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BL Lac天体1 ES 1218+304的VERITAS观测

VERITAS Observations of the BL Lac Object 1ES 1218+304

Pascal Fortin

摘要:

VERITAS合作报告了从位于z=0.182的红移处的高频峰值BL Lac对象1 ES 1218+304检测到甚高能量(VHE)伽马射线发射。在2006-2007年观测季节的几个月里,观测到了具有高度统计意义的伽马射线信号。~160 GeV ~1.8 TeV之间的光子谱可以用指数为Gamma = 3.08 +/- 0.34(stat)+/- 0.2(sys)的幂律很好地描述。200 GeV以上的积分通量相当于蟹状星云的6%。光变曲线没有显示VHE通量变化的任何证据。使用在近红外到中红外的河外背景光(EBL)密度的下限,我们能够限制1 ES 1218+304的内禀能谱的范围。我们表明,内在的光子谱是硬比指数伽玛= 2.32 +/- 0.37的幂律。当包括来自1 ES 1101-232和1 ES 0229+200的光谱的约束时,1 ES 1218+304的光谱可能比Gamma = 1.86 +/- 0.37更难。

英文摘要:

The VERITAS collaboration reports the detection of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from the high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 1218+304 located at a redshift of z=0.182. A gamma-ray signal was detected with high statistical significance for the observations taken during several months in the 2006-2007 observing season. The photon spectrum between ~160 GeV and ~1.8 TeV is well described by a power law with an index of Gamma = 3.08 +/- 0.34(stat) +/- 0.2(sys). The integral flux above 200 GeV corresponds to ~6% of that of the Crab Nebula. The light curve does not show any evidence for VHE flux variability. Using lower limits on the density of the extragalactic background light (EBL) in the near-IR to mid-IR we are able to limit the range of intrinsic energy spectra for 1ES 1218+304. We show that the intrinsic photon spectrum is harder than a power law with an index of Gamma = 2.32 +/- 0.37. When including constraints from the spectra of 1ES 1101-232 and 1ES 0229+200, the spectrum of 1ES 1218+304 is likely to be harder than Gamma = 1.86 +/- 0.37.

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