2010A&A...520A..83H

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2010A&A...520A..83H - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 520A83-83 (2010/9-2)

VHE γ-ray emission of PKS 2155-304: spectral and temporal variability.

HESS COLLABORATION, ABRAMOWSKI A., ACERO F., AHARONIAN F., AKHPERJANIAN A.G., ANTON G., BARRES DE ALMEIDA U., BAZER-BACHI A.R., BECHERINI Y., BEHERA B., BENBOW W., BERNLOEHR K., BOCHOW A., BOISSON C., BOLMONT J., BORREL V., BRUCKER J., BRUN F., BRUN P., BUEHLER R., BULIK T., BUESCHING I., BOUTELIER T., CHADWICK P.M., CHARBONNIER A., CHAVES R.C.G., CHEESEBROUGH A., CHOUNET L.-M., CLAPSON A.C., COIGNET G., CONRAD J., COSTAMANTE L., DALTON M., DANIEL M.K., DAVIDS I.D., DEGRANGE B., DEIL C., DICKINSON H.J., DJANNATI-ATAIE A., DOMAINKO W., DRURY L.O'C., DUBOIS F., DUBUS G., DYKS J., DYRDA M., EGBERTS K., EGER P., ESPIGAT P., FALLON L., FARNIER C., FEGAN S., FEINSTEIN F., FERNANDES M.V., FIASSON A., FOERSTER A., FONTAINE G., FUESSLING M., GABICI S., GALLANT Y.A., GERARD L., GERBIG D., GIEBELS B., GLICENSTEIN J.F., GLUECK B., GORET P., GOERING D., HAMPF D., HAUSER M., HEINZ S., HEINZELMANN G., HENRI G., HERMANN G., HINTON J.A., HOFFMANN A., HOFMANN W., HOFVERBERG P., HOLLERAN M., HOPPE S., HORNS D., JACHOLKOWSKA A., DE JAGER O.C., JAHN C., JUNG I., KATARZYNSKI K., KATZ U., KAUFMANN S., KERSCHHAGGL M., KHANGULYAN D., KHELIFI B., KEOGH D., KLOCHKOV D., KLUZNIAK W., KNEISKE T., KOMIN N., KOSACK K., KOSSAKOWSKI R., LAMANNA G., LENAIN J.-P., LOHSE T., LU C.-C., MARANDON V., MARCOWITH A., MASBOU J., MAURIN D., McCOMB T.J.L., MEDINA M.C., MEHAULT J., MODERSKI R., MOULIN E., NAUMANN-GODO M., DE NAUROIS M., NEDBAL D., NEKRASSOV D., NGUYEN N., NICHOLAS B., NIEMIEC J., NOLAN S.J., OHM S., OLIVE J.-F., DE ONA WILHELMI E., OPITZ B., ORFORD K.J., OSTROWSKI M., PANTER M., PAZ ARRIBAS M., PEDALETTI G., PELLETIER G., PETRUCCI P.-O., PITA S., PUEHLHOFER G., PUNCH M., QUIRRENBACH A., RAUBENHEIMER B.C., RAUE M., RAYNER S.M., REIMER O., RENAUD M., DE LOS REYES R., RIEGER F., RIPKEN J., ROB L., ROSIER-LEES S., ROWELL G., RUDAK B., RULTEN C.B., RUPPEL J., RYDE F., SAHAKIAN V., SANTANGELO A., SCHLICKEISER R., SCHOECK F.M., SCHOENWALD A., SCHWANKE U., SCHWARZBURG S., SCHWEMMER S., SHALCHI A., SUSHCH I., SIKORA M., SKILTON J.L., SOL H., STAWARZ L., STEENKAMP R., STEGMANN C., STINZING F., SUPERINA G., SZOSTEK A., TAM P.H., TAVERNET J.-P., TERRIER R., TIBOLLA O., TLUCZYKONT M., VALERIUS K., VAN ELDIK C., VASILEIADIS G., VENTER C., VENTER L., VIALLE J.P., VIANA A., VINCENT P., VIVIER M., VOELK H.J., VOLPE F., VOROBIOV S., WAGNER S.J., WARD M., ZDZIARSKI A.A., ZECH A. and ZECHLIN H.-S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Observations of very high-energy γ-rays from blazars provide information about acceleration mechanisms occurring in their innermost regions. Studies of variability in these objects lead to a better understanding of the mechanisms in play. To investigate the spectral and temporal variability of VHE (>100 GeV) γ-rays of the well-known high-frequency-peaked BLLac object PKS2155-304 with the HESS imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes over a wide range of flux states. Data collected from 2005 to 2007 were analyzed. Spectra were derived on time scales ranging from 3 years to 4 min. Light curve variability was studied through doubling timescales and structure functions and compared with red noise process simulations. The source was found to be in a low state from 2005 to 2007, except for a set of exceptional flares that occurred in July 2006. The quiescent state of the source is characterized by an associated mean flux level of (4.32±0.09stat±0.86syst)x10–11/cm2/s above 200GeV, or approximately 15% of the Crab Nebula, and a power-law photon index of Γ=3.53±0.06stat±0.10syst. During the flares of July 2006, doubling timescales of ∼2min are found. The spectral index variation is examined over two orders of magnitude in flux, yielding different behavior at low and high fluxes, which is a new phenomenon in VHE γ-ray emitting blazars. The variability amplitude characterized by the fractional rms Fvar is strongly energy-dependent and is ∝E0.19±0.01. The light curve rms correlates with the flux. This is the signature of a multiplicative process that can be accounted for as a red noise with a Fourier index of ∼2. This unique data set shows evidence of a low-level γ-ray emission state from PKS2155-304 that possibly has a different origin than the outbursts. The discovery of the light curve lognormal behavior might be an indicator of the origin of aperiodic variability in blazars.

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Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: general - galaxies: active - galaxies: jets - BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS2155-304

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 QSO B0208-512 BLL 02 10 46.2004407600 -51 01 01.893013392   17.10 16.93 14.82   ~ 485 1
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 Z 184-50 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2841 1
5 Z 225-7 BLL 16 53 52.21668403 +39 45 36.6088754 14.09 14.15 13.29 8.26   ~ 2304 2
6 QSO B1959+650 BLL 19 59 59.8520303688 +65 08 54.652536492     12.8 11.21   ~ 699 2
7 PKS J2158-3013 BLL 21 58 52.0652249880 -30 13 32.118447792   13.36 13.09 12.62   ~ 1829 1

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