2016A&A...595A..98A

Query : 2016A&A...595A..98A

2016A&A...595A..98A - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 595A98-98 (2016/11-1)

Detection of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the gravitationally lensed blazar QSO B0218+357 with the MAGIC telescopes.

AHNEN M.L., ANSOLDI S., ANTONELLI L.A., ANTORANZ P., ARCARO C., BABIC A., BANERJEE B., BANGALE P., BARRES DE ALMEIDA U., BARRIO J.A., BECERRA GONZALEZ J., BEDNAREK W., BERNARDINI E., BERTI A., BIASUZZI B., BILAND A., BLANCH O., BONNEFOY S., BONNOLI G., BORRACCI F., BRETZ T., BUSON S., CAROSI A., CHATTERJEE A., CLAVERO R., COLIN P., COLOMBO E., CONTRERAS J.L., CORTINA J., COVINO S., DA VELA P., DAZZI F., DE ANGELIS A., DE LOTTO B., DE ONA WILHELMI E., DI PIERRO F., DOERT M., DOMINGUEZ A., DOMINIS PRESTER D., DORNER D., DORO M., EINECKE S., EISENACHER GLAWION D., ELSAESSER D., ENGELKEMEIER M., FALLAH RAMAZANI V., FERNANDEZ-BARRAL A., FIDALGO D., FONSECA M.V., FONT L., FRANTZEN K., FRUCK C., GALINDO D., GARCIA LOPEZ R.J., GARCZARCZYK M., GARRIDO TERRATS D., GAUG M., GIAMMARIA P., GODINOVIC N., GORA D., GUBERMAN D., HADASCH D., HAHN A., HAYASHIDA M., HERRERA J., HOSE J., HRUPEC D., HUGHES G., IDEC W., KODANI K., KONNO Y., KUBO H., KUSHIDA J., LA BARBERA A., LELAS D., LINDFORS E., LOMBARDI S., LONGO F., LOPEZ M., LOPEZ-COTO R., MAJUMDAR P., MAKARIEV M., MALLOT K., MANEVA G., MANGANARO M., MANNHEIM K., MARASCHI L., MARCOTE B., MARIOTTI M., MARTINEZ M., MAZIN D., MENZEL U., MIRANDA J.M., MIRZOYAN R., MORALEJO A., MORETTI E., NAKAJIMA D., NEUSTROEV V., NIEDZWIECKI A., NIEVAS ROSILLO M., NILSSON K., NISHIJIMA K., NODA K., NOGUES L., PAIANO S., PALACIO J., PALATIELLO M., PANEQUE D., PAOLETTI R., PAREDES J.M., PAREDES-FORTUNY X., PEDALETTI G., PERESANO M., PERRI L., PERSIC M., POUTANEN J., PRADA MORONI P.G., PRANDINI E., PULJAK I., GARCIA J.R., REICHARDT I., RHODE W., RIBO M., RICO J., SAITO T., SATALECKA K., SCHROEDER S., SCHWEIZER T., SHORE S.N., SILLANPAA A., SITAREK J., SNIDARIC I., SOBCZYNSKA D., STAMERRA A., STRZYS M., SURIC T., TAKALO L., TAVECCHIO F., TEMNIKOV P., TERZIC T., TESCARO D., TESHIMA M., TORRES D.F., TOYAMA T., TREVES A., VANZO G., VERGUILOV V., VOVK I., WARD J.E., WILL M., WU M.H., ZANIN R. and DESIANTE R.

Abstract (from CDS):

Context. QSO B0218+357 is a gravitationally lensed blazar located at a redshift of 0.944. The gravitational lensing splits the emitted radiation into two components that are spatially indistinguishable by gamma-ray instruments, but separated by a 10-12 day delay. In July 2014, QSO B0218+357 experienced a violent flare observed by the Fermi-LAT and followed by the MAGIC telescopes.
Aims. The spectral energy distribution of QSO B0218+357 can give information on the energetics of z∼1 very high energy gamma-ray sources. Moreover the gamma-ray emission can also be used as a probe of the extragalactic background light at z∼1.
Methods. MAGIC performed observations of QSO B0218+357 during the expected arrival time of the delayed component of the emission. The MAGIC and Fermi-LAT observations were accompanied by quasi-simultaneous optical data from the KVA telescope and X-ray observations by Swift-XRT. We construct a multiwavelength spectral energy distribution of QSO B0218+357 and use it to model the source. The GeV and sub-TeV data obtained by Fermi-LAT and MAGIC are used to set constraints on the extragalactic background light.
Results. Very high energy gamma-ray emission was detected from the direction of QSO B0218+357 by the MAGIC telescopes during the expected time of arrival of the trailing component of the flare, making it the farthest very high energy gamma-ray source detected to date. The observed emission spans the energy range from 65 to 175GeV. The combined MAGIC and Fermi-LAT spectral energy distribution of QSO B0218+357 is consistent with current extragalactic background light models. The broadband emission can be modeled in the framework of a two-zone external Compton scenario, where the GeV emission comes from an emission region in the jet, located outside the broad line region.

Abstract Copyright: © ESO, 2016

Journal keyword(s): gamma rays: galaxies - gravitational lensing: strong - galaxies: jets - radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - quasars: individual: QSO B0218+357

Simbad objects: 8

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Number of rows : 8

N	Identifier	Otype	ICRS (J2000) RA	ICRS (J2000) DEC	Mag U	Mag B	Mag V	Mag R	Sp type	#ref 1850 - 2026	#notes
1	KUV 00311-1938	BLL	00 33 34.3800569400	-19 21 33.134193864				16.6	~	125	0
2	6C 021803+354230	BLL	02 21 05.4920852208	+35 56 13.848581904		20.0	20.0	19.60	~	603	3
3	M 1	SNR	05 34 31.8	+22 01 03					~	6516	1
4	7C 122223.5+213929	Bla	12 24 54.4583146056	+21 22 46.385507388		17.56	17.50	18.2	~	770	2
5	3C 279	Bla	12 56 11.16657958	-05 47 21.5251510		18.01	17.75	15.87	~	3205	2
6	PG 1424+240	BLL	14 27 00.3917926224	+23 48 00.037510776	14.52	14.34	14.95	14.5	~	420	1
7	7C 1441+2514	Bla	14 43 56.89220390	+25 01 44.4907165		19.5		19.7	~	179	1
8	NAME Galactic Center	reg	17 45 39.60213	-29 00 22.0000					~	16269	0

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