2009ApJ...693L.104A

Query : 2009ApJ...693L.104A

2009ApJ...693L.104A - Astrophys. J., 693, L104-L108 (2009/March-2)

Veritas observations of a very high energy γ-ray flare from the blazar 3C 66A.

ACCIARI V.A., ALIU E., ARLEN T., BEILICKE M., BENBOW W., BOTTCHER M., BRADBURY S.M., BUCKLEY J.H., BUGAEV V., BUTT Y., BYRUM K., CANNON A., CELIK O., CESARINI A., CHOW Y.C., CIUPIK L., COGAN P., CUI W., DANIEL M.K., DICKHERBER R., ERGIN T., FALCONE A., FEGAN S.J., FINLEY J.P., FORTIN P., FORTSON L., FURNISS A., GALL D., GIBBS K., GILLANDERS G.H., GODAMBE S., GRUBE J., GUENETTE R., GYUK G., HANNA D., HAYS E., HOLDER J., HORAN D., HUI C.M., HUMENSKY T.B., IMRAN A., KAARET P., KARLSSON N., KERTZMAN M., KIEDA D., KILDEA J., KONOPELKO A., KRAWCZYNSKI H., KRENNRICH F., LANG M.J., LEBOHEC S., MAIER G., McCANN A., McCUTCHEON M., MILLIS J., MORIARTY P., MUKHERJEE R., NAGAI T., ONG R.A., OTTE A.N., PANDEL D., PERKINS J.S., PETRY D., PIZLO F., POHL M., QUINN J., RAGAN K., REYES L.C., REYNOLDS P.T., ROACHE E., ROSE H.J., SCHROEDTER M., SEMBROSKI G.H., SMITH A.W., STEELE D., SWORDY S.P., THEILING M., TONER J.A., VARLOTTA A., VASSILIEV V.V., WAGNER R.G., WAKELY S.P., WARD J.E., WEEKES T.C., WEINSTEIN A., WILLIAMS D.A., WISSEL S., WOOD M. and ZITZER B.

Abstract (from CDS):

The intermediate-frequency peaked BL Lacertae (IBL) object 3C 66A is detected during 2007-2008 in VHE (very high energy; E > 100 GeV) γ rays with the VERITAS stereoscopic array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. An excess of 1791 events is detected, corresponding to a significance of 21.2 standard deviations (σ), in these observations (32.8 hr live time). The observed integral flux above 200 GeV is 6% of the Crab Nebula's flux and shows evidence for variability on the timescale of days. The measured energy spectrum is characterized by a soft power law with photon index Γ = 4.1±0.4stat± 0.6sys. The radio galaxy 3C 66B is excluded as a possible source of the VHE emission.

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Journal keyword(s): BL Lacertae objects: individual: 3C 66A - galaxies: active - gamma rays: observations

Simbad objects: 4

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Number of rows : 4
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 PSR J0218+42 Psr 02 18 06.3604 +42 32 17.365           ~ 365 2
2 3C 66A BLL 02 22 39.6114771888 +43 02 07.799534304   15.71 15.21 14.5   ~ 942 2
3 Z 538-57 Sy1 02 23 11.41124925 +42 59 31.3853324   15.71 14.81     ~ 582 2
4 7C 1219+2830 BLL 12 21 31.6904439888 +28 13 58.500308172   16.81 16.11 14.24   ~ 924 1

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