THE 2012 FLARE OF PG 1553+113 SEEN WITH HESS AND FERMI-LAT

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Abramowski, A. [1 ]
Aharonian, F. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
Benkhali, F. Ait [2 ]
Akhperjanian, A. G. [4 ,5 ]
Anguener, E. O. [6 ]
Backes, M. [7 ]
Balenderan, S. [8 ]
Balzer, A. [9 ]
Barnacka, A. [10 ]
Becherini, Y. [11 ]
Tjus, J. Becker [12 ]
Berge, D. [9 ,13 ]
Bernhard, S. [14 ]
Bernloehr, K. [2 ,6 ]
Birsin, E. [6 ]
Biteau, J. [15 ]
Boettcher, M. [16 ]
Boisson, C. [17 ]
Bolmont, J. [18 ]
Bordas, P. [19 ]
Bregeon, J. [20 ]
Brun, F. [21 ]
Brun, P. [21 ]
Bryan, M. [9 ]
Bulik, T. [22 ]
Carrigan, S. [2 ]
Casanova, S. [2 ,23 ]
Chadwick, P. M. [8 ]
Chakraborty, N. [2 ]
Chalme-Calvet, R. [18 ]
Chaves, R. C. G. [20 ]
Chretien, M. [18 ]
Colafrancesco, S. [24 ]
Cologna, G. [25 ]
Conrad, J. [26 ]
Couturier, C. [18 ]
Cui, Y. [19 ]
Dalton, M. [27 ]
Davids, I. D. [7 ,16 ]
Degrange, B. [15 ]
Deil, C. [2 ]
deWilt, P. [28 ]
Djannati-Atai, A. [29 ]
Domainko, W. [2 ]
Donath, A. [2 ]
Drury, L. O'C. [3 ]
Dubus, G. [30 ,31 ]
Dutson, K. [32 ]
Dyks, J. [33 ]
Dyrda, M. [23 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hamburg, Inst Expt Phys, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
[2] Max Planck Inst Kernphys, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany
[3] Dublin Inst Adv Studies, Dublin 2, Ireland
[4] Natl Acad Sci Republ Armenia, Yerevan 0019, Armenia
[5] Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan 375036, Armenia
[6] Humboldt Univ, Inst Phys, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[7] Univ Namibia, Dept Phys, Windhoek, Namibia
[8] Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Durham DH1 3LE, England
[9] Univ Amsterdam, Astron Inst Anton Pannekoek, GRAPPA, NL-1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
[10] Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Obserwatorium Astron, PL-30244 Krakow, Poland
[11] Linnaeus Univ, Dept Phys & Elect Engn, SE-35195 Vaxjo, Sweden
[12] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Lehrstuhl Weltraum & Astrophys 4, Inst Theoret Phys, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
[13] Univ Amsterdam, Inst High Energy Phys, NL-1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
[14] Leopold Franzens Univ Innsbruck, Inst Astro & Teilchenphys, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
[15] CNRS IN2P3, Ecole Polytech, Lab Leprince Ringuet, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
[16] North West Univ, Ctr Space Res, ZA-2520 Potchefstroom, South Africa
[17] Univ Paris Diderot, CNRS, Observ Paris, LUTH, F-92190 Meudon, France
[18] Univ Paris 06, LPNHE, Univ Paris 07, CNRS IN2P3, F-75252 Paris 5, France
[19] Univ Tubingen, Inst Astron & Astrophys, D-72076 Tubingen, Germany
[20] Univ Montpellier 2, Lab Univers & Particules Montpellier, CNRS IN2P3, F-34095 Montpellier 5, France
[21] CEA Saclay, DSM Irfu, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[22] Univ Warsaw, Astron Observ, PL-00478 Warsaw, Poland
[23] Inst Fizyki Jadrowej PAN, PL-31342 Krakow, Poland
[24] Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Phys, ZA-2050 Johannesburg, South Africa
[25] Heidelberg Univ, Landessternwarte, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
[26] Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, Oskar Klein Ctr, Albanova Univ Ctr, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
[27] Univ Bordeaux 1, CNRS IN2P3, Ctr Etud Nucl Bordeaux Gradignan, F-33175 Gradignan, France
[28] Univ Adelaide, Sch Chem & Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
[29] Univ Paris Diderot, AstroParticule & Cosmol, APC, CNRS IN2P3,CEA Irfu,Observ Paris,Sorbonne Paris C, F-75205 Paris 13, France
[30] Univ Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
[31] CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
[32] Univ Leicester, Dept Phys & Astron, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England
[33] Nicolaus Copernicus Astron Ctr, PL-00716 Warsaw, Poland
[34] Univ Potsdam, Inst Phys & Astron, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany
[35] Univ Savoie, Lab Annecy le Vieux Phys Particules, CNRS IN2P3, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, France
[36] DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
[37] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Phys Inst, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
[38] Nicolaus Copernicus Univ, Ctr Astron, Fac Phys Astron & Informat, PL-87100 Torun, Poland
[39] Univ Orange Free State, Dept Phys, ZA-9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa
[40] Charles Univ Prague, Fac Math & Phys, Inst Particle & Nucl Phys, CR-18000 Prague 8, Czech Republic
[41] Univ Amsterdam, Inst High Energy Phys, GRAPPA, NL-1098 XH Amsterdam, Netherlands
来源
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 2015年 / 802卷 / 01期
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
BL Lacertae objects: individual (PG 1553+113); galaxies: active; galaxies: distances and redshifts; gamma-rays: galaxies; EXTRAGALACTIC BACKGROUND LIGHT; LARGE-AREA TELESCOPE; GAMMA-RAY EMISSION; PHOTONS; SPECTRA; RADIO; VARIABILITY; EVOLUTION; IMPRINT; BLAZARS;
D O I
10.1088/0004-637X/802/1/65
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV)gamma-ray flaring activity of the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object PG 1553 + 113 has been detected by the H.E.S.S. telescopes. The flux of the source increased by a factor of 3 during the nights of 2012 April 26 and 27 with respect to the archival measurements with a hint of intra-night variability. No counterpart of this event has been detected in the Fermi-Large Area Telescope data. This pattern is consistent with VHE gamma(-)ray flaring being caused by the injection of ultrarelativistic particles, emitting.-rays at the highest energies. The dataset offers a unique opportunity to constrain the redshift of this source at z = 0.49 +/- 0.04 using a novel method based on Bayesian statistics. The indication of intra-night variability is used to introduce a novel method to probe for a possible Lorentz invariance violation (LIV), and to set limits on the energy scale at which Quantum Gravity (QG) effects causing LIV may arise. For the subluminal case, the derived limits are E-QG,E- 1 > 4.10 x 10(17) GeV and E-QG,E- 2 > 2.10 x 10(10) GeV for linear and quadratic LIV effects, respectively.
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