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The VHE Gamma-Ray View of the FSRQ PKS~1510-089

Authors :
Zacharias, Michael
Prester, Dijana Dominis
Jankowsky, Felix
Lindfors, Elina
Meyer, Manuel
Mohamed, Mahmoud
Prokoph, Heike
Sanchez, David
Sitarek, Julian
Terzic, Tomislav
Wagner, Stefan
Wierzcholska, Alicja
Source :
2019, Galaxies, 7, 41
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089 is a monitored target in many wavelength bands due to its high variability. It was detected as a very-high-energy (VHE) $\gamma$-ray emitter with H.E.S.S. in 2009, and has since been a regular target of VHE observations by the imaging Cherenkov observatories H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. In this paper, we summarize the current state of results focusing on the monitoring effort with H.E.S.S. and the discovery of a particularly strong VHE flare in 2016 with H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. While the source has now been established as a weak, but regular emitter at VHE, no correlation with other energy bands has been established. This is underlined by the 2016 VHE flare, where the detected optical and high-energy $\gamma$-ray counterparts evolve differently than the VHE flux.<br />Comment: 11 pages, 8 figures, conference paper for the workshop "Monitoring the non-thermal Universe 2018" held in Cochem in September 2018

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
2019, Galaxies, 7, 41
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1903.08535
Document Type :
Working Paper