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

Hanna, D.; Griffin, S.; Johnson, C. A.; Wakely, S. P.; Roache, E.; Quinn, J.; Krennrich, F.; Kar, P.; Telezhinsky, I.; Archambault, S.; Holder, J.; Bird, R.; Weinstein, A.; Kumar, S.; Otte, A. N.; Santander, M.; Buchovecky, M.; Maier, G.; Rulten, C.; Sembroski, G. H.; Bugaev, V.; Buckley, J. H.; Connolly, M. P.; Shahinyan, K.; Hütten, M.; Wilhelm, A.; McArthur, S.; Nieto, D.; Pueschel, E.; Benbow, W.; Archer, A.; Furniss, A.; Staszak, D.; Feng, Q.; Gillanders, G. H.; Petrashyk, A.; Fleischhack, H.; Abeysekara, A. U.; Kieda, D.; Humensky, T. B.; Lang, M. J.; Krause, M.; Richards, G. T.; Grube, J.; Cui, W.; Sadeh, I.; Zitzer, B.; Ragan, K.; Wilcox, P.; Mukherjee, R.; Vassiliev, V. V.; Hervet, O.; Park, N.; Fortson, L.; Cerruti, M.; Weiner, O. M.; Ong, R. A.; Popkow, A.; Moriarty, P.; Falcone, A.; Finley, J. P.; Kertzman, M.; Brose, R.; O’Brien, S.; Pohl, M.; Williams, D. A.; Reynolds, P. T.; Tyler, J.; Kelley-Hoskins, N.; Kaaret, P.

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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; &gt; 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 &lt; 0.9 to z &lt; 1.1.

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