@inproceedings{TatischeffDeAngelisTavanietal.2018, author = {Tatischeff, V. and De Angelis, A. and Tavani, M. and Grenier, I. and Oberlack, U. and Hanlon, L. and Walter, R. and Argan, A. and von Ballmoos, P. and Bulgarelli, A. and Donnarumma, I. and Hernanz, Margarita and Kuvvetli, I. and Mallamaci, M. and Pearce, M. and Zdziarski, A. and Aboudan, A. and Ajello, M. and Ambrosi, G. and Bernard, D. and Bernardini, E. and Bonvicini, V. and Brogna, A. and Branchesi, M. and Budtz-Jorgensen, C. and Bykov, A. and Campana, R. and Cardillo, M. and Ciprini, S. and Coppi, P. and Cumani, P. and da Silva, R. M. Curado and De Martino, D. and Diehl, R. and Doro, M. and Fioretti, V. and Funk, S. and Ghisellini, G. and Giordano, F. and Grove, J. E. and Hamadache, C. and Hartmann, D. H. and Hayashida, M. and Isern, J. and Kanbach, G. and Kiener, J. and Knodlseder, J. and Labanti, C. and Laurent, P. and Leising, M. and Limousin, O. and Longo, F. and Mannheim, K. and Marisaldi, M. and Martinez, M. and Mazziotta, M. N. and McEnery, J. E. and Mereghetti, S. and Minervini, G. and Moiseev, A. and Morselli, A. and Nakazawa, K. and Orleanski, P. and Paredes, J. M. and Patricelli, B. and Peyre, J. and Piano, G. and Pohl, Martin and Rando, R. and Roncadelli, M. and Tavecchio, F. and Thompson, D. J. and Turolla, R. and Ulyanov, A. and Vacchi, A. and Wu, X. and Zoglauer, A.}, title = {The e-ASTROGAM gamma-ray space observatory for the multimessenger astronomy of the 2030s}, series = {Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray}, volume = {10699}, booktitle = {Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray}, editor = {DenHerder, JWA Nikzad}, publisher = {SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering}, address = {Bellingham}, isbn = {978-1-5106-1952-4}, issn = {0277-786X}, doi = {10.1117/12.2315151}, pages = {15}, year = {2018}, abstract = {e-ASTROGAM is a concept for a breakthrough observatory space mission carrying a gamma-ray telescope dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range from 0.15 MeV to 3 GeV. The lower energy limit can be pushed down to energies as low as 30 keV for gamma-ray burst detection with the calorimeter. The mission is based on an advanced space-proven detector technology, with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution, combined with remarkable polarimetric capability. Thanks to its performance in the MeV-GeV domain, substantially improving its predecessors, e-ASTROGAM will open a new window on the non-thermal Universe, making pioneering observations of the most powerful Galactic and extragalactic sources, elucidating the nature of their relativistic outflows and their effects on the surroundings. With a line sensitivity in the MeV energy range one to two orders of magnitude better than previous and current generation instruments, e-ASTROGAM will determine the origin of key isotopes fundamental for the understanding of supernova explosion and the chemical evolution of our Galaxy. The mission will be a major player of the multiwavelength, multimessenger time-domain astronomy of the 2030s, and provide unique data of significant interest to a broad astronomical community, complementary to powerful observatories such as LISA, LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, the Einstein Telescope and the Cosmic Explorer, IceCube-Gen2 and KM3NeT, SKA, ALMA, JWST, E-ELT, LSST, Athena, and the Cherenkov Telescope Array.}, language = {en} } @article{DeAngelisTatischeffGrenieretal.2018, author = {De Angelis, A. and Tatischeff, V. and Grenier, I. A. and McEnery, J. and Mallamaci, Manuela and Tavani, M. and Oberlack, U. and Hanlon, L. and Walter, R. and Argan, A. and Von Ballmoos, P. and Bulgarelli, A. and Bykov, A. and Hernanz, M. and Kanbach, G. and Kuvvetli, I. and Pearce, M. and Zdziarski, A. and Conrad, J. and Ghisellini, G. and Harding, A. and Isern, J. and Leising, M. and Longo, F. and Madejski, G. and Martinez, M. and Mazziotta, Mario Nicola and Paredes, J. M. and Pohl, Martin and Rando, R. and Razzano, M. and Aboudan, A. and Ackermann, M. and Addazi, A. and Ajello, M. and Albertus, C. and Alvarez, J. M. and Ambrosi, G. and Anton, S. and Antonelli, L. A. and Babic, A. and Baibussinov, B. and Balbom, M. and Baldini, L. and Balman, S. and Bambi, C. and Barres de Almeida, U. and Barrio, J. A. and Bartels, R. and Bastieri, D. and Bednarek, W. and Bernard, D. and Bernardini, E. and Bernasconi, T. and Bertucci, B. and Biland, A. and Bissaldi, E. and Boettcher, M. and Bonvicini, V. and Bosch-Ramon, V. and Bottacini, E. and Bozhilov, V. and Bretz, T. and Branchesi, M. and Brdar, V. and Bringmann, T. and Brogna, A. and Jorgensen, C. Budtz and Busetto, G. and Buson, S. and Busso, M. and Caccianiga, A. and Camera, S. and Campana, R. and Caraveo, P. and Cardillo, M. and Carlson, P. and Celestin, S. and Cermeno, M. and Chen, A. and Cheung, C. C. and Churazov, E. and Ciprini, S. and Coc, A. and Colafrancesco, S. and Coleiro, A. and Collmar, W. and Coppi, P. and Curado da Silva, R. and Cutini, S. and De Lotto, B. and de Martino, D. and De Rosa, A. and Del Santo, M. and Delgado, L. and Diehl, R. and Dietrich, S. and Dolgov, A. D. and Dominguez, A. and Prester, D. Dominis and Donnarumma, I. and Dorner, D. and Doro, M. and Dutra, M. and Elsaesser, D. and Fabrizio, M. and Fernandez-Barral, A. and Fioretti, V. and Foffano, L. and Formato, V. and Fornengo, N. and Foschini, L. and Franceschini, A. and Franckowiak, A. and Funk, S. and Fuschino, F. and Gaggero, D. and Galanti, G. and Gargano, F. and Gasparrini, D. and Gehrz, R. and Giammaria, P. and Giglietto, N. and Giommi, P. and Giordano, F. and Giroletti, M. and Ghirlanda, G. and Godinovic, N. and Gouiffes, C. and Grove, J. E. and Hamadache, C. and Hartmann, D. H. and Hayashida, M. and Hryczuk, A. and Jean, P. and Johnson, T. and Jose, J. and Kaufmann, S. and Khelifi, B. and Kiener, J. and Knodlseder, J. and Kolem, M. and Kopp, J. and Kozhuharov, V. and Labanti, C. and Lalkovski, S. and Laurent, P. and Limousin, O. and Linares, M. and Lindfors, E. and Lindner, M. and Liu, J. and Lombardi, S. and Loparco, F. and Lopez-Coto, R. and Lopez Moya, M. and Lott, B. and Lubrano, P. and Malyshev, D. and Mankuzhiyil, N. and Mannheim, K. and Marcha, M. J. and Marciano, A. and Marcote, B. and Mariotti, M. and Marisaldi, M. and McBreen, S. and Mereghetti, S. and Merle, A. and Mignani, R. and Minervini, G. and Moiseev, A. and Morselli, A. and Moura, F. and Nakazawa, K. and Nava, L. and Nieto, D. and Orienti, M. and Orio, M. and Orlando, E. and Orleanski, P. and Paiano, S. and Paoletti, R. and Papitto, A. and Pasquato, M. and Patricelli, B. and Perez-Garcia, M. A. and Persic, M. and Piano, G. and Pichel, A. and Pimenta, M. and Pittori, C. and Porter, T. and Poutanen, J. and Prandini, E. and Prantzos, N. and Produit, N. and Profumo, S. and Queiroz, F. S. and Raino, S. and Raklev, A. and Regis, M. and Reichardt, I. and Rephaeli, Y. and Rico, J. and Rodejohann, W. and Fernandez, G. Rodriguez and Roncadelli, M. and Roso, L. and Rovero, A. and Ruffini, R. and Sala, G. and Sanchez-Conde, M. A. and Santangelo, A. and Parkinson, P. Saz and Sbarrato, T. and Shearer, A. and Shellard, R. and Short, K. and Siegert, T. and Siqueira, C. and Spinelli, P. and Stamerra, A. and Starrfield, S. and Strong, A. and Strumke, I. and Tavecchio, F. and Taverna, R. and Terzic, T. and Thompson, D. J. and Tibolla, O. and Torres, D. F. and Turolla, R. and Ulyanov, A. and Ursi, A. and Vacchi, A. and Van den Abeele, J. and Vankova-Kirilovai, G. and Venter, C. and Verrecchia, F. and Vincent, P. and Wang, X. and Weniger, C. and Wu, X. and Zaharijas, G. and Zampieri, L. and Zane, S. and Zimmer, S. and Zoglauer, A.}, title = {Science with e-ASTROGAM A space mission for MeV-GeV gamma-ray astrophysics}, series = {Journal of High Energy Astrophysics}, volume = {19}, journal = {Journal of High Energy Astrophysics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, organization = {e-ASTROGAM Collaboration}, issn = {2214-4048}, doi = {10.1016/j.jheap.2018.07.001}, pages = {1 -- 106}, year = {2018}, language = {en} } @article{AbeysekaraBenbowBirdetal.2018, author = {Abeysekara, A. U. and Benbow, Wystan and Bird, Ralph and Brill, A. and Brose, Robert and Buckley, J. H. and Chromey, A. J. and Daniel, M. K. and Falcone, A. and Finley, J. P. and Fortson, L. and Furniss, Amy and Gent, A. and Gillanders, Gerald H. and Hanna, David and Hassan, T. and Hervet, O. and Holder, J. and Hughes, G. and Humensky, T. B. and Kaaret, Philip and Kar, P. and Kertzman, M. and Kieda, David and Krause, Maria and Krennrich, F. and Kumar, S. and Lang, M. J. and Lin, T. T. Y. and Maier, Gernot and Moriarty, P. and Mukherjee, Reshmi and Ong, R. A. and Otte, Adam Nepomuk and Park, Nahee and Petrashyk, A. and Pohl, Martin and Pueschel, Elisa and Quinn, J. and Ragan, K. and Richards, Gregory T. and Roache, E. and Sadeh, I. and Santander, Marcos and Schlenstedt, S. and Sembroski, G. H. and Sushch, Iurii and Tyler, J. and Vassiliev, V. V. and Wakely, S. P. and Weinstein, A. and Wells, R. M. and Wilcox, P. and Wilhelm, Alina and Williams, David A. and Williamson, T. J. and Zitzer, B. and Acciari, V. A. and Ansoldi, S. and Antonelli, L. A. and Engels, A. Arbet and Baack, D. and Babic, A. and Banerjee, B. and de Almeida, U. Barres and Barrio, J. A. and Becerra Gonzalez, Josefa and Bednarek, Wlodek and Bernardini, Elisa and Berti, A. and Besenrieder, J. and Bhattacharyya, W. and Bigongiari, C. and Biland, A. and Blanch, O. and Bonnoli, G. and Busetto, G. and Carosi, R. and Ceribella, G. and Cikota, S. and Colak, S. M. and Colin, P. and Colombo, E. and Contreras, J. L. and Cortina, J. and Covino, S. and Da Vela, P. and Dazzi, F. and De Angelis, A. and De Lotto, B. and Delfino, M. and Delgado, J. and Di Pierro, F. and Do Souto Espinera, E. and Dominguez, A. and Prester, D. Dominis and Dorner, D. and Doro, M. and Einecke, S. and Elsaesser, D. and Ramazani, V. Fallah and Fattorini, A. and Fernandez-Barral, A. and Ferrara, G. and Fidalgo, D. and Foffano, L. and Fonseca, M. V. and Font, L. and Fruck, C. and Galindo, D. and Gallozzi, S. and Lopez, R. J. Garcia and Garczarczyk, M. and Gasparyan, S. and Gaug, Markus and Giammaria, P. and Godinovic, N. and Guberman, D. and Hadasch, D. and Hahn, A. and Herrera, J. and Hoang, J. and Hrupec, D. and Inoue, S. and Ishio, K. and Iwamura, Y. and Kubo, H. and Kushida, J. and Kuvezdic, D. and Lamastra, A. and Lelas, D. and Leone, Francesco and Lindfors, E. and Lombardi, S. and Longo, Francesco and Lopez, M. and Lopez-Oramas, A. and Machado de Oliveira Fraga, B. and Maggio, C. and Majumdar, P. and Makariev, M. and Mallamaci, M. and Maneva, G. and Manganaro, M. and Mannheim, K. and Maraschi, L. and Mariotti, M. and Martinez, M. and Masuda, S. and Mazin, D. and Minev, M. and Miranda, J. M. and Mirzoyan, R. and Molina, E. and Moralejo, A. and Moreno, V. and Moretti, E. and Munar-Adrover, Pere and Neustroev, V. and Niedzwiecki, Andrzej and Rosillo, Mireia Nievas and Nigro, C. and Nilsson, Kari and Ninci, D. and Nishijima, K. and Noda, K. and Nogues, L. and Noethe, M. and Paiano, Simona and Palacio, J. and Paneque, D. and Paoletti, R. and Paredes, J. M. and Pedaletti, G. and Penil, P. and Peresano, M. and Persic, M. and Moroni, P. G. Prada and Prandini, E. and Puljak, I. and Garcia, J. R. and Rhode, W. and Ribo, Marc and Rico, J. and Righi, C. and Rugliancich, A. and Saha, Lab and Sahakyan, Narek and Saito, T. and Satalecka, K. and Schweizer, T. and Sitarek, J. and Snidaric, I. and Sobczynska, D. and Somero, A. and Stamerra, A. and Strzys, M. and Suric, T. and Tavecchio, Fabrizio and Temnikov, P. and Terzic, T. and Teshima, M. and Torres-Alba, N. and Tsujimoto, S. and van Scherpenberg, J. and Vanzo, G. and Vazquez Acosta, M. and Vovk, I. and Will, M. and Zaric, D.}, title = {Periastron Observations of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from a Binary System with a 50-year Period}, series = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics ; Part 2, Letters}, volume = {867}, journal = {The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics ; Part 2, Letters}, number = {1}, publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.}, address = {Bristol}, organization = {VERITAS Collaboration MAGIC Collaboration}, issn = {2041-8205}, doi = {10.3847/2041-8213/aae70e}, pages = {8}, year = {2018}, abstract = {We report on observations of the pulsar/Be star binary system PSR J2032+4127/MT91 213 in the energy range between 100 GeV and 20 TeV with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array and Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov telescope arrays. The binary orbit has a period of approximately 50 years, with the most recent periastron occurring on 2017 November 13. Our observations span from 18 months prior to periastron to one month after. A new point-like gamma-ray source is detected, coincident with the location of PSR J2032+4127/MT91 213. The gamma-ray light curve and spectrum are well characterized over the periastron passage. The flux is variable over at least an order of magnitude, peaking at periastron, thus providing a firm association of the TeV source with the pulsar/Be star system. Observations prior to periastron show a cutoff in the spectrum at an energy around 0.5 TeV. This result adds a new member to the small population of known TeV binaries, and it identifies only the second source of this class in which the nature and properties of the compact object are firmly established. We compare the gamma-ray results with the light curve measured with the X-ray Telescope on board the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and with the predictions of recent theoretical models of the system. We conclude that significant revision of the models is required to explain the details of the emission that we have observed, and we discuss the relationship between the binary system and the overlapping steady extended source, TeV J2032+4130.}, language = {en} } @article{AhnenAnsoldiAntonellietal.2018, author = {Ahnen, M. L. and Ansoldi, S. and Antonelli, L. A. and Arcaro, C. and Babic, A. and Banerjee, B. and Bangale, P. and Barres de Almeida, U. and Barrio, J. A. and Gonzalez, J. Becerra and Bednarek, W. and Bernardini, E. and Berti, A. and Bhattacharyya, W. and Blanch, O. and Bonnoli, G. and Carosi, R. and Carosi, A. and Chatterjee, A. and Colak, S. M. and Colin, P. and Colombo, E. and Contreras, J. L. and Cortina, J. and Covino, S. and Cumani, P. and Da Vela, P. and Dazzi, F. and De Angelis, A. and De Lotto, B. and Delfino, M. and Delgado, Jose Miguel Martins and Di Pierro, F. and Doert, M. and Dominguez, A. and Prester, D. Dominis and Doro, M. and Glawion, D. Eisenacher and Engelkemeier, M. and Ramazani, V. Fallah and Fernandez-Barral, A. and Fidalgo, D. and Fonseca, M. V. and Font, L. and Fruck, C. and Galindo, D. and Lopez, R. J. Garcia and Garczarczyk, M. and Gaug, M. and Giammaria, P. and Godinovic, N. and Gora, D. and Guberman, D. and Hadasch, D. and Hahn, A. and Hassan, T. and Hayashida, M. and Herrera, J. and Hose, J. and Hrupec, D. and Ishio, K. and Konno, Y. and Kubo, H. and Kushida, J. and Kuvezdic, D. and Lelas, D. and Lindfors, E. and Lombardi, S. and Longo, F. and Lopez, M. and Maggio, C. and Majumdar, P. and Makariev, M. and Maneva, G. and Manganaro, M. and Maraschi, L. and Mariotti, M. and Martinez, M. and Mazin, D. and Menzel, U. and Minev, M. and Miranda, J. M. and Mirzoyan, R. and Moralejo, A. and Moreno, V. and Moretti, E. and Nagayoshi, T. and Neustroev, V. and Niedzwiecki, A. and Nievas Rosillo, M. and Nigro, C. and Nilsson, K. and Ninci, D. and Nishijima, K. and Noda, K. and Nogues, L. and Paiano, S. and Palacio, J. and Paneque, D. and Paoletti, R. and Paredes, J. M. and Pedaletti, G. and Peresano, M. and Perri, L. and Persic, M. and Moroni, P. G. Prada and Prandini, E. and Puljak, I. and Garcia, J. R. and Reichardt, I. and Ribo, M. and Rico, J. and Righi, C. and Rugliancich, A. and Saito, T. and Satalecka, K. and Schroeder, S. and Schweizer, T. and Shore, S. N. and Sitarek, J. and Snidaric, I. and Sobczynska, D. and Stamerra, A. and Strzys, M. and Suric, T. and Takalo, L. and Tavecchio, F. and Temnikov, P. and Terzic, T. and Teshima, M. and Torres-Alba, N. and Treves, A. and Tsujimoto, S. and Vanzo, G. and Vazquez Acosta, M. and Vovk, I. and Ward, J. E. and Will, M. and Zaric, D. and Arbet-Engels, A. and Baack, D. and Balbo, M. and Biland, A. and Blank, M. and Bretz, T. and Bruegge, K. and Bulinski, M. and Buss, J. and Dmytriiev, A. and Dorner, D. and Einecke, S. and Elsaesser, D. and Herbst, T. and Hildebrand, D. and Kortmann, L. and Linhoff, L. and Mahlke, M. and Mannheim, K. and Mueller, S. A. and Neise, D. and Neronov, A. and Noethe, M. and Oberkirch, J. and Paravac, A. and Rhode, W. and Schleicher, B. and Schulz, F. and Sedlaczek, K. and Shukla, A. and Sliusar, V. and Walter, R. and Archer, A. and Benbow, W. and Bird, R. and Brose, Robert and Buckley, J. H. and Bugaev, V. and Christiansen, J. L. and Cui, W. and Daniel, M. K. and Falcone, A. and Feng, Q. and Finley, J. P. and Gillanders, G. H. and Gueta, O. and Hanna, D. and Hervet, O. and Holder, J. and Hughes, G. and Huetten, M. and Humensky, T. B. and Johnson, C. A. and Kaaret, P. and Kar, P. and Kelley-Hoskins, N. and Kertzman, M. and Kieda, D. and Krause, M. and Krennrich, F. and Kumar, S. and Lang, M. J. and Lin, T. T. Y. and Maier, G. and McArthur, S. and Moriarty, P. and Mukherjee, R. and Ong, R. A. and Otte, A. N. and Park, N. and Petrashyk, A. and Pichel, A. and Pohl, Martin and Quinn, J. and Ragan, K. and Reynolds, P. T. and Richards, G. T. and Roache, E. and Rovero, A. C. and Rulten, C. and Sadeh, I. and Santander, M. and Sembroski, G. H. and Shahinyan, K. and Sushch, Iurii and Tyler, J. and Wakely, S. P. and Weinstein, A. and Wells, R. M. and Wilcox, P. and Wilhel, A. and Williams, D. A. and Williamson, T. J. and Zitzer, B. and Perri, M. and Verrecchia, F. and Leto, C. and Villata, M. and Raiteri, C. M. and Jorstad, S. G. and Larionov, V. M. and Blinov, D. A. and Grishina, T. S. and Kopatskaya, E. N. and Larionova, E. G. and Nikiforova, A. A. and Morozova, D. A. and Troitskaya, Yu. V. and Troitsky, I. S. and Kurtanidze, O. M. and Nikolashvili, M. G. and Kurtanidze, S. O. and Kimeridze, G. N. and Chigladze, R. A. and Strigachev, A. and Sadun, A. C.}, title = {Extreme HBL behavior of Markarian 501 during 2012}, series = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal / European Southern Observatory (ESO)}, volume = {620}, journal = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal / European Southern Observatory (ESO)}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, address = {Les Ulis}, organization = {MAGIC Collaboration FACT Collaboration VERITAS Collaboration}, issn = {1432-0746}, doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/201833704}, pages = {23}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Aims. We aim to characterize the multiwavelength emission from Markarian 501 (Mrk 501), quantify the energy-dependent variability, study the potential multiband correlations, and describe the temporal evolution of the broadband emission within leptonic theoretical scenarios. Methods. We organized a multiwavelength campaign to take place between March and July of 2012. Excellent temporal coverage was obtained with more than 25 instruments, including the MAGIC, FACT and VERITAS Cherenkov telescopes, the instruments on board the Swift and Fermi spacecraft, and the telescopes operated by the GASP-WEBT collaboration. Results. Mrk 501 showed a very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray flux above 0.2 TeV of similar to 0.5 times the Crab Nebula flux (CU) for most of the campaign. The highest activity occurred on 2012 June 9, when the VHE flux was similar to 3 CU, and the peak of the high-energy spectral component was found to be at similar to 2 TeV. Both the X-ray and VHE gamma-ray spectral slopes were measured to be extremely hard, with spectral indices <2 during most of the observing campaign, regardless of the X-ray and VHE flux. This study reports the hardest Mrk 501 VHE spectra measured to date. The fractional variability was found to increase with energy, with the highest variability occurring at VHE. Using the complete data set, we found correlation between the X-ray and VHE bands; however, if the June 9 flare is excluded, the correlation disappears (significance <3 sigma) despite the existence of substantial variability in the X-ray and VHE bands throughout the campaign. Conclusions. The unprecedentedly hard X-ray and VHE spectra measured imply that their low- and high-energy components peaked above 5 keV and 0.5 TeV, respectively, during a large fraction of the observing campaign, and hence that Mrk 501 behaved like an extreme high-frequency-peaked blazar (EHBL) throughout the 2012 observing season. This suggests that being an EHBL may not be a permanent characteristic of a blazar, but rather a state which may change over time. The data set acquired shows that the broadband spectral energy distribution (SED) of Mrk 501, and its transient evolution, is very complex, requiring, within the framework of synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) models, various emission regions for a satisfactory description. Nevertheless the one-zone SSC scenario can successfully describe the segments of the SED where most energy is emitted, with a significant correlation between the electron energy density and the VHE gamma-ray activity, suggesting that most of the variability may be explained by the injection of high-energy electrons. The one-zone SSC scenario used reproduces the behavior seen between the measured X-ray and VHE gamma-ray fluxes, and predicts that the correlation becomes stronger with increasing energy of the X-rays.}, language = {en} } @article{AhnenAnsoldiAntonellietal.2018, author = {Ahnen, M. L. and Ansoldi, S. and Antonelli, L. A. and Arcaro, C. and Babie, A. and Banerjee, B. and Bangale, P. and de Almeida, U. 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A. and Zech, Alraune and Zefi, F. and Ziegler, A. and Zywuckan, N.}, title = {Constraints on particle acceleration in SS433/W50 from MAGIC and HESS observations}, series = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal}, volume = {612}, journal = {Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal}, publisher = {EDP Sciences}, address = {Les Ulis}, organization = {HESS Collaboratio MAGIC Collaboration}, issn = {1432-0746}, doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/201731169}, pages = {8}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Context. The large jet kinetic power and non-thermal processes occurring in the microquasar SS 433 make this source a good candidate for a very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emitter. Gamma-ray fluxes above the sensitivity limits of current Cherenkov telescopes have been predicted for both the central X-ray binary system and the interaction regions of SS 433 jets with the surrounding W50 nebula. Non-thermal emission at lower energies has been previously reported, indicating that efficient particle acceleration is taking place in the system. Aims. We explore the capability of SS 433 to emit VHE gamma rays during periods in which the expected flux attenuation due to periodic eclipses (P-orb similar to 13.1 days) and precession of the circumstellar disk (P-pre similar to 162 days) periodically covering the central binary system is expected to be at its minimum. The eastern and western SS 433/W50 interaction regions are also examined using the whole data set available. We aim to constrain some theoretical models previously developed for this system with our observations. Methods. We made use of dedicated observations from the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov telescopes (MAGIC) and High Energy Spectroscopic System (H.E.S.S.) of SS 433 taken from 2006 to 2011. These observation were combined for the first time and accounted for a total effective observation time of 16.5 h, which were scheduled considering the expected phases of minimum absorption of the putative VHE emission. Gamma-ray attenuation does not affect the jet/medium interaction regions. In this case, the analysis of a larger data set amounting to similar to 40-80 h, depending on the region, was employed. Results. No evidence of VHE gamma-ray emission either from the central binary system or from the eastern/western interaction regions was found. Upper limits were computed for the combined data set. Differential fluxes from the central system are found to be less than or similar to 10(-12)-10(-13) TeV-1 cm(-2) s(-1) in an energy interval ranging from similar to few x 100 GeV to similar to few TeV. Integral flux limits down to similar to 10(-12)-10(-13) ph cm(-2) s(-1) and similar to 10(-13)-10(-14) ph cm(-2) s(-1) are obtained at 300 and 800 GeV, respectively. Our results are used to place constraints on the particle acceleration fraction at the inner jet regions and on the physics of the jet/medium interactions. Conclusions. Our findings suggest that the fraction of the jet kinetic power that is transferred to relativistic protons must be relatively small in SS 433, q(p) <= 2.5 x 10(-5), to explain the lack of TeV and neutrino emission from the central system. At the SS 433/W50 interface, the presence of magnetic fields greater than or similar to 10 mu G is derived assuming a synchrotron origin for the observed X-ray emission. This also implies the presence of high-energy electrons with E-e up to 50 TeV, preventing an efficient production of gamma-ray fluxes in these interaction regions.}, language = {en} }