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Blazar发现与VERITAS

Blazar Discoveries with VERITAS

J. S. Perkins

摘要:

耀变体是宇宙中最有活力和最猛烈的天体之一。通过观测极高能量(VHE,E > 100 GeV)的耀变体,我们可以更好地了解耀变体的发射机制、喷流结构、黑洞吸积和河外背景光(EBL)。VERITAS是一个由四个直径为12米的成像大气切伦科夫望远镜组成的阵列,通过密集的监测和发现活动对耀变体进行VHE研究。大多数已知发射VHE伽马射线的耀变体都是高频峰值BL Lacertae(HBL)天体,VERITAS已经发现了其中两个天体的VHE发射:1ES 0806+524和RGB J0710+591。VERITAS还发现了来自两个中频峰值BL Lacertae(IBL)天体的VHE伽马射线:W Com和3C 66A。扩展VHE目录,包括IBL对象,使一个更好的了解AGN人口作为一个整体。本文介绍了VERITAS blazar发现计划的最新结果。

英文摘要:

Blazars are among the most energetic and violent objects in the universe. By observing blazars at very high energies (VHE, E > 100 GeV) we can better understand blazar emission mechanisms, jet structure, black hole accretion and the extragalactic background light (EBL). VERITAS, an array of four 12-meter diameter imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes, performs VHE studies of blazars through intense monitoring and discovery campaigns. Most blazars known to emit VHE gamma rays are high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae (HBL) objects, and VERITAS has discovered VHE emission from two of these: 1ES 0806+524 and RGB J0710+591. VERITAS has also discovered VHE gamma rays from two intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae (IBL) objects: W Com and 3C 66A. The expansion of the VHE catalog to include IBL objects enables a better understanding of the AGN population as a whole. This contribution presents recent results from the VERITAS blazar discovery program.

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