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Title: Very high energy γ-rays from the universe's middle age: detection of the z = 0.940 blazar PKS 1441+25 with magic

Abstract

The flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS 1441+25 at a redshift of z = 0.940 is detected between 40 and 250 GeV with a significance of 25.5σ using the MAGIC telescopes. Together with the gravitationally lensed blazar QSO B0218+357 (z = 0.944), PKS 1441+25 is the most distant very high energy (VHE) blazar detected to date. The observations were triggered by an outburst in 2015 April seen at GeV energies with the Large Area Telescope on board Fermi. Multi-wavelength observations suggest a subdivision of the high state into two distinct flux states. In the band covered by MAGIC, the variability timescale is estimated to be 6.4 ± 1.9 days. Modeling the broadband spectral energy distribution with an external Compton model, the location of the emitting region is understood as originating in the jet outside the broad-line region (BLR) during the period of high activity, while being partially within the BLR during the period of low (typical) activity. In conclusion, the observed VHE spectrum during the highest activity is used to probe the extragalactic background light at an unprecedented distance scale for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy.

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
Contributing Org.:
MAGIC Collaboration; Fermi-LAT Collaboration
OSTI Identifier:
1354842
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online); Journal Volume: 815; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8213
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; cosmic background radiation; galaxies active; galaxies jets; gamma rays galaxies; quasars individual (PKS 1441+25)

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Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., Almeida, U. Barres de, Barrio, J. A., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Clavero, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Vela, P. Da, Dazzi, F., Angelis, A. De, Lotto, B. De, Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Mendez, C. Delgado, Pierro, F. Di, Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Terrats, D. Garrido, Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Muñoz, A. González, Guberman, D., Hahn, A., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Idec, W., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Barbera, A. La, Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., López, M., López-Coto, R., López-Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moretti, E., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes-Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Garcia, J. Rodriguez, Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Verguilov, V., Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Wu, M. H., Zanin, R., Ajello, M., Baldini, L., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., González, J. Becerra, Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bonino, R., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buson, S., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Chiang, J., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., D’Ammando, F., Palma, F. de, Desiante, R., Venere, L. Di, Domínguez, A., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Hays, E., Hewitt, J. W., Jogler, T., Kuss, M., Larsson, S., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Maldera, S., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., McEnery, J. E., Mirabal, N., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Nuss, E., Ojha, R., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Perkins, J. S., Pesce-Rollins, M., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Raino, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Sgro, C., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Tajima, H., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Thompson, D. J., Troja, E., Wood, K. S., Balokovic, M., Berdyugin, A., Carraminana, A., Carrasco, L., Chavushyan, V., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Feige, M., Haarto, S., Haeusner, P., Hovatta, T., Kania, J., Klamt, J., Lähteenmäki, A., Leon-Tavares, J., Lorey, C., Pacciani, L., Porras, A., Recillas, E., Reinthal, R., Tornikoski, M., Wolfert, D., and Zottmann, N. Very high energy γ-rays from the universe's middle age: detection of the z = 0.940 blazar PKS 1441+25 with magic. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/815/2/L23.
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Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., Almeida, U. Barres de, Barrio, J. A., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Clavero, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Vela, P. Da, Dazzi, F., Angelis, A. De, Lotto, B. De, Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Mendez, C. Delgado, Pierro, F. Di, Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Terrats, D. Garrido, Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Muñoz, A. González, Guberman, D., Hahn, A., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Idec, W., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Barbera, A. La, Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., López, M., López-Coto, R., López-Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moretti, E., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes-Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Garcia, J. Rodriguez, Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Verguilov, V., Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Wu, M. H., Zanin, R., Ajello, M., Baldini, L., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., González, J. Becerra, Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bonino, R., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buson, S., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Chiang, J., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., D’Ammando, F., Palma, F. de, Desiante, R., Venere, L. Di, Domínguez, A., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Hays, E., Hewitt, J. W., Jogler, T., Kuss, M., Larsson, S., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Maldera, S., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., McEnery, J. E., Mirabal, N., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Nuss, E., Ojha, R., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Perkins, J. S., Pesce-Rollins, M., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Raino, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Sgro, C., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Tajima, H., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Thompson, D. J., Troja, E., Wood, K. S., Balokovic, M., Berdyugin, A., Carraminana, A., Carrasco, L., Chavushyan, V., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Feige, M., Haarto, S., Haeusner, P., Hovatta, T., Kania, J., Klamt, J., Lähteenmäki, A., Leon-Tavares, J., Lorey, C., Pacciani, L., Porras, A., Recillas, E., Reinthal, R., Tornikoski, M., Wolfert, D., & Zottmann, N. Very high energy γ-rays from the universe's middle age: detection of the z = 0.940 blazar PKS 1441+25 with magic. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/815/2/L23
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Ahnen, M. L., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Babic, A., Banerjee, B., Bangale, P., Almeida, U. Barres de, Barrio, J. A., Bednarek, W., Bernardini, E., Biasuzzi, B., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bonnoli, G., Borracci, F., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Chatterjee, A., Clavero, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Vela, P. Da, Dazzi, F., Angelis, A. De, Lotto, B. De, Wilhelmi, E. de Oña, Mendez, C. Delgado, Pierro, F. Di, Prester, D. Dominis, Dorner, D., Doro, M., Einecke, S., Glawion, D. Eisenacher, Elsaesser, D., Fernández-Barral, A., Fidalgo, D., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Frantzen, K., Fruck, C., Galindo, D., López, R. J. García, Garczarczyk, M., Terrats, D. Garrido, Gaug, M., Giammaria, P., Godinović, N., Muñoz, A. González, Guberman, D., Hahn, A., Hanabata, Y., Hayashida, M., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Hrupec, D., Hughes, G., Idec, W., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Barbera, A. La, Lelas, D., Lindfors, E., Lombardi, S., López, M., López-Coto, R., López-Oramas, A., Lorenz, E., Majumdar, P., Makariev, M., Mallot, K., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Marcote, B., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Moretti, E., Nakajima, D., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Rosillo, M. Nievas, Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Paiano, S., Palacio, J., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Paredes-Fortuny, X., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Moroni, P. G. Prada, Prandini, E., Puljak, I., Rhode, W., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Garcia, J. Rodriguez, Saito, T., Satalecka, K., Schultz, C., Schweizer, T., Shore, S. N., Sillanpää, A., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Sobczynska, D., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Strzys, M., Takalo, L., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Terzić, T., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Thaele, J., Torres, D. F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Verguilov, V., Vovk, I., Ward, J. E., Will, M., Wu, M. H., Zanin, R., Ajello, M., Baldini, L., Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., González, J. Becerra, Bellazzini, R., Bissaldi, E., Blandford, R. D., Bonino, R., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buson, S., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caragiulo, M., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Chiang, J., Chiaro, G., Ciprini, S., D’Ammando, F., Palma, F. de, Desiante, R., Venere, L. Di, Domínguez, A., Fusco, P., Gargano, F., Gasparrini, D., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Giroletti, M., Grenier, I. A., Guiriec, S., Hays, E., Hewitt, J. W., Jogler, T., Kuss, M., Larsson, S., Li, J., Li, L., Longo, F., Loparco, F., Lovellette, M. N., Lubrano, P., Maldera, S., Mayer, M., Mazziotta, M. N., McEnery, J. E., Mirabal, N., Mizuno, T., Monzani, M. E., Morselli, A., Moskalenko, I. V., Nuss, E., Ojha, R., Ohsugi, T., Omodei, N., Orlando, E., Perkins, J. S., Pesce-Rollins, M., Piron, F., Pivato, G., Porter, T. A., Raino, S., Rando, R., Razzano, M., Reimer, A., Reimer, O., Sgro, C., Siskind, E. J., Spada, F., Spandre, G., Spinelli, P., Tajima, H., Takahashi, H., Thayer, J. B., Thompson, D. J., Troja, E., Wood, K. S., Balokovic, M., Berdyugin, A., Carraminana, A., Carrasco, L., Chavushyan, V., Ramazani, V. Fallah, Feige, M., Haarto, S., Haeusner, P., Hovatta, T., Kania, J., Klamt, J., Lähteenmäki, A., Leon-Tavares, J., Lorey, C., Pacciani, L., Porras, A., Recillas, E., Reinthal, R., Tornikoski, M., Wolfert, D., and Zottmann, N. Tue . "Very high energy γ-rays from the universe's middle age: detection of the z = 0.940 blazar PKS 1441+25 with magic". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/815/2/L23. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1354842.
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@article{osti_1354842,
title = {Very high energy γ-rays from the universe's middle age: detection of the z = 0.940 blazar PKS 1441+25 with magic},
author = {Ahnen, M. L. and Ansoldi, S. and Antonelli, L. A. and Antoranz, P. and Babic, A. and Banerjee, B. and Bangale, P. and Almeida, U. Barres de and Barrio, J. A. and Bednarek, W. and Bernardini, E. and Biasuzzi, B. and Biland, A. and Blanch, O. and Bonnefoy, S. and Bonnoli, G. and Borracci, F. and Bretz, T. and Carmona, E. and Carosi, A. and Chatterjee, A. and Clavero, R. and Colin, P. and Colombo, E. and Contreras, J. L. and Cortina, J. and Covino, S. and Vela, P. Da and Dazzi, F. and Angelis, A. De and Lotto, B. De and Wilhelmi, E. de Oña and Mendez, C. Delgado and Pierro, F. Di and Prester, D. Dominis and Dorner, D. and Doro, M. and Einecke, S. and Glawion, D. Eisenacher and Elsaesser, D. and Fernández-Barral, A. and Fidalgo, D. and Fonseca, M. V. and Font, L. and Frantzen, K. and Fruck, C. and Galindo, D. and López, R. J. García and Garczarczyk, M. and Terrats, D. Garrido and Gaug, M. and Giammaria, P. and Godinović, N. and Muñoz, A. González and Guberman, D. and Hahn, A. and Hanabata, Y. and Hayashida, M. and Herrera, J. and Hose, J. and Hrupec, D. and Hughes, G. and Idec, W. and Kodani, K. and Konno, Y. and Kubo, H. and Kushida, J. and Barbera, A. La and Lelas, D. and Lindfors, E. and Lombardi, S. and López, M. and López-Coto, R. and López-Oramas, A. and Lorenz, E. and Majumdar, P. and Makariev, M. and Mallot, K. and Maneva, G. and Manganaro, M. and Mannheim, K. and Maraschi, L. and Marcote, B. and Mariotti, M. and Martínez, M. and Mazin, D. and Menzel, U. and Miranda, J. M. and Mirzoyan, R. and Moralejo, A. and Moretti, E. and Nakajima, D. and Neustroev, V. and Niedzwiecki, A. and Rosillo, M. Nievas and Nilsson, K. and Nishijima, K. and Noda, K. and Orito, R. and Overkemping, A. and Paiano, S. and Palacio, J. and Palatiello, M. and Paneque, D. and Paoletti, R. and Paredes, J. M. and Paredes-Fortuny, X. and Persic, M. and Poutanen, J. and Moroni, P. G. Prada and Prandini, E. and Puljak, I. and Rhode, W. and Ribó, M. and Rico, J. and Garcia, J. Rodriguez and Saito, T. and Satalecka, K. and Schultz, C. and Schweizer, T. and Shore, S. N. and Sillanpää, A. and Sitarek, J. and Snidaric, I. and Sobczynska, D. and Stamerra, A. and Steinbring, T. and Strzys, M. and Takalo, L. and Takami, H. and Tavecchio, F. and Temnikov, P. and Terzić, T. and Tescaro, D. and Teshima, M. and Thaele, J. and Torres, D. F. and Toyama, T. and Treves, A. and Verguilov, V. and Vovk, I. and Ward, J. E. and Will, M. and Wu, M. H. and Zanin, R. and Ajello, M. and Baldini, L. and Barbiellini, G. and Bastieri, D. and González, J. Becerra and Bellazzini, R. and Bissaldi, E. and Blandford, R. D. and Bonino, R. and Bregeon, J. and Bruel, P. and Buson, S. and Caliandro, G. A. and Cameron, R. A. and Caragiulo, M. and Caraveo, P. A. and Cavazzuti, E. and Chiang, J. and Chiaro, G. and Ciprini, S. and D’Ammando, F. and Palma, F. de and Desiante, R. and Venere, L. Di and Domínguez, A. and Fusco, P. and Gargano, F. and Gasparrini, D. and Giglietto, N. and Giordano, F. and Giroletti, M. and Grenier, I. A. and Guiriec, S. and Hays, E. and Hewitt, J. W. and Jogler, T. and Kuss, M. and Larsson, S. and Li, J. and Li, L. and Longo, F. and Loparco, F. and Lovellette, M. N. and Lubrano, P. and Maldera, S. and Mayer, M. and Mazziotta, M. N. and McEnery, J. E. and Mirabal, N. and Mizuno, T. and Monzani, M. E. and Morselli, A. and Moskalenko, I. V. and Nuss, E. and Ojha, R. and Ohsugi, T. and Omodei, N. and Orlando, E. and Perkins, J. S. and Pesce-Rollins, M. and Piron, F. and Pivato, G. and Porter, T. A. and Raino, S. and Rando, R. and Razzano, M. and Reimer, A. and Reimer, O. and Sgro, C. and Siskind, E. J. and Spada, F. and Spandre, G. and Spinelli, P. and Tajima, H. and Takahashi, H. and Thayer, J. B. and Thompson, D. J. and Troja, E. and Wood, K. S. and Balokovic, M. and Berdyugin, A. and Carraminana, A. and Carrasco, L. and Chavushyan, V. and Ramazani, V. Fallah and Feige, M. and Haarto, S. and Haeusner, P. and Hovatta, T. and Kania, J. and Klamt, J. and Lähteenmäki, A. and Leon-Tavares, J. and Lorey, C. and Pacciani, L. and Porras, A. and Recillas, E. and Reinthal, R. and Tornikoski, M. and Wolfert, D. and Zottmann, N.},
abstractNote = {The flat-spectrum radio quasar PKS 1441+25 at a redshift of z = 0.940 is detected between 40 and 250 GeV with a significance of 25.5σ using the MAGIC telescopes. Together with the gravitationally lensed blazar QSO B0218+357 (z = 0.944), PKS 1441+25 is the most distant very high energy (VHE) blazar detected to date. The observations were triggered by an outburst in 2015 April seen at GeV energies with the Large Area Telescope on board Fermi. Multi-wavelength observations suggest a subdivision of the high state into two distinct flux states. In the band covered by MAGIC, the variability timescale is estimated to be 6.4 ± 1.9 days. Modeling the broadband spectral energy distribution with an external Compton model, the location of the emitting region is understood as originating in the jet outside the broad-line region (BLR) during the period of high activity, while being partially within the BLR during the period of low (typical) activity. In conclusion, the observed VHE spectrum during the highest activity is used to probe the extragalactic background light at an unprecedented distance scale for ground-based gamma-ray astronomy.},
doi = {10.1088/2041-8205/815/2/L23},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal. Letters (Online)},
number = 2,
volume = 815,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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