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Title: | Discovery of VHE γ-rays from the blazar 1ES 1215+303 with the MAGIC telescopes and simultaneous multi-wavelength observations |
Author: | Munar i Adrover, Pere Paredes i Poy, Josep Maria Ribó Gomis, Marc Moldón Vara, Francisco Javier MAGIC Collaboration |
Keywords: | Astronomia de raigs gamma Galàxies Gamma ray astronomy Galaxies |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
Abstract: | We present the discovery of very high energy (VHE, E > 100GeV) gamma-ray emission from the BL Lac object 1ES 1215+303 by the MAGIC telescopes and simultaneous multi-wavelength data in a broad energy range from radio to gamma-rays. Aims. We study the VHE gamma-ray emission from 1ES 1215+303 and its relation to the emissions in other wavelengths. Methods. Triggered by an optical outburst, MAGIC observed the source in January-February 2011 for 20.3 hrs. The target was monitored in the optical R-band by the KVA telescope that also performed optical polarization measurements. We triggered target of opportunity observations with the Swift satellite and obtained simultaneous and quasi-simultaneous data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope and from the Mets\'ahovi radio telescope. We also present the analysis of older MAGIC data taken in 2010. Results. The MAGIC observations of 1ES 1215+303 carried out in January-February 2011 resulted in the first detection of the source at VHE with a statistical significance of 9.4 sigma. Simultaneously, the source was observed in a high optical and X-ray state. In 2010 the source was observed in a lower state in optical, X-ray, and VHE, while the GeV gamma-ray flux and the radio flux were comparable in 2010 and 2011. The spectral energy distribution obtained with the 2011 data can be modeled with a simple one zone SSC model, but it requires extreme values for the Doppler factor or the electron energy distribution. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219133 |
It is part of: | Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2012, vol. 544, num. 142A |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/151163 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219133 |
ISSN: | 0004-6361 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica) |
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