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gamma-Ray双星LS I +61 303的VERITAS观测

VERITAS Observations of the gamma-Ray Binary LS I +61 303

V. A. Acciari, M. Beilicke, G. Blaylock, S. M. Bradbury, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, Y. Butt, K. L. Byrum, O. Celik, A. Cesarini, L. Ciupik, Y. C. K. Chow, P. Cog… 展开作者

V. A. Acciari, M. Beilicke, G. Blaylock, S. M. Bradbury, J. H. Buckley, V. Bugaev, Y. Butt, K. L. Byrum, O. Celik, A. Cesarini, L. Ciupik, Y. C. K. Chow, P. Cogan, P. Colin, W. Cui, M. K. Daniel, C. Duke, T. Ergin, A. D. Falcone, S. J. Fegan, J. P. Finley, P. Fortin, L. F. Fortson, D. Gall, K. Gibbs, G. H. Gillanders, J. Grube R. Guenette, D. Hanna, E. Hays, J. Holder, D. Horan, S. B. Hughes, C. M. Hui, T. B. Humensky, P. Kaaret, D. B. Kieda, J. Kildea, A. Konopelko, H. Krawczynski, F. Krennrich, M. J. Lang, S. LeBohec, K. Lee, G. Maier, A. McCann, M. McCutcheon, J. Millis, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, T. Nagai, R. A. Ong, D. Pandel, J. S. Perkins, F. Pizlo, M. Pohl, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, P. T. Reynolds, H. J. Rose, M. Schroedter, G. H. Sembroski, A. W. Smith, D. Steele, S. P. Swordy, J. A. Toner, L. Valcarcel, V. V. Vassiliev, R. Wagner, S. P. Wakely, J. E. Ward, T. C. Weekes, A. Weinstein, R. J. White, D. A. Williams, S. A. Wissel, M. Wood, B. Zitzer

摘要:

LS I +61 303是目前在极高能量伽马射线中发现的少数高质量X射线双星之一。利用VERITAS成像空气切伦科夫望远镜阵列在几个轨道周期(2006年9月至2007年2月)对该系统进行了观测。能量在300 GeV以上的伽马射线信号的统计意义为8.4标准差。测得的流量是强烈的变化,最大的流量被发现在大多数轨道周期在apastron。最大辐射期间的能谱可以用幂律来表征,光子指数为Gamma=2.40+-0.16_stat+-0.2_sys,流量超过300 GeV,相当于蟹状星云流量的15-20%。

英文摘要:

LS I +61 303 is one of only a few high-mass X-ray binaries currently detected at high significance in very high energy gamma-rays. The system was observed over several orbital cycles (between September 2006 and February 2007) with the VERITAS array of imaging air-Cherenkov telescopes. A signal of gamma-rays with energies above 300 GeV is found with a statistical significance of 8.4 standard deviations. The detected flux is measured to be strongly variable; the maximum flux is found during most orbital cycles at apastron. The energy spectrum for the period of maximum emission can be characterized by a power law with a photon index of Gamma=2.40+-0.16_stat+-0.2_sys and a flux above 300 GeV corresponding to 15-20% of the flux from the Crab Nebula.

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