The VHE γ-Ray View of the FSRQ PKS 1510-089
Abstract
The flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089 is a monitored target in many wavelength bands due to its high variability. It was detected as a very-high-energy (VHE) γ-ray emitter with H.E.S.S. in 2009, and has since been a regular target of VHE observations by the imaging Cherenkov observatories H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. Here, we summarize the current state of results focusing on the monitoring effort with H.E.S.S. and the discovery of a particularly strong VHE flare in 2016 with H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. While the source has now been established as a weak, but regular emitter at VHE, no correlation with other energy bands has been established. This is underlined by the 2016 VHE flare, where the detected optical and high-energy γ-ray counterparts evolve differently than the VHE flux.
- Authors:
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- Ruhr Univ., Bochum (Germany); North-West Univ., Potchefstroom (South Africa)
- Zagreb Univ,. (Croatia). Ruđer Bošković Inst.
- Heidelberg Univ. (Germany)
- Univ. of Oulu, Oulun (Finland)
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Zeuthen (Germany)
- Universite Savoie Mont-Blanc, Annecy (France). Laboratoire d’Annecy-le-Vieux de Physique des Particules
- Univ. of Lodz (Poland)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Krakow (Poland)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
- Contributing Org.:
- H.E.S.S. and MAGIC Collaborations
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1529496
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Galaxies
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2075-4434
- Publisher:
- MDPI
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; active galactic nuclei; blazar variability; multi-wavelength; correlation
Citation Formats
Zacharias, Michael, Dominis Prester, Dijana, Jankowsky, Felix, Lindfors, Elina, Meyer, Manuel, Mohamed, Mahmoud, Prokoph, Heike, Sanchez, David, Sitarek, Julian, Terzic, Tomislav, Wagner, Stefan, and Wierzcholska, Alicja. The VHE γ-Ray View of the FSRQ PKS 1510-089. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.3390/galaxies7010041.
Zacharias, Michael, Dominis Prester, Dijana, Jankowsky, Felix, Lindfors, Elina, Meyer, Manuel, Mohamed, Mahmoud, Prokoph, Heike, Sanchez, David, Sitarek, Julian, Terzic, Tomislav, Wagner, Stefan, & Wierzcholska, Alicja. The VHE γ-Ray View of the FSRQ PKS 1510-089. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies7010041
Zacharias, Michael, Dominis Prester, Dijana, Jankowsky, Felix, Lindfors, Elina, Meyer, Manuel, Mohamed, Mahmoud, Prokoph, Heike, Sanchez, David, Sitarek, Julian, Terzic, Tomislav, Wagner, Stefan, and Wierzcholska, Alicja. Wed .
"The VHE γ-Ray View of the FSRQ PKS 1510-089". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies7010041. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1529496.
@article{osti_1529496,
title = {The VHE γ-Ray View of the FSRQ PKS 1510-089},
author = {Zacharias, Michael and Dominis Prester, Dijana and Jankowsky, Felix and Lindfors, Elina and Meyer, Manuel and Mohamed, Mahmoud and Prokoph, Heike and Sanchez, David and Sitarek, Julian and Terzic, Tomislav and Wagner, Stefan and Wierzcholska, Alicja},
abstractNote = {The flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089 is a monitored target in many wavelength bands due to its high variability. It was detected as a very-high-energy (VHE) γ-ray emitter with H.E.S.S. in 2009, and has since been a regular target of VHE observations by the imaging Cherenkov observatories H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. Here, we summarize the current state of results focusing on the monitoring effort with H.E.S.S. and the discovery of a particularly strong VHE flare in 2016 with H.E.S.S. and MAGIC. While the source has now been established as a weak, but regular emitter at VHE, no correlation with other energy bands has been established. This is underlined by the 2016 VHE flare, where the detected optical and high-energy γ-ray counterparts evolve differently than the VHE flux.},
doi = {10.3390/galaxies7010041},
journal = {Galaxies},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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