E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen, T. Aune, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, Markus Boettcher, A. Bouvier, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, A. Cesarini, L. Ciupik, E. Collins-Hughes, M. P. Connolly, W. Cui, R. Dickherber, C. Duke, J. Dumm, M. Errando, A. Falcone, Simone Federici, Q. Feng, J. P. Finley, G. Finnegan, L. Fortson, A. Furniss, N. Galante, D. Gall, S. Godambe, S. Griffin, J. Grube, G. Gyuk, D. Hanna, J. Holder, H. Huan, P. Kaaret, N. Karlsson, Y. Khassen, D. Kieda, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, K. Lee, A. S. Madhavan, G. Maier, P. Majumdar, S. McArthur, A. McCann, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, T. Nelson, A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe, R. A. Ong, M. Orr, A. N. Otte, N. Park, J. S. Perkins, A. Pichel, Martin Pohl, H. Prokoph, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, L. C. Reyes, P. T. Reynolds, E. Roache, D. B. Saxon, G. H. Sembroski, D. Staszak, Igor O. Telezhinsky, G. Tesic, M. Theiling, S. Thibadeau, K. Tsurusaki, A. Varlotta, V. V. Vassiliev, S. Vincent, M. Vivier, S. P. Wakely, T. C. Weekes, A. Weinstein, R. Welsing, D. A. Williams, B. Zitzer, P. Fortin, D. Horan, M. Fumagalli, K. Kaplan, J. X. Prochaska
- We report on VERITAS very high energy (VHE; E >= 100 GeV) observations of six blazars selected from the Fermi Large Area Telescope First Source Catalog (1FGL). The gamma-ray emission from 1FGL sources was extrapolated up to the VHE band, taking gamma-ray absorption by the extragalactic background light into account. This allowed the selection of six bright, hard-spectrum blazars that were good candidate TeV emitters. Spectroscopic redshift measurements were attempted with the Keck Telescope for the targets without Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic data. No VHE emission is detected during the observations of the six sources described here. Corresponding TeV upper limits are presented, along with contemporaneous Fermi observations and non-concurrent Swift UVOT and X-Ray Telescope data. The blazar broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are assembled and modeled with a single-zone synchrotron self-Compton model. The SED built for each of the six blazars shows a synchrotron peak bordering between the intermediate-andWe report on VERITAS very high energy (VHE; E >= 100 GeV) observations of six blazars selected from the Fermi Large Area Telescope First Source Catalog (1FGL). The gamma-ray emission from 1FGL sources was extrapolated up to the VHE band, taking gamma-ray absorption by the extragalactic background light into account. This allowed the selection of six bright, hard-spectrum blazars that were good candidate TeV emitters. Spectroscopic redshift measurements were attempted with the Keck Telescope for the targets without Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic data. No VHE emission is detected during the observations of the six sources described here. Corresponding TeV upper limits are presented, along with contemporaneous Fermi observations and non-concurrent Swift UVOT and X-Ray Telescope data. The blazar broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are assembled and modeled with a single-zone synchrotron self-Compton model. The SED built for each of the six blazars shows a synchrotron peak bordering between the intermediate-and high-spectrum-peak classifications, with four of the six resulting in particle-dominated emission regions.…
MetadatenAuthor details: | E. Aliu, S. Archambault, T. Arlen, T. Aune, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, Markus Boettcher, A. Bouvier, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, A. Cesarini, L. Ciupik, E. Collins-Hughes, M. P. Connolly, W. Cui, R. Dickherber, C. Duke, J. Dumm, M. Errando, A. Falcone, Simone FedericiGND, Q. Feng, J. P. Finley, G. Finnegan, L. Fortson, A. Furniss, N. Galante, D. Gall, S. Godambe, S. Griffin, J. Grube, G. Gyuk, D. Hanna, J. Holder, H. Huan, P. Kaaret, N. Karlsson, Y. Khassen, D. Kieda, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, K. Lee, A. S. Madhavan, G. Maier, P. Majumdar, S. McArthur, A. McCann, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, T. Nelson, A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe, R. A. Ong, M. Orr, A. N. Otte, N. Park, J. S. Perkins, A. Pichel, Martin PohlORCiDGND, H. Prokoph, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, L. C. Reyes, P. T. Reynolds, E. Roache, D. B. Saxon, G. H. Sembroski, D. Staszak, Igor O. TelezhinskyORCiD, G. Tesic, M. Theiling, S. Thibadeau, K. Tsurusaki, A. Varlotta, V. V. Vassiliev, S. Vincent, M. Vivier, S. P. Wakely, T. C. Weekes, A. Weinstein, R. Welsing, D. A. Williams, B. Zitzer, P. Fortin, D. Horan, M. Fumagalli, K. Kaplan, J. X. Prochaska |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/759/2/102 |
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ISSN: | 0004-637X |
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Title of parent work (English): | The astrophysical journal : an international review of spectroscopy and astronomical physics |
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Publisher: | IOP Publ. Ltd. |
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Place of publishing: | Bristol |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first publication: | 2012 |
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Publication year: | 2012 |
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Creating corporation: | VERITAS Collaboration |
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Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
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Tag: | BL Lacertae objects: general; gamma rays: galaxies |
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Volume: | 759 |
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Issue: | 2 |
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Number of pages: | 13 |
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Funding institution: | U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science; U.S. National Science
Foundation; Smithsonian Institution; NSERC in Canada; Science Foundation
Ireland [SFI 10/RFP/AST2748]; STFC in the U.K; NSF [AST-0548180]; Alfred
P. Sloan Foundation; U.S. Department of Energy; National Aeronautics and
Space Administration; Japanese Monbukagakusho; Max Planck Society;
Higher Education Funding Council for England; Istituto Nazionale di
Astrofisica in Italy; Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales in France |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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