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1 WHSP:$\sim$ 1,000个VHE $γ$射线耀变体候选者的红外样品

1WHSP: an IR-based sample of $\sim$1,000 VHE $γ$-ray blazar candidates

B. Arsioli, B. Fraga, P. Giommi, P. Padovani, P. M. Marrese

摘要:

耀变体是河外微波和$γ$射线源的主要类型。在电磁波谱能量最高的部分(E> 100 GeV),大部分高银河纬度源是高同步加速器峰值(HSP)类型的耀变体,即BL Lac天体,其同步加速器功率峰值在紫外线或X射线波段。HSP耀变体是非常罕见的,只有几百个预计将超过目前可用的调查的灵敏度极限。为了找到这些非常罕见的对象,我们设计了一种方法,将ALLWISE调查数据与多频率选择标准相结合。样本是从ALLWISE全天空巡天数据库中的红外颜色-颜色选定源的主要列表开始定义的,并对红外无线电和红外X射线通量比施加进一步的限制。使用多项式拟合的多频率数据(无线电X射线),我们估计同步峰值频率和通量的每个对象。我们收集了一个包括992个来源的样本,这是目前最大的已确认和候选HSP blazar的现有列表。所有的物体都将辐射出最高的$γ$射线光子能量。事实上,其中有299个被确认为GeV $γ$射线光子的发射体(基于费米-LAT目录),36个已经在TeV波段被探测到。样本中的大多数源都在即将到来的切伦科夫望远镜阵列(CTA)的范围内,许多源甚至可以在耀斑发作期间被当前一代的切伦科夫望远镜探测到。该样本包括425个先前已知的耀变体,151个新的身份,和416个HSP候选者(大多数是微弱的来源),还没有可用的光谱。完整的1 WHSP目录可在http://www.asdc.asi.it/1whsp/网站上找到,该网站提供了与SED构建工具的直接链接,可以轻松地将多频率数据可视化。

英文摘要:

Blazars are the dominant type of extragalactic sources at microwave and at $γ$-ray energies. In the most energetic part of the electromagnetic spectrum (E>100GeV) a large fraction of high Galactic latitude sources are blazars of the High Synchrotron Peaked (HSP) type, that is BL Lac objects with synchrotron power peaking in the UV or in the X-ray band. HSP blazars are remarkably rare, with only a few hundreds of them expected to be above the sensitivity limits of currently available surveys. To find these very uncommon objects, we have devised a method that combines ALLWISE survey data with multi-frequency selection criteria. The sample was defined starting from a primary list of infrared colour-colour selected sources from the ALLWISE all sky survey database, and applying further restrictions on IR-radio and IR-X-ray flux ratios. Using a polynomial fit to the multi-frequency data (radio to X-ray) we estimated synchrotron peak frequencies and fluxes of each object. We assembled a sample including 992 sources, which is currently the largest existing list of confirmed and candidates HSP blazars. All objects are expected to radiate up to the highest $γ$-ray photon energies. In fact, 299 of these are confirmed emitters of GeV $γ$-ray photons (based on Fermi-LAT catalogues), and 36 have already been detected in the TeV band. The majority of sources in the sample are within reach of the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), and many may be detectable even by the current generation of Cherenkov telescopes during flaring episodes. The sample includes 425 previously known blazars, 151 new identifications, and 416 HSP candidates (mostly faint sources) for which no optical spectra is available yet. The full 1WHSP catalogue is on-line at http://www.asdc.asi.it/1whsp/ providing a direct link to the SED building tool where multifrequency data can be easily visualised.

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