Multiwavelength Observations of Markarian 421 in March 2001: an Unprecedented View on the X-ray/TeV Correlated Variability
G. Fossati, J. H. Buckley, I. H. Bond, S. M. Bradbury, D. A. Carter-Lewis, Y. C. K. Chow, W. Cui, A. D. Falcone, J. P. Finley, J. A. Gaidos, J. Grube, J. Holder… 展开作者
G. Fossati, J. H. Buckley, I. H. Bond, S. M. Bradbury, D. A. Carter-Lewis, Y. C. K. Chow, W. Cui, A. D. Falcone, J. P. Finley, J. A. Gaidos, J. Grube, J. Holder, D. Horan, D. Horns, M. M. Jordan, D. B. Kieda, J. Kildea, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M. J. Lang, S. LeBohec, K. Lee, P. Moriarty, R. A. Ong, D. Petry, J. Quinn, G. H. Sembroski, S. P. Wakely, T. C. Weekes
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Correction to authorship. Minor editorial changes to text, figures, references. 22 pages (emulateapj), 12 figures (47 postscript files) Published in ApJ, 2008 April 20 (ADS: 2008ApJ...677..906F)
(Abridged) We present a detailed analysis of week-long simultaneous observations of the blazar Mrk421 at 2-60 keV X-rays (RXTE) and TeV gamma-rays (Whipple and HEGRA) in 2001. The unprecedented quality of this dataset enables us to establish firmly the existence of the correlation between the TeV and X-ray luminosities, and to start unveiling some of its more detailed characteristics, in particular its energy dependence, and time variability. The source shows strong, highly correlated variations in X-ray and gamma-ray. No evidence of X-ray/gamma-ray interband lag is found on the full week dataset (<3 ks). However, a detailed analysis of the March 19 flare reveals that data are not consistent with the peak of the outburst in the 2-4 keV X-ray and TeV band being simultaneous. We estimate a 2.1+/-0.7 ks TeV lag. The amplitudes of the X-ray and gamma-ray variations are also highly correlated, and the TeV luminosity increases more than linearly w.r.t. the X-ray one. The strong correlation supports the standard model in which a unique electrons population produces the X-rays by synchrotron radiation and the gamma-ray component by inverse Compton scattering. However, for the individual best observed flares the gamma-ray flux scales approximately quadratically w.r.t. the X-ray flux, posing a serious challenge to emission models for TeV blazars. Rather special conditions and/or fine tuning of the temporal evolution of the physical parameters of the emission region are required in order to reproduce the quadratic correlation.
X-Ray/Ultraviolet Observing Campaign of the Markarian 279 Active Galactic Nucleus Outflow: a close look at the absorbing/emitting gas with Chandra-LETGS
Multiwavelength optical observations of the chromospherically active binary system OU Gem
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利用VERITAS观测到了BL Lac天体1 ES 0806+524(z=0.138)和BL Lac天体W Comae(z=0.102)的甚高能γ射线辐射。在2007/2008年的观测活动中,从这些天体中发现了VHE发射,3月中旬从彗星W中发现了一次强烈的爆发,持续了几天。准同时光谱能量分布,结合光学(AAVSO),和X射线(雨燕/RXTE)观测。我们还介绍了遥远的BL Lac(z=0.182)1 ES 1218+304的能谱,这是由VERITAS在2006/2007年的观测活动中发现的。的能量谱的背景下,讨论了不同的模型的吸收从弥漫的河外背景辐射。我们目前的耀变体Markarian 421(z=0.03)的多波长观测,包括强烈的耀斑最初检测到的惠普尔10米伽玛射线望远镜。最后给出了1 ES 2344+514(z=0.044)的宽带光谱能量分布,并利用单区同步辐射自康普顿模型进行了拟合。
Multifrequency variability of the blazar AO 0235+164. The WEBT campaign in 2004-2005 and long-term SED analysis
2003-2005年,全球Blazar望远镜(WEBT)组织了一次针对Blazar AO 0235+164的大型多波长活动,以研究该源的变化特性。在厘米和毫米波长以及近红外和光学波段进行了监测观测,而XMM-牛顿卫星的三个定点提供了关于X射线和紫外线发射的信息。我们提出了在第二个观测季节,2004-2005年,由27个无线电光学望远镜获得的数据。他们揭示了增加近红外和光学活动相对于前一个赛季。在较高的射频(低至15 GHz)下也发现了增加的可变性,但在较低的频率下则没有。根据先前观测到的5-6年准周期性,预计在2004年2月至3月左右达到峰值的射电(和光学)爆发没有发生。光学光变曲线的分析揭示了一个更长的8年的特征时间尺度,这也是目前在无线电数据。对应的光谱能量分布的XMM-牛顿观测期间进行的WEBT活动进行了比较与那些有关以前的点的X射线卫星。明亮的软X射线光谱可以用一个额外的分量来描述,当光源通过硬紫外光谱和X射线光谱的曲率变暗时,它也会出现。最后,X射线和光学亮态之间可能存在一个约5年的长时间延迟,这将需要一个几何解释。