BL LAC CANDIDATES FOR TeV OBSERVATIONS

Journal Article · Mon Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/207/1/16· OSTI ID:22140349

Massaro, F.; Funk, S. ^[1]; Paggi, A.; D'Abrusco, R. ^[2]; Errando, M. ^[3]; Masetti, N. ^[4]; Tosti, G. ^[5]

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1. SLAC National Laboratory and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (United States)
2. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States)
3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (United States)
4. INAF-Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna, via Gobetti 101, I-40129 Bologna (Italy)
5. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita degli Studi di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia (Italy)

BL Lac objects are the most numerous class of extragalactic TeV-detected sources. One of the biggest difficulties in investigating their TeV emission is due to their limited number, since only 47 BL Lac objects are known to be TeV emitters. In this paper, we propose new criteria to select TeV BL Lac candidates based on infrared and X-ray observations. We apply our selection criteria to the BL Lac objects listed in the ROMA-BZCAT catalog, thereby identifying 41 potential TeV emitters. We then perform a search over a more extended sample combining the ROSAT bright source catalog and the WISE all-sky survey, revealing 54 additional candidates for TeV observations. Our investigation also led to a tentative classification of 16 unidentified X-ray sources as BL Lac candidates. This analysis provides new interesting BL Lac targets for future observations with ground-based Cherenkov telescopes.

• OSTI ID: 22140349
• Journal Information: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 207; ISSN 0067-0049; ISSN APJSA2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
BL LACERTAE OBJECTS
CATALOGS
CHERENKOV COUNTING
CLASSIFICATION
EMISSION
TELESCOPES
TEV RANGE
X RADIATION
X-RAY GALAXIES
X-RAY SOURCES