vladimir A. Hagen-Thorn, Frank K. Schinzel, Tom Krajci, Yuki Moritani, Michitoshi Yoshida, A. C. Sadun, S. N. Molina, T. S. Grishina, Hiroshi Akitaya, V. E. Zhdanova, Sergey S. Savchenko, Kirill Sokolovsky, Leo O. Takalo, Elina Lindfors, N. V. Efimova, S. V. Nazarov, L. V. Larionova, José L. Gómez, O. I. Spiridonova, J. A. Zensus, T. Ui, Jochen Heidt, Alan P. Marscher, Yasushi Fukazawa, Manasvita Joshi, S. G. Sergeev, Elena G. Larionova, Brian Taylor, Kari Nilsson, L. S. Ugolkova, Daria A. Morozova, Ryosuke Itoh, R. Reinthal, Carolina Casadio, Ian M. McHardy, Erika Benítez, I. Korobtsev, A. N. Burenkov, N. G. Bochkarev, Ivan S. Troitsky, Paul S. Smith, Makoto Uemura, Koji S. Kawabata, Mahito Sasada, Valeri M. Larionov, E. N. Kopatskaya, V. T. Doroshenko, S. O. Kurtanidze, Svetlana G. Jorstad, M. Sorcia, N. G. Pulatova, Ivan Agudo, G. N. Kimeridze, David Hiriart, O. M. Kurtanidze, Sebastian Kiehlmann, Maria G. Nikolashvili, Katsutoshi Takaki, L. A. Sigua, International Max Planck Research Schools, Academy of Finland, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US), Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), and Junta de Andalucía

Subjects
Physics, active [Galaxies], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Galaxies: active, 01 natural sciences, Max planck institute, individual: 3C 279 [Quasars], Space and Planetary Science, Basic research, Galaxies: jets, Polarization, 0103 physical sciences, Christian ministry, jets [Galaxies], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Quasars: individual: 3C 279
Abstract

Kiehlmann, S. et. al., Context. Over the past few years, on several occasions, large, continuous rotations of the electric vector position angle (EVPA) of linearly polarized optical emission from blazars have been reported. These events are often coincident with high energy gamma-ray flares and they have attracted considerable attention, since they could allow us to probe the magnetic field structure in the gamma-ray emitting region of the jet. The flat-spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 is one of the most prominent examples showing this behaviour. Aims. Our goal is to study the observed EVPA rotations and to distinguish between a stochastic and a deterministic origin of the polarization variability. Methods. We have combined multiple data sets of R-band photometry and optical polarimetry measurements of 3C 279, yielding exceptionally well-sampled flux density and polarization curves that cover a period of 2008-2012. Several large EVPA rotations are identified in the data. We introduce a quantitative measure for the EVPA curve smoothness, which is then used to test a set of simple random walk polarization variability models against the data. Results. 3C 279 shows different polarization variation characteristics during an optical low-flux state and a flaring state. The polarization variation during the flaring state, especially the smooth similar to 360 degrees rotation of the EVPA in mid-2011, is not consistent with the tested stochastic processes. Conclusions. We conclude that, during the two different optical flux states, two different processes govern polarization variation, which is possibly a stochastic process during the low-brightness state and a deterministic process during the flaring activity., S.K. was supported for this research through a stipend from the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in cooperation with the Universities of Bonn and Cologne. T.S. was partly supported by the Academy of Finland project 274477. The research at Boston University was partly funded by NASA Fermi GI grant NNX11AQ03G. K.V.S. is partly supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research grants 13-02-12103 and 14-02-31789. N.G.B. was supported by the RFBR grant 12-02-01237a. E.B., M.S. and D.H. thank financial support from UNAM DGAPA-PAPIIT through grant IN116211-3. I. A. acknowledges support by a Ramon y Cajal grant of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO). The research at the IAA-CSIC and the MAPCAT program are supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and the Regional Government of Andalucia (Spain) through grants AYA2010-14844, AYA2013-40825-P, and P09-FQM-4784. The Calar Alto Observatory is jointly operated by the Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia-CSIC. Data from the Steward Observatory spectropolarimetric monitoring project were used. This program is supported by Fermi Guest Investigator grants NNX08AW56G, NNX09AU10G, NNX12AO93G, and NNX14AQ58G. St. Petersburg University team acknowledges support from Russian RFBR grant 15-02-00949 and St. Petersburg University research grant 6.38.335.2015. The Abastumani team acknowledges financial support of the project FR/638/6-320/12 by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation under contract 31/77.

Published
2016

17. The major upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, Part I: The hardware improvements and the commissioning of the system

Author

R. Zanin, Adrian Biland, I. Lozano, J. Rico, Masahiro Teshima, W. Idec, Takashi Saito, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, Stefano Ansoldi, I. Snidaric, David Fink, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, D. Corti, Alessandro Carosi, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, J. M. Illa, Riccardo Paoletti, Massimo Persic, Gianluca Giavitto, A. González Muñoz, Reiko Orito, P. Temnikov, M. Palatiello, J. Becerra González, Marcel Strzys, Dario Hrupec, M. Bitossi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Jose Luis Lemus, D. Nakajima, Elina Lindfors, E. Lorenz, Abelardo Moralejo, Saverio Lombardi, A. Treves, Vitaly Neustroev, M. Makariev, Thomas Bretz, Daniel Mazin, Jose Miguel Miranda, M. A. Lopez, S. Rügamer, Juan Abel Barrio, S. Schmidl, T. Steinbring, Francesco Dazzi, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, C. Delgado Mendez, G. Maneva, Stefano Covino, B. Biasuzzi, A. Dettlaff, M. Hayashida, D. Hildebrand, Francesco Longo, G. De Caneva, D. Fidalgo, Daniela Dorner, Jose Luis Contreras, Wolfgang Rhode, M. I. Martínez, Marc Ribó, S. Bonnefoy, K. Saito, Natalia Lewandowska, Patrick Vogler, E. Colombo, M. Gaug, Juan Cortina, D. Tescaro, Roberto Cecchi, P. Bangale, H. Wetteskind, A. La Barbera, A. Deangelis, J. Herrera, Hidetoshi Kubo, Sabrina Einecke, S. R. Gozzini, Luis Ángel Tejedor, M. V. Fonseca, Hanna Kellermann, Koji Noda, Louis Antonelli, G. Bonnoli, J. Rodriguez Garcia, Elisa Bernardini, X. Paredes-Fortuny, J. Hose, U. Menzel, K. Kodani, J. Storz, Yusuke Konno, Christian Fruck, A. Sillanpää, D. Elsaesser, L. O. Takalo, F. Borracci, W. Haberer, H. Takami, Oscar Blanch, K. Frantzen, P. G. Prada Moroni, Diego F. Torres, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, V. Kadenius, S. Paiano, Ll. Font, D. Garrido Terrats, A. Lorca, Karl Mannheim, O. Tibolla, Alicia López-Oramas, T. Schweizer, Felix Spanier, R. Mirzoyan, P. Munar-Adrover, D. Eisenacher, V. Scalzotto, Markus Garczarczyk, N. Mankuzhiyil, Juri Poutanen, Kyoshi Nishijima, D. Dominis Prester, Y. Hanabata, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, P. Antoranz, M. L. Knoetig, Ana Babić, Julia Thaele, E. Carmona, Kari Nilsson, M. Will, L. Maraschi, E. Prandini, Tomislav Terzić, R. Reinthal, M. Negrello, Damir Lelas, Dorota Sobczyńska, Ivica Puljak, Pierre Colin, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Jelena Aleksić, A. Niedzwiecki, David Paneque, M. Barcelo, D. Galindo, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Julian Sitarek, Daniela Hadasch, T. Toyama, Junko Kushida, P. Da Vela, J. Schlammer, Universitat de Barcelona, Aleksić, J, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Bangale, P., Barceló, M., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Bitossi, M., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Cecchi, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Corti, D., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., Deangelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., De Oña Wilhelmi, E., Delgado Mendez, C., Dettlaff, A., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher, D., Elsaesser, D., Fidalgo, D., Fink, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Giavitto, G., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Gozzini, S. R., Haberer, W., Hadasch, D., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hildebrand, D., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Idec, W., Illa, J. M., Kadenius, V., Kellermann, H., Knoetig, M. L., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Krause, J., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lemus, J. L., Lewandowska, N., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, López, M., López Coto, R., López Oramas, A., Lorca, A., Lorenz, E., Lozano, I., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Mankuzhiyil, N., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Munar Adrover, P., Nakajima, D., Negrello, M., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palatiello, Michele, Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Rügamer, S., Saito, T., Saito, K., Satalecka, K., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schlammer, J., Schmidl, S., Schweizer, T., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Spanier, F., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Storz, J., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Tejedor, L. A., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Tibolla, O., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Vogler, P., Wetteskind, H., Will, M., and Zanin, R.

Subjects
Astrofísica, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, MAGIC, Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, Instruments, TeV astrophysics, Very High Energy Gamma Rays, Stereoscopy, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Raigs gamma, law, Overall performance, MAGIC (telescope), TeV, astrophysics, CRAB-NEBULA, PERFORMANCE, STEREO, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Instrument, Upgrade, ddc:540, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Electricidad, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, TeV astrophysic, Noise (radio), Computer hardware, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Telescope, 0103 physical sciences, Very High Energy Gamma Ray, Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM), Cherenkov radiation, ta115, Telescopis, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, business.industry, Gamma rays, Cherenkov Telescope Array, Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope, business, astro-ph.IM, Telescopes
Abstract

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located on the Canary island of La Palma. The telescopes are designed to measure Cherenkov light from air showers initiated by gamma rays in the energy regime from around 50 GeV to more than 50 TeV. The two telescopes were built in 2004 and 2009, respectively, with different cameras, triggers and readout systems. In the years 2011-2012 the MAGIC collaboration undertook a major upgrade to make the stereoscopic system uniform, improving its overall performance and easing its maintenance. In particular, the camera, the receivers and the trigger of the first telescope were replaced and the readout of the two telescopes was upgraded. This paper (Part I) describes the details of the upgrade as well as the basic performance parameters of MAGIC such as raw data treatment, dead time of the system, linearity in the electronic chain and sources of noise. In Part II, we describe the physics performance of the upgraded system., 19 pages, 18 figures, accepted by Astroparticle Physics

Published
2016

18. Multiwavelength observations of the blazar 1ES 1011+496 in Spring 2008

Author

Pierre Colin, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Kari Nilsson, L. Maraschi, M. Will, Francesco Longo, Tomislav Terzić, Daniela Dorner, C. Pittori, Michael T. Carini, R. Clavero, Louis Antonelli, E. Prandini, Pratik Majumdar, M. V. Fonseca, Mosè Mariotti, K. Kodani, J. Becerra González, W. Bednarek, M. Makariev, M. Palatiello, Ievgen Vovk, Fabrizio Tavecchio, S. N. Shore, M. Gaug, J. Herrera, J. Palacio, J. M. Paredes, Koji Noda, F. Di Pierro, Antonio Stamerra, Thomas Bretz, Elisa Bernardini, Stefano Covino, T. Schweizer, R. Zanin, D. Dominis Prester, A.-K. Overkemping, Adrian Biland, B. Biasuzzi, R. López-Coto, Juri Poutanen, Nikola Godinovic, R. Reinthal, Benito Marcote, Jose Luis Contreras, Saverio Lombardi, S. Rügamer, Marcel Strzys, R. Walters, Junko Kushida, D. Nakajima, Francesco Dazzi, Juan Abel Barrio, A. Niedzwiecki, P. Da Vela, Juan Cortina, Y. Hanabata, S. Bonnefoy, J. Rico, A. González Muñoz, Razmik Mirzoyan, Oscar Blanch, U. Barres de Almeida, P. Antoranz, Tomoki Saito, D. Tescaro, K. Frantzen, P. Temnikov, E. Colombo, Damir Lelas, K. Mallot, David Paneque, J. Sainio, Arka Chatterjee, M. Hayashida, R. J. García López, L. O. Takalo, Kyoshi Nishijima, Wolfgang Rhode, M. H. Wu, D. Guberman, Dorota Sobczyńska, D. Fidalgo, Gareth Hughes, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, P. G. Prada Moroni, Anne Lähteenmäki, A. De Angelis, Andrei Berdyugin, A. Pease, S. Paiano, Masahiro Teshima, A. Treves, Vitaly Neustroev, D. Garrido Terrats, G. De Caneva, Alba Fernández-Barral, Stefano Ansoldi, Karl Mannheim, Elina Lindfors, M. I. Martínez, Julian Sitarek, Julia Thaele, Riccardo Paoletti, W. Idec, Massimo Persic, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Yusuke Konno, F. Lucarelli, Daniel Mazin, Marina Manganaro, Marc Ribó, G. Maneva, T. Toyama, S. Vercellone, D. Galindo, Merja Tornikoski, J. E. Ward, Alicia López-Oramas, Ana Babić, Sabrina Einecke, P. Bangale, Reiko Orito, J. Rodriguez Garcia, Christian Fruck, Hidetoshi Kubo, B. De Lotto, A. La Barbera, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, X. Paredes-Fortuny, J. Hose, D. Elsaesser, M. Nievas Rosillo, H. Takami, B. Banerjee, D. Glawion, Vassil Verguilov, U. Menzel, Diego F. Torres, M. Pasanen, Abelardo Moralejo, A. Sillanpää, T. Steinbring, Ll. Font, I. Snidaric, E. Lorenz, Max Ludwig Ahnen, P. Giammaria, G. Bonnoli, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, F. Borracci, C. Delgado Mendez, Alessandro Carosi, Jose Miguel Miranda, Ivica Puljak, Glawion, D., Universitat de Barcelona, Ahnen, M. L, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Clavero, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., De Oña Wilhelmi, E., Delgado Mendez, C., Di Pierro, F., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Elsaesser, D., Fernández Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Guberman, D., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Idec, W., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, López, M., López Coto, R., López Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nievas Rosillo, M., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Palatiello, Michele, Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Rügamer, S., Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Verguilov, V., Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Wu, M. H., Zanin, R., Lucarelli, F., Pittori, C., Vercellone, S., Berdyugin, A., Carini, M. T., Lähteenmäki, A., Pasanen, M., Pease, A., Sainio, J., Tornikoski, M., Walters, R., Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto-yliopisto, and Aalto University

Subjects
galaxie [X-rays], galaxie [Gamma-rays], Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, galaxies: active, gamma-rays, galaxies, X-rays: galaxies, BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, GAMMA-RAY EMISSION, SPECTRAL ENERGY-DISTRIBUTIONS, ALL-SKY SURVEY, LAC, OBJECTS, X-RAY, MAGIC TELESCOPES, SOURCE CATALOG, Astrophysics, Galaxies: active, Gamma-rays: galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, 01 natural sciences, Radiació, law.invention, law, MAGIC (telescope), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Spectral index, Radiation, Gamma ray, galaxies [Gamma-rays], galaxies [X-rays], Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flare, BL Lac object, Active galactic nucleus, radiation mechanisms, non-thermal galaxies, active gamma-rays, galaxies X-rays, active [Galaxies], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, 0103 physical sciences, Blazar, ta115, non-thermal [Radiation mechanisms], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Light curve, Galàxies actives, Active galaxies, ddc:520
Abstract

The BL Lac object 1ES 1011+496 was discovered at Very High Energy gamma-rays by MAGIC in spring 2007. Before that the source was little studied in different wavelengths. Therefore a multi-wavelength (MWL) campaign was organized in spring 2008. Along MAGIC, the MWL campaign included the Metsahovi radio observatory, Bell and KVA optical telescopes and the Swift and AGILE satellites. MAGIC observations span from March to May, 2008 for a total of 27.9 hours, of which 19.4 hours remained after quality cuts. The light curve showed no significant variability. The differential VHE spectrum could be described with a power-law function. Both results were similar to those obtained during the discovery. Swift XRT observations revealed an X-ray flare, characterized by a harder when brighter trend, as is typical for high synchrotron peak BL Lac objects (HBL). Strong optical variability was found during the campaign, but no conclusion on the connection between the optical and VHE gamma-ray bands could be drawn. The contemporaneous SED shows a synchrotron dominated source, unlike concluded in previous work based on nonsimultaneous data, and is well described by a standard one zone synchrotron self Compton model. We also performed a study on the source classification. While the optical and X-ray data taken during our campaign show typical characteristics of an HBL, we suggest, based on archival data, that 1ES 1011+496 is actually a borderline case between intermediate and high synchrotron peak frequency BL Lac objects., 13 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Published
2016

19. Insights into the emission of the blazar 1ES 1011+496 through unprecedented broadband observations during 2011 and 2012

Author

Daniela Dorner, E. Prandini, Iain A. Steele, Francesco Dazzi, M. Gaug, J. Herrera, A. Fernández-Barral, M. V. Fonseca, Koji Noda, Elisa Bernardini, E. Colombo, F. Di Pierro, S. Bonnefoy, M. Makariev, Talvikki Hovatta, Ivica Puljak, Pierre Colin, L. O. Takalo, D. Garrido Terrats, J. L. Richards, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Roberta Zanin, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, D. Eisenacher, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, Natalia Lewandowska, P. Da Vela, D. Nakajima, M. Hayashida, V. Scalzotto, U. Menzel, R. Reinthal, Juan Abel Barrio, Carole Mundell, Razmik Mirzoyan, U. Barres de Almeida, Abelardo Moralejo, Damir Lelas, K. Nishijima, Saverio Lombardi, P. G. Prada Moroni, Michele Palatiello, T. Schweizer, C. Delgado Mendez, T. Steinbring, P. Temnikov, D. Fidalgo, Anthony C. S. Readhead, Hanna Kellermann, M. I. Martínez, P. Bangale, Dorota Sobczyńska, A. De Angelis, A. Treves, Vitaly Neustroev, D. Dominis Prester, Francesco Longo, A. La Barbera, Juri Poutanen, Ana Babić, Stefano Ansoldi, Sabrina Einecke, S. R. Gozzini, Stefano Covino, Riccardo Paoletti, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, Elizaveta Rastorgueva-Foi, M. Strzys, Yusuke Konno, Y. Hanabata, Marc Ribó, J. Rodriguez Garcia, M. Nievas Rosillo, Jelena Aleksić, Kazuo Saito, J. Kushida, P. Antoranz, M. L. Knoetig, R. López-Coto, Diego F. Torres, G. Maneva, Antonio Stamerra, A. Niedzwiecki, Hidetoshi Kubo, S. N. Shore, X. Paredes-Fortuny, Jose Luis Contreras, Adrian Biland, Alessandro Carosi, W. Idec, David Sánchez, B. Biasuzzi, D. Tescaro, Tuomas Savolainen, David Paneque, P. Munar-Adrover, Julian Sitarek, K. Frantzen, J. Rico, I. Lozano, C. Fruck, T. Toyama, G. De Caneva, Juan Cortina, Anne Lähteenmäki, Oscar Blanch, K. Kodani, Masahiro Teshima, D. Hadasch, V. Kadenius, Elina Lindfors, Merja Tornikoski, Alexander B. Pushkarev, Daniel Mazin, Matthew L. Lister, Julia Thaele, Konstancja Satalecka, Louis Antonelli, Michele Doro, S. Paiano, Joni Tammi, F. D'Ammando, G. Bonnoli, K. Mallot, Karl Mannheim, Jose Miguel Miranda, R. J. García López, J. Hose, Massimo Persic, A. Sillanpää, D. Elsaesser, Takashi Saito, H. Takami, Eckart Lorenz, Alicia López-Oramas, V. Scapin, Reiko Orito, D. Galindo, J. Becerra González, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, F. Borracci, J. M. Paredes, A. González Mu. noz, Yuri Y. Kovalev, Kari Nilsson, S. Buson, M. Will, C. Arcaro, I. Snidaric, Thomas Bretz, L. Maraschi, Walter Max-Moerbeck, Tomislav Terzić, Wolfgang Rhode, Patrick Vogler, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Ll. Font, Aleksic J, Ansoldi S, Antonelli LA, Antoranz P, Arcaro C, Babic A, Bangale P, de Almeida UB, Barrio JA, Gonzalez JB, Bednarek W, Bernardini E, Biasuzzi B, Biland A, Blanch O, Bonnefoy S, Bonnoli G, Borracci F, Bretz T, Carmona E, Carosi A, Colin P, Colombo E, Contreras JL, Cortina J, Covino S, Da Vela P, Dazzi F, De Angelis A, De Caneva G, De Lotto B, Wilhelmi ED, Mendez CD, Di Pierro F, Prester DD, Dorner D, Doro M, Einecke S, Eisenacher D, Elsaesser D, Fernandez-Barral A, Fidalgo D, Fonseca MV, Font L, Frantzen K, Fruck C, Galindo D, Lopez RJG, Garczarczyk M, Terrats DG, Gaug M, Godinovic N, Munoz AG, Gozzini SR, Hadasch D, Hanabata Y, Hayashida M, Herrera J, Hose J, Hrupec D, Idec W, Kadenius V, Kellermann H, Knoetig ML, Kodani K, Konno Y, Krause J, Kubo H, Kushida J, La Barbera A, Lelas D, Lewandowska N, Lindfors E, Lombardi S, Longo F, Lopez M, Lopez-Coto R, Lopez-Oramas A, Lorenz E, Lozano I, Makariev M, Mallot K, Maneva G, Mannheim K, Maraschi L, Marcote B, Mariotti M, Martinez M, Mazin D, Menzel U, Miranda JM, Mirzoyan R, Moralejo A, Munar-Adrover P, Nakajima D, Neustroev V, Niedzwiecki A, Rosillo MN, Nilsson K, Nishijima K, Noda K, Orito R, Overkemping A, Paiano S, Palatiello M, Paneque D, Paoletti R, Paredes JM, Paredes-Fortuny X, Persic M, Poutanen J, Moroni PGP, Prandini E, Puljak I, Reinthal R, Rhode W, Ribo M, Rico J, Garcia JR, Saito T, Saito K, Satalecka K, Scalzotto V, Scapin V, Schweizer T, Shore SN, Sillanpaa A, Sitarek J, Snidaric I, Sobczynska D, Stamerra A, Steinbring T, Strzys M, Takalo L, Takami H, Tavecchio F, Temnikov P, Terzic T, Tescaro D, Teshima M, Thaele J, Torres DF, Toyama T, Treves A, Vogler P, Will M, Zanin R, Buson S, DAmmando F, Lateenmaki A, Hovatta T, Kovalev YY, Lister ML, Max-Moerbeck W, Mundell C, Pushkarev AB, Rastorgueva-Foi E, Readhead ACS, Richards JL, Tammi J, Sanchez DA, Tornikoski M, Savolainen T, Steele I, Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Udine, INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, University of Siena, University of Padova, University of Rijeka, Max Planck Institute for Physics, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Complutense University, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Łódź, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, University of Würzburg, CIEMAT, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia, Technische Universität Dortmund, University of Barcelona, Kyoto University, Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Japanese MAGIC Consortium, University of Turku, University of Pisa, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, ICREA, University of Insubria, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Lebedev Physical Institute, Purdue University, National Radio Astronomy Observatory Socorro, University of Liverpool, Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Aleksić, J., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Arcaro, C, Babic, A., Bangale, P., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., De Oña Wilhelmi, E., Delgado Mendez, C., Di Pierro, F., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher, D., Elsaesser, D., Fernández Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Gozzini, S. R., Hadasch, D., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Idec, W., Kadenius, V., Kellermann, H., Knoetig, M. L., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Krause, J., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lewandowska, N., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, López, M., López Coto, R., López Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Lozano, I., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Munar Adrover, P., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nievas Rosillo, M., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palatiello, Michele, Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Saito, T., Saito, K., Satalecka, K., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, V., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Vogler, P., Will, M., Zanin, R., Buson, S., D'Ammando, F., Lähteenmäki, A., Hovatta, T., Kovalev, Y. Y., Lister, M. L., Max Moerbeck, W., Mundell, C., Pushkarev, A. B., Rastorgueva Foi, E., Readhead, A. C. S., Richards, J. L., Tammi, J., Sanchez, D. A., Tornikoski, M., Savolainen, T., Steele, I., Laboratoire d'Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Universitat de Barcelona

Subjects
Photon, jets [galaxies], Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, law.invention, law, BL Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 1011+496, galaxies: active, galaxies: jets, gamma rays: galaxies, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, individual: 1ES 1011+496 [BL Lacertae objects], 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, Physics, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Superluminal motion, TEV BLAZARS, Polarization (waves), non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], Cosmology, BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, GAMMA-RAY EMISSION, X-RAY, LAC OBJECTS, MAGIC TELESCOPE, CRAB-NEBULA, ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION, active [galaxies], galaxies [gamma rays], Spectral energy distribution, Degree of polarization, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Telescope, 0103 physical sciences, galaxie [gamma rays], Blazar, Cosmologia, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astronomy and Astrophysic, Position angle, Galaxies, Galàxies, jet [galaxies], ddc:520, BL Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 1011+496 – galaxies: active – galaxies: jets – radiation mechanisms: non-thermal – gamma rays: galaxies
Abstract

1ES 1011+496 $(z=0.212)$ was discovered in very high energy (VHE, E >100 GeV) $\gamma$-rays with MAGIC in 2007. The absence of simultaneous data at lower energies led to a rather incomplete characterization of the broadband spectral energy distribution (SED). We study the source properties and the emission mechanisms, probing whether a simple one-zone synchrotron-self-Compton (SSC) scenario is able to explain the observed broadband spectrum. We analyzed VHE to radio data from 2011 and 2012 collected by MAGIC, $Fermi$-LAT, $Swift$, KVA, OVRO, and Mets\"ahovi in addition to optical polarimetry data and radio maps from the Liverpool Telescope and MOJAVE. The VHE spectrum was fit with a simple power law with a photon index of $3.69\pm0.22$ and a flux above 150 GeV of $(1.46\pm0.16)\times10^{-11}$ ph cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. 1ES 1011+496 was found to be in a generally quiescent state at all observed wavelengths, showing only moderate variability from radio to X-rays. A low degree of polarization of less than 10% was measured in optical, while some bright features polarized up to 60% were observed in the radio jet. A similar trend in the rotation of the electric vector position angle was found in optical and radio. The radio maps indicated a superluminal motion of $1.8\pm0.4\,c$, which is the highest speed statistically significantly measured so far in a high-frequency-peaked BL Lac. For the first time, the high-energy bump in the broadband SED of 1ES 1011+496 could be fully characterized from 0.1 GeV to 1 TeV which permitted a more reliable interpretation within the one-zone SSC scenario. The polarimetry data suggest that at least part of the optical emission has its origin in some of the bright radio features, while the low polarization in optical might be due to the contribution of parts of the radio jet with different orientations of the magnetic field to the optical emission., Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures

Published
2016

20. Authenticating the Presence of a Relativistic Massive Black Hole Binary in OJ 287 Using Its General Relativity Centenary Flare: Improved Orbital Parameters

Author

Lankeswar Dey, M. J. Valtonen, A. Gopakumar, S. Zola, R. Hudec, P. Pihajoki, S. Ciprini, K. Matsumoto, K. Sadakane, M. Kidger, K. Nilsson, S. Mikkola, A. Sillanpää, L. O. Takalo, H. J. Lehto, A. Berdyugin, V. Piirola, H. Jermak, K. S. Baliyan, T. Pursimo, D. B. Caton, F. Alicavus, A. Baransky, P. Blay, P. Boumis, D. Boyd, M. Campas Torrent, F. Campos, J. Carrillo Gómez, S. Chandra, V. Chavushyan, J. Dalessio, B. Debski, M. Drozdz, H. Er, A. Erdem, A. Escartin Pérez, V. Fallah Ramazani, A. V. Filippenko, E. Gafton, S. Ganesh, F. Garcia, K. Gazeas, V. Godunova, F. Gómez Pinilla, M. Gopinathan, J. B. Haislip, J. Harmanen, G. Hurst, J. Janík, M. Jelinek, A. Joshi, M. Kagitani, R. Karjalainen, N. Kaur, W. C. Keel, V. V. Kouprianov, T. Kundera, S. Kurowski, A. Kvammen, A. P. LaCluyze, B. C. Lee, A. Liakos, E. Lindfors, J. Lozano de Haro, M. Mugrauer, R. Naves Nogues, A. W. Neely, R. H. Nelson, W. Ogloza, S. Okano, U. Pajdosz-Śmierciak, J. C. Pandey, M. Perri, G. Poyner, J. Provencal, A. Raj, D. E. Reichart, R. Reinthal, T. Reynolds, J. Saario, S. Sadegi, T. Sakanoi, J.-L. Salto González, null Sameer, T. Schweyer, A. Simon, M. Siwak, F. C. Soldán Alfaro, E. Sonbas, I. Steele, J. T. Stocke, J. Strobl, T. Tomov, L. Tremosa Espasa, J. R. Valdes, J. Valero Pérez, F. Verrecchia, V. Vasylenko, J. R. Webb, M. Yoneda, M. Zejmo, W. Zheng, P. Zielinski, and Department of Physics

Subjects
General relativity, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, black hole physics, OJ-287, FOS: Physical sciences, GRAVITATIONAL-RADIATION REACTION, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Astrophysics, individual: OJ 287 [quasars], OUTBURSTS, 01 natural sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, law.invention, VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Fysikk: 430::Astrofysikk, astronomi: 438, Binary black hole, MOMENTS, law, quasars: general, 0103 physical sciences, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, QC, QB, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Orbital elements, Physics, general [quasars], COMPACT BINARIES, OJ287, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gravitational wave, quasars: individual (OJ 287), SYSTEMS NONSPINNING BODIES, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 115 Astronomy, Space science, Orbital period, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Physics: 430::Astrophysics, astronomy: 438, MODEL, Black hole, SPIN, gravitation, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, WAVE-FORM, Flare
Abstract

Results from regular monitoring of relativistic compact binaries like PSR 1913+16 are consistent with the dominant (quadrupole) order emission of gravitational waves (GWs). We show that observations associated with the binary black hole central engine of blazar OJ 287 demand the inclusion of gravitational radiation reaction effects beyond the quadrupolar order. It turns out that even the effects of certain hereditary contributions to GW emission are required to predict impact flare timings of OJ 287. We develop an approach that incorporates this effect into the binary black hole model for OJ~287. This allows us to demonstrate an excellent agreement between the observed impact flare timings and those predicted from ten orbital cycles of the binary black hole central engine model. The deduced rate of orbital period decay is nine orders of magnitude higher than the observed rate in PSR 1913+16, demonstrating again the relativistic nature of OJ 287's central engine. Finally, we argue that precise timing of the predicted 2019 impact flare should allow a test of the celebrated black hole "no-hair theorem" at the 10% level., 24 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

Published
2018

21. Detection of VHE γ-rays from HESS J0632+057 during the 2011 February X-ray outburst with the MAGIC Telescopes

Author

The MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), E. A. Alvarez(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), L. A. Antonelli(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Antoranz(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), M. Asensio(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), M. Backes(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), U. Barres de Almeida(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. A. Barrio(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), D. Bastieri(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), J. Becerra González(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), W. Bednarek(University of Łódź, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), K. Berger(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), E. Bernardini(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), A. Biland(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), O. Blanch(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), R. K. Bock(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), A. Boller(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), G. Bonnoli(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), D. Borla Tridon(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), V. Bosch-Ramon(Universitat de Barcelona), T. Bretz(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), A. Cañellas(Universitat de Barcelona), E. Carmona(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), A. Carosi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Colin(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), E. Colombo(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), J. L. Contreras(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), J. Cortina(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), L. Cossio(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), S. Covino(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Da Vela(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), F. Dazzi(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), A. De Angelis(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), G. De Caneva(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), E. De Cea del Pozo(Institut de Ciències de l'Espai), B. De Lotto(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), C. Delgado Mendez(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), A. Diago Ortega(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), M. Doert(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), A. Domínguez(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), D. Dominis Prester(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Dorner(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), M. Doro(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), D. Eisenacher(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), D. Elsaesser(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), D. Ferenc(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), M. V. Fonseca(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), L. Font(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), C. Fruck(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), R. J. García López(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), M. Garczarczyk(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), D. Garrido Terrats(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), G. Giavitto(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), N. Godinović(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), A. González Muñoz(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), S. R. Gozzini(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), D. Hadasch(Institut de Ciències de l'Espai), D. Häfner(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), A. Herrero(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), D. Hildebrand(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), J. Hose(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), D. Hrupec(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), B. Huber(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), F. Jankowski(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), T. Jogler(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), V. Kadenius(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, FI-21500 Piikkiö, Finland), H. Kellermann(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), S. Klepser(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), T. Krähenbühl(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), J. Krause(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), A. La Barbera(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), D. Lelas(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), E. Leonardo(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), N. Lewandowska(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), E. Lindfors(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, FI-21500 Piikkiö, Finland), S. Lombardi(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), M. López(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), R. López-Coto(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), A. López-Oramas(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), E. Lorenz(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), M. Makariev(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), G. Maneva(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), N. Mankuzhiyil(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), K. Mannheim(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), L. Maraschi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), M. Mariotti(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), M. Martínez(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), D. Mazin(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), M. Meucci(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), J. M. Miranda(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), R. Mirzoyan(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. Moldón(Universitat de Barcelona), A. Moralejo(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), P. Munar-Adrover(Universitat de Barcelona), A. Niedzwiecki(University of Łódź, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), D. Nieto(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), K. Nilsson(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, FI-21500 Piikkiö, Finland), N. Nowak(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), R. Orito(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), S. Paiano(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), D. Paneque(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), R. Paoletti(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), S. Pardo(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), J. M. Paredes(Universitat de Barcelona), S. Partini(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), M. A. Perez-Torres(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), M. Persic(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), M. Pilia(Università dell'Insubria, Como, I-22100 Como, Italy), J. Pochon(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), F. Prada(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), P. G. Prada Moroni(Università di Pisa, and INFN Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy), E. Prandini(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), I. Puerto Gimenez(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), I. Puljak(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), I. Reichardt(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), R. Reinthal(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, FI-21500 Piikkiö, Finland), W. Rhode(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), M. Ribó(Universitat de Barcelona), J. Rico(ICREA, E-08010 Barcelona, Spain)), S. Rügamer(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), A. Saggion(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), K. Saito(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), T. Y. Saito(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), M. Salvati(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), K. Satalecka(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), V. Scalzotto(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), V. Scapin(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), C. Schultz(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), T. Schweizer(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), S. N. Shore(Università di Pisa, and INFN Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy), A. Sillanpää(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, FI-21500 Piikkiö, Finland), J. Sitarek(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), I. Snidaric(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Sobczynska(University of Łódź, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), F. Spanier(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), S. Spiro(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), V. Stamatescu(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), A. Stamerra(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), B. Steinke(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. Storz(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), N. Strah(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), S. Sun(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), T. Surić(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), L. Takalo(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, FI-21500 Piikkiö, Finland), H. Takami(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), F. Tavecchio(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Temnikov(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), T. Terzić(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Tescaro(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), M. Teshima(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), O. Tibolla(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), D. F. Torres(ICREA, E-08010 Barcelona, Spain)), A. Treves(Università dell'Insubria, Como, I-22100 Como, Italy), M. Uellenbeck(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), P. Vogler(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), R. M. Wagner(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), Q. Weitzel(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), V. Zabalza(Universitat de Barcelona), F. Zandanel(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), R. Zanin(Universitat de Barcelona), now at(EPFL), (EPFL), Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne(EPFL), Lausanne(EPFL), Switzerland(CIEMAT), supported by INFN Padova(CIEMAT), now at(CIEMAT), (CIEMAT), Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas(CIEMAT), Medioambientales y Tecnológicas(CIEMAT), Madrid(FINCA), Spain(FINCA), now at(FINCA), (FINCA), KIPAC(FINCA), SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(FINCA), USA(FINCA), Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO(FINCA), University of Turku(), and Finland)()

Subjects
High energy, Be star, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, binaries: general, gamma rays: general, stars: individual (MWC 148), X-rays: binaries, X-rays: individual (HESS J0632+057), Astrophysics, Compact star, gamma ray astronomy, Cosmic rays, IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR, 01 natural sciences, Raigs gamma, 0103 physical sciences, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Estels binaris de raigs X, Physics, astro-ph.HE, COUNTERPART, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma rays, X-ray, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, TEV BINARY, EMISSION, DISCOVERY, VARIABILITY, X-ray binaries, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

The very high energy (VHE) \gamma-ray source HESS J0632+057 has recently been confirmed to be a \gamma-ray binary. The optical counterpart is the Be star MWC 148, and a compact object of unknown nature orbits it every ~321 d with a high eccentricity of ~0.8. We monitored HESS J0632+057 with the stereoscopic MAGIC telescopes from 2010 October to 2011 March and detected significant VHE \gamma-ray emission during 2011 February, when the system exhibited an X-ray outburst. We find no \gamma-ray signal in the other observation periods when the system did not show increased X-ray flux. Thus HESS J0632+057 exhibits \gamma-ray variability on timescales of the order of one to two months possibly linked to the X-ray outburst that takes place about 100 days after the periastron passage. Furthermore our measurements provide for the first time the \gamma-ray spectrum down to about 140 GeV and indicate no turnover of the spectrum at low energies. We compare the properties of HESS J0632+057 with the similar \gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303, and discuss on the possible origin of the multi-wavelength emission of the source, Comment: 6 pages and 3 figures, submitted, corresponding authors T. Jogler and P. Munar-Adrover

Published
2015

22. Very high energy gamma-ray observation of the peculiar transient event Swift J1644+57 with the MAGIC telescopes and AGILE

Author

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

Subjects
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

Published
2013

23. The simultaneous low state spectral energy distribution of 1ES 2344+514 from radio to very high energies

Author

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), L. A. Antonelli(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), P. Antoranz(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, Italy), M. Asensio(Universidad Complutense, Spain), M. Backes(Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany), U. Barres de Almeida(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), J. A. Barrio(Universidad Complutense, Spain), W. Bednarek(University of Łódź, Poland), K. Berger(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain), E. Bernardini(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), A. Biland(ETH Zurich, Switzerland), O. Blanch(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), R. K. Bock(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), A. Boller(ETH Zurich, Switzerland), S. Bonnefoy(Universidad Complutense, Spain), G. Bonnoli(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), D. Borla Tridon(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), T. Bretz(Universität Würzburg, Germany), E. Carmona(Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Spain), A. Carosi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), D. Carreto Fidalgo(Universität Würzburg, Germany), P. Colin(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), E. Colombo(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain), J. L. Contreras(Universidad Complutense, Spain), J. Cortina(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), L. Cossio(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, Italy), S. Covino(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), P. Da Vela(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, Italy), F. Dazzi(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, Italy), A. De Angelis(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, Italy), G. De Caneva(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), B. De Lotto(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, Italy), C. Delgado Mendez(Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Spain), M. Doert(Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany), A. Domínguez(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), D. Dominis Prester(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), D. Dorner(Universität Würzburg, Germany), M. Doro(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), D. Eisenacher(Universität Würzburg, Germany), D. Elsaesser(Universität Würzburg, Germany), D. Ferenc(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), M. V. Fonseca(Universidad Complutense, Spain), L. Font(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), C. Fruck(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), R. J. García López(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain), M. Garczarczyk(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain), D. Garrido Terrats(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), M. Gaug(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), G. Giavitto(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), N. Godinović(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), A. González Muñoz(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), S. R. Gozzini(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), A. Hadamek(Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany), D. Hadasch(Institut de Ciències de l'Espai), A. Herrero(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain), J. Hose(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), D. Hrupec(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), F. Jankowski(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), V. Kadenius(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), S. Klepser(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), M. L. Knoetig(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), T. Krähenbühl(ETH Zurich, Switzerland), J. Krause(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), J. Kushida(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), A. La Barbera(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), D. Lelas(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), E. Leonardo(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, Italy), N. Lewandowska(Universität Würzburg, Germany), E. Lindfors(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), S. Lombardi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), M. López(Universidad Complutense, Spain), R. López-Coto(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), A. López-Oramas(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), E. Lorenz(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), I. Lozano(Universidad Complutense, Spain), M. Makariev(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria), K. Mallot(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), G. Maneva(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria), N. Mankuzhiyil(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, Italy), K. Mannheim(Universität Würzburg, Germany), L. Maraschi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), B. Marcote(Universitat de Barcelona), M. Mariotti(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), M. Martínez(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), J. Masbou(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), D. Mazin(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), M. Meucci(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, Italy), J. M. Miranda(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, Italy), R. Mirzoyan(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), J. Moldón(Universitat de Barcelona), A. Moralejo(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), P. Munar-Adrover(Universitat de Barcelona), D. Nakajima(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), A. Niedzwiecki(University of Łódź, Poland), D. Nieto(Universidad Complutense, Spain), K. Nilsson(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), N. Nowak(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), R. Orito(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), S. Paiano(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), M. Palatiello(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, Italy), D. Paneque(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), R. Paoletti(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, Italy), J. M. Paredes(Universitat de Barcelona), S. Partini(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, Italy), M. Persic(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, Italy), M. Pilia(Università dell'Insubria, Como, Italy), F. Prada(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), P. G. Prada Moroni(Università di Pisa, and INFN Pisa, Italy), E. Prandini(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), I. Puljak(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), I. Reichardt(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), R. Reinthal(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), W. Rhode(Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany), M. Ribó(Universitat de Barcelona), J. Rico(ICREA, Barcelona, Spain), S. Rügamer(Universität Würzburg, Germany), A. Saggion(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), K. Saito(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), T. Y. Saito(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), M. Salvati(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), K. Satalecka(Universidad Complutense, Spain), V. Scalzotto(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), V. Scapin(Universidad Complutense, Spain), C. Schultz(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), T. Schweizer(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), S. N. Shore(Università di Pisa, and INFN Pisa, Italy), A. Sillanpää(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), J. Sitarek(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), I. Snidaric(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), D. Sobczynska(University of Łódź, Poland), F. Spanier(Universität Würzburg, Germany), S. Spiro(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), V. Stamatescu(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, Spain), A. Stamerra(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, Italy), B. Steinke(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), J. Storz(Universität Würzburg, Germany), S. Sun(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), T. Surić(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), L. Takalo(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), H. Takami(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), F. Tavecchio(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, Rome, Italy), P. Temnikov(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria), T. Terzić(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, Croatia), D. Tescaro(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain), M. Teshima(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), O. Tibolla(Universität Würzburg, Germany), D. F. Torres(ICREA, Barcelona, Spain), T. Toyama(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), A. Treves(Università dell'Insubria, Como, Italy), M. Uellenbeck(Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany), P. Vogler(ETH Zurich, Switzerland), R. M. Wagner(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany), Q. Weitzel(ETH Zurich, Switzerland), F. Zandanel(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), R. Zanin(Universitat de Barcelona), The MAGIC Collaboration(Università di Trieste, and INFN Trieste, Italy), F. Longo(Università di Trieste, and INFN Trieste, Italy), F. Lucarelli(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), C. Pittori(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), S. Vercellone(INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Italy), for the AGILE team(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), D. Bastieri(Università di Padova and INFN Padova, Italy), C. Sbarra(INFN Padova, Italy), for the Fermi-LAT Collaboration(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany), E. Angelakis(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany), L. Fuhrmann(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany), I. Nestoras(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany), T. P. Krichbaum(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany), A. Sievers(Instituto de Radio Astronoma Milimétrica, Spain), J. A. Zensus(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Germany), for the F-GAMMA program(Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Ukraine), K. A. Antonyuk(Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Ukraine), W. Baumgartner(Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA), A. Berduygin(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), M. Carini(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, USA), K. Cook(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, USA), N. Gehrels(Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA), M. Kadler(Universität Würzburg, Germany), Yu. A. Kovalev(Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute, 117997 Moscow, Russia), Y. Y. Kovalev(Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute, 117997 Moscow, Russia), F. Krauss(Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte and ECAP, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany), H. A. Krimm(Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD 21044, USA), A. Lähteenmäki(Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Finland), M. L. Lister(Department of Physics, Purdue University, USA), W. Max-Moerbeck(Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, USA), M. Pasanen(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), A. B. Pushkarev(Pulkovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia), A. C. S. Readhead(Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, USA), J. L. Richards(Department of Physics, Purdue University, USA), J. Sainio(Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku, Finland), D. N. Shakhovskoy(Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Ukraine), K. V. Sokolovsky(Astro Space Center of Lebedev Physical Institute, 117997 Moscow, Russia), M. Tornikoski(Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Finland), J. Tueller(Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA), M. Weidinger(Theoretische Physik IV, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany), J. Wilms(Dr. Remeis-Sternwarte and ECAP, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany), Anne Lähteenmäki Group, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Institut de Física d’Altes Energies [Barcelone] (IFAE), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (IFIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universitat de València (UV), Politecnico di Milano [Milan] (POLIMI), Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria, Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] (TU), IEEC-CSIC, Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Universidad de Murcia, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron [Zeuthen] (DESY), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Laboratoire d'études dynamiques et structurales de la sélectivité (LEDSS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia [Barcelona] (DAM), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Universidad de Cantabria [Santander], Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (INFN, Sezione di Padova), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut) (MPI-P), Instituto de Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, UNAM, Institute for Physical Research (IPR), National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia [Yerevan] (NAS RA), Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Énergies (LPNHE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (OAT), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), INAF-Cagliari Astronomical Observatory, Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC (IFT), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Dept. of Physics, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Kao Group, Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Optoelectronic Research Centre, University of Southampton, Department of Chemistry, Oulu, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Università degli Studi di Udine - University of Udine [Italie], Universita degli studi di Napoli 'Parthenope' [Napoli], Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica cosmica - Palermo (IASF-Pa), Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes (VITROME), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées (IRBA), Instituto de RadioAstronomía Milimétrica (IRAM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), DAAA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay (COmUE) [Meudon], ONERA-Université Paris-Saclay, University of Bath [Bath], Waves and Solitons LLC, 918 W. Windsong Dr., Caltech Department of Astronomy [Pasadena], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), J., Aleksić, L. A., Antonelli, P., Antoranz, M., Asensio, M., Backe, U., Barres de Almeida, J. A., Barrio, 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, 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, F., Jankowski, V., Kadeniu, S., Klepser, M. L., Knoetig, T., Krähenbühl, J., Krause, J., Kushida, A., La Barbera, D., Lela, E., Leonardo, 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, D., Nieto, K., Nilsson, N., Nowak, R., Orito, S., Paiano, M., Palatiello, D., Paneque, R., Paoletti, J. M., Parede, S., Partini, M., Persic, M., Pilia, F., Prada, P. G., Prada Moroni, E., Prandini, I., Puljak, I., Reichardt, R., Reinthal, W., Rhode, M., Ribó, J., Rico, S., Rügamer, 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, S., Vercellone, D., Bastieri, C., Sbarra, E., Angelaki, L., Fuhrmann, I., Nestora, T. P., Krichbaum, A., Siever, J. A., Zensu, K. A., Antonyuk, W., Baumgartner, A., Berduygin, M., Carini, K., Cook, N., Gehrel, M., Kadler, Kovalev, Y. u. A., Y. Y., Kovalev, F., Krau, H. A., Krimm, A., Lähteenmäki, M. L., Lister, W., Max Moerbeck, M., Pasanen, A. B., Pushkarev, A. C. S., Readhead, J. L., Richard, J., Sainio, D. N., Shakhovskoy, K. V., Sokolovsky, M., Tornikoski, J., Tueller, M., Weidinger, J., Wilms, UAM. Departamento de Física Teórica, Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria = University of Insubria [Varese] (Uninsubria), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Parthenope' = University of Naples (PARTHENOPE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées [Brétigny-sur-Orge] (IRBA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [Barcelona] (UAB), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC)-Universitat de València (UV), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), 7990-AA Dwingeloo, Netherlands, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), INAF-OAB, and DAAA, ONERA, Université Paris Saclay [Meudon]

Subjects
galaxies [Gamma rays], Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Flux, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, law.invention, law, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], BL Lacertae objects: individual: 1ES 2344+514, MAGIC (telescope), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, galaxies: active, BL Lacerae objects: individual: 1ES 2344+514, gamma rays: galaxies, X-rays: individuals: 1ES 2344+514, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), astro-ph.HE, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS, GAMMA-RAY EMISSION, SIMULTANEOUS MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS, SELF-COMPTON MODEL, X-RAY, LAC OBJECTS, RELATIVISTIC JETS, MARKARIAN 501, Gamma ray, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], active [galaxies], astro-ph.CO, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flare, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, education, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], 0103 physical sciences, galaxie [gamma rays], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Física, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, individual: 1ES 2344+514 [BL Lacertae objects], [PHYS.ASTR.GA]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], galaxies [gamma-rays], Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, individuals: 1ES 2344+514 [X-rays], Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

Astronomy and Astrophysics 556 (2013): A67 reproduced with permission from Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context. BL Lacertae objects are variable at all energy bands on time scales down to minutes. To construct and interpret their spectral energy distribution (SED), simultaneous broad-band observations are mandatory. Up to now, the number of objects studied during such campaigns is very limited and biased towards high flux states. Aims.We present the results of a dedicated multi-wavelength study of the high-frequency peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) object and known TeV emitter 1ES 2344+514 by means of a pre-organised campaign. Methods.The observations were conducted during simultaneous visibility windows of MAGIC and AGILE in late 2008. The measurements were complemented by Metsähovi, RATAN-600, KVA+Tuorla, Swift and VLBA pointings. Additional coverage was provided by the ongoing long-term F-GAMMA and MOJAVE programs, the OVRO 40-m and CrAO telescopes as well as the Fermi satellite. The obtained SEDs are modelled using a one-zone as well as a self-consistent two-zone synchrotron self-Compton model. Results. 1ES 2344+514 was found at very low flux states in both X-rays and very high energy gamma rays. Variability was detected in the low frequency radio and X-ray bands only, where for the latter a small flare was observed. The X-ray flare was possibly caused by shock acceleration characterised by similar cooling and acceleration time scales. MOJAVE VLBA monitoring reveals a static jet whose components are stable over time scales of eleven years, contrary to previous findings. There appears to be no significant correlation between the 15 GHz and R-band monitoring light curves. The observations presented here constitute the first multi-wavelength campaign on 1ES 2344+514 from radio to VHE energies and one of the few simultaneous SEDs during low activity states. The quasi-simultaneous Fermi-LAT data poses some challenges for SED modelling, but in general the SEDs are described well by both applied models. The resulting parameters are typical for TeV emitting HBLs. Consequently it remains unclear whether a so-called quiescent state was found in this campaign, The support of the German BMBF and MPG, the Italian INFN, the Swiss National Fund SNF, and the Spanish MICINN is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the CPAN CSD2007-00042 and MultiDark CSD2009-00064 projects of the Spanish Consolider-Ingenio 2010 programme, by grant 127740 of the Academy of Finland, by the DFG Cluster of Excellence “Origin and Structure of the Universe”, by the DFG Collaborative Research Centers SFB823/C4 and SFB876/C3, and by the Polish MNiSzW grant 745/N-HESS-MAGIC/2010/0. The AGILE Mission is funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), with scientific and programmatic participation by the Italian Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) and the Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN). Research partially supported through the ASI grants no. I/089/06/2 and I/042/10/0. The Fermi-LAT Collaboration acknowledges support from a number of agencies and institutes for both development and the operation of the LAT as well as scientific data analysis. These include NASA and DOE in the United States, CEA/Irfu and IN2P3/CNRS in France, ASI and INFN in Italy, MEXT, KEK, and JAXA in Japan, and the K. A.Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council and the National Space Board in Sweden. Additional support from INAF in Italy and CNES in France for science analysis during the operations phase is also gratefully acknowledged

Published
2013

24. Very high-energy gamma-ray observations of novae and dwarf novae with the MAGIC telescopes

Author

J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, Juan Cortina, Tomislav Terzić, A. De Angelis, A. Treves, Vitaly Neustroev, M. Hayashida, Marc Ribó, Marina Manganaro, P. Bangale, D. Galindo, Hidetoshi Kubo, B. Biasuzzi, Abelardo Moralejo, H. Takami, Vassil Verguilov, G. Maneva, D. Nakajima, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Giacomo Bonnoli, Julia Thaele, M. I. Martínez, R. Zanin, Adrian Biland, Arka Chatterjee, P. G. Prada Moroni, T. Steinbring, D. Fidalgo, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, J. Rico, M. Palatiello, Kyoshi Nishijima, Yusuke Konno, Sabrina Einecke, Pratik Majumdar, R. Reinthal, Francesco Dazzi, Gareth Hughes, M. V. Fonseca, K. Kodani, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, J. Rodriguez Garcia, Dominik Elsaesser, U. Barres de Almeida, R. Desiante, Stefano Covino, R. López-Coto, B. Banerjee, Max Ludwig Ahnen, Stefano Ansoldi, A. Niedzwiecki, Riccardo Paoletti, G. De Caneva, Damir Lelas, Massimo Persic, D. Tescaro, David Paneque, K. Saito, J. Palacio, Ievgen Vovk, D. Guberman, Dorota Sobczyńska, Julian Sitarek, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, P. Giammaria, L. Maraschi, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, E. Hays, Elina Lindfors, J. Hose, Daniel Mazin, T. Toyama, Hanna Kellermann, B. De Lotto, T. Schweizer, D. Dominis Prester, Ivica Puljak, S. Bonnefoy, R. Clavero, P. Temnikov, Pierre Colin, L. A. Antonelli, Kari Nilsson, M. Will, K. Frantzen, Thomas Bretz, F. Di Pierro, R. Mirzoyan, Juri Poutanen, D. Garrido Terrats, P. Da Vela, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Y. Hanabata, J. A. Barrio, P. Antoranz, E. Carmona, Masahiro Teshima, S. Paiano, Wolfgang Rhode, Karl Mannheim, Jose Miguel Miranda, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Alicia López-Oramas, Ana Babić, F. Borracci, I. Snidaric, Natalia Lewandowska, A. La Barbera, D. Eisenacher Glawion, X. Paredes-Fortuny, M. Nievas Rosillo, E. Lorenz, J. Becerra González, Takashi Saito, Reiko Orito, E. Prandini, U. Menzel, Daniela Dorner, Diego F. Torres, M. Garczarczyk, A. Sillanpää, E. Colombo, M. Gaug, J. Herrera, L. O. Takalo, Francesco Longo, Koji Noda, Elisa Bernardini, Lluis Font, Marcel Strzys, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, Alba Fernández-Barral, W. Idec, Christian Fruck, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, A. González Muñoz, Saverio Lombardi, C. Delgado Mendez, Ahnen, M. L, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Clavero, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., De Oña Wilhelmi, E., Delgado Mendez, C., Di Pierro, F., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher Glawion, D., Elsaesser, D., Fernández Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Guberman, D., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Idec, W., Kellermann, H., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lewandowska, N., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, López, M., López Coto, R., López Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nievas Rosillo, M., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Saito, T., Saito, K., Satalecka, K., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Verguilov, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Zanin, R., Desiante, R., Hays, E., and Universitat de Barcelona

Subjects
Proton, Hadron, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Raigs gamma, law, Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, novae, cataclysmic variables, gamma rays: stars, binaries: general, stars: activity, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Dwarf nova, Novae, Estels binaris de raigs X, astro-ph.HE, Physics, Novae, cataclysmic variable, cataclysmic variables, Binaries: general, Gamma rays: stars, Novae, cataclysmic variables, Stars: activity, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Gamma-rays, stars, Binaries, general, Stars, activity, Gamma ray, X-ray binaries, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, activity [Stars], Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Noves (Estels), Telescope, star [Gamma rays], 0103 physical sciences, New stars, general [Binaries], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma rays, Astronomy and Astrophysic, 13. Climate action, ddc:520, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Lepton
Abstract

Context. In the last five years the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument detected GeV {\gamma}-ray emission from five novae. The GeV emission can be interpreted in terms of an inverse Compton process of electrons accelerated in a shock. In this case it is expected that protons in the same conditions can be accelerated to much higher energies. Consequently they may produce a second component in the {\gamma}-ray spectrum at TeV energies. Aims. We aim to explore the very-high-energy domain to search for {\gamma}-ray emission above 50 GeV and to shed light on the acceleration process of leptons and hadrons in nova explosions. Methods. We have performed observations with the MAGIC telescopes of the classical nova V339 Del shortly after the 2013 outburst, triggered by optical and subsequent GeV {\gamma}-ray detec- tions. We also briefly report on VHE observations of the symbiotic nova YY Her and the dwarf nova ASASSN-13ax. We complement the TeV MAGIC observations with the analysis of con- temporaneous Fermi-LAT data of the sources. The TeV and GeV observations are compared in order to evaluate the acceleration parameters for leptons and hadrons. Results. No significant TeV emission was found from the studied sources. We computed upper limits on the spectrum and night-by-night flux. The combined GeV and TeV observations of V339 Del limit the ratio of proton to electron luminosities to Lp, Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Published
2015

25. Multiwavelength observations of Mrk 501 in 2008

Author

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), S. Ansoldi(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), L. A. Antonelli(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Antoranz(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), A. Babic(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), P. Bangale(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), U. Barres de Almeida(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. A. Barrio(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), J. Becerra González(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), W. Bednarek(University of Lodz, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), K. Berger(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), E. Bernardini(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), A. Biland(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), O. Blanch(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), R. K. Bock(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), S. Bonnefoy(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), G. Bonnoli(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), F. Borracci(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), T. Bretz(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), E. Carmona(Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), A. Carosi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), D. Carreto Fidalgo(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), P. Colin(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), E. Colombo(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), J. L. Contreras(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), J. Cortina(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), S. Covino(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Da Vela(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), F. Dazzi(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), A. De Angelis(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), G. De Caneva(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), B. De Lotto(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), C. Delgado Mendez(Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), M. Doert(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), A. Domínguez(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), D. Dominis Prester(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Dorner(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), M. Doro(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), S. Einecke(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), D. Eisenacher(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), D. Elsaesser(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), E. Farina(Università dell'Insubria, Como, I-22100 Como, Italy), D. Ferenc(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), M. V. Fonseca(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), L. Font(Unitat de Física de les Radiacions, Departament de Física, and CERES-IEEC, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), K. Frantzen(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), C. Fruck(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), R. J. García López(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), M. Garczarczyk(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), D. Garrido Terrats(Unitat de Física de les Radiacions, Departament de Física, and CERES-IEEC, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), M. Gaug(Unitat de Física de les Radiacions, Departament de Física, and CERES-IEEC, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), G. Giavitto(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), N. Godinović(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), A. González Muñoz(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), S. R. Gozzini(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), A. Hadamek(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), D. Hadasch(Institut de Ciències de l'Espai), A. Herrero(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), D. Hildebrand(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), J. Hose(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), D. Hrupec(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), W. Idec(University of Lodz, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), V. Kadenius(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), H. Kellermann(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), M. L. Knoetig(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), J. Krause(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. Kushida(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), A. La Barbera(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), D. Lelas(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), N. Lewandowska(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), E. Lindfors(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), S. Lombardi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), M. López(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), R. López-Coto(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), A. López-Oramas(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), E. Lorenz(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), I. Lozano(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), M. Makariev(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), K. Mallot(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), G. Maneva(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), N. Mankuzhiyil(2,*), K. Mannheim(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), L. Maraschi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), B. Marcote(Universitat de Barcelona), M. Mariotti(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), M. Martínez(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), D. Mazin(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), U. Menzel(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), M. Meucci(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), J. M. Miranda(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), R. Mirzoyan(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), A. Moralejo(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), P. Munar-Adrover(Universitat de Barcelona), D. Nakajima(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), A. Niedzwiecki(University of Lodz, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), K. Nilsson(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), N. Nowak(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), R. Orito(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), A. Overkemping(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), S. Paiano(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), M. Palatiello(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), D. Paneque(6,*), R. Paoletti(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), J. M. Paredes(Universitat de Barcelona), X. Paredes-Fortuny(Universitat de Barcelona), S. Partini(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), M. Persic(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), F. Prada(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), P. G. Prada Moroni(Università di Pisa, and INFN Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy), E. Prandini(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), S. Preziuso(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), I. Puljak(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), R. Reinthal(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), W. Rhode(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), M. Ribó(Universitat de Barcelona), J. Rico(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), J. Rodriguez Garcia(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), S. Rügamer(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), A. Saggion(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), T. Saito(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), K. Saito(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), M. Salvati(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), K. Satalecka(7,*), V. Scalzotto(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), V. Scapin(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), C. Schultz(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), T. Schweizer(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), S. N. Shore(Università di Pisa, and INFN Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy), A. Sillanpää(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), J. Sitarek(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), I. Snidaric(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Sobczynska(University of Lodz, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), F. Spanier(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), V. Stamatescu(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), A. Stamerra(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), T. Steinbring(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), J. Storz(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), S. Sun(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), T. Surić(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), L. Takalo(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), F. Tavecchio(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Temnikov(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), T. Terzić(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Tescaro(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), M. Teshima(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. Thaele(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), O. Tibolla(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), D. F. Torres(Institut de Ciències de l'Espai), T. Toyama(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), A. Treves(Università dell'Insubria, Como, I-22100 Como, Italy), M. Uellenbeck(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), P. Vogler(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), R. M. Wagner(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), F. Zandanel(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), R. Zanin(Universitat de Barcelona), VERITAS Collaboration(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), B. Behera(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), M. Beilicke(Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), W. Benbow(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), R. Bird(School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), A. Bouvier(Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA), V. Bugaev(Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), M. Cerruti(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), X. Chen(Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany), L. Ciupik(Astronomy Department, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA), E. Collins-Hughes(School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), W. Cui(Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), C. Duke(Department of Physics, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA 50112-1690, USA), J. Dumm(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA), A. Falcone(Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA), S. Federici(now at GRAPPA Institute, University of Amsterdam, 1098XH), Q. Feng(Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), J. P. Finley(Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), L. Fortson(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA), A. Furniss(Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA), N. Galante(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), G. H. Gillanders(School of Physics, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland), S. Griffin(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), S. T. Griffiths(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA), J. Grube(Astronomy Department, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA), G. Gyuk(Astronomy Department, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA), D. Hanna(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), J. Holder(Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA), C. A. Johnson(Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA), P. Kaaret(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA), M. Kertzman(Department of Physics and Astronomy, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037, USA), D. Kieda(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA), H. Krawczynski(Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), M. J. Lang(School of Physics, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland), A. S Madhavan(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA), G. Maier(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), P. Majumdar(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA), K. Meagher(School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 837 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430), P. Moriarty(Department of Life and Physical Sciences, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway, Ireland), R. Mukherjee(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY 10027, USA), D. Nieto(Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA), A. O'Faoláin de Bhróithe(School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), R. A. Ong(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA), A. N. Otte(School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 837 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430), A. Pichel(Instituto de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio, Casilla de Correo 67 - Sucursal 28), M. Pohl(Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany), A. Popkow(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA), H. Prokoph(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), J. Quinn(School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), J. Rajotte(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), G. Ratliff(Astronomy Department, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA), L. C. Reyes(Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 94307, USA), P. T. Reynolds(Department of Applied Physics and Instrumentation, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland), G. T. Richards(School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 837 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430), E. Roache(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), G. H. Sembroski(Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), K. Shahinyan(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA), F. Sheidaei(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA), A. W. Smith(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA), D. Staszak(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), I. Telezhinsky(Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany), M. Theiling(Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), J. Tyler(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), A. Varlotta(Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), S. Vincent(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), S. P. Wakely(Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA), T. C. Weekes(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), R. Welsing(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), D. A. Williams(Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA), A. Zajczyk(Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), B. Zitzer(Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA), External Collaborators(INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese), (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese), M. Villata(INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese), C. M. Raiteri(INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese), M. Ajello(Space Sciences Laboratory, 7 Gauss Way, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7450, USA), M. Perri(ASI-Science Data Center, Via del Politecnico, I-00133 Rome, Italy), H. D. Aller(Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042, USA), M. F. Aller(Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042, USA), V. M. Larionov(Astron. Inst., St.-Petersburg State Univ., Russia), N. V. Efimova(Astron. Inst., St.-Petersburg State Univ., Russia), T. S. Konstantinova(Astron. Inst., St.-Petersburg State Univ., Russia), E. N. Kopatskaya(Astron. Inst., St.-Petersburg State Univ., Russia), W. P. Chen(Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd., Jhongli 32001, Taiwan), E. Koptelova(Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd., Jhongli 32001, Taiwan), H. Y. Hsiao(Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Rd., Jhongli 32001, Taiwan), O. M. Kurtanidze(Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, 0301 Abastumani, Georgia), M. G. Nikolashvili(Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, 0301 Abastumani, Georgia), G. N. Kimeridze(Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, 0301 Abastumani, Georgia), B. Jordan(School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute For Advanced Studies, Ireland), P. Leto(INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy), C. S. Buemi(INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy), C. Trigilio(INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy), G. Umana(INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Italy), A. Lahtenmaki(Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory Metsähovintie 114 FIN-02540 Kylmälä Finland), E. Nieppola(Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory Metsähovintie 114 FIN-02540 Kylmälä Finland), M. Tornikoski(Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory Metsähovintie 114 FIN-02540 Kylmälä Finland), J. Sainio(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), M. Giroletti(INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, 40129 Bologna, Italy), A. Cesarini(University of Trento, Department of Physics, I38050 Povo, Trento, Italy), L. Fuhrmann(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany), Yu. A. Kovalev(Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute, 117997), Y. Y. Kovalev(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany), Anne Lähteenmäki Group, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Universitat de Barcelona, School services, ELEC, and ~

Subjects
extragalactic background light, Ciencias Físicas, Flux, Electron, Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Raigs gamma, bl lacertae objects, law, individual: Mrk 501 [BL Lacertae objects], Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), astro-ph.HE, 213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics, Astroparticle physics, BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mrk 501, Gamma rays: general, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Synchrotron, individual: Mrk 50 [BL Lacertae objects], Homogeneous, astroparticle physics, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, 1171 Geosciences, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, emitting electrons, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 114 Physical sciences, bl lacertae objects: individual: mrk 501, crab-nebula, Blazar, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, tev blazars, variability, 221 Nanotechnology, Gamma rays, Individual: Mrk 501, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], gamma rays: general, Galaxies, gamma-ray emission, telescope system, Galàxies, Active Galaxies, blazars, gamma-rays, Mrk 501, Astronomía, Crab Nebula, x-ray, 115 Astronomy and space science, Low emission, 216 Materials engineering, Galàxies actives, active galactic nuclei, Active galaxies, ddc:520, general [gamma rays]
Abstract

Mrk 501 is one of the brightest blazars at TeV energies and has been extensively studied since its first VHE detection in 1996. Our goal is to characterize in detail the source gamma-ray emission, together with the radio-to-X-ray emission, during the non-flaring (low) activity, which is less often studied than the occasional flaring (high) activity. We organized a multiwavelength (MW) campaign on Mrk 501 between March and May 2008. This multi-instrument effort included the most sensitive VHE gamma-ray instruments in the northern hemisphere, namely the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes MAGIC and VERITAS, as well as Swift, RXTE, the F-GAMMA, GASP-WEBT, and other collaborations and instruments. Mrk 501 was found to be in a low state of activity during the campaign, with a VHE flux in the range of 10%-20% of the Crab nebula flux. Nevertheless, significant flux variations were detected with various instruments, with a trend of increasing variability with energy. The broadband spectral energy distribution during the two different emission states of the campaign can be adequately described within the homogeneous one-zone synchrotron self-Compton model, with the (slightly) higher state described by an increase in the electron number density. This agrees with previous studies of the broadband emission of this source during flaring and non-flaring states. We report for the first time a tentative X-ray-to-VHE correlation during a low VHE activity. Although marginally significant, this positive correlation between X-ray and VHE, which has been reported many times during flaring activity, suggests that the mechanisms that dominate the X-ray/VHE emission during non-flaring-activity are not substantially different from those that are responsible for the emission during flaring activity., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A

Published
2015

26. The 2009 multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 421: Variability and correlation studies

Author

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), S. Ansoldi(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), L. A. Antonelli(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Antoranz(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), A. Babic(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), P. Bangale(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), U. Barres de Almeida(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. A. Barrio(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), J. Becerra González(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), W. Bednarek(University of Lodz, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), K. Berger(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), E. Bernardini(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), A. Biland(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), O. Blanch(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), R. K. Bock(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), S. Bonnefoy(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), G. Bonnoli(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), F. Borracci(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), T. Bretz(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), E. Carmona(Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), A. Carosi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), D. Carreto Fidalgo(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), P. Colin(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), E. Colombo(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), J. L. Contreras(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), J. Cortina(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), S. Covino(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Da Vela(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), F. Dazzi(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), A. De Angelis(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), G. De Caneva(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), B. De Lotto(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), C. Delgado Mendez(Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), M. Doert(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), A. Domínguez(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), D. Dominis Prester(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Dorner(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), M. Doro(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), S. Einecke(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), D. Eisenacher(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), D. Elsaesser(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), E. Farina(Università dell'Insubria, Como, I-22100 Como, Italy), D. Ferenc(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), M. V. Fonseca(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), L. Font(Unitat de Física de les Radiacions, Departament de Física, and CERES-IEEC, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), K. Frantzen(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), C. Fruck(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), R. J. García López(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), M. Garczarczyk(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), D. Garrido Terrats(Unitat de Física de les Radiacions, Departament de Física, and CERES-IEEC, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), M. Gaug(Unitat de Física de les Radiacions, Departament de Física, and CERES-IEEC, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), G. Giavitto(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), N. Godinović(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), A. González Mu\ noz(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), S. R. Gozzini(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), A. Hadamek(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), D. Hadasch(Institut de Ciències de l'Espai), A. Herrero(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), D. Hildebrand(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), J. Hose(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), D. Hrupec(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), W. Idec(University of Lodz, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), V. Kadenius(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), H. Kellermann(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), M. L. Knoetig(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), J. Krause(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. Kushida(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), A. La Barbera(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), D. Lelas(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), N. Lewandowska(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), E. Lindfors(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), F. Longo(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), S. Lombardi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), M. López(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), R. López-Coto(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), A. López-Oramas(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), E. Lorenz(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), I. Lozano(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), M. Makariev(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), K. Mallot(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), G. Maneva(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), N. Mankuzhiyil(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), K. Mannheim(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), L. Maraschi(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), B. Marcote(Universitat de Barcelona), M. Mariotti(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), M. Martínez(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), D. Mazin(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), U. Menzel(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), M. Meucci(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), J. M. Miranda(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), R. Mirzoyan(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), A. Moralejo(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), P. Munar-Adrover(Universitat de Barcelona), D. Nakajima(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), A. Niedzwiecki(University of Lodz, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), K. Nilsson(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), N. Nowak(6,32,*), R. Orito(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), A. Overkemping(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), S. Paiano(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), M. Palatiello(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), D. Paneque(6,*), R. Paoletti(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), J. M. Paredes(Universitat de Barcelona), X. Paredes-Fortuny(Universitat de Barcelona), S. Partini(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), M. Persic(Università di Udine, and INFN Trieste, I-33100 Udine, Italy), F. Prada(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), P. G. Prada Moroni(Università di Pisa, and INFN Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy), E. Prandini(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), S. Preziuso(Università di Siena, and INFN Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Italy), I. Puljak(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), R. Reinthal(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), W. Rhode(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), M. Ribó(Universitat de Barcelona), J. Rico(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), J. Rodriguez Garcia(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), S. Rügamer(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), A. Saggion(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), K. Saito(Japanese MAGIC Consortium, Division of Physics and Astronomy, Kyoto University, Japan), M. Salvati(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), K. Satalecka(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), V. Scalzotto(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), V. Scapin(Universidad Complutense, E-28040 Madrid, Spain), C. Schultz(Università di Padova and INFN, I-35131 Padova, Italy), T. Schweizer(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), S. N. Shore(Università di Pisa, and INFN Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy), A. Sillanpää(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), J. Sitarek(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), I. Snidaric(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Sobczynska(University of Lodz, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland), F. Spanier(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), V. Stamatescu(IFAE, Edifici Cn., Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain), A. Stamerra(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), T. Steinbring(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), J. Storz(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), S. Sun(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), T. Surić(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), L. Takalo(Finnish MAGIC Consortium, Tuorla Observatory, University of Turku and Department of Physics, University of Oulu, Finland), F. Tavecchio(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), P. Temnikov(Inst. for Nucl. Research and Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria), T. Terzić(Croatian MAGIC Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka and University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia), D. Tescaro(Inst. de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain), M. Teshima(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), J. Thaele(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), O. Tibolla(Universität Würzburg, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany), D. F. Torres(Institut de Ciències de l'Espai), T. Toyama(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), A. Treves(Università dell'Insubria, Como, I-22100 Como, Italy), M. Uellenbeck(Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany), P. Vogler(ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland), R. M. Wagner(Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, D-80805 München, Germany), F. Zandanel(Inst. de Astrofísica de Andalucía), R. Zanin(Universitat de Barcelona), VERITAS collaboration(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), (Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), S. Archambault(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), B. Behera(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), M. Beilicke(Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), W. Benbow(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), R. Bird(School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), J. H. Buckley(Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), V. Bugaev(Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), M. Cerruti(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), X. Chen(Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany), L. Ciupik(Astronomy Department, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA), E. Collins-Hughes(School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), W. Cui(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), J. Dumm(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA), J. D. Eisch(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA), A. Falcone(Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA), S. Federici(DESY, Platanenallee 6, 15738 Zeuthen, Germany), Q. Feng(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), J. P. Finley(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), H. Fleischhack(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), P. Fortin(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA), L. Fortson(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA), A. Furniss(Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA), S. Griffin(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), S. T. Griffiths(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA), J. Grube(Astronomy Department, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA), G. Gyuk(Astronomy Department, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago, IL 60605, USA), D. Hanna(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), J. Holder(Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA), G. Hughes(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), T. B. Humensky(Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA), C. A. Johnson(Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA), P. Kaaret(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA), M. Kertzman(Department of Physics and Astronomy, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN 46135-0037, USA), Y. Khassen(School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), D. Kieda(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA), H. Krawczynski(Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA), F. Krennrich(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA), S. Kumar(Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Bartol Research Institute, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA), M. J. Lang(School of Physics, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland), G. Maier(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), S. McArthur(Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA), K. Meagher(School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 837 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430), P. Moriarty(Department of Life and Physical Sciences, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway, Ireland), R. Mukherjee(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia University, NY 10027, USA), R. A. Ong(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA), A. N. Otte(School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 837 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430), N. Park(Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA), A. Pichel(Instituto de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio, Casilla de Correo 67 - Sucursal 28), M. Pohl(Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany), A. Popkow(Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA), H. Prokoph(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), J. Quinn(School of Physics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), K. Ragan(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), J. Rajotte(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), P. T. Reynolds(Department of Applied Physics and Instrumentation, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland), G. T. Richards(School of Physics and Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 837 State Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332-0430), E. Roache(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), A. C. Rovero(Instituto de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio, Casilla de Correo 67 - Sucursal 28), G. H. Sembroski(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), K. Shahinyan(School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA), D. Staszak(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), I. Telezhinsky(Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany), M. Theiling(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), J. V. Tucci(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), J. Tyler(Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada), A. Varlotta(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA), S. P. Wakely(Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA), T. C. Weekes(Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Amado, AZ 85645, USA), A. Weinstein(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA), R. Welsing(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), A. Wilhelm(Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany), D. A. Williams(Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA), B. Zitzer(Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA), External collaborators(INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese), (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese), M. Villata(INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese), C. Raiteri(INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, I-10025 Pino Torinese), H. D. Aller(Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042, USA), M. F. Aller(Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042, USA), W. P. Chen(Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Jhongli 32054, Taiwan), B. Jordan(School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, 2, Ireland), E. Koptelova(Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Jhongli 32054, Taiwan), O. M. Kurtanidze(Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, 0301 Abastumani, Georgia), A. Lähteenmäki(Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory Metsähovintie 114 FIN-02540 Kylmälä Finland), B. McBreen(University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland), V. M. Larionov(Isaac Newton Institute of Chile, St. Petersburg Branch, St. Petersburg, Russia), C. S. Lin(Graduate Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Jhongli 32054, Taiwan), M. G. Nikolashvili(Abastumani Observatory, Mt. Kanobili, 0301 Abastumani, Georgia), E. Angelakis(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany), M. Capalbi(ASI-Science Data Center, Via del Politecnico, I-00133 Rome, Italy), A. Carrami\ nana(Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Tonantzintla, Puebla 72840, Mexico), L. Carrasco(Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica, Tonantzintla, Puebla 72840, Mexico), P. Cassaro(INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, Sezione di Noto, Contrada Renna Bassa, 96017 Noto), A. Cesarini(Department of Physics, University of Trento, I38050, Povo, Trento, Italy), L. Fuhrmann(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany), M. Giroletti(INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, 40129 Bologna, Italy), T. Hovatta(Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125), T. P. Krichbaum(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany), H. A. Krimm(Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute, 117997 Moscow, Russia), W. Max-Moerbeck(Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125), J. W. Moody(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA), G. Maccaferri(INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, Stazione Radioastronomica di Medicina, I-40059 Medicina), Y. Mori(Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro City, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan), I. Nestoras(Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69, 53121 Bonn, Germany), A. Orlati(INAF Istituto di Radioastronomia, Stazione Radioastronomica di Medicina, I-40059 Medicina), C. Pace(Indiana University, Department of Astronomy, Swain Hall West 319, Bloomington, IN 47405-7105, USA), R. Pearson(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA), M. Perri(INAF National Institute for Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, Italy), A. C. S. Readhead(Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125), J. L. Richards(Department of Physics, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Ave, West Lafayette, IN 47907), A. C. Sadun(Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Denver, CO 80220, USA), T. Sakamoto(Department of Physics and Mathematics, College of Science and 952 Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Chuoku, Sagamihara-shi Kanagawa 252-5258, Japan), J. Tammi(Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory Metsähovintie 114 FIN-02540 Kylmälä Finland), M. Tornikoski(Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory Metsähovintie 114 FIN-02540 Kylmälä Finland), Y. Yatsu(Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro City, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan), A. Zook(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Pomona College, Claremont CA 91711-6312, USA), Aleksić, J, Ansoldi, Stefano, Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Bangale, P., Barres De Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Berger, K., Bernardini, E., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bock, R. K., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Carreto Fidalgo, D., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., Delgado Mendez, C., Doert, M., Domínguez, A., Dominis Prester, D., Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher, D., Elsaesser, D., Farina, E., Ferenc, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Giavitto, G., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Gozzini, S. R., Hadamek, A., Hadasch, D., Herrero, A., Hildebrand, D., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Idec, W., Kadenius, V., Kellermann, H., Knoetig, M. L., Krause, J., Kushida, J., La Barbera, A., Lelas, D., Lewandowska, N., Lindfors, E., Longo, Francesco, Lombardi, S., López, M., López Coto, R., López Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Lozano, I., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Mankuzhiyil, N., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Meucci, M., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Munar Adrover, P., Nakajima, D., Niedzwiecki, A., Nilsson, K., Nowak, N., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Partini, S., Persic, M., Prada, F., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Preziuso, S., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Rodriguezgarcia, J., Rügamer, S., Saggion, A., Saito, K., Salvati, M., Satalecka, K., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Spanier, F., Stamatescu, V., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Storz, J., Sun, S., Surić, T., Takalo, L., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Tibolla, O., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Uellenbeck, M., Vogler, P., Wagner, R. M., Zandanel, F., Zanin, R., Archambault, S., Behera, B., Beilicke, M., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cerruti, M., Chen, X., Ciupik, L., Collins Hughes, E., Cui, W., Dumm, J., Eisch, J. D., Falcone, A., Federici, S., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortin, P., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Griffin, S., Griffiths, S. T., Grube, J., Gyuk, G., Hanna, D., Holder, J., Hughes, G., Humensky, T. B., Johnson, C. A., Kaaret, P., Kertzman, M., Khassen, Y., Kieda, D., Krawczynski, H., Krennrich, F., Kumar, S., Lang, M. J., Maier, G., Mcarthur, S., Meagher, K., Moriarty, P., Mukherjee, R., Ong, R. A., Otte, A. N., Park, N., Pichel, A., Pohl, M., Popkow, A., Prokoph, H., Quinn, J., Ragan, K., Rajotte, J., Reynolds, P. T., Richards, G. T., Roache, E., Rovero, A. C., Sembroski, G. H., Shahinyan, K., Staszak, D., Telezhinsky, I., Theiling, M., Tucci, J. V., Tyler, J., Varlotta, A., Wakely, S. P., Weekes, T. C., Weinstein, A., Welsing, R., Wilhelm, A., Williams, D. A., Zitzer, B., Villata, M., Raiteri, C., Aller, H. D., Aller, M. F., Chen, W. P., Jordan, B., Koptelova, E., Kurtanidze, O. M., Lähteenmäki, A., Mcbreen, B., Larionov, V. M., Lin, C. S., Nikolashvili, M. G., Angelakis, E., Capalbi, M., Carramiñana, A., Carrasco, L., Cassaro, P., Cesarini, A., Fuhrmann, L., Giroletti, M., Hovatta, T., Krichbaum, T. P., Krimm, H. A., Max Moerbeck, W., Moody, J. W., Maccaferri, G., Mori, Y., Nestoras, I., Orlati, A., Pace, C., Pearson, R., Perri, M., Readhead, A. C. S., Richards, J. L., Sadun, A. C., Sakamoto, T., Tammi, J., Tornikoski, M., Yatsu, Y., Zook, A., Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, and Universitat de Barcelona

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Astrofísica, Brightness, Ciencias Físicas, blazars, Astrophysics, telescope, x-ray variability, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, BL Lacertae objects, individual, Mrk 421, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], Raigs gamma, emission, MAGIC (telescope), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), individual: Mrk 421 [BL Lacertae objects], Galaxies: BL Lacertae objects: individual: Markarian 421, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Context (language use), Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, power spectra, BL Lacertae object, tev photons, 0103 physical sciences, Nucli galàctic actiu, bl lacertae objects: individual: mrk 421, Blazar, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Active galactic nuclei, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, light curves, Gamma rays, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], Light curve, Galaxies, Galàxies, Astronomía, Crab Nebula, optical variability, active galactic nuclei, Galàxies actives, Active galaxies, markarian-421, ddc:520
Abstract

We performed a 4.5-month multi-instrument campaign (from radio to VHE gamma rays) on Mrk421 between January 2009 and June 2009, which included VLBA, F-GAMMA, GASP-WEBT, Swift, RXTE, Fermi-LAT, MAGIC, and Whipple, among other instruments and collaborations. Mrk421 was found in its typical (non-flaring) activity state, with a VHE flux of about half that of the Crab Nebula, yet the light curves show significant variability at all wavelengths, the highest variability being in the X-rays. We determined the power spectral densities (PSD) at most wavelengths and found that all PSDs can be described by power-laws without a break, and with indices consistent with pink/red-noise behavior. We observed a harder-when-brighter behavior in the X-ray spectra and measured a positive correlation between VHE and X-ray fluxes with zero time lag. Such characteristics have been reported many times during flaring activity, but here they are reported for the first time in the non-flaring state. We also observed an overall anti-correlation between optical/UV and X-rays extending over the duration of the campaign. The harder-when-brighter behavior in the X-ray spectra and the measured positive X-ray/VHE correlation during the 2009 multi-wavelength campaign suggests that the physical processes dominating the emission during non-flaring states have similarities with those occurring during flaring activity. In particular, this observation supports leptonic scenarios as being responsible for the emission of Mrk421 during non-flaring activity. Such a temporally extended X-ray/VHE correlation is not driven by any single flaring event, and hence is difficult to explain within the standard hadronic scenarios. The highest variability is observed in the X-ray band, which, within the one-zone synchrotron self-Compton scenario, indicates that the electron energy distribution is most variable at the highest energies., Comment: Accepted for publication in A&A, 18 pages, 14 figures (v2 has a small modification in the acknowledgments, and also corrects a typo in the field "author" in the metadata)

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2015
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J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, Juan Cortina, J. Hose, R. Reinthal, D. Elsaesser, Michele Palatiello, P. Munar-Adrover, Elina Lindfors, Damir Lelas, Dario Hrupec, R. Zanin, Daniel Mazin, D. Nakajima, Victor Stamatescu, M. A. Lopez, Dorota Sobczyńska, Adrian Biland, K. Nishijima, M. Uellenbeck, D. Garrido Terrats, D. Dominis Prester, J. Rico, V. Scalzotto, Christian Fruck, E. Prandini, Stefano Covino, P. G. Prada Moroni, Francesco Longo, F. Borracci, P. Da Vela, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, Patrick Vogler, Ana Babić, D. Galindo, Yusuke Konno, O. Tibolla, I. Snidaric, M. Makariev, D. Tescaro, P. Temnikov, Ivica Puljak, M. V. Fonseca, A. Sillanpää, Jörn Wilms, G. Bonnoli, L. Maraschi, Pierre Colin, C. Delgado Mendez, S. R. Gozzini, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Konstancja Satalecka, Julian Sitarek, Michele Doro, A. Treves, Kari Nilsson, Tomislav Terzić, N. Mankuzhiyil, Daniela Hadasch, Jelena Aleksić, Oscar Blanch, Alessandro Carosi, E. Lorenz, Ruben Lopez-Coto, T. Toyama, A. Niedzwiecki, I. Lozano, G. De Caneva, M. Hayashida, David Paneque, S. Bonnefoy, A. González Muñoz, T. Schweizer, Jose Miguel Miranda, E. Colombo, Francesco Dazzi, Masahiro Teshima, G. Maneva, Felix Spanier, Y. Hanabata, Daniela Dorner, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Miriam Lucio Martinez, S. Rügamer, Juan Abel Barrio, M. Gaug, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Ll. Font, Juri Poutanen, Stefano Ansoldi, J. Herrera, Koji Noda, B. Biasuzzi, U. Bach, Marc Ribó, Riccardo Paoletti, P. Antoranz, Elisa Bernardini, Hajime Takami, P. Bangale, J. M. Paredes, Felicia Krauß, Hidetoshi Kubo, Antonio Stamerra, Julia Thaele, K. Kodani, E. Carmona, L. O. Takalo, Louis Antonelli, J. Storz, A. De Angelis, D. Hildebrand, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, Sabrina Einecke, Saverio Lombardi, J. Rodriguez Garcia, K. Saito, W. Idec, K. Frantzen, V. Kadenius, S. Paiano, Karl Mannheim, Alicia López-Oramas, Natalia Lewandowska, R. Mirzoyan, A. La Barbera, D. Eisenacher, Markus Garczarczyk, X. Paredes-Fortuny, J. Becerra González, Abelardo Moralejo, T. Steinbring, Hanna Kellermann, U. Menzel, Diego F. Torres, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, Takashi Saito, Reiko Orito, Eduardo Ros, Marcel Strzys, Matthias Kadler, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, Massimo Persic, R. Schulz, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, Wolfgang Rhode, Aleksić, J, Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Bangale, P., Barrio, J. A., González, J. Becerra, Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Bil, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., De Oña Wilhelmi, E., Mendez, C. Delgado, Prester, D. Domini, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Eisenacher, D., Elsaesser, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Terrats, D. Garrido, Gaug, M., Godinoviæ, N., Muñoz, A. González, Gozzini, S. R., Hadasch, D., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hildebr, D., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Idec, W., Kadenius, V., Kellermann, H., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Krause, J., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Barbera, A. La, Lelas, D., Lewowska, N., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., Longo, Francesco, López, M., López Coto, R., López Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Lozano, I., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Mankuzhiyil, N., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Mira, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Munar Adrover, P., Nakajima, D., Niedzwiecki, A., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prini, E., Puljak, I., Reinthal, R., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Garcia, J. Rodriguez, Rügamer, S., Saito, T., Saito, K., Satalecka, K., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, V., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Spanier, F., Stamatescu, V., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Storz, J., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Tibolla, O., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Uellenbeck, M., Vogler, P., Zanin, R., Kadler, M., Schulz, R., Ros, E., Bach, U., Krauß, F., and Wilms, J.

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Black Holes, Radio galaxy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Very High Energy Gamma Astronomy, Black Holes, Very High Energy Gamma Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, X-shaped radio galaxy, supermassive black hole, jet formation, IC 310, MAGIC telescopes, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), astro-ph.HE, Supermassive black hole, ta115, Multidisciplinary, Active Galactic Nuclei, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxy, Intermediate-mass black hole, Stellar black hole, Electrónica, Física nuclear, ddc:500, Spin-flip, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Schwarzschild radius
Abstract

Supermassive black holes with masses of millions to billions of solar masses are commonly found in the centers of galaxies. Astronomers seek to image jet formation using radio interferometry, but still suffer from insufficient angular resolution. An alternative method to resolve small structures is to measure the time variability of their emission. Here, we report on gamma-ray observations of the radio galaxy IC 310 obtained with the MAGIC telescopes revealing variability with doubling time scales faster than 4.8 min. Causality constrains the size of the emission region to be smaller than 20\% of the gravitational radius of its central black hole. We suggest that the emission is associated with pulsar-like particle acceleration by the electric field across a magnetospheric gap at the base of the radio jet., 19 pages, 10 figures, includes Supplementary Materials

Published
2014

28. Unprecedented study of the broadband emission of Mrk 421 during flaring activity in March 2010

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E. Pueschel, J. Hose, Svetlana G. Jorstad, M. F. Aller, David A. Williams, G. H. Sembroski, D. Nakajima, M. Strzys, R. Welsing, A. Archer, E. Colombo, B. Biasuzzi, F. Borracci, Stefano Ansoldi, Riccardo Paoletti, I. Telezhinsky, Jamie Holder, D. Elsaesser, D. Staszak, Dario Hrupec, L. Ciupik, L. C. Reyes, G. Bonnoli, K. Ragan, M. A. Lopez, N. Galante, Hajime Takami, J. M. Paredes, P. T. Reynolds, Natalia Lewandowska, Hugh D. Aller, L. O. Takalo, G. H. Gillanders, T. Schweizer, Mosè Mariotti, Wystan Benbow, A.-K. Overkemping, D. Hadasch, Victor Stamatescu, J. Biteau, Paul S. Smith, Gordon T. Richards, Wei Cui, A. La Barbera, Sinéad M. Griffin, E. Roache, A. López-Oramas, S. Rügamer, Juan Abel Barrio, J. A. Ros, O. M. Kurtanidze, Alessandro Carosi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, X. Paredes-Fortuny, Mark Gurwell, U. Menzel, Saverio Lombardi, Calvin A. Johnson, P. Kar, M. Villata, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, Felix Spanier, M. Kertzman, A. C. S. Readhead, E. Prandini, D. Galindo, Merja Tornikoski, Yusuke Konno, Diego F. Torres, M. G. Nikolashvili, D. Eisenacher, Antonio Stamerra, K. Kodani, Givi N. Kimeridze, Julian Sitarek, Lorand A. Sigua, K. Nishijima, J. V. Tucci, A. Cesarini, M. Perri, P. Kaaret, J. Storz, D. Dominis Prester, Martin Pohl, C. M. Raiteri, Markus Garczarczyk, C. Fruck, A. Sillanpää, N. Håkansson, M. Makariev, T. Toyama, L. Maraschi, A. Pichel, Jose Miguel Miranda, Matteo Cerruti, Konstancja Satalecka, J. Becerra González, P. Antoranz, Amy Furniss, S. P. Wakely, B. Jordan, Elena G. Larionova, Xuhui Chen, H. C. Lin, Geza Gyuk, Louis Antonelli, Michele Doro, Abelardo Moralejo, Jelena Aleksić, S. McArthur, M. L. Knoetig, P. G. Prada Moroni, P. Munar-Adrover, Ivica Puljak, E. Collins-Hughes, K. Meagher, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, T. Steinbring, W. Idec, M. V. Fonseca, Pierre Colin, P. Temnikov, M. Hayashida, Patrick Vogler, J. Tyler, A. Niedzwiecki, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, J. H. Buckley, P. Moriarty, Tomislav Terzić, K. Berger, T. Sakamoto, C. Delgado Mendez, S. R. Gozzini, B. McBreen, O. Tibolla, Shan Sun, E. de Oña Wilhelmi, Ivan S. Troitsky, David Paneque, I. Snidaric, Marc Ribó, P. Da Vela, D. Hildebrand, B. Steinke, Steven N. Shore, Q. Feng, K. Frantzen, Massimo Persic, Hidetoshi Kubo, A. Boller, D. A. Morozova, A. Wilhelm, R. Reinthal, Thomas Bretz, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, Kari Nilsson, Elina Lindfors, Justin D. Finke, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, Walter Max-Moerbeck, K. Saito, Razmik Mirzoyan, U. Barres de Almeida, A. González Muñoz, V. Kadenius, Damir Lelas, N. Mankuzhiyil, J. P. Finley, J. S. Perkins, Wen Ping Chen, S. Paiano, E. Lorenz, Karl Mannheim, H. Prokoph, Hanna Kellermann, Daniel Mazin, I. Lozano, Dorota Sobczyńska, J. D. Eisch, Wolfgang Rhode, Daniela Dorner, M. Palatiello, Joseph Moody, Lucy Fortson, M. I. Martínez, M. Gaug, P. Bangale, G. De Caneva, J. Herrera, Matthias Beilicke, Koji Noda, J. Millis, Abraham D. Falcone, Francesco Dazzi, Karlen Shahinyan, Elisa Bernardini, S. Bonnefoy, Sabrina Einecke, J. Rodriguez Garcia, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Ll. Font, A. C. Sadun, Anne Lähteenmäki, Stefano Covino, M. J. Lang, A. Varlotta, Masahiro Teshima, A. McCann, Ekaterina Koptelova, A. C. Rovero, J. Kushida, D. Tescaro, Jose Luis Contreras, G. Hughes, M. Uellenbeck, Takashi Saito, Y. Hanabata, A. Popkow, Juan Cortina, V. Bugaev, David Kieda, Reiko Orito, S. Buson, J. L. Richards, Ann E. Wehrle, D. Garrido Terrats, P. Fortin, Oscar Blanch, Ralph Bird, S. Archambault, Valeri M. Larionov, V. Scalzotto, Ana Babić, Julia Thaele, E. Carmona, A. De Angelis, A. Treves, R. A. Ong, G. Maneva, R. Zanin, A. N. Otte, Adrian Biland, J. Rico, Alan P. Marscher, Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, and ~

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extragalactic background light, Ciencias Físicas, spectral energy-distribution, Flux, Non-thermal / galaxies, Astrophysics, law.invention, Relativistic particle, purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https], atmospheric cherenkov telescopes, Raigs gamma, bl lacertae objects, law, MAGIC (telescope), Active / BL Lacertae objects, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, individual: Mrk 421 [BL Lacertae objects], education.field_of_study, gamma-ray outburst, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mrk 421, Galaxies: active, Gamma rays: galaxies, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Particle acceleration, NON THERMAL RADIATION, large-area telescope, active [galaxies], galaxies [gamma rays], BL LACERTAE OBJECTS, Electrónica, self-compton model, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Flare, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies: active, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Radio telescope, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, gamma rays: galaxies, Radiation mechanisms, BL Lacertae objects: individual, simultaneous multiwavelength observations, AGN, education, Blazar, Individual: Mrk 421 / gamma rays, tev blazars, Gamma rays, Institut für Physik und Astronomie, purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 [https], Galaxies, Astronomía, x-ray, Galàxies actives, Active galaxies, ddc:520
Abstract

A flare from the TeV blazar Mrk 421, occurring in March 2010, was observed for 13 consecutive days from radio to very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-rays with MAGIC, VERITAS, Whipple, FermiLAT, MAXI, RXTE, Swift, GASP-WEBT, and several optical and radio telescopes. We model the day-scale SEDs with one-zone and two-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) models, investigate the physical parameters, and evaluate whether the observed broadband SED variability can be associated to variations in the relativistic particle population. Flux variability was remarkable in the X-ray and VHE bands while it was minor or not significant in the other bands. The one-zone SSC model can describe reasonably well the SED of each day for the 13 consecutive days. This flaring activity is also very well described by a two-zone SSC model, where one zone is responsible for the quiescent emission while the other smaller zone, which is spatially separated from the first one, contributes to the daily-variable emission occurring in X-rays and VHE gamma-rays. Both the one-zone SSC and the two-zone SSC models can describe the daily SEDs via the variation of only four or five model parameters, under the hypothesis that the variability is associated mostly to the underlying particle population. This shows that the particle acceleration and cooling mechanism producing the radiating particles could be the main one responsible for the broadband SED variations during the flaring episodes in blazars. The two-zone SSC model provides a better agreement to the observed SED at the narrow peaks of the low- and high-energy bumps during the highest activity, although the reported one-zone SSC model could be further improved by the variation of the parameters related to the emitting region itself ($\delta$, $B$ and $R$), in addition to the parameters related to the particle population., Comment: Published in A&A, 30 pages, 15 figures, 6 tables. Online-data: multi-wavelength light curves (data in Fig. 1) and broadband spectral energy distributions (the data in Figs. 6, and B1-B4) are available at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat?J/A+A/578/A22. Corresponding authors: David Paneque (dpaneque@mpp.mpg.de), Shangyu Sun (sysun@mpp.mpg.de), Hajime Takami (takami@post.kek.jp)

Published
2014

29. First broadband characterization and redshift determination of the VHE blazar MAGIC J2001+439

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Robert Wagner, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, K. Nishijima, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, A. Herrero, D. Dominis Prester, M. Uellenbeck, Nina Nowak, J. M. Paredes, A. López-Oramas, J. Kushida, Antonio Stamerra, Jelena Aleksić, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, Jose Luis Contreras, A. Niedzwiecki, David Paneque, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, Francisco Prada, J. L. Richards, Juan Cortina, K. Kodani, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Massimo Persic, D. Nakajima, J. Storz, D. Garrido Terrats, Talvikki Hovatta, Patrick Vogler, P. G. Prada Moroni, Valeri M. Larionov, Jose Miguel Miranda, V. Scalzotto, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Tomislav Terzić, Yusuke Konno, Anthony C. S. Readhead, J. Krause, O. Tibolla, M. Hayashida, B. De Lotto, P. Da Vela, Ana Babić, Hanna Kellermann, L. Maraschi, Elina Lindfors, Kari Nilsson, Daniel Mazin, Marc Ribó, M. V. Fonseca, P. Bangale, Julia Thaele, Hidetoshi Kubo, Stefano Covino, U. Menzel, Emanuele Paolo Farina, A. De Angelis, D. Tescaro, M. Perri, I. Snidaric, Natalia Lewandowska, M. Palatiello, Diego F. Torres, S. Rügamer, Stefano Ansoldi, Juan Abel Barrio, M. I. Martínez, Riccardo Paoletti, Felix Spanier, T. Sakamoto, M. Garczarczyk, E. Lorenz, Hajime Takami, A. La Barbera, L. A. Antonelli, Francesco Dazzi, Sabrina Einecke, P. Antoranz, R. Reinthal, J. Rodriguez Garcia, Dominik Elsaesser, Giacomo Bonnoli, X. Paredes-Fortuny, U. Barres de Almeida, I. Lozano, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Damir Lelas, Ll. Font, Masahiro Teshima, Victor Stamatescu, S. Bonnefoy, R. D. Schwartz, Filippo D'Ammando, Dorota Sobczyńska, R. Mirzoyan, D. Eisenacher, Abelardo Moralejo, P. Temnikov, Fabio Zandanel, Shan Sun, E. Carmona, T. Steinbring, Julian Sitarek, J. Hose, Aaron Dominguez, E. Prandini, Daniela Hadasch, T. Toyama, Aldo Treves, W. Idec, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, Walter Max-Moerbeck, Wolfgang Rhode, K. Frantzen, Ivica Puljak, Tihomir Surić, Pierre Colin, D. Carreto Fidalgo, T. Schweizer, C. Delgado Mendez, S. R. Gozzini, F. Borracci, V. Kadenius, S. Paiano, Karl Mannheim, J. Becerra González, Mario Meucci, F. Verrecchia, E. Colombo, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, P. Munar-Adrover, G. Maneva, Silvia Preziuso, L. O. Takalo, R. Zanin, A. Saggion, Adrian Biland, A. González Muñoz, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, J. Rico, A. Sillanpää, Daniela Dorner, Takashi Saito, Saverio Lombardi, M. Gaug, Reiko Orito, J. Herrera, Koji Noda, Elisa Bernardini, Christian Fruck, K. Saito, D. Hildebrand, Daniel Ferenc, G. De Caneva, S. Partini, Marcel Strzys, L. C. Reyes, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, M. Doert, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, Aleksic J, Ansoldi S, Antonelli LA, Antoranz P, Babic A, Bangale P, de Almeida UB, Barrio JA, Gonzalez JB, Bednarek W, Bernardini E, Biland A, Blanch O, Bonnefoy S, Bonnoli G, Borracci F, Bretz T, Carmona E, Carosi A, Fidalgo DC, Colin P, Colombo E, Contreras JL, Cortina J, Covino S, Da Vela P, Dazzi F, De Angelis A, De Caneva G, De Lotto B, Mendez CD, Doert M, Dominguez A, Prester DD, Dorner D, Doro M, Einecke S, Eisenacher D, Elsaesser D, Farina E, Ferenc D, Fonseca MV, Font L, Frantzen K, Fruck C, Lopez RJG, Garczarczyk M, Terrats DG, Gaug M, Godinovic N, Munoz AG, Gozzini SR, Hadasch D, Hayashida M, Herrera J, Herrero A, Hildebrand D, Hose J, Hrupec D, Idec W, Kadenius V, Kellermann H, Kodani K, Konno Y, Krause J, Kubo H, Kushida J, La Barbera A, Lelas D, Lewandowska N, Lindfors E, Lombardi S, Lopez M, Lopez-Coto R, Lopez-Oramas A, Lorenz E, Lozano I, Makariev M, Mallot K, Maneva G, Mankuzhiyil N, Mannheim K, Maraschi L, Marcote B, Mariotti M, Martinez M, Mazin D, Menzel U, Meucci M, Miranda JM, Mirzoyan R, Moralejo A, Munar-Adrover P, Nakajima D, Niedzwiecki A, Nilsson K, Nishijima K, Noda K, Nowak N, Orito R, Overkemping A, Paiano S, Palatiello M, Paneque D, Paoletti R, Paredes JM, Paredes-Fortuny X, Partini S, Persic M, Prada F, Moroni PGP, Prandini E, Preziuso S, Puljak I, Reinthal R, Rhode W, Riboo M, Rico J, Garcia JR, Rugamer S, Saggion A, Saito T, Saito K, Satalecka K, Scalzotto V, Scapin V, Schultz C, Schweizer T, Shore SN, Sillanpaa A, Sitarek J, Snidaric I, Sobczynska D, Spanier F, Stamatescu V, Stamerra A, Steinbring T, Storz J, Strzys M, Sun S, Suric T, Takalo L, Takami H, Tavecchio F, Temnikov P, Terzic T, Tescaro D, Teshima M, Thaele J, Tibolla O, Torres DF, Toyama T, Treves A, Uellenbeck M, Vogler P, Wagner RM, Zandanel F, Zanin R, DAmmando F, Hovatta T, Larionov VM, Max-Moerbeck W, Perri M, Readhead ACS, Richards JL, Sakamoto T, Schwartz RD, Verrecchia F, and Reyes LC

Subjects
ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, BL Lacertae objects: individual: MAGIC J2001+439, Galaxies: active, BL Lac objects: individual (MAGIC J2001+435), gamma rays: observations, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, Nordic Optical Telescope, Spectral line, BL Lacertae objects: individual: MAGIC J2001+435, Gamma rays: galaxies, 0103 physical sciences, GAMMA-RAY SPECTRUM, MAGIC (telescope), 010306 general physics, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), galaxies: active – BL Lacertae objects: individual: MAGIC J2001+435 – BL Lacertae objects: individual: MAGIC J2001+439 – gamma rays: galaxies, FERMI ERA, Astronomy and Astrophysics, PKS 1424+240, BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS, Galaxy, Redshift, EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT, LAC OBJECTS, SKY SURVEY, RADIATION, Amplitude, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object
Abstract

We aim to characterize the broadband emission from 2FGL J2001.1+4352, which has been associated with the unknown-redshift blazar MG4 J200112+4352. Based on its gamma-ray spectral properties, it was identified as a potential very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emitter. The source was observed with MAGIC first in 2009 and later in 2010 within a multi-instrument observation campaign. The MAGIC observations yielded 14.8 hours of good quality stereoscopic data. The object was monitored at radio, optical and gamma-ray energies during the years 2010 and 2011. The source, named MAGIC J2001+439, is detected for the first time at VHE with MAGIC at a statistical significance of 6.3 {\sigma} (E > 70 GeV) during a 1.3-hour long observation on 2010 July 16. The multi-instrument observations show variability in all energy bands with the highest amplitude of variability in the X-ray and VHE bands. We also organized deep imaging optical observations with the Nordic Optical Telescope in 2013 to determine the source redshift. We determine for the first time the redshift of this BL Lac object through the measurement of its host galaxy during low blazar activity. Using the observational evidence that the luminosities of BL Lac host galaxies are confined to a relatively narrow range, we obtain z = 0.18 +/- 0.04. Additionally, we use the Fermi-LAT and MAGIC gamma-ray spectra to provide an independent redshift estimation, z = 0.17 +/- 0.10. Using the former (more accurate) redshift value, we adequately describe the broadband emission with a one-zone SSC model for different activity states and interpret the few-day timescale variability as produced by changes in the high-energy component of the electron energy distribution., Comment: 17 pages, 15 figures, Accepted for publication in A&A

Published
2014

30. Multi-wavelength Observations of the HBL 1ES 1011+496 in Spring 2008

Author

R. Reinthal, S. R\ugamer, E. J. Lindfors, D. Mazin, A. Stamerra, MAGIC Collaboration, F. Lucarelli, C. Pittori, AGILE Team, A. L\ahteenm\aki, LONGO, FRANCESCO, R., Reinthal, S., R\ugamer, E. J., Lindfor, D., Mazin, A., Stamerra, MAGIC Collaboration, Longo, Francesco, F., Lucarelli, C., Pittori, AGILE Team, and A., L\ahteenm\aki

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, History, Spectral index, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Flux, Active Galactic Nuclei, Astrophysics, Spring (mathematics), Very High Energy Gamma Astronomy, 01 natural sciences, Computer Science Applications, Education, Wavelength, 0103 physical sciences, Spectral energy distribution, MAGIC (telescope), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, BL Lac object
Abstract

In the spring of 2008 MAGIC organised multi-wavelength (MWL) observations of the blazar 1ES 1011+496. 1ES 1011+496 is a high-frequency peaked BL Lac object discovered at VHE gamma-rays by MAGIC in spring 2007 during an optical outburst reported by the Tuorla Blazar Monitoring Programme. MAGIC re-observed the source during the 2008 MWL campaign which also included the Mets\"ahovi, KVA, Swift and AGILE telescopes. This was the first MWL campaign on this source that also included VHE coverage. MAGIC observed 1ES 1011+496 from March 4th to May 24th 2008 for a total of 27.9 hours, of which 20 h remained after quality cuts. The observations resulted in a detection of the source a ~7 sigma significance level with a mean flux and spectral index similar to those during the discovery. Here we will present the results of the MAGIC observations of the source in combination with contemporaneous observations at other wavelengths (radio, optical, X-rays, high energy gamma-rays) and discuss their implications on the modelling of the spectral energy distribution., Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, contribution to the 32nd ICRC, Beijing 2011

Published
2012

31. The Brightest Gamma-Ray Flaring Blazar in the Sky: AGILE and Multi-wavelength Observations of 3C 454.3 During 2010 November

Author

Sofia O. Kurtanidze, Valeri M. Larionov, M. F. Aller, Lorand A. Sigua, M. Trifoglio, V. Strelnitski, S. G. Sergeev, Fulvio Gianotti, J. L. Gomez, M. Cardillo, Pietro Ubertini, I. M. McHardy, Angela Bazzano, Fabrizio Lucarelli, Kirill Sokolovsky, C. M. Raiteri, A. Trois, T. Krajci, F. Lazzarotto, Mark Gurwell, I. Donnarumma, A. C. Sadun, Y. Evangelista, G. Walker, Manasvita Joshi, P. Santolamazza, M. Pasanen, D. A. Morozova, R. Reinthal, Elena Pian, M. G. Nikolashvili, M. Tavani, G. A. Borman, P. W. Cattaneo, A. Sillanpää, A. A. Arkharov, L. Maraschi, N. V. Efimova, Givi N. Kimeridze, E. Del Monte, F. Longo, G. Pucella, C. Pittori, K. Nilsson, A. Pellizzoni, E. Striani, V. Vittorini, Marc Türler, V. Bianchin, M. Rapisarda, A. Giuliani, Carlo Ferrigno, P. Soffitta, S. V. Nazarov, Hugh D. Aller, G. Barbiellini, R. A. Chigladze, E. Lindfors, Arnaud Ferrari, F. Verrecchia, S. Sabatini, M. Pilia, M. Villata, M. Giusti, F. Fuschino, Andrei Berdyugin, Uwe Bach, I. Agudo, L. O. Takalo, A. W. Chen, Brian W. Taylor, P. Giommi, Omar M. Kurtanidze, S. N. Molina, J. A. Ros, G. Piano, Stephanie Sallum, M. Feroci, Andrea Bulgarelli, T. Sakamoto, Yu. S. Efimov, P. Romano, S. Vercellone, L. Pacciani, Mariateresa Fiocchi, A. Rappoldi, R. D. Schwartz, S., Vercellone, E., Striani, V., Vittorini, I., Donnarumma, L., Pacciani, G., Pucella, M., Tavani, C. M., Raiteri, M., Villata, P., Romano, M., Fiocchi, A., Bazzano, V., Bianchin, C., Ferrigno, L., Maraschi, E., Pian, M., T\urler, P., Ubertini, A., Bulgarelli, A. W., Chen, A., Giuliani, Longo, Francesco, G., Barbiellini, M., Cardillo, P. W., Cattaneo, Monte, E., Y., Evangelista, M., Feroci, A., Ferrari, F., Fuschino, F., Gianotti, M., Giusti, F., Lazzarotto, A., Pellizzoni, G., Piano, M., Pilia, M., Rapisarda, A., Rappoldi, S., Sabatini, P., Soffitta, M., Trifoglio, A., Troi, P., Giommi, F., Lucarelli, C., Pittori, P., Santolamazza, F., Verrecchia, I., Agudo, H. D., Aller, M. F., Aller, A. A., Arkharov, U., Bach, A., Berdyugin, G. A., Borman, R., Chigladze, Y. S., Efimov, N. V., Efimova, J. L., Gomez, M. A., Gurwell, I. M., Mchardy, M., Joshi, G. N., Kimeridze, T., Krajci, O. M., Kurtanidze, S. O., Kurtanidze, V. M., Larionov, E., Lindfor, S. N., Molina, D. A., Morozova, S. V., Nazarov, M. G., Nikolashvili, K., Nilsson, M., Pasanen, R., Reinthal, J. A., Ro, A. C., Sadun, T., Sakamoto, S., Sallum, S. G., Sergeev, R. D., Schwartz, L. A., Sigua, A., Sillanp\a\a, K. V., Sokolovsky, V., Strelnitski, L., Takalo, B., Taylor, and G., Walker

Subjects
galaxies: active, galaxies: jets, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, quasars: general, quasars: individual: 3C 454.3, Photon, media_common.quotation_subject, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flux, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, Vela, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, Pulsar, law, 0103 physical sciences, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, media_common, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), general [quasars], 010308 nuclear & particles physics, individual: 3C 454.3 [quasars], Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, non-thermal [radiation mechanisms], jet [galaxies], Space and Planetary Science, Sky, active [galaxies], Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flare
Abstract

Since 2005, the blazar 3C 454.3 has shown remarkable flaring activity at all frequencies, and during the last four years it has exhibited more than one gamma-ray flare per year, becoming the most active gamma-ray blazar in the sky. We present for the first time the multi-wavelength AGILE, SWIFT, INTEGRAL, and GASP-WEBT data collected in order to explain the extraordinary gamma-ray flare of 3C 454.3 which occurred in November 2010. On 2010 November 20 (MJD 55520), 3C 454.3 reached a peak flux (E>100 MeV) of F_gamma(p) = (6.8+-1.0)E-5 ph/cm2/s on a time scale of about 12 hours, more than a factor of 6 higher than the flux of the brightest steady gamma-ray source, the Vela pulsar, and more than a factor of 3 brighter than its previous super-flare on 2009 December 2-3. The multi-wavelength data make a thorough study of the present event possible: the comparison with the previous outbursts indicates a close similarity to the one that occurred in 2009. By comparing the broadband emission before, during, and after the gamma-ray flare, we find that the radio, optical and X-ray emission varies within a factor 2-3, whereas the gamma-ray flux by a factor of 10. This remarkable behavior is modeled by an external Compton component driven by a substantial local enhancement of soft seed photons., Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters. 18 Pages, 4 Figures, 1 Table

Published
2011

32. Observations of the Blazar 3C 66A with the MAGIC Telescopes in Stereoscopic Mode

Author

Denis Bastieri, A. Saggion, Q. Weitzel, Tihomir Surić, Ignasi Reichardt, Adrian Biland, G. Maneva, Francesco Dazzi, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde, D. Elsaesser, E. Leonardo, S. Rügamer, Silvia Pardo, Elina Lindfors, Antonio Stamerra, Juan Abel Barrio, Karl Mannheim, Ivica Puljak, T. Jogler, D. Borla Tridon, J. Rico, Daniel Mazin, V. Scalzotto, D. Dominis Prester, Pierre Colin, B. Huber, J. Krause, Wolfgang Rhode, R. G. Pegna, Manel Errando, R. J. García López, M. Salvati, B. De Lotto, Andrei Berdyugin, P. G. Prada Moroni, Agnieszka Sierpowska-Bartosik, J. Storz, Dario Hrupec, Francisco Prada, D. Hildebrand, L. Peruzzo, M. Camara, A. Boller, M. A. Lopez, L. Cossio, Fabio Zandanel, M. Thom, M. Shayduk, F. De Sabata, S. Klepser, Takashi Saito, C. Schultz, Massimo Persic, A. Sillanpää, Pol Bordas, Stefano Covino, Artemio Herrero, Tomislav Terzić, Jose Luis Contreras, Aaron Dominguez, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, M. V. Fonseca, D. Bose, T. Krähenbühl, K. Berger, Felicitas Pauss, Daniel Ferenc, N. Puchades, Juan Cortina, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, H. Vankov, A. La Barbera, N. Strah, Victor Zabalza, Reiko Orito, Riccardo Paoletti, Ilana M. Braun, B. Steinke, E. De Cea del Pozo, D. Tescaro, D. Garrido, Diego F. Torres, Jose Miguel Miranda, Felix Spanier, M. Pasanen, E. Prandini, L. A. Antonelli, Laura Maraschi, M. I. Martínez, M. Doert, Abelardo Moralejo, Michael Backes, Igor Oya, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Daniel Kranich, Ll. Font, K. Saito, J. Becerra González, Kari Nilsson, R. Reinthal, D. Hadasch, Damir Lelas, Masahiro Teshima, Patrick Vogler, Dorota Sobczyńska, A. Diago Ortega, Robert Wagner, Hiroko Miyamoto, Mario Meucci, S. Partini, Francesco Longo, D. Höhne-Mönch, Jelena Aleksić, Parthasarathi Majumdar, Josep M. Paredes, Javier Moldon, S. Spiro, E. Lorenz, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, T. Schweizer, Valentí Bosch-Ramon, V. Scapin, Gianluca Giavitto, A. Cañellas, Julian Sitarek, J. Hose, Mosè Mariotti, Daniela Dorner, Saverio Lombardi, J. Pochon, E. Colombo, Ralph Bock, L. O. Takalo, Petar Temnikov, Elisa Bernardini, P. Antoranz, C. Delgado Mendez, J. C. Struebig, Roberta Zanin, Miguel A. Pérez-Torres, Marc Ribó, Nikola Godinovic, M. De Maria, A. De Angelis, Giacomo Bonnoli, Daniel Nieto, R. Mirzoyan, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, Universitat de Barcelona, J., Aleksic, L. A., Antonelli, P., Antoranz, M., Backe, J. A., Barrio, D., Bastieri, Gonzalez, J., W., Bednarek, A., Berdyugin, K., Berger, E., Bernardini, A., Biland, O., Blanch, R. K., Bock, A., Boller, G., Bonnoli, P., Borda, Tridon, D., V., Bosch Ramon, D., Bose, I., Braun, T., Bretz, M., Camara, A., Ca\~nella, E., Carmona, A., Carosi, P., Colin, E., Colombo, J. L., Contrera, J., Cortina, L., Cossio, S., Covino, F., Dazzi, Angelis, A., Cea, E., Lotto, B., Maria, M., Sabata, F., Mendez, C., Ortega, A., M., Doert, A., Dom\inguez, Prester, D., D., Dorner, M., Doro, D., Elsaesser, M., Errando, D., Ferenc, M. V., Fonseca, L., Font, R. J., Garc\ia, M., Garczarczyk, G., Giavitto, N., Godinovic, D., Hadasch, A., Herrero, D., Hildebrand, D., H\ohne M\onch, J., Hose, D., Hrupec, T., Jogler, S., Klepser, T., Kr\ahenb\uhl, D., Kranich, J., Krause, Barbera, A., E., Leonardo, E., Lindfor, S., Lombardi, Longo, Francesco, M., Lopez, E., Lorenz, P., Majumdar, M., Makariev, G., Maneva, N., Mankuzhiyil, K., Mannheim, L., Maraschi, M., Mariotti, M., Mart\inez, D., Mazin, M., Meucci, J. M., Miranda, R., Mirzoyan, H., Miyamoto, J., Moldon, A., Moralejo, D., Nieto, K., Nilsson, R., Orito, I., Oya, R., Paoletti, J. M., Parede, S., Partini, M., Pasanen, F., Pau, R. G., Pegna, M. A., Perez Torre, M., Persic, L., Peruzzo, J., Pochon, F., Prada, P. G., Prada, E., Prandini, N., Puchade, I., Puljak, I., Reichardt, R., Reinthal, W., Rhode, M., Ribo, J., Rico, S., R\ugamer, A., Saggion, K., Saito, T. Y., Saito, M., Salvati, M., Sanchez Conde, K., Satalecka, V., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, C., Schultz, T., Schweizer, M., Shayduk, S. N., Shore, A., Sierpowska Bartosik, A., Sillanp\a\a, J., Sitarek, D., Sobczynska, F., Spanier, S., Spiro, A., Stamerra, B., Steinke, J., Storz, N., Strah, J. C., Struebig, T., Suric, L., Takalo, F., Tavecchio, P., Temnikov, T., Terzic, D., Tescaro, M., Teshima, M., Thom, D. F., Torre, H., Vankov, R. M., Wagner, Q., Weitzel, V., Zabalza, F., Zandanel, and R., Zanin

Subjects
galaxies [Gamma rays], individual: 3C 66A [BL Lacertae objects], Radio galaxy, CHERENKOV TELESCOPE, Astrophysics, BL Lacertae objects: individual (3C 66A), 01 natural sciences, Raigs gamma, MAGIC (telescope), Absorption (logic), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), TEV BLAZARS, Extragalactic background light, BL LACERTAE OBJECTS, EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT, HIGH-ENERGY EMISSION, GAMMA-RAY EMISSION, PROTON BLAZAR, LAC OBJECTS, X-RAY, SPECTRA, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lacertae objects: individual: 3C 66A, BL Lac object, individual (3C 66A) [BL Lacertae objects], active [Galaxies], BL Lacertae objects: individual (3C 66A) — galaxies: active — gamma rays: galaxies, galaxies: active, FOS: Physical sciences, 0103 physical sciences, gamma rays: galaxies, Blazar, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma rays, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Redshift, Crab Nebula, Space and Planetary Science, Galàxies actives, Active galaxies
Abstract

5 páginas, 3 figuras, 1 tabla.-- El Pdf del artículo es la versión pre-print: arXiv:1010.0550.-- et al., We report new observations of the intermediate-frequency peaked BL Lacertae object 3C 66A with the MAGIC telescopes. The data sample we use were taken in 2009 December and 2010 January, and comprises 2.3 hr of good quality data in stereoscopic mode. In this period, we find a significant signal from the direction of the blazar 3C 66A. The new MAGIC stereoscopic system is shown to play an essential role for the separation between 3C 66A and the nearby radio galaxy 3C 66B, which is at a distance of only 6'. The derived integral flux above 100 GeV is 8.3% of the Crab Nebula flux and the energy spectrum is reproduced by a power law of photon index 3.64 ± 0.39stat ± 0.25sys. Within errors, this is compatible with the one derived by VERITAS in 2009. From the spectra corrected for absorption by the extragalactic background light, we only find small differences between the four models that we applied, and constrain the redshift of the blazar to z < 0.68., This work was also supported by the Marie Curie program, by the CPAN CSD2007-00042 and MultiDark CSD2009-00064 projects of the Spanish Consolider-Ingenio 2010 programme, by grant DO02-353 of the Bulgarian NSF, by grant 127740 of the Academy of Finland, by the YIP of the Helmholtz Gemeinschaft, by the DFG Cluster of Excellence “Origin and Structure of the Universe,” and by the Polish MNiSzW Grant N N203 390834.

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2010
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33. MAGIC upper limits for two milagro-detected bright Fermi sources in the region of SNR G65.1+0.6

Author

M. Camara, R. Reinthal, Mosè Mariotti, Pratik Majumdar, M. V. Fonseca, Dominik Elsaesser, Thomas Bretz, M. Rissi, Saverio Lombardi, J. Pochon, Denis Bastieri, Tihomir Surić, S. N. Shore, Stefano Covino, L. O. Takalo, B. Steinke, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, M. Salvati, Aaron Dominguez, Felicitas Pauss, T. Krähenbühl, M. Lopez, Dorota Sobczyńska, S. Partini, D. Höhne-Mönch, D. Tescaro, R. Mirzoyan, Wolfgang Rhode, N. Strah, S. Klepser, Victor Zabalza, Karl Mannheim, K. Nilsson, D. Dominis Prester, S. Rügamer, E. Carmona, Juan Abel Barrio, S. Spiro, E. Lorenz, E. Lindfors, M. I. Martínez, Giacomo Bonnoli, E. De Cea del Pozo, Julian Sitarek, D. Borla Tridon, R. J. García López, Francisco Prada, Jose Luis Contreras, P. G. Prada Moroni, D. Bose, E. Prandini, J. Hose, C. DelgadoMendez, Juan Cortina, Agnieszka Sierpowska-Bartosik, Nikola Godinovic, M. De Maria, A. La Barbera, K. Berger, Daniela Hadasch, L. Maraschi, Massimo Persic, P. Bordas, C. Schultz, Igor Oya, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Felix Spanier, Oscar Blanch, J. C. Struebig, J. Moldón, J. Becerra González, Ll. Font, J. M. Paredes, Diego F. Torres, F. Longo, M. Pasanen, V. Scalzotto, Andrei Berdyugin, Antonio Stamerra, Roberta Zanin, D. Hildebrand, L. Peruzzo, Mario Meucci, Masahiro Teshima, R. G. Pegna, A. Boller, K. Saito, M. Doert, Michael Backes, A. Carosi, R. K. Bock, M. Garczarczyk, V. Scapin, J. Storz, Manel Errando, Abelardo Moralejo, Francesco Dazzi, F. De Sabata, N. Puchades, R. Paoletti, Fabio Zandanel, Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde, Miguel A. Pérez-Torres, E. Leonardo, T. Saito, Daniel Ferenc, H. Vankov, Ilana M. Braun, Marc Ribó, Tomislav Terzić, Reiko Orito, A. Saggion, Adrian Biland, I. Puljak, N. Mankuzhiyil, J. Rico, A. De Angelis, L. A. Antonelli, T. Jogler, D. Kranich, Ignasi Reichardt, Wlodek Bednarek, M. Shayduk, A. Herrero, Quirin Weitzel, Daniel Nieto, Jose Miguel Miranda, G. Maneva, Dario Hrupec, Valentí Bosch-Ramon, Gianluca Giavitto, P. Colin, D. Mazin, A. Sillanpää, Daniela Dorner, M. Gaug, Petar Temnikov, Elisa Bernardini, P. Antoranz, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Hiroko Miyamoto, T. Schweizer, Jelena Aleksić, A. Diago Ortega, Robert Wagner, J., Aleksic, L. A., Antonelli, P., Antoranz, M., Backe, J. A., Barrio, D., Bastieri, Gonzalez, J., W., Bednarek, A., Berdyugin, K., Berger, E., Bernardini, A., Biland, O., Blanch, R. K., Bock, A., Boller, G., Bonnoli, P., Borda, Tridon, D., V., Bosch Ramon, D., Bose, I., Braun, T., Bretz, M., Camara, E., Carmona, A., Carosi, P., Colin, J. L., Contrera, J., Cortina, S., Covino, F., Dazzi, Angelis, A., Cea, E., Lotto, B., Maria, M., Sabata, F., Mendez, C., Ortega, A., M., Doert, A., Dom\inguez, Prester, D., D., Dorner, M., Doro, D., Elsaesser, M., Errando, D., Ferenc, M. V., Fonseca, L., Font, R. J., Garc\ia, M., Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, G., Giavitto, N., Godinovic, D., Hadasch, A., Herrero, D., Hildebrand, D., H\ohne M\onch, J., Hose, D., Hrupec, T., Jogler, S., Klepser, T., Kr\ahenb\uhl, D., Kranich, J., Krause, Barbera, A., E., Leonardo, E., Lindfor, S., Lombardi, Longo, Francesco, M., Lopez, E., Lorenz, P., Majumdar, G., Maneva, N., Mankuzhiyil, K., Mannheim, L., Maraschi, M., Mariotti, M., Mart\inez, D., Mazin, M., Meucci, J. M., Miranda, R., Mirzoyan, H., Miyamoto, J., Moldon, A., Moralejo, D., Nieto, K., Nilsson, R., Orito, I., Oya, R., Paoletti, J. M., Parede, S., Partini, M., Pasanen, F., Pau, R. G., Pegna, M. A., Perez Torre, M., Persic, L., Peruzzo, J., Pochon, F., Prada, P. G., Prada, E., Prandini, N., Puchade, I., Puljak, I., Reichardt, R., Reinthal, W., Rhode, M., Ribo, J., Rico, M., Rissi, S., R\ugamer, A., Saggion, K., Saito, T. Y., Saito, M., Salvati, M., Sanchez Conde, K., Satalecka, V., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, C., Schultz, T., Schweizer, M., Shayduk, A., Sierpowska Bartosik, A., Sillanp\a\a, J., Sitarek, D., Sobczynska, F., Spanier, S., Spiro, A., Stamerra, B., Steinke, J., Storz, N., Strah, J. C., Struebig, T., Suric, L., Takalo, F., Tavecchio, P., Temnikov, T., Terzic, D., Tescaro, M., Teshima, D. F., Torre, H., Vankov, R. M., Wagner, Q., Weitzel, V., Zabalza, F., Zandanel, and R., Zanin

Subjects
Photon, GAMMA-RAY PULSARS, TELESCOPE, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, SOURCE LIST, CATALOG, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Telescope, Pulsar, law, Observatory, ISM: supernova remnants, pulsars: individual: PSR J1957+2831 LAT PSR J1954+2836 LAT PSR J1958+2846, pulsars: individual(PSR J1957+2831, LAT PSR J1954+2836, LAT PSR J1958+2846), 0103 physical sciences, Supernova remnant, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Pulsars, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Supernoves, Astronomy and Astrophysics, individual: PSR J1957+2831 LAT PSR J1954+2836 LAT PSR J1958+2846 [pulsars], Púlsars, Crab Nebula, Supernovae, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Milagro, supernova remnant [ISM], Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

We report on the observation of the region around supernova remnant G65.1+0.6 with the stand-alone MAGIC-I telescope. This region hosts the two bright GeV gamma-ray sources 1FGL J1954.3+2836 and 1FGL J1958.6+2845. They are identified as GeV pulsars and both have a possible counterpart detected at about 35 TeV by the Milagro observatory. MAGIC collected 25.5 hours of good quality data, and found no significant emission in the range around 1 TeV. We therefore report differential flux upper limits, assuming the emission to be point-like (, 8 pages, 3 figures, 1 table

Published
2010

34. Detection of very high energy γ-ray emission from the Perseus cluster Head-Tail Galaxy IC 310 by the MAGIC telescopes

Author

D. Bose, T. Krähenbühl, J. Becerra González, Diego F. Torres, M. Pasanen, Mario Meucci, M. Doert, Michael Backes, Abelardo Moralejo, E. De Cea del Pozo, N. Strah, M. Shayduk, Stefano Covino, Marc Ribó, Riccardo Paoletti, A. Pinzke, Aaron Dominguez, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, K. Berger, Felicitas Pauss, Victor Zabalza, Manel Errando, D. Tescaro, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, Fabio Zandanel, K. Saito, A. La Barbera, T. Schweizer, S. Rügamer, R. J. García López, Agnieszka Sierpowska-Bartosik, Juan Abel Barrio, D. Borla Tridon, Jose Luis Contreras, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, Massimo Persic, Juan Cortina, A. De Angelis, S. Partini, Felix Spanier, Giacomo Bonnoli, J. Storz, Takashi Saito, A. Cañellas, Francesco Longo, D. Höhne-Mönch, Christoph Pfrommer, Reiko Orito, L. Maraschi, Elina Lindfors, Ignasi Reichardt, A. Boller, S. Klepser, D.V. Semikoz, M. Camara, Pierre Colin, L. Cossio, N. Puchades, Masahiro Teshima, Andrei Berdyugin, L. A. Antonelli, A. Diago Ortega, Robert Wagner, Daniel Mazin, T. Jogler, Pratik Majumdar, M. V. Fonseca, M. Salvati, Hiroko Miyamoto, Jelena Aleksić, R. G. Pegna, C. Schultz, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, F. De Sabata, Mosè Mariotti, G. Maneva, A. Sillanpää, Artemio Herrero, Nikola Godinovic, Igor Oya, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Daniel Kranich, Ll. Font, D. Dominis Prester, A. Saggion, Denis Bastieri, Q. Weitzel, Adrian Biland, Tihomir Surić, Daniel Nieto, M. De Maria, B. Steinke, Kari Nilsson, Saverio Lombardi, Pol Bordas, Wolfgang Rhode, Tomislav Terzić, Javier Moldon, Francisco Prada, J. Pochon, Julian Sitarek, S. Spiro, E. Lorenz, Daniel Ferenc, Andrii Neronov, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, Karl Mannheim, J. Hose, Daniela Hadasch, H. Vankov, Ilana M. Braun, V. Scalzotto, E. Colombo, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Jose Miguel Miranda, Ralph Bock, P. Antoranz, L. O. Takalo, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, E. Prandini, R. Reinthal, Dominik Elsaesser, Dorota Sobczyńska, R. Mirzoyan, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, Valentí Bosch-Ramon, V. Scapin, Gianluca Giavitto, Daniela Dorner, J. C. Struebig, Petar Temnikov, Roberta Zanin, Elisa Bernardini, Miguel A. Pérez-Torres, C. Delgado Mendez, Francesco Dazzi, J. Rico, Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde, E. Leonardo, D. Hildebrand, L. Peruzzo, M. I. Martínez, P. G. Prada Moroni, I. Puljak, J., Aleksic, L. A., Antonelli, P., Antoranz, M., Backe, J. A., Barrio, D., Bastieri, J. B., Gonzalez, W., Bednarek, A., Berdyugin, K., Berger, E., Bernardini, A., Biland, O., Blanch, R. K., Bock, A., Boller, G., Bonnoli, P., Borda, D. B., Tridon, V., Bosch Ramon, D., Bose, I., Braun, T., Bretz, M., Camara, A., Canella, E., Carmona, A., Carosi, P., Colin, E., Colombo, J. L., Contrera, J., Cortina, L., Cossio, S., Covino, F., Dazzi, A. D., Angeli, E. D., del Pozo, B. D., Lotto, M. D., Maria, F. D., Sabata, C. D., Mendez, A. D., Ortega, M., Doert, A., Dominguez, D. D., Prester, D., Dorner, M., Doro, D., Elsaesser, M., Errando, D., Ferenc, M. V., Fonseca, L., Font, R. J. G., Lopez, M., Garczarczyk, G., Giavitto, N., Godinovic, D., Hadasch, A., Herrero, D., Hildebrand, D., Hohne Monch, J., Hose, D., Hrupec, T., Jogler, S., Klepser, T., Krahenbuhl, D., Kranich, J., Krause, A. L., Barbera, E., Leonardo, E., Lindfor, S., Lombardi, Longo, Francesco, M., Lopez, E., Lorenz, P., Majumdar, M., Makariev, G., Maneva, N., Mankuzhiyil, K., Mannheim, L., Maraschi, M., Mariotti, M., Martinez, D., Mazin, M., Meucci, J. M., Miranda, R., Mirzoyan, H., Miyamoto, J., Moldon, A., Moralejo, D., Nieto, K., Nilsson, R., Orito, I., Oya, R., Paoletti, J. M., Parede, S., Partini, M., Pasanen, F., Pau, R. G., Pegna, M. A., Perez Torre, M., Persic, L., Peruzzo, J., Pochon, F., Prada, P. G. P., Moroni, E., Prandini, N., Puchade, I., Puljak, I., Reichardt, R., Reinthal, W., Rhode, M., Ribo, J., Rico, S., Rugamer, A., Saggion, K., Saito, T. Y., Saito, M., Salvati, M., Sanchez Conde, K., Satalecka, V., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, C., Schultz, T., Schweizer, M., Shayduk, S. N., Shore, A., Sierpowska Bartosik, A., Sillanpaa, J., Sitarek, D., Sobczynska, F., Spanier, S., Spiro, A., Stamerra, B., Steinke, J., Storz, N., Strah, J. C., Struebig, T., Suric, L., Takalo, F., Tavecchio, P., Temnikov, T., Terzic, D., Tescaro, M., Teshima, D. F., Torre, H., Vankov, R. M., Wagner, Q., Weitzel, V., Zabalza, F., Zandanel, R., Zanin, A., Neronov, C., Pfrommer, A., Pinzke, D. V., Semikoz, APC - THEORIE, AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC (UMR_7164)), Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Institut für theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg (UHH)-Universität Hamburg (UHH), MAGIC, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut für theoretische Physik, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Observatoire de Paris, and PSL Research University (PSL)-PSL Research University (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut für theoretische Physik

Subjects
[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Radio galaxy, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, galaxies: active, gamma rays: galaxies, galaxies: individual: IC310, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Raigs gamma, Very High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy, MAGIC telescope, Active Galactic Nuclei, Galaxies, galaxies: individual: IC 310, 0103 physical sciences, MAGIC (telescope), Cosmic rays, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Galaxy cluster, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, astro-ph.HE, Spectral index, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, gamma ray astronomy, IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR, [SDU.ASTR.HE]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Gamma rays, Astronomy and Astrophysics, gamma rays: galaxies — galaxies: active — galaxies: individual (IC 310), Galaxy, Galàxies, Crab Nebula, Space and Planetary Science, ddc:520, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

We report on the detection with the MAGIC telescopes of very high energy gamma-rays from IC 310, a head-tail radio galaxy in the Perseus galaxy cluster, observed during the interval November 2008 to February 2010. The Fermi satellite has also detected this galaxy. The source is detected by MAGIC at a high statistical significance of 7.6sigma in 20.6 hr of stereo data. The observed spectral energy distribution is flat with a differential spectral index of -2.00 \pm 0.14. The mean flux above 300 GeV, between October 2009 and February 2010, (3.1 \pm 0.5)x10^{-12} cm^{-2} s^{-1}, corresponds to (2.5 \pm 0.4)% of Crab Nebula units. Only an upper limit, of 1.9% of Crab Nebula units above 300 GeV, was obtained with the 2008 data. This, together with strong hints (>3sigma) of flares in the middle of October and November 2009, implies that the emission is variable. The MAGIC results favour a scenario with the very high energy emission originating from the inner jet close to the central engine. More complicated models than a simple one-zone SSC scenario, e.g. multi-zone SSC, external Compton or hadronic, may be required to explain the very flat spectrum and its extension over more than three orders of magnitude in energy., 6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to ApJL

Published
2010

35. Black hole physics. Black hole lightning due to particle acceleration at subhorizon scales

Author

J, Aleksić, S, Ansoldi, L A, Antonelli, P, Antoranz, A, Babic, P, Bangale, J A, Barrio, J, Becerra González, W, Bednarek, E, Bernardini, B, Biasuzzi, A, Biland, O, Blanch, S, Bonnefoy, G, Bonnoli, F, Borracci, T, Bretz, E, Carmona, A, Carosi, P, Colin, E, Colombo, J L, Contreras, J, Cortina, S, Covino, P, Da Vela, F, Dazzi, A, De Angelis, G, De Caneva, B, De Lotto, E, de Oña Wilhelmi, C, Delgado Mendez, D, Dominis Prester, D, Dorner, M, Doro, S, Einecke, D, Eisenacher, D, Elsaesser, M V, Fonseca, L, Font, K, Frantzen, C, Fruck, D, Galindo, R J, García López, M, Garczarczyk, D, Garrido Terrats, M, Gaug, N, Godinović, A, González Muñoz, S R, Gozzini, D, Hadasch, Y, Hanabata, M, Hayashida, J, Herrera, D, Hildebrand, J, Hose, D, Hrupec, W, Idec, V, Kadenius, H, Kellermann, K, Kodani, Y, Konno, J, Krause, H, Kubo, J, Kushida, A, La Barbera, D, Lelas, N, Lewandowska, E, Lindfors, S, Lombardi, F, Longo, M, López, R, López-Coto, A, López-Oramas, E, Lorenz, I, Lozano, M, Makariev, K, Mallot, G, Maneva, N, Mankuzhiyil, K, Mannheim, L, Maraschi, B, Marcote, M, Mariotti, M, Martínez, D, Mazin, U, Menzel, J M, Miranda, R, Mirzoyan, A, Moralejo, P, Munar-Adrover, D, Nakajima, A, Niedzwiecki, K, Nilsson, K, Nishijima, K, Noda, R, Orito, A, Overkemping, S, Paiano, M, Palatiello, D, Paneque, R, Paoletti, J M, Paredes, X, Paredes-Fortuny, M, Persic, J, Poutanen, P G, Prada Moroni, E, Prandini, I, Puljak, R, Reinthal, W, Rhode, M, Ribó, J, Rico, J, Rodriguez Garcia, S, Rügamer, T, Saito, K, Saito, K, Satalecka, V, Scalzotto, V, Scapin, C, Schultz, T, Schweizer, S N, Shore, A, Sillanpää, J, Sitarek, I, Snidaric, D, Sobczynska, F, Spanier, V, Stamatescu, A, Stamerra, T, Steinbring, J, Storz, M, Strzys, L, Takalo, H, Takami, F, Tavecchio, P, Temnikov, T, Terzić, D, Tescaro, M, Teshima, J, Thaele, O, Tibolla, D F, Torres, T, Toyama, A, Treves, M, Uellenbeck, P, Vogler, R, Zanin, M, Kadler, R, Schulz, E, Ros, U, Bach, F, Krauß, and J, Wilms

Abstract

Supermassive black holes with masses of millions to billions of solar masses are commonly found in the centers of galaxies. Astronomers seek to image jet formation using radio interferometry but still suffer from insufficient angular resolution. An alternative method to resolve small structures is to measure the time variability of their emission. Here we report on gamma-ray observations of the radio galaxy IC 310 obtained with the MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescopes, revealing variability with doubling time scales faster than 4.8 min. Causality constrains the size of the emission region to be smaller than 20% of the gravitational radius of its central black hole. We suggest that the emission is associated with pulsar-like particle acceleration by the electric field across a magnetospheric gap at the base of the radio jet.

Published
2014

36. Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the blazar 1ES 0033+595 by the MAGIC telescopes

Author

T. Steinbring, A. González Muñoz, Natalia Lewandowska, D. Hildebrand, A. La Barbera, Daniela Dorner, X. Paredes-Fortuny, A. De Angelis, F. Borracci, M. Uellenbeck, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, S. Partini, S. Buson, Aaron Dominguez, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, K. Saito, U. Menzel, M. Gaug, J. Becerra González, Mario Meucci, Jelena Aleksić, R. López-Coto, Julian Sitarek, J. Hose, Daniela Hadasch, K. Nishijima, Takashi Saito, A. Niedzwiecki, J. Herrera, T. Toyama, Koji Noda, Giacomo Bonnoli, D. Dominis Prester, Reiko Orito, Diego F. Torres, Thomas Bretz, K. Frantzen, David Paneque, Elisa Bernardini, S. N. Shore, D. Nakajima, G. Maneva, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, R. Zanin, A. Saggion, P. G. Prada Moroni, M. Garczarczyk, Tihomir Surić, D. Carreto Fidalgo, Martin Makariev, M. I. Martínez, A. Borghese, E. Prandini, Oscar Blanch, O. Tibolla, V. Kadenius, P. Temnikov, Adrian Biland, Francisco Prada, S. Paiano, Lluis Font, Karl Mannheim, M. Hayashida, Victor Stamatescu, J. Krause, A. Herrero, B. De Lotto, J. Rico, Alicia López-Oramas, Stefano Covino, A. Sillanpää, K. Berger, M. Doert, C. Delgado Mendez, V. Tronconi, Hajime Takami, I. Lozano, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, G. De Caneva, S. Bonnefoy, Wolfgang Rhode, Aldo Treves, Sabrina Einecke, S. R. Gozzini, Robert Wagner, J. Rodriguez Garcia, Felix Spanier, W. Idec, P. Munar-Adrover, M. Palatiello, Francesco Dazzi, Masahiro Teshima, S. Sun, Christian Fruck, Daniel Ferenc, D. Tescaro, Yusuke Konno, Silvia Preziuso, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, P. Da Vela, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Ivica Puljak, Pierre Colin, Saverio Lombardi, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, L. Maraschi, Elina Lindfors, E. Colombo, Julia Thaele, Daniel Mazin, Fabio Zandanel, Marc Ribó, L. O. Takalo, P. Bangale, Jose Miguel Miranda, R. Reinthal, Dominik Elsaesser, Hidetoshi Kubo, U. Barres de Almeida, Damir Lelas, R. Mirzoyan, M. V. Fonseca, P. Antoranz, Dorota Sobczyńska, D. Eisenacher, L. A. Antonelli, J. A. Barrio, E. Carmona, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Nina Nowak, T. Schweizer, S. Rügamer, Tomislav Terzić, Patrick Vogler, I. Snidaric, Hanna Kellermann, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, E. Lorenz, Massimo Persic, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, K. Kodani, J. Storz, Stefano Ansoldi, Riccardo Paoletti, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, Juan Cortina, D. Garrido Terrats, V. Scalzotto, Ana Babić, Kari Nilsson, and Abelardo Moralejo

Subjects
BL Lacertae objects: individual: (1ES 0033+595), Gamma-rays: galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Population, FOS: Physical sciences, individual: (1ES 0033 595), gamma-rays: galaxies [BL Lacertae objects], Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, BL Lacertae objects: individual: (1ES 0033 595), 01 natural sciences, Luminosity, 0103 physical sciences, MAGIC (telescope), education, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), education.field_of_study, ta115, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, galaxies: BL Lacertae objects: individual (1ES 0033+595), gamma rays: galaxies, Compton scattering, Astronomy, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Extragalactic background light, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), ddc:520, Spectral energy distribution, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446 (1), ISSN:0035-8711, ISSN:1365-2966, ISSN:1365-8711

Published
2014

37. MAGIC search for vhe γ-ray emission from ae aquarii in a multiwavelength context

Author

D. Nakajima, P. G. Prada Moroni, Laura Maraschi, Yusuke Konno, A. López-Oramas, Alessandro Carosi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Victor Stamatescu, B. Biasuzzi, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, D. Dorner, I. Snidaric, Jose Miguel Miranda, M. Bogosavljevic, E. Lorenz, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Hajime Takami, Z. Ioannou, Tomislav Terzić, Ll. Font, A.-K. Overkemping, Elina Lindfors, M. López, Julia Thaele, E. Carmona, Daniel Mazin, A. Treves, K. Nishijima, M. V. Fonseca, Abelardo Moralejo, Patrick Vogler, M. Mariotti, Thomas Bretz, S. Rügamer, Julian Sitarek, Saverio Lombardi, T. Steinbring, Louis Antonelli, Morihiro Hayashida, P. Da Vela, Pierre Colin, K. Nilsson, J. Kushida, D. Hadasch, Dorothee Hildebrand, P. Antoranz, Robert Wagner, G. De Caneva, J. Becerra González, S. Bonnefoy, C. Schultz, X. Paredes-Fortuny, T. Toyama, Dario Hrupec, R. Paoletti, P. Munar-Adrover, Razmik Mirzoyan, M. Palatiello, I. Lozano, M. Strzys, Jose Luis Contreras, Jelena Aleksić, Silvia Preziuso, Damir Lelas, D. Galindo, D. Dominis Prester, R. Zanin, A. Niedzwiecki, A. Saggion, A. De Angelis, A. Sillanpää, Stefano Covino, Dorota Sobczyńska, V. Scapin, Juan Cortina, K. Frantzen, David Paneque, A. Biland, Diego F. Torres, Masahiro Teshima, Christopher W. Mauche, Takashi Saito, E. de Ona Wilhelmi, Y. Hanabata, D. Tescaro, W. Idec, J. M. Paredes, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, D. Garrido Terrats, R. Reinthal, M. Uellenbeck, Natalia Lewandowska, Reiko Orito, Francesco Dazzi, V. Scalzotto, A. La Barbera, T. Schweizer, Ana Babić, E. V. Palaiologou, Leo O. Takalo, R. J. García López, Antonio Stamerra, Oscar Blanch, Petar Temnikov, Koji Noda, J. Herrera, Elisa Bernardini, H. Kellermann, G. Bonnoli, N. Mankuzhiyil, W. Rhode, Felix Spanier, K. Kodani, C. Delgado Mendez, O. Tibolla, G. Maneva, A. González Muñoz, Christian Fruck, J. Storz, Juan Abel Barrio, I. Puljak, Stefano Ansoldi, D. Eisenacher, Markus Gaug, Markus Garczarczyk, Nina Nowak, D. Elsaesser, J. Hose, B. De Lotto, Elisa Prandini, M. Makariev, W. Bednarek, J. Rico, S. Paiano, U. Menzel, Miguel A. Pérez-Torres, M. I. Martínez, E. Colombo, P. Bangale, V. Kadenius, M. Doert, Sabrina Einecke, S. R. Gozzini, J. Rodriguez Garcia, K. Saito, Marc Ribó, Hidetoshi Kubo, F. Borracci, K. Mallot, T. Tuominen, Massimo Persic, K. Mannheim, J. Krause, and Universitat de Barcelona

Subjects
accretion: accretion disks, Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Novae: cataclysmic variables, Gamma rays: stars, Astrofísica, Accretion, Photon, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Signal region, Cataclysmic variable star, Astrophysics, Noves (Estels), Raigs gamma, Coincident, Accretion, accretion disks, Novae, cataclysmic variables, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, New stars, Novae, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, astro-ph.HE, cataclysmic variables, Spectral index, accretion disks, Gamma rays, Gamma ray, Stars, Estels, Wavelength, 13. Climate action, ddc:520, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Rayleigh test, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

It has been claimed that the nova-like cataclysmic variable (CV) AE Aquarii (AE Aqr) is a very-high-energy (VHE, $E>$100 GeV) source both on observational and theoretical grounds. We aim to search for VHE gamma-ray emission from AE Aqr during different states of the source at several wavelengths to confirm or rule out previous claims of detection of gamma-ray emission from this object. We report on observations of AE Aqr performed by MAGIC. The source was observed during 12 hours as part of a multiwavelength campaign carried out between May and June 2012 covering the optical, X-ray, and gamma-ray ranges. Besides MAGIC, the other facilities involved were the KVA, Skinakas, and Vidojevica telescopes in the optical and Swift in X-rays. We calculated integral upper limits coincident with different states of the source in the optical. We computed upper limits to the pulsed emission limiting the signal region to 30% of the phaseogram and we also searched for pulsed emission at different frequencies applying the Rayleigh test. AE Aqr was not detected at VHE energies during the multiwavelength campaign. We establish integral upper limits at the 95\% confidence level for the steady emission assuming the differential flux proportional to a power-law function d\phi/dE \propto E^{-Gamma}, with a Crab-like photon spectral index of Gamma=2.6. The upper limit above 200 GeV is 6.4\times10^{-12} cm^{-2}s^{-1} and above 1 TeV is 7.4\times10^{-13} cm^{-2}s^{-1}. We obtained an upper limit for the pulsed emission of 2.6\times10^{-12} cm^{-2}s^{-1} for energies above 200 GeV. Applying the Rayleigh test for pulsed emission at different frequencies we did not find any significant signal. Our results indicate that AE Aqr is not a VHE gamma-ray emitter at the level of emission previously claimed. We have established the most constraining upper limits for the VHE gamma-ray emission of AE Aqr., Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in A&A

Published
2014

38. Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the blazar 1ES 1727+502 with the MAGIC Telescopes

Author

Nina Nowak, Abelardo Moralejo, D. Häfner, L. A. Antonelli, W. Idec, J. Masbou, M. I. Martínez, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, M. Salvati, Dario Hrupec, Thomas Bretz, V. Kadenius, S. Rügamer, Mosè Mariotti, Marc Ribó, M. A. Lopez, Fabrizio Tavecchio, S. N. Shore, Juan Abel Barrio, D. Borla Tridon, Dominik Elsaesser, U. Barres de Almeida, S. Bonnefoy, K. Berger, Ll. Font, A. Hadamek, M. Doert, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Aaron Dominguez, J. Storz, G. De Caneva, Damir Lelas, R. Mirzoyan, Michael Backes, A. De Angelis, Christian Fruck, D. Eisenacher, J. Becerra González, Saverio Lombardi, T. Krähenbühl, M. L. Knoetig, Ignasi Reichardt, P. G. Prada Moroni, E. Carmona, I. Snidaric, Markus Garczarczyk, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, P. Munar-Adrover, Wolfgang Rhode, O. Tibolla, Dorota Sobczyńska, Kari Nilsson, M. V. Fonseca, Mario Meucci, Felix Spanier, M. Palatiello, E. Colombo, G. Maneva, Daniel Ferenc, A. Boller, L. Cossio, R. Zanin, A. Saggion, Ralph Bock, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, S. Spiro, E. Lorenz, Adrian Biland, Francesco Dazzi, L. O. Takalo, B. Steinke, Riccardo Paoletti, S. Partini, D. Dominis Prester, Artemio Herrero, J. Rico, K. Saito, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, Tomislav Terzić, J. Moldón, Francisco Prada, Juan Cortina, Hajime Takami, Ivica Puljak, Massimo Persic, Pierre Colin, R. Reinthal, Giacomo Bonnoli, Patrick Vogler, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, Martin Makariev, M. Asensio, Oscar Blanch, D. Garrido Terrats, A. Sillanpää, V. Scalzotto, Takashi Saito, Q. Weitzel, Tihomir Surić, Reiko Orito, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, D. Carreto Fidalgo, E. Prandini, Aldo Treves, S. Klepser, S. Paiano, C. Delgado Mendez, S. R. Gozzini, Karl Mannheim, Gianluca Giavitto, A. González Muñoz, Daniela Dorner, M. Gaug, Diego F. Torres, Elisa Bernardini, Natalia Lewandowska, F. Jankowski, F. Borracci, A. La Barbera, A. López-Oramas, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, D. Nakajima, Jose Miguel Miranda, P. Antoranz, L. Maraschi, M. Uellenbeck, Elina Lindfors, Konstancja Satalecka, Daniel Mazin, Michele Doro, P. Temnikov, Fabio Zandanel, Shan Sun, Jelena Aleksić, I. Lozano, D. Hadasch, Masahiro Teshima, A. Niedzwiecki, T. Schweizer, Stefano Covino, David Paneque, D. Tescaro, Robert Wagner, Victor Stamatescu, Julian Sitarek, J. Hose, T. Toyama, P. Da Vela, and Universitat de Barcelona

Subjects
Astrofísica, Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, law.invention, Telescope, Raigs gamma, law, 0103 physical sciences, MAGIC (telescope), Nucli galàctic actiu, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, BL Lac objects: individual(1ES 1727+502), galaxies: active, gamma rays, Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), astro-ph.HE, Active galactic nuclei, Telescopis, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma rays, Gamma ray, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Galaxies: active, Space and Planetary Science, Galaxies, Galàxies, Crab Nebula, 13. Climate action, ddc:520, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object, Telescopes
Abstract

Motivated by the Costamante & Ghisellini (2002) predictions we investigated if the blazar 1ES 1727+502 (z=0.055) is emitting very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma rays. We observed the BL Lac object 1ES 1727+502 in stereoscopic mode with the two MAGIC telescopes during 14 nights between May 6th and June 10th 2011, for a total effective observing time of 12.6 hours. For the study of the multiwavelength spectral energy distribution (SED) we use simultaneous optical R-band data from the KVA telescope, archival UV/optical and X-ray observations by instruments UVOT and XRT on board of the Swift satellite and high energy (HE, 0.1 GeV - 100 GeV) gamma-ray data from the Fermi-LAT instrument. We detect, for the first time, VHE gamma-ray emission from 1ES 1727+502 at a statistical significance of 5.5 sigma. The integral flux above 150 GeV is estimated to be (2.1\pm0.4)% of the Crab Nebula flux and the de-absorbed VHE spectrum has a photon index of (2.7\pm0.5). No significant short-term variability was found in any of the wavebands presented here. We model the SED using a one-zone synchrotron self-Compton model obtaining parameters typical for this class of sources., 7 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, submitted to A&A

Published
2014

39. Optimized dark matter searches in deep observations of Segue 1 with MAGIC

Author

M. V. Fonseca, L. Maraschi, M. Palatiello, Daniel Ferenc, Antonio Stamerra, Christian Fruck, Juan Abel Barrio, I. Puljak, J. Kushida, K. Kodani, Mosè Mariotti, Abelardo Moralejo, A.-K. Overkemping, Stefano Covino, Jose Luis Contreras, Oscar Blanch, Tomislav Terzić, Francesco Dazzi, Daniela Dorner, Juan Cortina, T. Steinbring, J. Storz, R. J. García López, Fabio Zandanel, G. Bonnoli, Shan Sun, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, R. Zanin, P. Da Vela, Robert Wagner, D. Hadasch, A. Saggion, Tihomir Surić, D. Carreto Fidalgo, Jelena Aleksić, D. Tescaro, A. Niedzwiecki, Adrian Biland, David Paneque, B. De Lotto, Saverio Lombardi, D. Garrido Terrats, K. Frantzen, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, X. Paredes-Fortuny, D. Dominis Prester, Damir Lelas, D. Nakajima, Louis Antonelli, Elina Lindfors, Karl Mannheim, P. Munar-Adrover, P. G. Prada Moroni, Daniel Mazin, A. De Angelis, V. Scalzotto, Stefano Ansoldi, Konstancja Satalecka, Silvia Preziuso, Riccardo Paoletti, Markus Gaug, S. Rügamer, Michele Doro, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Dario Hrupec, Aaron Dominguez, Marc Ribó, A. López-Oramas, M. Uellenbeck, Dorothee Hildebrand, Ana Babić, G. De Caneva, R. Reinthal, Alessandro Carosi, P. Antoranz, Hidetoshi Kubo, S. Bonnefoy, Ruben Lopez-Coto, J. Becerra González, Petar Temnikov, J. M. Paredes, J. Hose, Diego F. Torres, Jose Miguel Miranda, Kari Nilsson, M. López, Dorota Sobczyńska, Elisa Bernardini, D. Elsaesser, T. Schweizer, H. Kellermann, Yusuke Konno, O. Tibolla, U. Barres de Almeida, Mario Meucci, K. Berger, I. Lozano, M. Salvati, F. Borracci, W. Idec, R. K. Bock, Emanuele Paolo Farina, A. Sillanpää, M. Doert, Takashi Saito, Masahiro Teshima, Alejandro Ibarra, E. Colombo, Hajime Takami, Reiko Orito, G. Maneva, C. Delgado Mendez, Felix Spanier, Natalia Lewandowska, K. Saito, Julian Sitarek, Pierre Colin, Julia Thaele, Aldo Treves, L. O. Takalo, A. La Barbera, E. Carmona, M. I. Martínez, Kazuyoshi Nishijima, M. Hayashida, P. Bangale, Gianluca Giavitto, A. González Muñoz, V. Kadenius, Sabrina Einecke, S. R. Gozzini, Francisco Prada, J. Rodriguez Garcia, M. Makariev, J. Rico, Victor Stamatescu, U. Menzel, Simona Paiano, Thomas Bretz, R. Mirzoyan, Wolfgang Rhode, J. Krause, K. Mallot, Massimo Persic, Takeshi Toyama, I. Snidaric, D. Eisenacher, Markus Garczarczyk, Nina Nowak, E. Lorenz, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Ll. Font, Elisa Prandini, Patrick Vogler, A. Herrero, S. Partini, Universitat de Barcelona, and SCOAP

Subjects
Astrofísica, Particle physics, Electromagnetic spectrum, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Dark matter, dark matter, indirect searches, gamma-ray experiments, Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes, dwarf spheroidal galaxies, Segue 1, Gamma ray experiments, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), 0103 physical sciences, Gamma ray astronomy, Satellite galaxy, Astronomia de raigs gamma, ddc:530, 010306 general physics, Dwarf galaxies, Dwarf galaxy, Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Annihilation, Telescopis, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Bremsstrahlung, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Segue, Galaxies, dwarfs galaxies, Galàxies, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Dark matter experiments, Dark matter (Astronomy), dark matter experiments, gamma ray experiments, Monochromatic color, Matèria fosca (Astronomia), Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Telescopes
Abstract

Aleksic, J. et al., We present the results of stereoscopic observations of the satellite galaxy Segue 1 with the MAGIC Telescopes, carried out between 2011 and 2013. With almost 160 hours of good-quality data, this is the deepest observational campaign on any dwarf galaxy performed so far in the very high energy range of the electromagnetic spectrum. We search this large data sample for signals of dark matter particles in the mass range between 100 GeV and 20 TeV. For this we use the full likelihood analysis method, which provides optimal sensitivity to characteristic gamma-ray spectral features, like those expected from dark matter annihilation or decay. In particular, we focus our search on gamma-rays produced from different final state Standard Model particles, annihilation with internal bremsstrahlung, monochromatic lines and box-shaped signals. Our results represent the most stringent constraints to the annihilation cross-section or decay lifetime obtained from observations of satellite galaxies, for masses above few hundred GeV. In particular, our strongest limit (95% confidence level) corresponds to a ~ 500 GeV dark matter particle annihilating into τ+τ−, and is of order langleσannvrangle simeq 1.2 × 10−24 cm3 s−1 — a factor ~ 40 above the langleσannvrangle simeq thermal value., The support of the German BMBF and MPG, the Italian INFN, the Swiss National Fund SNF, and the Spanish MICINN is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the CPAN CSD2007-00042 and MultiDark CSD2009-00064 projects of the Spanish Consolider- Ingenio 2010 programme, by grant 127740 of the Academy of Finland, by the DFG Cluster of Excellence “Origin and Structure of the Universe”, by the Croatian Science Foundation Project 09/176, by the DFG Collaborative Research Centers SFB823/C4 and SFB876/C3, and by the Polish MNiSzW grant 745/N-HESS-MAGIC/2010/0.

Published
2014

40. MAGIC long-term study of the distant TeV blazar PKS 1424+240 in a multiwavelength context

Author

Aaron Dominguez, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, P. G. Prada Moroni, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Anthony C. S. Readhead, A. González Muñoz, Hajime Takami, O. Tibolla, A. De Angelis, A. Treves, Saverio Lombardi, Daniela Dorner, Daniel Ferenc, S. Rügamer, Juan Abel Barrio, M. Gaug, J. Herrera, Koji Noda, Hanna Kellermann, Elisa Bernardini, G. Maneva, R. Zanin, A. Saggion, S. Partini, Antonio Stamerra, S. N. Shore, K. Kodani, Adrian Biland, Victor Stamatescu, C. Delgado Mendez, J. Rico, P. Temnikov, Stefano Covino, J. Storz, Nina Nowak, Fabio Zandanel, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, S. Sun, Jari Kotilainen, Julian Sitarek, S. Bonnefoy, D. Tescaro, C. Fruck, T. Toyama, M. Palatiello, Dario Gasparrini, D. Eisenacher, T. Schweizer, Stefano Ansoldi, M. Uellenbeck, Francesco Dazzi, Riccardo Paoletti, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, A. K. Furniss, Oscar Blanch, J. L. Richards, Elina Lindfors, K. Mallot, Daniel Mazin, R. J. García López, Matthew L. Lister, Konstancja Satalecka, E. Prandini, Michele Doro, Talvikki Hovatta, G. De Caneva, G. Bonnoli, M. Doert, Massimo Persic, P. Da Vela, Ivica Puljak, Pierre Colin, M. Makariev, D. Nakajima, Robert Wagner, R. Reinthal, Razmik Mirzoyan, U. Barres de Almeida, U. Menzel, Jelena Aleksić, Damir Lelas, I. Lozano, D. Hildebrand, W. Idec, M. V. Fonseca, A. Niedzwiecki, Vasiliki Pavlidou, Dorota Sobczyńska, David Paneque, Anne Lähteenmäki, A. Sillanpää, Masahiro Teshima, K. Nishijima, K. Saito, Tuomas Kangas, Takashi Saito, Dario Hrupec, D. Dominis Prester, D. Hadasch, M. I. Martínez, P. Bangale, Francisco Prada, Reiko Orito, Sabrina Einecke, S. R. Gozzini, J. Rodriguez Garcia, E. Colombo, Louis Antonelli, Felix Spanier, L. O. Takalo, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, X. Paredes-Fortuny, P. Munar-Adrover, Silvia Preziuso, M. A. Lopez, P. Antoranz, Natalia Lewandowska, A. La Barbera, Yusuke Konno, Julia Thaele, J. Becerra González, Mario Meucci, K. Frantzen, Tihomir Surić, D. Carreto Fidalgo, J. M. Paredes, V. Kadenius, S. Paiano, Karl Mannheim, M. Hayashida, Alicia López-Oramas, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, Marc Ribó, Diego F. Torres, Hidetoshi Kubo, Abelardo Moralejo, J. Hose, T. Steinbring, D. Elsaesser, A. Herrero, Emanuele Paolo Farina, S. Cutini, Kari Nilsson, Thomas Bretz, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, Juan Cortina, F. Borracci, D. Garrido Terrats, V. Scalzotto, Ana Babić, Walter Max-Moerbeck, Wolfgang Rhode, Alessandro Carosi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Jose Miguel Miranda, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Ll. Font, I. Snidaric, E. Lorenz, Patrick Vogler, Erkki Kankare, L. Maraschi, Tomislav Terzić, Universitat de Barcelona, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, and Anne Lähteenmäki Group

Subjects
Astrofísica, PARTICLE-ACCELERATION, Astrophysics, 7. Clean energy, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, Spectral line, Raigs gamma, Gamma rays: galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, MAGIC (telescope), High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, astro-ph.HE, 213 Electronic, automation and communications engineering, electronics, BL-LACERTAE OBJECTS, EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT, GAMMA-RAY EMISSION, SPECTRAL ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, LAC OBJECTS, X-RAY, FERMI OBSERVATIONS, Gamma ray, Extragalactic background light, galaxies [gamma rays], astro-ph.CO, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, 1171 Geosciences, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, education, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, gamma rays: observations, blazar, BL Lac: AGNs: individual (PKS 1424+240), 114 Physical sciences, Nucli galàctic actiu, Blazar, Active galactic nuclei, Telescopis, 221 Nanotechnology, Gamma rays, Light curve, Redshift, individual: PKS 1424+240 [BL Lacertae objects], 115 Astronomy and space science, 216 Materials engineering, ddc:520, Telescopes
Abstract

We present a study of the very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission of the blazar PKS 1424+240 observed with the MAGIC telescopes. The primary aim of this paper is the multiwavelength spectral characterization and modeling of this blazar, which is made particularly interesting by the recent discovery of a lower limit of its redshift of z > 0.6 and makes it a promising candidate to be the most distant VHE source. The source has been observed with the MAGIC telescopes in VHE gamma rays for a total observation time of ~33.6 h from 2009 to 2011. The source was marginally detected in VHE gamma rays during 2009 and 2010, and later, the detection was confirmed during an optical outburst in 2011. The combined significance of the stacked sample is ~7.2 sigma. The differential spectra measured during the different campaigns can be described by steep power laws with the indices ranging from 3.5 +/- 1.2 to 5.0 +/- 1.7. The MAGIC spectra corrected for the absorption due to the extragalactic background light connect smoothly, within systematic errors, with the mean spectrum in 2009-2011 observed at lower energies by the Fermi-LAT. The absorption-corrected MAGIC spectrum is flat with no apparent turn down up to 400 GeV. The multiwavelength light curve shows increasing flux in radio and optical bands that could point to a common origin from the same region of the jet. The large separation between the two peaks of the constructed non-simultaneous spectral energy distribution also requires an extremely high Doppler factor if an one zone synchrotron self-Compton model is applied. We find that a two-component synchrotron self-Compton model describes the spectral energy distribution of the source well, if the source is located at z~0.6., 15 pages, 8 figures. A&A accepted for publication

Published
2014

41. Detection of bridge emission above 50 GeV from the Crab pulsar with the MAGIC telescopes

Author

P. G. Prada Moroni, W. Bednarek, Pierre Colin, Diego F. Torres, D. Nakajima, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Stefano Covino, Ll. Font, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Kouichi Hirotani, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, X. Paredes-Fortuny, Dario Hrupec, R. Zanin, A. Saggion, Adrian Biland, Kazuo Saito, P. Munar-Adrover, A. Treves, R. Reinthal, Shan Sun, A. Sillanpää, Antonio Stamerra, Silvia Preziuso, M. A. Lopez, Marc Ribó, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, G. Maneva, Jelena Aleksić, Takashi Saito, A. Niedzwiecki, Abelardo Moralejo, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, J. M. Paredes, Hidetoshi Kubo, Reiko Orito, Natalia Lewandowska, U. Barres de Almeida, T. Steinbring, M. Makariev, A. Herrero, I. Puljak, M. V. Fonseca, E. Lorenz, M. Uellenbeck, D. Hadasch, J. Storz, Juan Cortina, D. Paneque, G. De Caneva, A. La Barbera, J. Rico, Christian Fruck, Elina Lindfors, S. Partini, Yusuke Konno, Emanuele Paolo Farina, U. Menzel, S. Bonnefoy, M. Doert, Daniel Mazin, Simona Paiano, B. Biasuzzi, Patrick Vogler, Daniel Ferenc, Elisa Prandini, P. Da Vela, T. Schweizer, Razmik Mirzoyan, S. Rügamer, B. De Lotto, L. Maraschi, Robert Wagner, J. Krause, I. Lozano, J. Becerra González, S. Ansoldi, Damir Lelas, M. I. Martínez, P. Bangale, V. Kadenius, Tomislav Terzić, D. Tescaro, G. Bonnoli, Hajime Takami, C. Delgado Mendez, Dorota Sobczyńska, Sabrina Einecke, Oscar Blanch, M. Hayashida, S. R. Gozzini, R. J. García López, N. Nowak, Kari Nilsson, Masahiro Teshima, Juan Abel Barrio, J. Rodriguez Garcia, Riccardo Paoletti, Markus Gaug, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, J. Hose, D. Garrido Terrats, Daniela Dorner, Takeshi Toyama, K. Mallot, W. Rhode, V. Scalzotto, D. Eisenacher, I. Šnidarić, K. Frantzen, M. Palatiello, Markus Garczarczyk, D. Elsaesser, Massimo Persic, Ana Babić, Petar Temnikov, Koji Noda, Elisa Bernardini, H. Kellermann, A. González Muñoz, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, Jose Carlos Herrera, Francesco Dazzi, A. López-Oramas, Karl Mannheim, Alessandro Carosi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Jose Miguel Miranda, F. Borracci, T. Surić, Julia Thaele, E. Carmona, D. Fidalgo, Dorothee Hildebrand, P. Antoranz, M. Strzys, Julian Sitarek, Victor Stamatescu, Felix Spanier, K. Nishijima, D. Dominis Prester, Omar Tibolla, Louis Antonelli, A. De Angelis, K. Kodani, W. Idec, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, Saverio Lombardi, E. Colombo, L. O. Takalo, and Universitat de Barcelona

Subjects
Astrofísica, Spectral shape analysis, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Theoretical models, FOS: Physical sciences, Gamma rays: stars, Pulsars: individual: Crab pulsar, Stars: neutron, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics, Spectral line, Raigs gamma, MAGIC (telescope), Connection (algebraic framework), pulsars: individual: Crab pulsar, gamma rays: stars, Pulsars, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Telescopis, Crab Pulsar, Gamma rays, Light curve, Stars, Púlsars, Estels, ddc:520, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Telescopes, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
Abstract

The Crab pulsar is the only astronomical pulsed source detected at very high energy (VHE, E>100GeV) gamma-rays. The emission mechanism of VHE pulsation is not yet fully understood, although several theoretical models have been proposed. In order to test the new models, we measured the light curve and the spectra of the Crab pulsar with high precision by means of deep observations. We analyzed 135 hours of selected MAGIC data taken between 2009 and 2013 in stereoscopic mode. In order to discuss the spectral shape in connection with lower energies, 4.6 years of {\it Fermi}-LAT data were also analyzed. The known two pulses per period were detected with a significance of $8.0 \sigma$ and $12.6 \sigma$. In addition, significant emission was found between the two pulses with $6.2 \sigma$. We discovered the bridge emission above 50 GeV between the two main pulses. This emission can not be explained with the existing theories. These data can be used for testing new theoretical models., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures

Published
2014

42. Contemporaneous observations of the radio galaxy NGC 1275 from radio to very high energy gamma-rays

Author

M. Palatiello, A. La Barbera, R. Zanin, X. Paredes-Fortuny, A. Saggion, Adrian Biland, Francesco Dazzi, Abelardo Moralejo, K. Berger, M. Uellenbeck, D. Garrido Terrats, T. Schweizer, M. Salvati, A. Herrero, T. Steinbring, V. Scalzotto, J. Rico, C. Delgado Mendez, S. R. Gozzini, S. Rügamer, S. Bonnefoy, K. Frantzen, F. Borracci, Felix Spanier, Tihomir Surić, D. Carreto Fidalgo, P. Temnikov, P. Da Vela, D. Dominis Prester, D. Hildebrand, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, Dominik Elsaesser, R. Mirzoyan, Fabio Zandanel, U. Barres de Almeida, Shan Sun, P. Munar-Adrover, R. Reinthal, L. A. Antonelli, Silvia Preziuso, D. Eisenacher, W. Idec, Ana Babić, Daniela Dorner, Damir Lelas, S. Paiano, Francisco Prada, Karl Mannheim, E. Carmona, J. Kushida, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, Jose Luis Contreras, Julian Sitarek, M. Gaug, Stefano Covino, I. Lozano, E. Colombo, K. Saito, J. Hose, Dorota Sobczyńska, Juan Cortina, Daniela Hadasch, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, M. Doert, J. A. Barrio, A. De Angelis, A. López-Oramas, Thomas Bretz, Alessandro Carosi, Ralph Bock, Daniel Ferenc, Barbara Balmaverde, M. V. Fonseca, S. N. Shore, L. O. Takalo, D. Nakajima, T. Toyama, Masahiro Teshima, J. Becerra González, L. Font, Massimo Persic, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, Ruben Lopez-Coto, Nikola Godinovic, A. Sillanpää, Benito Marcote, Elisa Bernardini, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Mario Meucci, Wolfgang Rhode, D. Tescaro, P. G. Prada Moroni, M. I. Martínez, G. Maneva, Hanna Kellermann, Giacomo Bonnoli, U. Menzel, Jose Miguel Miranda, I. Snidaric, Saverio Lombardi, Ivica Puljak, Pierre Colin, Diego F. Torres, V. Kadenius, O. Tibolla, R. Rekola, L. Maraschi, Sabrina Einecke, Kari Nilsson, Tomislav Terzić, Gianluca Giavitto, Reiko Orito, A. González Muñoz, M. Garczarczyk, Elina Lindfors, Daniel Mazin, J. Rodriguez Garcia, S. Partini, Nina Nowak, E. Lorenz, G. De Caneva, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, Patrick Vogler, Aaron Dominguez, Christian Fruck, Dario Hrupec, W. Bednarek, M. A. Lopez, E. Prandini, Aldo Treves, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, P. Antoranz, M. L. Knoetig, Julia Thaele, Stefano Ansoldi, Riccardo Paoletti, J. M. Paredes, Jun Kataoka, Antonio Stamerra, A. Hadamek, Emanuele Paolo Farina, J. Storz, Robert Wagner, Y. Takahashi, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, Marc Ribó, Jelena Aleksić, P. Bangale, A. Niedzwiecki, David Paneque, Victor Stamatescu, Natalia Lewandowska, and Universitat de Barcelona

Subjects
Astrofísica, PARTICLE-ACCELERATION, Radio galaxy, Flux, Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Spectral line, LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE, MAGIC TELESCOPES, Raigs gamma, Jets (Astrofísica), Galaxies: active, Galaxies: individual: NGC 1275, Galaxies: jets, Gamma rays: galaxies, MAGIC (telescope), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Line-of-sight, COSMIC-RAYS, galaxies: active, galaxies: jets, galaxies: individual (NGC1275/3C 84), gamma rays: galaxies, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, PERSEUS CLUSTER, TEV EMISSION, 3C 84, CHANDRA VIEW, LAC OBJECTS, Spectral energy distribution, Electrónica, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 0103 physical sciences, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Gamma rays, Física atmosférica, Light curve, Galaxies, Galaxy, Galàxies, Astrophysical jets, Galàxies actives, Active galaxies, ddc:520
Abstract

The radio galaxy NGC 1275, recently identified as a very high energy (VHE, >100 GeV) gamma-ray emitter by MAGIC, is one of the few non-blazar AGN detected in the VHE regime. In order to better understand the origin of the gamma-ray emission and locate it within the galaxy, we studied contemporaneous multi-frequency observations of NGC 1275 and modeled the overall spectral energy distribution (SED). We analyzed unpublished MAGIC observations carried out between Oct. 2009 and Feb. 2010, and the previously published ones taken between Aug. 2010 and Feb. 2011. We studied the multi-band variability and correlations by analyzing data of Fermi-LAT (0.1-100 GeV), as well as Chandra (X-ray), KVA (optical) and MOJAVE (radio) data taken during the same period. Using customized Monte Carlo simulations corresponding to early MAGIC stereo data, we detect NGC 1275 also in the earlier campaign. The flux level and energy spectra are similar to the results of the second campaign. The monthly light curve >100 GeV shows a hint of variability at the 3.6 sigma level. In the Fermi-LAT band, both flux and spectral shape variabilities are reported. The optical light curve is variable and shows a clear correlation with the gamma-ray flux >100 MeV. In radio, 3 compact components are resolved in the innermost part of the jet. One of them shows a similar trend as the LAT and KVA light curves. The 0.1-650 GeV spectra measured simultaneously with MAGIC and Fermi-LAT can be well fitted either by a log-parabola or by a power-law with a sub-exponential cutoff for both campaigns. A single-zone synchrotron-self-Compton model, with an electron spectrum following a power-law with an exponential cutoff, can explain the broadband SED and the multi-band behavior of the source. However, this model suggests an untypical low bulk-Lorentz factor or a velocity alignment closer to the line of sight than the pc-scale radio jet., 14 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in A&A

Published
2014

43. The 72-Hour WEBT Microvariability Observation of Blazar S5 0716+714 in 2009

Author

Valeri M. Larionov, Joe Pollock, Ram Sagar, Jianghua Wu, Rumen Bachev, S. Dhalla, J. M. Ohlert, E. Lindfors, Prajval Shastri, Stephane Vennes, Xu Zhou, Bindu Rani, Y. Efimov, D. Capezzali, Omar M. Kurtanidze, A. Khanuja, P. Roustazadeh, O. J. A. Bravo Calle, Pertti Pääkkönen, Carolin Villforth, Arto Oksanen, A. Strigachev, D. Blinov, Markus Böttcher, Brian W. Murphy, A. Sanchez, R. Reinthal, A. Lamerato, D. Rodriguez, C.-U. Lee, D. Carosati, Alok C. Gupta, James R. Webb, K. Nilsson, A. Sillanpää, J. M. Coloma, M. Villata, S. M. Hu, A. Collins, R. A. Chigladze, P. Calcidese, L. O. Takalo, J. A. Ros, H. Hollingsworth, and Gopal Bhatta

Subjects
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Context (language use), Astrophysics, Light curve, Declination, Synchrotron, law.invention, Telescope, Apparent magnitude, Space and Planetary Science, law, Magnitude (astronomy), Blazar, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract

Context. The international whole earth blazar telescope (WEBT) consortium planned and carried out three days of intensive micro-variability observations of S5 0716+714 from February 22, 2009 to February 25, 2009. This object was chosen due to its bright apparent magnitude range, its high declination, and its very large duty cycle for micro-variations. Aims. We report here on the long continuous optical micro-variability light curve of 0716+714 obtained during the multi-site observing campaign during which the Blazar showed almost constant variability over a 0.5 magnitude range. The resulting light curve is presented here for the first time. Observations from participating observatories were corrected for instrumental diff?erences and combined to construct the overall smoothed light curve. Methods. Thirty-six observatories in sixteen countries participated in this continuous monitoring program and twenty of them submitted data for compilation into a continuous light curve. The light curve was analyzed using several techniques including Fourier transform, Wavelet and noise analysis techniques. Those results led us to model the light curve by attributing the variations to a series of synchrotron pulses. Results. We have interpreted the observed microvariations in this extended light curve in terms of a new model consisting of individual stochastic pulses due to cells in a turbulent jet which are energized by a passing shock and cool by means of synchrotron emission. We obtained an excellent fit to the 72-hour light curve with the synchrotron pulse model.

Published
2013

44. The awakening of BL Lacertae: observations by Fermi, Swift, and the GASP-WEBT

Author

V. T. Doroshenko, A. Berdyugin, M. I. Carnerero, Filippo D'Ammando, Stoyanka Peneva, Evgeni Semkov, D. O. Mirzaqulov, D. Carosati, A. C. Sadun, Elina Lindfors, M. J. Arévalo, J. Phipps, Dmitry A. Blinov, Rumen Bachev, Evgeni Ovcharov, S. G. Sergeev, Givi N. Kimeridze, K. A. Stoyanov, Svetlana G. Jorstad, Valeri M. Larionov, Neelam Panwar, Y. Metodieva, Y. Jadhav, R. Ligustri, Meenakshi Kohli, V. Kadenius, Alan P. Marscher, Antoniya Valcheva, N. Smith, I. M. McHardy, Sh. A. Ehgamberdiev, Sunay Ibryamov, Elena G. Larionova, Paul S. Smith, A. Sillanpää, R. Reinthal, C. M. Raiteri, A. Strigachev, Tatiana S. Konstantinova, Iván Agudo, M. G. Nikolashvili, V. Bozhilov, N. G. Pulatova, S. V. Nazarov, Carolina Casadio, Helmut Wiesemeyer, David Hiriart, G. A. Borman, Ivan S. Troitsky, R. D. Schwartz, Ekaterina Koptelova, Markus Böttcher, M. Villata, Kari Nilsson, E. N. Kopatskaya, Wen Ping Chen, B. McBreen, J. A. Ros, L. V. Larionova, Lorand A. Sigua, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, Ann E. Wehrle, Mark Gurwell, S. A. Klimanov, Manasvita Joshi, M. Pasanen, Erika Benítez, D. N. Okhmat, L. O. Takalo, N. V. Efimova, Brian W. Taylor, Omar M. Kurtanidze, Clemens Thum, Sol N. Molina, D. A. Morozova, Pedro A. Gonzalez-Morales, Yu. S. Efimov, José L. Gómez, Raiteri CM, Villata M, DAmmando F, Larionov VM, Gurwell MA, Mirzaqulov DO, Smith PS, Acosta-Pulido JA, Agudo I, Arevalo MJ, Bachev R, Benitez E, Berdyugin A, Blinov DA, Borman GA, Bottcher M, Bozhilov V, Carnerero MI, Carosati D, Casadio C, Chen WP, Doroshenko VT, Efimova YS, Efimova NV, Ehgamberdiev SA, Gomez JL, Gonzalez-Morales PA, Hiriart D, Ibryamov S, Jadhav Y, Jorstad SG, Joshi M, Kadenius V, Klimanov SA, Kohli M, Konstantinova TS, Kopatskaya EN, Koptelova E, Kimeridze G, Kurtanidze OM, Larionova EG, Larionova LV, Ligustri R, Lindfors E, Marscher AP, McBreen B, McHardy IM, Metodieva Y, Molina SN, Morozova DA, Nazarov SV, Nikolashvili MG, Nilsson K, Okhmat DN, Ovcharov E, Panwar N, Pasanen M, Peneva S, Phipps J, Pulatova NG, Reinthal R, Ros JA, Sadun AC, Schwartz RD, Semkov E, Sergeev SG, Sigua LA, Sillanpaa A, Smith N, Stoyanov K, Strigachev A, Takalo LO, Taylor B, Thum C, Troitsky IS, Valcheva A, Wehrle AE, and Wiesemeyer H

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), ta115, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), law.invention, Telescope, Wavelength, Space and Planetary Science, Observatory, law, Degree of polarization, galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: general, BL Lacertae objects: individual: BL Lacertae, galaxies: jets, Blazar, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, BL Lac object, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Since the launch of the Fermi satellite, BL Lacertae has been moderately active at gamma-rays and optical frequencies until May 2011, when the source started a series of strong flares. The exceptional optical sampling achieved by the GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) of the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) in collaboration with the Steward Observatory allows us to perform a detailed comparison with the daily gamma-ray observations by Fermi. Discrete correlation analysis between the optical and gamma-ray emission reveals correlation with a time lag of 0 +- 1 d, which suggests cospatiality of the corresponding jet emitting regions. A better definition of the time lag is hindered by the daily gaps in the sampling of the extremely fast flux variations. In general, optical flares present more structure and develop on longer time scales than corresponding gamma-ray flares. Observations at X-rays and at millimetre wavelengths reveal a common trend, which suggests that the region producing the mm and X-ray radiation is located downstream from the optical and gamma-ray-emitting zone in the jet. The mean optical degree of polarisation slightly decreases over the considered period and in general it is higher when the flux is lower. The optical electric vector polarisation angle (EVPA) shows a preferred orientation of about 15 deg, nearly aligned with the radio core EVPA and mean jet direction. Oscillations around it increase during the 2011-2012 outburst. We investigate the effects of a geometrical interpretation of the long-term flux variability on the polarisation. A helical magnetic field model predicts an evolution of the mean polarisation that is in reasonable agreement with the observations. These can be fully explained by introducing slight variations in the compression factor in a transverse shock waves model., 17 pages, 17 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Published
2013

45. Analyzing polarization swings in 3C 279

Author

Valeri M. Larionov, Kari Nilsson, A. N. Burenkov, V. E. Zhdanova, L. V. Larionova, I. Korobtsev, I. M. McHardy, Alan P. Marscher, Elena G. Larionova, T. Krajci, M. G. Nikolashvili, N. G. Bochkarev, Iván Agudo, Frank K. Schinzel, Elina Lindfors, Sol N. Molina, S. G. Jorstad, J. A. Zensus, L. O. Takalo, Brian W. Taylor, Jochen Heidt, E. N. Kopatskaya, Sebastian Kiehlmann, S. V. Nazarov, D. A. Morozova, R. Reinthal, G. A. Borman, A. C. Sadun, N. G. Pulatova, E. López, O. I. Spiridonova, Omar M. Kurtanidze, Kirill Sokolovsky, Dmitry A. Blinov, Vladimir A. Hagen-Thorn, Givi N. Kimeridze, David Hiriart, Lorand A. Sigua, Manasvita Joshi, Erika Benítez, José L. Gómez, S. G. Sergeev, A. A. Arkharov, Yuri Y. Kovalev, Carolina Casadio, N. V. Efimova, Yasushi Fukazawa, A. Berdyugin, Tuomas Savolainen, Tatiana S. Konstantinova, V. T. Doroshenko, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, M. Sorcia, Ivan S. Troitsky, L. S. Ugolkova, and Ryosuke Itoh

Subjects
Physics, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Brightness, ta115, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Stochastic process, QC1-999, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Optical polarization, Quasar, Polarization (waves), Position angle, Computational physics, Amplitude, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Electric vector, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

Quasar 3C 279 is known to exhibit episodes of optical polarization angle rotation. We present new, well-sampled optical polarization data for 3C 279 and introduce a method to distinguish between random and deterministic electric vector position angle (EVPA) variations. We observe EVPA rotations in both directions with different amplitudes and find that the EVPA variation shows characteristics of both random and deterministic cases. Our analysis indicates that the EVPA variation is likely dominated by a random process in the low brightness state of the jet and by a deterministic process in the flaring state., Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, 4 tables, proceeding to appear on EPJ Web of Conferences "The Innermost Regions of Relativistic Jets and their Magnetic Fields (Granada, Spain,10-14 June 2013)"

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2013
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46. Rapid and multi-band variability of the TeV-bright active nucleus of the galaxy IC 310

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Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, I. Lozano, D. Dominis Prester, Takashi Saito, S. Rügamer, Juan Abel Barrio, R. Zanin, D. Borla Tridon, A. Saggion, Adrian Biland, J. Becerra González, Francisco Prada, Reiko Orito, M. Salvati, A. Sillanpää, J. Rico, I. Snidaric, Mario Meucci, Masahiro Teshima, Daniela Dorner, Stefano Covino, Christian Fruck, M. L. Knoetig, T. Krähenbühl, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, S. Wilbert, Kari Nilsson, Daniel Ferenc, Abelardo Moralejo, M. V. Fonseca, Tomislav Terzić, A. De Angelis, K. Berger, S. Spiro, E. Lorenz, D. Tescaro, Mosè Mariotti, A.-K. Overkemping, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, E. Prandini, P. Munar-Adrover, Silvia Preziuso, J. Moldón, A. Boller, L. Cossio, M. Gaug, Ignasi Reichardt, Giacomo Bonnoli, M. Palatiello, J. Kushida, Q. Weitzel, Tihomir Surić, Aldo Treves, Artemio Herrero, M. Doert, Jose Luis Contreras, D. Carreto Fidalgo, Juan Cortina, P. Temnikov, Marc Ribó, Patrick Vogler, K. Saito, B. Steinke, G. Maneva, Elisa Bernardini, Riccardo Paoletti, L. Font, V. Kadenius, Fabio Zandanel, Shan Sun, S. Paiano, L. Maraschi, Karl Mannheim, Felix Spanier, G. De Caneva, Ivica Puljak, Gianluca Giavitto, L. A. Antonelli, Elina Lindfors, Daniel Mazin, D. Garrido Terrats, Natalia Lewandowska, J. Masbou, Pierre Colin, Jörn Wilms, P. Fortin, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, M. I. Martínez, Francesco Dazzi, A. González Muñoz, Saverio Lombardi, S. Bonnefoy, A. La Barbera, Konstancja Satalecka, J. M. Paredes, Antonio Stamerra, Hajime Takami, V. Scalzotto, Michele Doro, Diego F. Torres, Julia Thaele, M. Uellenbeck, Fabrizio Tavecchio, D. Häfner, R. Mirzoyan, R. Reinthal, Dominik Elsaesser, S. Partini, Wolfgang Rhode, D. Eisenacher, U. Barres de Almeida, Damir Lelas, J. Krause, Ana Babić, Emanuele Paolo Farina, B. De Lotto, Aaron Dominguez, C. Delgado Mendez, S. R. Gozzini, Dorota Sobczyńska, T. Dauser, A. Hadamek, Matthias Kadler, W. Idec, J. Storz, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, Martin Makariev, Nina Nowak, F. Krauß, E. Colombo, P. Antoranz, Oscar Blanch, P. G. Prada Moroni, Ralph Bock, L. O. Takalo, O. Tibolla, Robert Wagner, C. Schultz, V. Scapin, T. Schweizer, Jelena Aleksić, A. López-Oramas, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, Ruben Lopez-Coto, D. Nakajima, A. Niedzwiecki, Jose Miguel Miranda, F. Borracci, David Paneque, K. Mallot, R. J. García López, Massimo Persic, Julian Sitarek, J. Hose, Daniela Hadasch, T. Toyama, P. Da Vela, Victor Stamatescu, Institut de Física d’Altes Energies [Barcelone] (IFAE), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (IFIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universitat de València (UV), Politecnico di Milano [Milan] (POLIMI), Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria, Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] (TU), IEEC-CSIC, Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Universidad de Murcia, Laboratoire d'études dynamiques et structurales de la sélectivité (LEDSS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia [Barcelona] (DAM), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Universidad de Cantabria [Santander], Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (INFN, Sezione di Padova), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut) (MPI-P), Instituto de Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, UNAM, Institute for Physical Research (IPR), National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia [Yerevan] (NAS RA), Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (OAT), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC (IFT), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Dept. of Physics, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Kao Group, Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Optoelectronic Research Centre, University of Southampton, Department of Chemistry, Oulu, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg - Erlangen, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria = University of Insubria [Varese] (Uninsubria), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Universitat de Barcelona

Subjects
Astrofísica, [PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], Photon, Spectral shape analysis, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], Radio galaxy, Raigs còsmics, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], X-ray astronomy, Galaxies: individual: IC 310, galaxies active, galaxies individual, IC 310, gamma rays galaxies, X-rays galaxies, Gamma ray astronomy, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Galaxies: active, Gamma rays: galaxies, X-rays: galaxies, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science, Astronomia de raigs gamma, Blazar, Cosmic rays, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS, Physics, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Light curve, Galaxy, Astronomia de raigs X, [PHYS.ASTR.GA]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], Galàxies actives, Active galaxies, ddc:520, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Schwarzschild radius, Order of magnitude
Abstract

Context. The radio galaxy IC 310 has recently been identified as a gamma-ray emitter based on observations at GeV energies with Fermi-LAT and at very high energies (VHE, E>100GeV) with the MAGIC telescopes. Originally classified as a head-tail radio galaxy, the nature of this object is subject of controversy since its nucleus shows blazar-like behavior. Aims. In order to understand the nature of IC 310 and the origin of the VHE emission we studied the spectral and flux variability of IC 310 from the X-ray band to the VHE gamma-ray regime. Methods. The light curve of IC 310 above 300GeV has been measured with the MAGIC telescopes from Oct. 2009 to Feb. 2010. Fermi-LAT data (2008-2011) in the 10-500GeV energy range were also analyzed. In X-ray, archival observations from 2003 to 2007 with XMM, Chandra, and Swift-XRT in the 0.5-10keV band were studied. Results. The VHE light curve reveals several high-amplitude and short-duration flares. Day-to-day flux variability is clearly present. The photon index between 120GeV and 8TeV remains at the value $\Gamma\sim2.0$ during both low and high flux states. The VHE spectral shape does not show significant variability, whereas the flux at 1TeV changes by a factor of $\sim7$. Fermi-LAT detected only eight gamma-ray events in the energy range 10GeV-500GeV in three years of observation. The measured photon index of $\Gamma=1.3\pm0.5$ in the Fermi-LAT range is very hard. The X-ray measurements show strong variability in flux and photon index. The latter varied from $1.76\pm0.07$ to $2.55\pm0.07$. Conclusion. The rapid variability measured confirms the blazar-like behavior of IC 310. The TeV emission seems to originate from scales of less than 80 Schwarzschild radii within the compact core of its FRI radio jet with orientation angle 10deg-38deg. The SED resembles that of an extreme blazar, albeit the luminosity is more than two orders of magnitude lower., Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A

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2013
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47. Spectral variability and multiwavelength studies of the high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object 1ES 0806+524 with the MAGIC telescopes

Author

C. Schultz, K. Berger, E. Lindfors, R. Reinthal, A. Stamerra, null MAGIC Collaboration, S. Buson, null Fermi Collaboration, T. Hovatta, null OVRO Collaboration, Mittal, R., Chauhan, A. K., and Mukhopadhyay, R.

Subjects
Differential spectrum, Physics, High energy, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, Flux, Astronomy, 020206 networking & telecommunications, 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing, 02 engineering and technology, MAGIC (telescope), Astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation, BL Lac object
Abstract

We report observations of the high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) object 1ES 0806+524, z = 0.138 [1] carried out from January to March 2011 by the MAGIC stereoscopic system located on La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. The MAGIC experiment consists of two 17 m diameter imaging Cherenkov telescopes allowing measurements down to a threshold as low as 50 GeV [2]. In particular, observations performed on February 24th, 2011, yielded a strong detection accompanied by a clear flux increase. The significantly lower flux the day before and after February 24th indicates a source variability on a time scale of approximately one day. During the previous VERITAS detection the observed flux was several times lower and no measurable variability on a monthly time scale was found [4]. We present a differential spectrum extended to lower energies in order to study the inverse-Compton peak. Simultaneous multiwavelength data are presented to complement the very high energy (VHE) observations by MAGIC.

Published
2012

48. Polarization angle swings in blazars: The case of 3C 279(Corrigendum)

Author

Frank K. Schinzel, Vladimir A. Hagen-Thorn, L. V. Larionova, Valeri M. Larionov, S. V. Nazarov, Sebastian Kiehlmann, Dmitry A. Blinov, J. A. Zensus, Makoto Uemura, Givi N. Kimeridze, Sergey S. Savchenko, I. Korobtsev, Yuki Moritani, A. N. Burenkov, L. O. Takalo, Elena G. Larionova, Brian W. Taylor, Alan P. Marscher, V. E. Zhdanova, E. N. Kopatskaya, Michitoshi Yoshida, A. C. Sadun, S. G. Jorstad, S. N. Molina, I. M. McHardy, Lorand A. Sigua, Jochen Heidt, G. A. Borman, J. L. Gomez, Elina Lindfors, T. Krajci, Kirill Sokolovsky, Carolina Casadio, D. A. Morozova, M. G. Nikolashvili, N. G. Bochkarev, Kari Nilsson, R. Reinthal, O. M. Kurtanidze, Hiroshi Akitaya, O. I. Spiridonova, S. G. Sergeev, J. M. Lopez, N. V. Efimova, Manasvita Joshi, Mahito Sasada, N. G. Pulatova, Ivan Agudo, Erika Benítez, David Hiriart, Katsutoshi Takaki, Tuomas Savolainen, Yasushi Fukazawa, Andrei Berdyugin, Paul S. Smith, Ivan S. Troitsky, T. S. Grishina, V. T. Doroshenko, Sofia O. Kurtanidze, M. Sorcia, Koji S. Kawabata, T. Ui, L. S. Ugolkova, and Ryosuke Itoh

Subjects
Physics, Brewster's angle, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics, Polarization (waves), 01 natural sciences, symbols.namesake, Space and Planetary Science, 0103 physical sciences, symbols, Blazar, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Published
2016

49. Observations of the magnetars 4U 0142+61 and 1E 2259+586 with the MAGIC telescopes

Author

K. Berger, E. Prandini, Aldo Treves, Felix Spanier, J. Moldón, Daniel Ferenc, R. Zanin, A. Saggion, Adrian Biland, D. Dominis Prester, A. Boller, S. Partini, E. Colombo, Ivica Puljak, Francisco Prada, L. Cossio, Pierre Colin, Dario Hrupec, M. A. Lopez, Ralph Bock, L. O. Takalo, Mario Meucci, V. Scapin, S. Bonnefoy, R. Reinthal, Dominik Elsaesser, Daniela Dorner, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, J. M. Paredes, P. Munar-Adrover, P. G. Prada Moroni, U. Barres de Almeida, Damir Lelas, Nikola Godinovic, Benito Marcote, Konstancja Satalecka, P. Temnikov, Michele Doro, Antonio Stamerra, Artemio Herrero, Dorota Sobczyńska, Q. Weitzel, Tihomir Surić, D. Carreto Fidalgo, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, Fabio Zandanel, M. Pilia, Aaron Dominguez, Shan Sun, Takashi Saito, Ignasi Reichardt, M. Gaug, Jelena Aleksić, Stefano Covino, Giacomo Bonnoli, Marc Ribó, Martin Makariev, Oscar Blanch, Reiko Orito, T. Schweizer, O. Tibolla, R. Mirzoyan, V. Kadenius, S. Paiano, Karl Mannheim, Julian Sitarek, Nanda Rea, S. Rügamer, A. López-Oramas, K. Saito, D. Eisenacher, A. Niedzwiecki, Wlodek Bednarek, Alessandro Carosi, Natalia Lewandowska, Juan Abel Barrio, M. Asensio, J. Hose, M. Doert, Elisa Bernardini, D. Borla Tridon, F. Jankowski, A. La Barbera, Ruben Lopez-Coto, M. Uellenbeck, A. Hadamek, G. Maneva, D. Tescaro, D. Nakajima, Daniel Nieto, T. Toyama, J. Storz, Mosè Mariotti, G. De Caneva, E. Carmona, Markus Garczarczyk, David Paneque, M. Palatiello, Jose Miguel Miranda, Nina Nowak, M. L. Knoetig, D. Garrido Terrats, P. Antoranz, C. Delgado Mendez, S. R. Gozzini, K. Mallot, Wolfgang Rhode, A. De Angelis, J. Rico, L. Maraschi, M. V. Fonseca, Francesco Dazzi, Tomislav Terzić, Saverio Lombardi, R. J. García López, V. Scalzotto, Elina Lindfors, Christian Fruck, M. Salvati, E. Leonardo, Daniel Mazin, A. Sillanpää, Gianluca Giavitto, P. Da Vela, B. Steinke, A. González Muñoz, Riccardo Paoletti, Victor Stamatescu, J. Masbou, I. Lozano, D. Hadasch, M. I. Martínez, Robert Wagner, Massimo Persic, T. Krähenbühl, C. Schultz, Masahiro Teshima, J. Kushida, Jose Luis Contreras, L. Font, Hajime Takami, Juan Cortina, Kari Nilsson, Patrick Vogler, L. A. Antonelli, Fabrizio Tavecchio, I. Snidaric, S. Spiro, E. Lorenz, Diego F. Torres, Abelardo Moralejo, J. Krause, B. De Lotto, S. Klepser, Universitat de Barcelona, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova (INFN, Sezione di Padova), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Institut de Física d’Altes Energies [Barcelone] (IFAE), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Instituto de Fisica Corpuscular (IFIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Universitat de València (UV), Politecnico di Milano [Milan] (POLIMI), Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria, Technische Universität Dortmund [Dortmund] (TU), IEEC-CSIC, Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Universidad de Murcia, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich] (ETH Zürich), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron [Zeuthen] (DESY), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association, Laboratoire d'études dynamiques et structurales de la sélectivité (LEDSS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia [Barcelona] (DAM), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Universita degli Studi di Padova, Universidad de Cantabria [Santander], Max-Planck-Institut für Physik (Werner-Heisenberg-Institut) (MPI-P), Instituto de Biotecnología, Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, UNAM, Institute for Physical Research (IPR), National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia [Yerevan] (NAS RA), Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste (OAT), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), INAF-Cagliari Astronomical Observatory, Instituto de Física Teórica UAM/CSIC (IFT), Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Dept. of Physics, Institut de Ciencies del Cosmos (ICCUB), Kao Group, Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Optoelectronic Research Centre, University of Southampton, Department of Chemistry, Oulu, INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (OAB), Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (MPIK), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai [Barcelona] (ICE-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Universitá degli Studi dell’Insubria = University of Insubria [Varese] (Uninsubria), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua (Unipd), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
[PHYS.ASTR.HE]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena [astro-ph.HE], High energy, [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM], astro-ph.GA, Astronomy, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Magnetar, 01 natural sciences, Neutron stars, law.invention, [PHYS.ASTR.CO]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Cosmology and Extra-Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.CO], Telescope, law, Gamma ray astronomy, 0103 physical sciences, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Astronomia de raigs gamma, Analysis software, 010306 general physics, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Cherenkov radiation, Estels de neutrons, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Physics, Telescopis, Magic (programming), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, stars: magnetars, gamma rays: stars, stars: individual: 4U 0142+61, 1E 2259+586, Neutron star, [PHYS.ASTR.GA]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Galactic Astrophysics [astro-ph.GA], Space and Planetary Science, Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA), Astronomia, ddc:520, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, High magnetic field, Telescopes
Abstract

Astronomy and astrophysics 549(A23), 1-4 (2013). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220275, Magnetars are an extreme, highly magnetized class of isolated neutron stars whose large X-ray luminosity is believed to be driven by their high magnetic field. In this work we study for the first time the possible very high energy gamma-ray emission above 100 GeV from magnetars, observing the sources 4U 0142+61 and 1E 2259+586. We observed the two sources with atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in the very high energy range (E > 100 GeV). 4U 0142+61 was observed with the MAGIC I telescope in 2008 for ~25 h and 1E 2259+586 was observed with the MAGIC stereoscopic system in 2010 for ~14 h. The data were analyzed with the standard MAGIC analysis software. Neither magnetar was detected. Upper limits to the differential and integral flux above 200 GeV were computed using the Rolke algorithm. We obtain integral upper limits to the flux of 1.52*10^-12cm^-2 s^-1 and 2.7*10^-12cm^-2 s^-1 with a confidence level of 95% for 4U 0142+61 and 1E 2259+586, respectively. The resulting differential upper limits are presented together with X-ray data and upper limits in the GeV energy range., Published by EDP Sciences, Les Ulis

Published
2012

50. High zenith angle observations of PKS 2155-304 with the MAGIC-I telescope

Author

J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, M. Asensio, M. Backes, U. Barres de Almeida, J. A. Barrio, D. Bastieri, J. Becerra González, W. Bednarek, A. Berdyugin, K. Berger, E. Bernardini, A. Biland, O. Blanch, R. K. Bock, A. Boller, G. Bonnoli, D. Borla Tridon, I. Braun, T. Bretz, A. Cañellas, E. Carmona, A. Carosi, P. Colin, E. Colombo, J. L. Contreras, J. Cortina, L. Cossio, S. Covino, F. Dazzi, A. De Angelis, G. De Caneva, E. De Cea del Pozo, B. De Lotto, C. Delgado Mendez, A. Diago Ortega, M. Doert, A. Domínguez, D. Dominis Prester, D. Dorner, M. Doro, D. Eisenacher, D. Elsaesser, D. Ferenc, M. V. Fonseca, L. Font, C. Fruck, R. J. García López, M. Garczarczyk, D. Garrido, G. Giavitto, N. Godinović, S. R. Gozzini, D. Hadasch, D. Häfner, A. Herrero, D. Hildebrand, D. Höhne-Mönch, J. Hose, D. Hrupec, T. Jogler, H. Kellermann, S. Klepser, T. Krähenbühl, J. Krause, J. Kushida, A. La Barbera, D. Lelas, E. Leonardo, N. Lewandowska, E. Lindfors, S. Lombardi, M. López, R. López, A. López-Oramas, E. Lorenz, M. Makariev, G. Maneva, N. Mankuzhiyil, K. Mannheim, L. Maraschi, B. Marcote, M. Mariotti, M. Martínez, D. Mazin, M. Meucci, J. M. Miranda, R. Mirzoyan, J. Moldón, A. Moralejo, P. Munar-Adrover, A. Niedzwiecki, D. Nieto, K. Nilsson, N. Nowak, R. Orito, S. Paiano, D. Paneque, R. Paoletti, S. Pardo, J. M. Paredes, S. Partini, M. A. Perez-Torres, M. Persic, L. Peruzzo, M. Pilia, J. Pochon, F. Prada, P. G. Prada Moroni, E. Prandini, I. Puerto Gimenez, I. Puljak, I. Reichardt, R. Reinthal, W. Rhode, M. Ribó, J. Rico, S. Rügamer, A. Saggion, K. Saito, T. Y. Saito, M. Salvati, K. Satalecka, V. Scalzotto, V. Scapin, C. Schultz, T. Schweizer, M. Shayduk, S. N. Shore, A. Sillanpää, J. Sitarek, I. Snidaric, D. Sobczynska, F. Spanier, S. Spiro, V. Stamatescu, A. Stamerra, B. Steinke, J. Storz, N. Strah, S. Sun, T. Surić, L. Takalo, H. Takami, F. Tavecchio, P. Temnikov, T. Terzić, D. Tescaro, M. Teshima, O. Tibolla, D. F. Torres, A. Treves, M. Uellenbeck, H. Vankov, P. Vogler, R. M. Wagner, Q. Weitzel, V. Zabalza, F. Zandanel, and R. Zanin

Subjects
Astrofísica, Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, gamma ray astronomy, Cosmic rays, IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR, 01 natural sciences, law.invention, law, 0103 physical sciences, MAGIC (telescope), 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Zenith, PKS 2155-304, Physics, astro-ph.HE, High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE), Spectral index, BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 2155-304, astroparticle physics, methods: data analysis, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Light curve, Crab Nebula, 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Galàxies actives, astro-ph.CO, Active galaxies, Spectral energy distribution, ddc:520, Electrónica, Física nuclear, Electricidad, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Flare, Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract

The high frequency peaked BL Lac PKS 2155-304 with a redshift of z=0.116 was discovered in 1997 in the very high energy (VHE, E >100GeV) gamma-ray range by the University of Durham Mark VI gamma-ray Cherenkov telescope in Australia with a flux corresponding to 20% of the Crab Nebula flux. It was later observed and detected with high significance by the Southern Cherenkov observatory H.E.S.S. Detection from the Northern hemisphere is difficult due to challenging observation conditions under large zenith angles. In July 2006, the H.E.S.S. collaboration reported an extraordinary outburst of VHE gamma-emission. During the outburst, the VHE gamma-ray emission was found to be variable on the time scales of minutes and with a mean flux of ~7 times the flux observed from the Crab Nebula. Follow-up observations with the MAGIC-I standalone Cherenkov telescope were triggered by this extraordinary outburst and PKS 2155-304 was observed between 28 July to 2 August 2006 for 15 hours at large zenith angles. Here we present our studies on the behavior of the source after its extraordinary flare and an enhanced analysis method for data taken at high zenith angles. We developed improved methods for event selection that led to a better background suppression. The averaged energy spectrum we derived has a spectral index of -3.5 +/- 0.2 above 400GeV, which is in good agreement with the spectral shape measured by H.E.S.S. during the major flare on MJD 53944. Furthermore, we present the spectral energy distribution modeling of PKS 2155-304. With our observations we increased the duty cycle of the source extending the light curve derived by H.E.S.S. after the outburst. Finally, we find night-by-night variability with a maximal amplitude of a factor three to four and an intranight variability in one of the nights (MJD 53945) with a similar amplitude., 10 pages, 9 figures; Accepted for publication in A&A

Published
2012

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