1WHSP: An IR-based sample of ~1000 VHE γ -ray blazar candidates
Abstract
Context. Blazars are the dominant type of extragalactic sources at microwave and at γ-ray energies. In the most energetic part of the electromagnetic spectrum (E > ≳ 100 GeV) a large fraction of high Galactic latitude sources are blazars of the High Synchrotron Peaked (HSP) type, that is BL Lac objects with synchrotron power peaking in the UV or in the X-ray band. Building new large samples of HSP blazars is key to understand the properties of jets under extreme conditions, and to study the demographics and the peculiar cosmological evolution of these sources. Aims. HSP blazars are remarkably rare, with only a few hundreds of them expected to be above the sensitivity limits of currently available surveys, some of which include hundreds of millions of sources. To find these very uncommon objects, we have devised a method that combines ALLWISE survey data with multi-frequency selection criteria. Methods. The sample was defined starting from a primary list of infrared colour-colour selected sources from the ALLWISE all sky survey database, and applying further restrictions on IR-radio and IR-X-ray flux ratios. Using a polynomial fit to the multi-frequency data (radio to X-ray) we estimated synchrotron peak frequencies and fluxes of each object.more »
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- Sapienza Univ. of Rome (Italy); Univ. de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice (France); ICRANet-Rio (Brazil)
- ICRANet-Rio (Brazil); Agenzia Spazial Italiana, Rome (Italy)
- European Southern Observatory, Munchen (Germany); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Monteporzio Catone (Italy)
- Agenzia Spazial Italiana, Rome (Italy)
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1356460
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 579; Journal ID: ISSN 0004-6361
- Publisher:
- EDP Sciences
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
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Arsioli, B., Fraga, B., Giommi, P., Padovani, P., and Marrese, P. M. 1WHSP: An IR-based sample of ~1000 VHE γ -ray blazar candidates. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424148.
Arsioli, B., Fraga, B., Giommi, P., Padovani, P., & Marrese, P. M. 1WHSP: An IR-based sample of ~1000 VHE γ -ray blazar candidates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424148
Arsioli, B., Fraga, B., Giommi, P., Padovani, P., and Marrese, P. M. Tue .
"1WHSP: An IR-based sample of ~1000 VHE γ -ray blazar candidates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424148. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1356460.
@article{osti_1356460,
title = {1WHSP: An IR-based sample of ~1000 VHE γ -ray blazar candidates},
author = {Arsioli, B. and Fraga, B. and Giommi, P. and Padovani, P. and Marrese, P. M.},
abstractNote = {Context. Blazars are the dominant type of extragalactic sources at microwave and at γ-ray energies. In the most energetic part of the electromagnetic spectrum (E > ≳ 100 GeV) a large fraction of high Galactic latitude sources are blazars of the High Synchrotron Peaked (HSP) type, that is BL Lac objects with synchrotron power peaking in the UV or in the X-ray band. Building new large samples of HSP blazars is key to understand the properties of jets under extreme conditions, and to study the demographics and the peculiar cosmological evolution of these sources. Aims. HSP blazars are remarkably rare, with only a few hundreds of them expected to be above the sensitivity limits of currently available surveys, some of which include hundreds of millions of sources. To find these very uncommon objects, we have devised a method that combines ALLWISE survey data with multi-frequency selection criteria. Methods. The sample was defined starting from a primary list of infrared colour-colour selected sources from the ALLWISE all sky survey database, and applying further restrictions on IR-radio and IR-X-ray flux ratios. Using a polynomial fit to the multi-frequency data (radio to X-ray) we estimated synchrotron peak frequencies and fluxes of each object. Results. We assembled a sample including 992 sources, which is currently the largest existing list of confirmed and candidates HSP blazars. All objects are expected to radiate up to the highest γ-ray photon energies. In fact, 299 of these are confirmed emitters of GeV γ-ray photons (based on Fermi-LAT catalogues), and 36 have already been detected in the TeV band. The majority of sources in the sample are within reach of the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), and many may be detectable even by the current generation of Cherenkov telescopes during flaring episodes. The sample includes 425 previously known blazars, 151 new identifications, and 416 HSP candidates (mostly faint sources) for which no optical spectra is available yet. The full 1WHSP catalogue is on-line at http://www.asdc.asi.it/1whsp/ providing a direct link to the SED building tool where multifrequency data for each source can be easily visualised.},
doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/201424148},
journal = {Astronomy and Astrophysics},
number = ,
volume = 579,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
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