VERITAS Observations of the BL Lac Object TXS 0506+056

Abeysekara, A. U.; Archer, A.; Benbow, W.; Bird, R.; Brill, A.; Brose, R.; Buckley, J. H.; Christiansen, J. L.; Chromey, A. J.; Daniel, M. K.; Falcone, A.; Feng, Q.; Finley, J. P.; Fortson, L.; Furniss, A.; Gillanders, G. H.; Gueta, O.; Hanna, D.; Hervet, O.; Holder, J.; Hughes, G.; Humensky, T. B.; Johnson, C. A.; Kaaret, P.; Kar, P.; Kelley-Hoskins, N.; Kertzman, M.; Kieda, D.; Krause, M.; Krennrich, F.; Lang, M. J.; Moriarty, P.; Mukherjee, R.; O’Brien, S.; Ong, R. A.; Otte, A. N.; Park, N.; Petrashyk, A.; Pohl, M.; Pueschel, E.; Quinn, J.; Ragan, K.; Reynolds, P. T.; Richards, G. T.; Roache, E.; Rulten, C.; Sadeh, I.; Santander, M.; Scott, S. S.; Sembroski, G. H.; Shahinyan, K.; Tyler, J.; Wakely, S. P.; Weinstein, A.; Wells, R. M.; Wilcox, P.; Wilhelm, A.; Williams, D. A.; Williamson, T. J.; Zitzer, B.; Kaur, A.

doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aad053

Title: VERITAS Observations of the BL Lac Object TXS 0506+056

Journal Article · Tue Jul 10 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aad053· OSTI ID:1544096

Abeysekara, A. U.; Archer, A.;

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; Brill, A.; Brose, R.; Buckley, J. H.;

; Chromey, A. J.; Daniel, M. K.; Falcone, A.;

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On 2017 September 22, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory reported the detection of the high-energy neutrino event IC 170922A, of potential astrophysical origin. It was soon determined that the neutrino direction was consistent with the location of the gamma-ray blazar TXS 0506+056 (3FGL J0509.4+0541), which was in an elevated gamma-ray emission state as measured by the Fermi satellite. Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) observations of the neutrino/blazar region started on 2017 September 23 in response to the neutrino alert and continued through 2018 February 6. While no significant very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) emission was observed from the blazar by VERITAS in the two-week period immediately following the IceCube alert, TXS 0506+056 was detected by VERITAS with a significance of 5.8 standard deviations (σ) in the full 35 hr data set. The average photon flux of the source during this period was (8.9 ± 1.6) × 10^–12 cm^–2 s^–1, or 1.6% of the Crab Nebula flux, above an energy threshold of 110 GeV, with a soft spectral index of 4.8 ± 1.3.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Contributing Organization:: The VERITAS Collaboration

OSTI ID:: 1544096

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online), Vol. 861, Issue 2; ISSN 2041-8213

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