2017A&A...603A..29A

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2017A&A...603A..29A - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 603A, 29-29 (2017/7-1)

Multiwavelength observations of a VHE gamma-ray flare from PKS 1510-089 in 2015.

AHNEN M.L., ANSOLDI S., ANTONELLI L.A., ARCARO C., BABIC A., BANERJEE B., BANGALE P., BARRES DE ALMEIDA U., BARRIO J.A., BEDNAREK W., BERNARDINI E., BERTI A., BIASUZZI B., BILAND A., BLANCH O., BONNEFOY S., BONNOLI G., BORRACCI F., BRETZ T., CAROSI R., CAROSI A., CHATTERJEE A., COLIN P., COLOMBO E., CONTRERAS J.L., CORTINA J., COVINO S., CUMANI P., DA VELA P., DAZZI F., DE ANGELIS A., DE LOTTO B., DE ONA WILHELMI E., DI PIERRO F., DOERT M., DOMINGUEZ A., DOMINIS PRESTER D., DORNER D., DORO M., EINECKE S., EISENACHER GLAWION D., ELSAESSER D., ENGELKEMEIER M., FALLAH RAMAZANI V., FERNANDEZ-BARRAL A., FIDALGO D., FONSECA M.V., FONT L., FRUCK C., GALINDO D., GARCIA LOPEZ R.J., GARCZARCZYK M., GAUG M., GIAMMARIA P., GODINOVIC N., GORA D., GUBERMAN D., HADASCH D., HAHN A., HASSAN T., HAYASHIDA M., HERRERA J., HOSE J., HRUPEC D., HUGHES G., ISHIO K., KONNO Y., KUBO H., KUSHIDA J., KUVEZDIC D., LELAS D., LINDFORS E., LOMBARDI S., LONGO F., LOPEZ M., MAJUMDAR P., MAKARIEV M., MANEVA G., MANGANARO M., MANNHEIM K., MARASCHI L., MARIOTTI M., MARTINEZ M., MAZIN D., MENZEL U., MIRZOYAN R., MORALEJO A., MORETTI E., NAKAJIMA D., NEUSTROEV V., NIEDZWIECKI A., NIEVAS ROSILLO M., NILSSON K., NISHIJIMA K., NODA K., NOGUES L., PAIANO S., PALACIO J., PALATIELLO M., PANEQUE D., PAOLETTI R., PAREDES J.M., PAREDES-FORTUNY X., PEDALETTI G., PERESANO M., PERRI L., PERSIC M., POUTANEN J., PRADA MORONI P.G., PRANDINI E., PULJAK I., GARCIA J.R., REICHARDT I., RHODE W., RIBO M., RICO J., SAITO T., SATALECKA K., SCHROEDER S., SCHWEIZER T., SHORE S.N., SILLANPAA A., SITAREK J., SNIDARIC I., SOBCZYNSKA D., STAMERRA A., STRZYS M., SURIC T., TAKALO L., TAVECCHIO F., TEMNIKOV P., TERZIC T., TESCARO D., TESHIMA M., TORRES D.F., TORRES-ALBA N., TOYAMA T., TREVES A., VANZO G., VAZQUEZ ACOSTA M., VOVK I., WARD J.E., WILL M., WU M.H., ZARIC D., DESIANTE R., BECERRA GONZALEZ J., D'AMMANDO F., LARSSON S., RAITERI C.M., REINTHAL R., LAHTEENMAKI A., JARVELA E., TORNIKOSKI M., RAMAKRISHNAN V., JORSTAD S.G., MARSCHER A.P., BALA V., MacDONALD N.R., KAUR N., BALIYAN K., ACOSTA-PULIDO J.A., LAZARO C., MARTINEZ-LOMBILLA C., GRINON-MARIN A.B., PASTOR YABAR A., PROTASIO C., CARNERERO M.I., JERMAK H., STEELE I.A., LARIONOV V.M., BORMAN G.A. and GRISHINA T.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Context. PKS 1510-089 is one of only a few flat spectrum radio quasars detected in the very-high-energy (VHE, >100GeV) gamma-ray band.
Aims. We study the broadband spectral and temporal properties of the PKS 1510-089 emission during a high gamma-ray state.
Methods. We performed VHE gamma-ray observations of PKS 1510-089 with the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) telescopes during a long, high gamma-ray state in May 2015. In order to perform broadband modeling of the source, we have also gathered contemporaneous multiwavelength data in radio, IR, optical photometry and polarization, UV, X-ray, and GeV gamma-ray ranges. We construct a broadband spectral energy distribution (SED) in two periods, selected according to VHE gamma-ray state.
Results. PKS 1510-089 was detected by MAGIC during a few day-long observations performed in the middle of a long, high optical and gamma-ray state, showing for the first time a significant VHE gamma-ray variability. Similarly to the optical and gamma-ray high state of the source detected in 2012, it was accompanied by a rotation of the optical polarization angle and the emission of a new jet component observed in radio. However, owing to large uncertainty on the knot separation time, the association with the VHE gamma-ray emission cannot be firmly established. The spectral shape in the VHE band during the flare is similar to those obtained during previous measurements of the source. The observed flux variability sets constraints for the first time on the size of the region from which VHE gamma rays are emitted. We model the broadband SED in the framework of the external Compton scenario and discuss the possible emission site in view of multiwavelength data and alternative emission models.

Abstract Copyright: © ESO, 2017

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - galaxies: jets - gamma rays: galaxies - quasars: individual: PKS 1510-089 - quasars: individual: PKS 1510-089

Simbad objects: 2

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Number of rows : 2
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024 		#notes
1 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7192 3
2 QSO J1512-0906 Bla 15 12 50.53293048 -09 05 59.8297908   16.74 16.54     ~ 1316 1

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