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    Discovery of very-high-energy emission from rgb j2243+203 and derivation of its redshift upper limit

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    2017-11-10
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    Abeysekara, A. U.
    Archambault, S.
    Archer, A.
    Benbow, W.
    Bird, R.
    Brose, R.
    Buchovecky, M.
    Buckley, J. H.
    Bugaev, V.
    Cerruti, M.
    Connolly, M. P.
    Cui, W.
    Falcone, A.
    Feng, Q.
    Finley, J. P.
    Fleischhack, H.
    Fortson, L.
    Furniss, A.
    Gillanders, G. H.
    Griffin, S.
    Grube, J.
    Hütten, M.
    Hanna, D.
    Hervet, O.
    Holder, J.
    Humensky, T. B.
    Johnson, C. A.
    Kaaret, P.
    Kar, P.
    Kelley-Hoskins, N.
    Kertzman, M.
    Kieda, D.
    Krause, M.
    Krennrich, F.
    Kumar, S.
    Lang, M. J.
    Maier, G.
    McArthur, S.
    Moriarty, P.
    Mukherjee, R.
    Nieto, D.
    O’Brien, S.
    Ong, R. A.
    Otte, A. N.
    Park, N.
    Petrashyk, A.
    Pohl, M.
    Popkow, A.
    Pueschel, E.
    Quinn, J.
    Ragan, K.
    Reynolds, P. T.
    Richards, G. T.
    Roache, E.
    Rulten, C.
    Sadeh, I.
    Santander, M.
    Sembroski, G. H.
    Shahinyan, K.
    Staszak, D.
    Telezhinsky, I.
    Tyler, J.
    Vassiliev, V. V.
    Wakely, S. P.
    Weiner, O. M.
    Weinstein, A.
    Wilcox, P.
    Wilhelm, A.
    Williams, D. A.
    Zitzer, B.
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    Abeysekara, A. U. Archambault, S.; Archer, A.; Benbow, W.; Bird, R.; Brose, R.; Buchovecky, M.; Buckley, J. H.; Bugaev, V.; Cerruti, M.; Connolly, M. P.; Cui, W.; Falcone, A.; Feng, Q.; Finley, J. P.; Fleischhack, H.; Fortson, L.; Furniss, A.; Gillanders, G. H.; Griffin, S.; Grube, J.; Hütten, M.; Hanna, D.; Hervet, O.; Holder, J.; Humensky, T. B.; Johnson, C. A.; Kaaret, P.; Kar, P.; Kelley-Hoskins, N.; Kertzman, M.; Kieda, D.; Krause, M.; Krennrich, F.; Kumar, S.; Lang, M. J.; Maier, G.; McArthur, S.; Moriarty, P.; Mukherjee, R.; Nieto, D.; O’Brien, S.; Ong, R. A.; Otte, A. N.; Park, N.; Petrashyk, A.; Pohl, M.; Popkow, A.; Pueschel, E.; Quinn, J.; Ragan, K.; Reynolds, P. T.; Richards, G. T.; Roache, E.; Rulten, C.; Sadeh, I.; Santander, M.; Sembroski, G. H.; Shahinyan, K.; Staszak, D.; Telezhinsky, I.; Tyler, J.; Vassiliev, V. V.; Wakely, S. P.; Weiner, O. M.; Weinstein, A.; Wilcox, P.; Wilhelm, A.; Williams, D. A.; Zitzer, B. (2017). Discovery of very-high-energy emission from rgb j2243+203 and derivation of its redshift upper limit. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 233 (1),
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    http://arxiv.org/pdf/1709.05403
    Abstract
    Very-high-energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the blazar RGB J2243+203 was discovered with the VERITAS Cherenkov telescope array, during the period between 2014 December 21 and 24. The VERITAS energy spectrum from this source can be fitted by a power law with a photon index of 4.6 +/- 0.5, and a flux normalization at 0.15 TeV of (6.3 +/- 1.1) x 10(-10) cm(-2) s(-1) TeV-1. The integrated Fermi-LAT flux from 1 to 100 GeV during the VERITAS detection is (4.1 +/- 0.8) x 10(-8) cm(-2) s(-1), which is an order of magnitude larger than the four-year-averaged flux in the same energy range reported in the 3FGL catalog, (4.0 +/- 0.1 x 10(-9) cm(-2) s(-1)). The detection with VERITAS triggered observations in the X-ray band with the Swift-XRT. However, due to scheduling constraints Swift-XRT observations were performed 67 hr after the VERITAS detection, rather than simultaneously with the VERITAS observations. The observed X-ray energy spectrum between 2 and 10 keV can be fitted with a power law with a spectral index of 2.7 +/- 0.2, and the integrated photon flux in the same energy band is (3.6 +/- 0.6) x 10(-13) cm(-2) s(-1). EBL-model-dependent upper limits of the blazar redshift have been derived. Depending on the EBL model used, the upper limit varies in the range from z < 0.9 to z < 1.1.
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