2012A&A...539A.149H

Query : 2012A&A...539A.149H

2012A&A...539A.149H - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 539A149-149 (2012/3-1)

A multiwavelength view of the flaring state of PKS 2155-304 in 2006.

HESS COLLABORATION, ABRAMOWSKI A., ACERO F., AHARONIAN F., AKHPERJANIAN A.G., ANTON G., BALZER A., BARNACKA A., BARRES DE ALMEIDA U., BECHERINI Y., BECKER J., BEHERA B., BENBOW W., BERNLOEHR K., BOCHOW A., BOISSON C., BOLMONT J., BORDAS P., BOUTELIER T., BRUCKER J., BRUN F., BRUN P., BULIK T., BUESCHING I., CARRIGAN S., CASANOVA S., CERRUTI M., CHADWICK P.M., CHARBONNIER A., CHAVES R.C.G., CHEESEBROUGH A., CHOUNET L.-M., CLAPSON A.C., COIGNET G., COLOGNA G., COLOM P., CONRAD J., COUDREAU N., 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., DUTSON K., DYKS J., DYRDA M., EDWARDS P., EGBERTS K., EGER P., ESPIGAT P., FALLON L., FARNIER C., FEGAN S., FEINSTEIN F., FERNANDES M.V., FIASSON A., FONTAINE G., FOERSTER A., FUESSLING M., GALLANT Y.A., GAST H., GAYLARD M.J., GERARD L., GERBIG D., GIEBELS B., GLICENSTEIN J.F., GLUECK B., GORET P., GOERING D., HAEFFNER S., HAGUE J.D., HAMPF D., HAUSER M., HEINZ S., HEINZELMANN G., HENRI G., HERMANN G., HINTON J.A., HOFFMANN A., HOFMANN W., HOFVERBERG P., HOLLER M., HORNS D., JACHOLKOWSKA A., DE JAGER O.C., JAHN C., JAMROZY M., JUNG I., KASTENDIECK M.A., KATARZYNSKI K., KATZ U., KAUFMANN S., KEOGH D., KHANGULYAN D., KHELIFI B., KLEIN M., KLOCHKOV D., KLUZNIAK W., KNEISKE T., KOMIN NU., KOSACK K., KOSSAKOWSKI R., KUBANEK P., LAFFON H., LAMANNA G., LENNARZ D., LENAIN J.-P., LOHSE T., LOPATIN A., LU C.-C., MARANDON V., MARCOWITH A., MARTIN J.M., MASBOU J., MAURIN D., MAXTED N., McCOMB T.J.L., MEDINA M.C., MEHAULT J., MELADY G., NGUYEN N., MODERSKI R., MONARD B., MOULIN E., NAUMANN C.L., NAUMANN-GODO M., DE NAUROIS M., NEDBAL D., NEKRASSOV D., NICHOLAS B., NIEMIEC J., NOLAN S.J., OHM S., DE ONA WILHELMI E., OPITZ B., OSTROWSKI M., OYA I., PANTER M., PAZ ARRIBAS M., PEDALETTI G., PELLETIER G., PETRUCCI P.-O., PITA S., PUEHLHOFER G., PUNCH M., QUIRRENBACH A., RAUE M., RAYNER S.M., REIMER A., 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., SCHULZ A., SCHWANKE U., SCHWARZBURG S., SCHWEMMER S., SIKORA M., SKILTON J.L., SOL H., SPENGLER G., STAWARZ L., STEENKAMP R., STEGMANN C., STINZING F., STYCZ K., SUSHCH I., SZOSTEK A., TAVERNET J.-P., TERRIER R., TLUCZYKONT M., TZIOUMIS A., VALERIUS K., VAN ELDIK C., VASILEIADIS G., VENTER C., VENTER L., VIALLE J.P., VIANA A., VINCENT P., VOELK H.J., VOLPE F., VOROBIOV S., VORSTER M., WAGNER S.J., WARD M., WHITE R., WIERZCHOLSKA A., ZACHARIAS M., ZAJCZYK A., ZDZIARSKI A.A., ZECH A. and ZECHLIN H.-S.

Abstract (from CDS):

Multiwavelength (MWL) observations of the blazar PKS 2155-304 during two weeks in July and August 2006, the period when two exceptional flares at very high energies (VHE, E>100GeV) occurred, provide a detailed picture of the evolution of its emission. The complete data set from this campaign is presented, including observations in VHE γ-rays (H.E.S.S.), X-rays (RXTE, Chandra, Swift XRT), optical (Swift UVOT, Bronberg, Watcher, ROTSE), and in the radio band (NRT, HartRAO, ATCA). Optical and radio light curves from 2004 to 2008 are compared to the available VHE data from this period, to put the 2006 campaign into the context of the long-term evolution of the source. The data set offers a close view of the evolution of the source on different time scales and yields new insights into the properties of the emission process. The predictions of synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) scenarios are compared to the MWL data, with the aim of describing the dominant features in the data down to the hour time scale. The spectral variability in the X-ray and VHE bands is explored and correlations between the integral fluxes at different wavelengths are evaluated. SSC modelling is used to interpret the general trends of the varying spectral energy distribution. The X-ray and VHE γ-ray emission are correlated during the observed high state of the source, but show no direct connection with longer wavelengths. The long-term flux evolution in the optical and radio bands is found to be correlated and shows that the source reaches a high state at long wavelengths after the occurrence of the VHE flares. Spectral hardening is seen in the Swift XRT data. The nightly averaged high-energy spectra of the non-flaring nights can be reproduced by a stationary one-zone SSC model, with only small variations in the parameters. The spectral and flux evolution in the high-energy band during the night of the second VHE flare is modelled with multi-zone SSC models, which can provide relatively simple interpretations for the hour time-scale evolution of the high-energy emission, even for such a complex data set. For the first time in this type of source, a clear indication is found for a relation between high activity at high energies and a long-term increase in the low frequency fluxes.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: active - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - gamma rays: galaxies - BL Lacertae objects: individual: PKS 2155-304

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/A+A/539/A149): hess_av.dat cangaroo.dat mwl.dat hess.dat rotse.dat har_35mm.dat har_60mm.dat nrt_11cm.dat nrt_21cm.dat>

Simbad objects: 12

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Number of rows : 12
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 NAME Per B SyG 04 37 04.37535450 +29 40 13.8179631   21.7       ~ 533 2
2 M 1 SNR 05 34 31.8 +22 01 03           ~ 6516 1
3 2C 553 QSO 06 27 10.125 -05 53 06.21           ~ 165 1
4 4C 55.16 Bla 08 34 54.90398776 +55 34 21.0703409   20.75 19.45 17.180   ~ 297 2
5 Z 184-50 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2841 1
6 3C 273 BLL 12 29 06.6998257176 +02 03 08.597629980   13.05 14.830 14.11   ~ 6022 1
7 M 87 AGN 12 30 49.42338414 +12 23 28.0436859 10.16 9.59 8.63   7.49 ~ 7815 3
8 3C 286 Sy1 13 31 08.2883506368 +30 30 32.960091564   17.51 17.25     ~ 4558 2
9 3C 295 Sy1 14 11 20.6 +52 12 09   22.34 20.80 18.54   ~ 1021 4
10 Z 225-7 BLL 16 53 52.21668403 +39 45 36.6088754 14.09 14.15 13.29 8.26   ~ 2304 2
11 QSO B1959+650 BLL 19 59 59.8520303688 +65 08 54.652536492     12.8 11.21   ~ 699 2
12 PKS J2158-3013 BLL 21 58 52.0652249880 -30 13 32.118447792   13.36 13.09 12.62   ~ 1829 1

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