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Title: | MAGIC search for VHE γ-ray emission from AE Aquarii in a multiwavelength context |
Author: | MAGIC Collaboration Marcote Martin, Benito Munar i Adrover, Pere Paredes i Poy, Josep Maria Paredes Fortuny, Xavier Ribó Gomis, Marc Zanin, Roberta |
Keywords: | Estels Noves (Estels) Raigs gamma Astrofísica Stars New stars Gamma rays Astrophysics |
Issue Date: | Aug-2014 |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Abstract: | It has been claimed that the nova-like cataclysmic variable AE Aquarii (AE Aqr) is a very-high-energy (VHE, E> 100 GeV) source both on observational and theoretical grounds. Aims: We search for VHE γ-ray emission from AE Aqr during different states of the source at several wavelengths to confirm or rule out previous claims of detection of γ-ray emission from this object. Methods: We report on observations of AE Aqr performed by MAGIC. The source was observed during 12 h as part of a multiwavelength campaign carried out between May and June 2012 covering the optical, X-ray, and γ-ray ranges. Besides MAGIC, the other facilities involved were the KVA, Skinakas, and Vidojevica telescopes in the optical and Swift in X-rays. We calculated integral upper limits coincident with different states of the source in the optical. We computed upper limits to the pulsed emission limiting the signal region to 30% of the phaseogram and we also searched for pulsed emission at different frequencies applying the Rayleigh test. Results: AE Aqr was not detected at VHEs during the multiwavelength campaign. We establish integral upper limits at the 95% confidence level for the steady emission assuming the differential flux proportional to a power-law function dφ/ dE ∝ E- Γ, with a Crab-like photon spectral index of Γ = 2.6. The upper limit above 200 GeV is 6.4 × 10-12 cm-2 s-1 and above 1 TeV is 7.4 × 10-13 cm-2 s-1. We obtained an upper limit for the pulsed emission of 2.6 × 10-12 cm-2 s-1 for energies above 200 GeV. Applying the Rayleigh test for pulsed emission at different frequencies we did not find any significant signal. Conclusions: Our results indicate that AE Aqr is not a VHE γ-ray emitter at the level of emission previously claimed. We have established the most constraining upper limits for the VHE γ-ray emission of AE Aqr. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424072 |
It is part of: | Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2014, vol. 568, num. 109, p. 1-9 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/58577 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424072 |
ISSN: | 0004-6361 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Física Quàntica i Astrofísica) |
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