The Discovery of gamma-Ray Emission From The Blazar RGB J0710+591

V. A. Acciari; E. Aliu; T. Arlen; T. Aune; M. Bautista; M. Beilicke; W. Benbow; M. Böttcher; D. Boltuch; S. M. Bradbury; J. H. Buckley; V. Bugaev; K. Byrum; A. Cannon; A. Cesarini; L. Ciupik; W. Cui; R. Dickherber; C. Duke; A. Falcone; J. P. Finley; G. Finnegan; L. Fortson; A. Furniss; N. Galante; D. Gall; K. Gibbs; G. H. Gillanders; S. Godambe; J. Grube; R. Guenette; G. Gyuk; D. Hanna; J. Holder; C. M. Hui; T. B. Humensky; A. Imran; P. Kaaret; N. Karlsson; M. Kertzman; D. Kieda; A. Konopelko; H. Krawczynski; F. Krennrich; M. J. Lang; A. Lamerato; S. Lebohec; G. Maier; S. Mcarthur; A. Mccann; M. Mccutcheon; P. Moriarty; R. Mukherjee; R. A. Ong; A. N. Otte; D. Pandel; J. S. Perkins; D. Petry; A. Pichel; M. Pohl; J. Quinn; K. Ragan; L. C. Reyes; P. T. Reynolds; E. Roache; H. J. Rose; P. Roustazadeh; M. Schroedter; G. H. Sembroski; G. Demet Senturk; A. W. Smith; D. D. Steele; S. P. Swordy; G. Tešić; M. Theiling; S. Thibadeau; A. Varlotta; V. V. Vassiliev; Serge Vincent; R. G. Wagner; S. P. Wakely; J. E. Ward; T. C. Weekes; A. Weinstein; T. Weisgarber; D. A. Williams; S. Wissel; M. Wood; B. Zitzer; Markus Ackermann; Marco Ajello; E. Antolini; Luca Baldini; Jean Ballet; Guido Barbiellini; D. Bastieri; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; B. Berenji; R. D. Blandford; E. D. Bloom; E. Bonamente; A. W. Borgland; A. Bouvier; J. Bregeon; M. Brigida; Pascal Bruel; R. Buehler; S. Buson; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; P. A. Caraveo; S. Carrigan; J. M. Casandjian; E. Cavazzuti; C. Cecchi; Ö. Çelik; E. Charles; A. Chekhtman; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; J. Cohen-Tanugi; J. Conrad; C. D. Dermer; F. de Palma; E. Do Couto E Silva; P. S. Drell; R. Dubois; D. Dumora; C. Farnier; C. Favuzzi; S. J. Fegan; P. Fortin; M. Frailis; Y. Fukazawa; S. Funk; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; N. Gehrels; S. Germani; B. Giebels; N. Giglietto; F. Giordano; M. Giroletti; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; I. A. Grenier; J. E. Grove; S. Guiriec; E. Hays; D. Horan; R. E. Hughes; G. Jóhannesson; A. S. Johnson; W. N. Johnson; T. Kamae; H. Katagiri; J. Kataoka; Jürgen Knödlseder; M. Kuss; J. Lande; L. Latronico; S. -H. Lee; M. Llena Garde; F. Longo; F. Loparco; B. Lott; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; A. Makeev; M. N. Mazziotta; P. F. Michelson; W. Mitthumsiri; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; C. Monte; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; P. L. Nolan; J. P. Norris; E. Nuss; M. Ohno; T. Ohsugi; N. Omodei; E. Orlando; J. F. Ormes; D. Paneque; J. H. Panetta; V. Pelassa; M. Pepe; M. Pesce-Rollins; F. Piron; T. A. Porter; S. Rainò; R. Rando; M. Razzano; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; J. Ripken; A. Y. Rodriguez; M. Roth; H. F. -W. Sadrozinski; D. Sanchez; A. Sander; J. D. Scargle; C. Sgrò; E. J. Siskind; P. D. Smith; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; M. S. Strickman; D. J. Suson; H. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; J. B. Thayer; J. G. Thayer; D. J. Thompson; L. Tibaldo; D. F. Torres; G. Tosti; A. Tramacere; T. L. Usher; V. Vasileiou; N. Vilchez; V. Vitale; A. P. Waite; P. Wang; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; Z. Yang; T. Ylinen; M. Ziegler

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The Discovery of gamma-Ray Emission From The Blazar RGB J0710+591

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The Discovery of gamma-Ray Emission From The Blazar RGB J0710+591

V. A. Acciari, E. Aliu, T. Arlen, T. Aune, M. Bautista, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, M. Böttcher, D. Boltuch, S. M. Bradbury, …

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol.715, pp.L49-L55

20/05/2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/715/1/L49

Abstract

VER J0710+591)

gamma rays: galaxies

BL Lacertae objects: individual (RGB J0710+591

The high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object RGB J0710+591 was observed in the very high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) wave band by the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The observations, taken between 2008 December and 2009 March and totaling 22.1 hr, yield the discovery of VHE gamma rays from the source. RGB J0710+591 is detected at a statistical significance of 5.5 standard deviations (5.5{\sigma}) above the background, corresponding to an integral flux of (3.9 +/- 0.8) x 10-12 cm-2 s-1 (3% of the Crab Nebula's flux) above 300 GeV. The observed spectrum can be fit by a power law from 0.31 to 4.6 TeV with a photon spectral index of 2.69 +/- 0.26stat +/- 0.20sys. These data are complemented by contemporaneous multiwavelength data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope, the Swift X-ray Telescope, the Swift Ultra-Violet and Optical Telescope, and the Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT observatory. Modeling the broadband spectral energy distribution (SED) with an equilibrium synchrotron self-Compton model yields a good statistical fit to the data. The addition of an external-Compton component to the model does not improve the fit nor brings the system closer to equipartition. The combined Fermi and VERITAS data constrain the properties of the high-energy emission component of the source over 4 orders of magnitude and give measurements of the rising and falling sections of the SED.

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Title: The Discovery of gamma-Ray Emission From The Blazar RGB J0710+591
Creators - without role: V. A. Acciari - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
E. Aliu - Barnard College
T. Arlen - University of California, Los Angeles
T. Aune - University of California, Santa Cruz
M. Bautista - McGill University
M. Beilicke - Washington University in St. Louis
W. Benbow - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
M. Böttcher - Ohio University
D. Boltuch - University of Delaware
S. M. Bradbury - University of Leeds
J. H. Buckley - Washington University in St. Louis
V. Bugaev - Washington University in St. Louis
K. Byrum - Argonne National Laboratory
A. Cannon - University College Dublin
A. Cesarini - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
L. Ciupik - Adler Planetarium
W. Cui - Purdue University West Lafayette
R. Dickherber - Washington University in St. Louis
C. Duke - Grinnell College
A. Falcone - Pennsylvania State University
J. P. Finley - Purdue University West Lafayette
G. Finnegan - University of Utah
L. Fortson - Adler Planetarium
A. Furniss - University of California, Santa Cruz
N. Galante - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
D. Gall - Purdue University West Lafayette
K. Gibbs - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
G. H. Gillanders - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
S. Godambe - University of Utah
J. Grube - University College Dublin
R. Guenette - McGill University
G. Gyuk - Adler Planetarium
D. Hanna - McGill University
J. Holder - University of Delaware
C. M. Hui - University of Utah
T. B. Humensky - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
A. Imran - Iowa State University
P. Kaaret - University of Iowa
N. Karlsson - Adler Planetarium
M. Kertzman - DePauw University
D. Kieda - University of Utah
A. Konopelko - Pittsburg State University
H. Krawczynski - Washington University in St. Louis
F. Krennrich - Iowa State University
M. J. Lang - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
A. Lamerato - Ohio University
S. Lebohec - University of Utah
G. Maier - McGill University
S. Mcarthur - Washington University in St. Louis
A. Mccann - McGill University
M. Mccutcheon - McGill University
P. Moriarty - Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
R. Mukherjee - Barnard College
R. A. Ong - University of California, Los Angeles
A. N. Otte - University of California, Santa Cruz
D. Pandel - University of Iowa
J. S. Perkins - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
D. Petry - European Southern Observatory
A. Pichel - Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics
M. Pohl - Iowa State University
J. Quinn - University College Dublin
K. Ragan - McGill University
L. C. Reyes - University of Chicago
P. T. Reynolds - Munster Technological University
E. Roache - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
H. J. Rose - University of Leeds
P. Roustazadeh - Ohio University
M. Schroedter - Iowa State University
G. H. Sembroski - Purdue University West Lafayette
G. Demet Senturk - Columbia University
A. W. Smith - Argonne National Laboratory
D. D. Steele - Adler Planetarium
S. P. Swordy - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
G. Tešić - McGill University
M. Theiling - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
S. Thibadeau - Washington University in St. Louis
A. Varlotta - Purdue University West Lafayette
V. V. Vassiliev - University of California, Los Angeles
Serge Vincent
R. G. Wagner - Argonne National Laboratory
S. P. Wakely - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
J. E. Ward - University College Dublin
T. C. Weekes - Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
A. Weinstein - University of California, Los Angeles
T. Weisgarber - University of Chicago
D. A. Williams - University of California, Santa Cruz
S. Wissel - University of Chicago
M. Wood - University of California, Los Angeles
B. Zitzer - Purdue University West Lafayette
Markus Ackermann - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Marco Ajello - Stanford University
E. Antolini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Perugia
Luca Baldini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
Jean Ballet - Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation
Guido Barbiellini - University of Trieste
D. Bastieri - University of Padua
K. Bechtol - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Bellazzini - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
B. Berenji - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. D. Blandford - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. D. Bloom - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. Bonamente - University of Perugia
A. W. Borgland - Stanford University
A. Bouvier - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. Bregeon - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
M. Brigida - Polytechnic University of Bari
Pascal Bruel - École Polytechnique
R. Buehler - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Buson - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
G. A. Caliandro - Institute of Space Sciences
R. A. Cameron - Stanford University
P. A. Caraveo - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Milano
S. Carrigan - University of Padua
J. M. Casandjian - Université Paris Cité
E. Cavazzuti - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
C. Cecchi - University of Perugia
Ö. Çelik - Goddard Space Flight Center
E. Charles - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. Chekhtman - United States Naval Research Laboratory
C. C. Cheung - United States Naval Research Laboratory
J. Chiang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Ciprini - University of Perugia
R. Claus - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. Cohen-Tanugi - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
J. Conrad - Stockholm University
C. D. Dermer - United States Naval Research Laboratory
F. de Palma - Polytechnic University of Bari
E. Do Couto E Silva - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P. S. Drell - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
R. Dubois - Stanford University
D. Dumora - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
C. Farnier - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
C. Favuzzi - Polytechnic University of Bari
S. J. Fegan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
P. Fortin - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
M. Frailis - Trieste Astronomical Observatory
Y. Fukazawa - Hiroshima University
S. Funk - Stanford University
P. Fusco - Polytechnic University of Bari
F. Gargano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
D. Gasparrini - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
N. Gehrels - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. Germani - University of Perugia
B. Giebels - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
N. Giglietto - Polytechnic University of Bari
F. Giordano - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. Giroletti - Istituto di Radioastronomia di Bologna
T. Glanzman - Stanford University
G. Godfrey - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
I. A. Grenier - CEA Paris-Saclay
J. E. Grove - United States Naval Research Laboratory
S. Guiriec - University of Alabama in Huntsville
E. Hays - Goddard Space Flight Center
D. Horan - Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
R. E. Hughes - The Ohio State University
G. Jóhannesson - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. S. Johnson - Stanford University
W. N. Johnson - United States Naval Research Laboratory
T. Kamae - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
H. Katagiri - Hiroshima University
J. Kataoka - Waseda University
Jürgen Knödlseder - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
M. Kuss - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
J. Lande - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
L. Latronico - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
S. -H. Lee - Stanford University
M. Llena Garde - AlbaNova
F. Longo - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste
F. Loparco - Polytechnic University of Bari
B. Lott - Laboratoire de Physique des deux infinis Bordeaux
M. N. Lovellette - United States Naval Research Laboratory
P. Lubrano - University of Perugia
A. Makeev - United States Naval Research Laboratory
M. N. Mazziotta - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari
P. F. Michelson - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
W. Mitthumsiri - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
T. Mizuno - Hiroshima University
A. A. Moiseev - Goddard Space Flight Center
C. Monte - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. E. Monzani - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
A. Morselli - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Roma Tor Vergata
I. V. Moskalenko - Stanford University
S. Murgia - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
P. L. Nolan - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. P. Norris - University of Denver
E. Nuss - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
M. Ohno - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
T. Ohsugi - Hiroshima University
N. Omodei - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
E. Orlando - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
J. F. Ormes - University of Denver
D. Paneque - Stanford University
J. H. Panetta - Stanford University
V. Pelassa - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique
M. Pepe - University of Perugia
M. Pesce-Rollins - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
F. Piron - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
T. A. Porter - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
S. Rainò - Polytechnic University of Bari
R. Rando - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Padova
M. Razzano - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
A. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
O. Reimer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. Ripken - AlbaNova
A. Y. Rodriguez - Institute of Space Sciences
M. Roth - University of Washington
H. F. -W. Sadrozinski - University of California, Santa Cruz
D. Sanchez - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
A. Sander - The Ohio State University
J. D. Scargle - Ames Research Center
C. Sgrò - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
E. J. Siskind - Real Time Tomography
P. D. Smith - The Ohio State University
G. Spandre - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pisa
P. Spinelli - Polytechnic University of Bari
M. S. Strickman - United States Naval Research Laboratory
D. J. Suson - Purdue University Northwest
H. Takahashi - Hiroshima University
T. Tanaka - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
J. B. Thayer - Stanford University
J. G. Thayer - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
D. J. Thompson - Goddard Space Flight Center
L. Tibaldo - CEA Paris-Saclay
D. F. Torres - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
G. Tosti - University of Perugia
A. Tramacere - Stanford University
T. L. Usher - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
V. Vasileiou - Goddard Space Flight Center
N. Vilchez - Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
V. Vitale - University of Rome Tor Vergata
A. P. Waite - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
P. Wang - Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
B. L. Winer - The Ohio State University
K. S. Wood - United States Naval Research Laboratory
Z. Yang - Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
T. Ylinen - Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial Mathematics
M. Ziegler - University of California, Santa Cruz
Publication Details: The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol.715, pp.L49-L55
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Academic Unit: Université de Montpellier
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
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