2007ApJ...665L..51A

Query : 2007ApJ...665L..51A

2007ApJ...665L..51A - Astrophys. J., 665, L51-L54 (2007/August-2)

Very high energy gamma-ray radiation from the stellar mass black hole binary Cygnus X-1.

ALBERT J., ALIU E., ANDERHUB H., ANTORANZ P., ARMADA A., BAIXERAS C., BARRIO J.A., BARTKO H., BASTIERI D., BECKER J.K., BEDNAREK W., BERGER K., BIGONGIARI C., BILAND A., BOCK R.K., BORDAS P., BOSCH-RAMON V., BRETZ T., BRITVITCH I., CAMARA M., CARMONA E., CHILINGARIAN A., COARASA J.A., COMMICHAU S., CONTRERAS J.L., CORTINA J., COSTADO M.T., CURTEF V., DANIELYAN V., DAZZI F., DE ANGELIS A., DELGADO C., DE LOS REYES R., DE LOTTO B., DOMINGO-SANTAMARIA E., DORNER D., DORO M., ERRANDO M., FAGIOLINI M., FERENC D., FERNANDEZ E., FIRPO R., FLIX J., FONSECA M.V., FONT L., FUCHS M., GALANTE N., GARCIA-LOPEZ R.J., GARCZARCZYK M., GAUG M., GILLER M., GOEBEL F., HAKOBYAN D., HAYASHIDA M., HENGSTEBECK T., HERRERO A., HOHNE D., HOSE J., HSU C.C., JACON P., JOGLER T., KOSYRA R., KRANICH D., KRITZER R., LAILLE A., LINDFORS E., LOMBARDI S., LONGO F., LOPEZ J., LOPEZ M., LORENZ E., MAJUMDAR P., MANEVA G., MANNHEIM K., MANSUTTI O., MARIOTTI M., MARTINEZ M., MAZIN D., MERCK C., MEUCCI M., MEYER M., MIRANDA J.M., MIRZOYAN R., MIZOBUCHI S., MORALEJO A., NIETO D., NILSSON K., NINKOVIC J., ONA-WILHELMI E., OTTE N., OYA I., PANNIELLO M., PAOLETTI R., PAREDES J.M., PASANEN M., PASCOLI D., PAUSS F., PEGNA R., PERSIC M., PERUZZO L., PICCIOLI A., PRANDINI E., PUCHADES N., RAYMERS A., RHODE W., RIBO M., RICO J., RISSI M., ROBERT A., RUGAMER S., SAGGION A., SAITO T., SANCHEZ A., SARTORI P., SCALZOTTO V., SCAPIN V., SCHMITT R., SCHWEIZER T., SHAYDUK M., SHINOZAKI K., SHORE S.N., SIDRO N., SILLANPAA A., SOBCZYNSKA D., STAMERRA A., STARK L.S., TAKALO L., TEMNIKOV P., TESCARO D., TESHIMA M., TORRES D.F., TURINI N., VANKOV H., VITALE V., WAGNER R.M., WIBIG T., WITTEK W., ZANDANEL F., ZANIN R. and ZAPATERO J.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on the results from the observations in the very high energy band (VHE; E_γ≥100 GeV) of the black hole X-ray binary (BHXB) Cygnus X-1. The observations were performed with the MAGIC telescope, for a total of 40 hr during 26 nights, spanning the period between 2006 June and November. Searches for steady γ-ray signals yielded no positive result, and upper limits to the integral flux ranging between 1% and 2% of the Crab Nebula flux, depending on the energy, have been established. We also analyzed each observation night independently, obtaining evidence of γ-ray signals at the 4.0 σ significance level (3.2 σ after trial correction) for 154 minutes of effective on-time (EOT) on September 24 between 20:58 and 23:41 UTC, coinciding with an X-ray flare seen by RXTE, Swift, and INTEGRAL. A search for faster-varying signals within a night resulted in an excess with a significance of 4.9 σ (4.1 σ after trial correction) for 79 minutes EOT between 22:17 and 23:41 UTC. The measured excess is compatible with a pointlike source at the position of Cygnus X-1 and excludes the nearby radio nebula powered by its relativistic jet. The differential energy spectrum is well fitted by an unbroken power law described as dN/(dAdtdE)=(2.3±0.6)x10^–12(E/1 TeV)^–3.2±0.6. This is the first experimental evidence of VHE emission from a stellar mass black hole and therefore from a confirmed accreting X-ray binary.

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Journal keyword(s): Acceleration of Particles - Stars: Binaries: General - Gamma Rays: Observations - X-Rays: Individual: Constellation Name: Cygnus X-1

Simbad objects: 7

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Number of rows : 7

N	Identifier	Otype	ICRS (J2000) RA	ICRS (J2000) DEC	Mag U	Mag B	Mag V	Mag R	Mag I	Sp type	#ref 1850 - 2026	#notes
1	LS I +61 303	HXB	02 40 31.6644419688	+61 13 45.593918580	11.27	11.61	10.75	10.19	9.55	B0Ve	903	2
2	M 1	SNR	05 34 31.8	+22 01 03						~	6516	1
3	V* CM Tau	Psr	05 34 31.9474694616	+22 00 52.153698024						~	5476	0
4	CPD-63 2495	HXB	13 02 47.6544015048	-63 50 08.626970292	10.34	10.72	9.98	10.03		O9.5Ve	852	0
5	V* V479 Sct	HXB	18 26 15.0561548880	-14 50 54.247274304	12.02	12.23	11.27	11.04		ON6V((f))z	613	2
6	* eta Cyg	*	19 56 18.3718373206	+35 05 00.322387793	5.800	4.910	3.880	3.19	2.66	K0III	289	0
7	HD 226868	HXB	19 58 21.6757355952	+35 12 05.784512688	9.38	9.72	8.91	8.42		O9.7Iabpvar	4590	0

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