2025A&A...697A.172A

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2025A&A...697A.172A - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 697A172 (2025/5-1)

Very high-energy gamma-ray detection and long-term multiwavelength view of the flaring blazar B2 1811+31.

ABE K., ABE S., ABHIR J., ABHISHEK A., ACCIARI V.A., AGUASCA-CABOT A., AGUDO I., ANIELLO T., ANSOLDI S., ANTONELLI L.A., ARBET ENGELS A., ARCARO C., ASANO K., BABIC A., BARRES DE ALMEIDA U., BARRIO J.A., BARRIOS-JIMENEZ L., BATKOVIC I., BAXTER J., BECERRA GONZALEZ J., BEDNAREK W., BERNARDINI E., BERNETE J., BERTI A., BESENRIEDER J., BIGONGIARI C., BILAND A., BLANCH O., BONNOLI G., BOSNJAK Z., BRONZINI E., BURELLI I., CAMPOY-ORDAZ A., CAROSI A., CAROSI R., CARRETERO-CASTRILLO M., CASTRO-TIRADO A.J., CERASOLE D., CERIBELLA G., CHILINGARIAN A., CIFUENTES A., COLOMBO E., CONTRERAS J.L., CORTINA J., COVINO S., D'AMMANDO F., D'AMICO G., DA VELA P., DAZZI F., DE ANGELIS A., DE LOTTO B., DE MENEZES R., DELFINO M., DELGADO J., DELGADO MENDEZ C., DI PIERRO F., DI TRIA R., DI VENERE L., DINESH A., DOMINIS PRESTER D., DONINI A., DORNER D., DORO M., EISENBERGER L., ELSAESSER D., ESCUDERO J., FARINA L., FOFFANO L., FONT L., FROSE S., FUKAZAWA Y., GARCIA LOPEZ R.J., GARCZARCZYK M., GASPARYAN S., GAUG M., GIESBRECHT PAIVA J.G., GIGLIETTO N., GIORDANO F., GLIWNY P., GRADETZKE T., GRAU R., GREEN D., GREEN J.G., GUNTHER P., HADASCH D., HAHN A., HASSAN T., HECKMANN L., HERRERA LLORENTE J., HRUPEC D., IMAZAWA R., ISRAYELYAN D., ITOKAWA T., JIMENEZ MARTINEZ I., JIMENEZ QUILES J., JORMANAINEN J., KANKKUNEN S., KAYANOKI T., KERSZBERG D., KHACHATRYAN M., KLUGE G.W., KOBAYASHI Y., KONRAD J., KOUCH P.M., KUBO H., KUSHIDA J., LAINEZ M., LAMASTRA A., LINDFORS E., LOMBARDI S., LONGO F., LOPEZ-COTO R., LOPEZ-MOYA M., LOPEZ-ORAMAS A., LOPORCHIO S., LORINI A., LULIC L., LYARD E., MAJUMDAR P., MAKARIEV M., MANEVA G., MANGANARO M., MANGANO S., MANNHEIM K., MARIOTTI M., MARTINEZ M., MARUSEVEC P., MAS-AGUILAR A., MAZIN D., MENCHIARI S., MENDER S., MICELI D., MIRANDA J.M., MIRZOYAN R., MOLERO GONZALEZ M., MOLINA E., MONDAL H.A., MORALEJO A., NAKAMORI T., NANCI C., NEUSTROEV V., NICKEL L., NIEVAS ROSILLO M., NIGRO C., NIKOLIC L., NILSSON K., NISHIJIMA K., NJOH EKOUME T., NODA K., NOZAKI S., OKUMURA A., PAIANO S., PANEQUE D., PAOLETTI R., PAREDES J.M., PAVLETIC L., PERESANO M., PERSIC M., PIHET M., PIROLA G., PODOBNIK F., PRADA MORONI P.G., PRANDINI E., PRINCIPE G., RHODE W., RIBO M., RICO J., RIGHI C., SAHAKYAN N., SAITO T., SATURNI F.G., SCHMITZ K., SCHMUCKERMAIER F., SCHUBERT J.L., SCIACCALUGA A., SILVESTRI G., SITAREK J., SLIUSAR V., SOBCZYNSKA D., STAMERRA A., STRISKOVIC J., STROM D., STRZYS M., SUDA Y., TAJIMA H., TAKAHASHI M., TAKEISHI R., TEMNIKOV P., TERAUCHI K., TERZIC T., TESHIMA M., TUTONE A., UBACH S., VAN SCHERPENBERG J., VAZQUEZ ACOSTA M., VENTURA S., VERNA G., VIALE I., VIGLIANO A., VIGORITO C.F., VITALE V., VOVK I., WALTER R., WERSIG F., WILL M., YAMAMOTO T., BARTOLINI C., BISSALDI E., GARRAPPA S., ANKARA E., BADER N., FEIGE M., HUMMER F., KAPLAN F., LOREY C., REINHART D., SCHOCH K., STEINEKE R., MARCHINI A., FALLAH RAMAZANI V., GRAHAM M.J., HOVATTA T., KIEHLMANN S., READHEAD A.C.S., BENKE P., EPPEL F., HAMMERICH S., HESSDORFER J., KADLER M., KIRCHNER D., GOKUS A., PARASCHOS G.F., ROSCH F. and SINAPIUS J.

Abstract (from CDS):

Context. Among the blazars whose emission has been detected up to very high-energy (VHE; 100 GeV<E<100 TeV) γ rays, intermediate synchrotron-peaked BL Lacs (IBLs) are quite rare. The IBL B2 1811+31 (z = 0.117) exhibited intense flaring activity in 2020. Detailed characterization of the source emission from radio to γ-ray energies was achieved with quasi-simultaneous observations, which led to the first-time detection of VHE γ-ray emission from the source with the MAGIC telescopes.
Aims. In this work, we present a comprehensive multiwavelength (MWL) view of B2 1811+31, with a specific focus on the 2020 VHE flare, employing data from MAGIC, Fermi-LAT, Swift-XRT, Swift-UVOT, and several optical and radio ground-based telescopes.
Methods. Long-term MWL data were employed to contextualize the high-state episode within the source emissions over 18 years. We investigated the variability, cross-correlations, and classification of the source emissions during low and high states. We propose an interpretative leptonic model for the observed radiative high state.
Results. During the 2020 flaring state, the synchrotron peak frequency shifted to higher values and reached the limit of the IBL classification. Variability in timescales of a few hours in the high-energy (HE; 100 MeV<E<100 GeV) γ-ray band poses an upper limit of 6×1014 δD cm on the size of the emission region responsible for the γ-ray flare, with δD being the relativistic Doppler factor of the region. During the 2020 high state, the average spectrum became harder in the HE γ-ray band compared to the low states. A similar behavior has been observed in X-rays. Conversely, during different activity periods, we find harder-when-brighter trends in X-rays and a hint of softer-when-brighter trends at HE γ rays. A long-term HE γ-ray and optical correlation indicates that the same emission regions dominate the radiative output in both ranges, whereas the evolution at 15 GHz shows no correlation with the fluxes at higher frequencies. We test one-zone and two-zone synchrotron-self-Compton models for describing the broadband spectral energy distribution during the 2020 flaring state and investigate the self-consistency of the proposed scenario.

Abstract Copyright: © The Authors 2025

Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - galaxies: active - BL Lacertae objects: individual: B2 1811+31 - gamma rays: general - X-rays: galaxies

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/A+A/697/A172): f1*.dat f2*.dat f4*.dat f5*.dat f9*.dat fig10*.dat fig11*.dat>

Simbad objects: 9

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Number of rows : 9
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 3C 66A BLL 02 22 39.6114771888 +43 02 07.799534304   15.71 15.21 14.5   ~ 942 2
2 PMN J0509+0541 BLL 05 09 25.9644373872 +05 41 35.333820420 15.32 14.95 14.78 15.12   ~ 589 2
3 RX J0521.7+2112 BLL 05 21 45.9657388992 +21 12 51.452786736           ~ 162 1
4 8C 0716+714 BLL 07 21 53.4482942664 +71 20 36.363846516   15.5 15.50 14.27   ~ 1388 1
5 QSO B0903-573 BLL 09 04 53.1791655231 -57 35 05.782508724           ~ 131 1
6 Z 184-50 BLL 11 04 27.3140835504 +38 12 31.798495872   13.50 12.90 8.31   ~ 2841 1
7 RX J1217.8+3007 BLL 12 17 52.0819904040 +30 07 00.634936872   16.07 15.62 13.47   G7 516 1
8 7C 1219+2830 BLL 12 21 31.6904439888 +28 13 58.500308172   16.81 16.11 14.24   ~ 924 1
9 7C 181142.79+314318.00 BLL 18 13 35.2028439312 +31 44 17.620234836     17.4 15.2   ~ 116 1

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