Discovery of very high energy gamma rays from 1ES 1440+122

S. Archambault; A. Archer; A. Barnacka; B. Behera; M. Beilicke; W. Benbow; K. Berger; R. Bird; M. Bottcher; J. H. Buckley; V. Bugaev; J. V. Cardenzana; M. Cerruti; X. Chen; J. L. Christiansen; L. Ciupik; E. Collins-Hughes; M. P. Connolly; W. Cui; H. J. Dickinson; J. Dumm; J. D. Eisch; M. Errando; A. Falcone; S. Federici; Q. Feng; J. P. Finley; H. Fleischhack; L. Fortson; A. Furniss; G. H. Gillanders; S. Godambe; S. Griffin; S. T. Griffiths; J. Grube; G. Gyuk; N. Hakansson; D. Hanna; J. Holder; G. Hughes; C. A. Johnson; P. Kaaret; P. Kar; M. Kertzman; Y. Khassen; D. Kieda; H. Krawczynski; S. Kumar; M. J. Lang; A. S. Madhavan; G. Maier; S. McArthur; A. McCann; K. Meagher; J. Millis; P. Moriarty; T. Nelson; D. Nieto; A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe; R. A. Ong; A. N. Otte; N. Park; J. S. Perkins; M. Pohl; A. Popkow; H. Prokoph; E. Pueschel; J. Quinn; K. Ragan; J. Rajotte; L. C. Reyes; P. T. Reynolds; G. T. Richards; E. Roache; G. H. Sembroski; K. Shahinyan; A. W. Smith; D. Staszak; K. Sweeney; I. Telezhinsky; J. V. Tucci; J. Tyler; A. Varlotta; V. V. Vassiliev; S. P. Wakely; R. Welsing; A. Wilhelm; D. A. Williams; B. Zitzer

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Discovery of very high energy gamma rays from 1ES 1440+122

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Discovery of very high energy gamma rays from 1ES 1440+122

S. Archambault, A. Archer, A. Barnacka, B. Behera, M. Beilicke, W. Benbow, K. Berger, R. Bird, M. Bottcher, J. H. Buckley, …

Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v 461(1), pp 202-208

01 Sep 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1319

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The BL Lacertae object 1ES 1440+ 122 was observed in the energy range from 85 GeV to 30 TeV by the VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The observations, taken between 2008 May and 2010 June and totalling 53 h, resulted in the discovery of gamma-ray emission from the blazar, which has a redshift z = 0.163. 1ES 1440+ 122 is detected at a statistical significance of 5.5 standard deviations above the background with an integral flux of (2.8 +/- 0.7(stat) +/- 0.8sys) x 10(-12) cm(-2) s(-1) (1.2 per cent of the Crab Nebula's flux) above 200 GeV. The measured spectrum is described well by a power law from 0.2 to 1.3 TeV with a photon index of 3.1 +/- 0.4(stat) +/- 0.2(sys). Quasi-simultaneous multiwavelength data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope (0.3-300 GeV) and the Swift X-ray Telescope (0.2-10 keV) are additionally used to model the properties of the emission region. A synchrotron self-Compton model produces a good representation of the multiwavelength data. Adding an external-Compton or a hadronic component also adequately describes the data.

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Title: Discovery of very high energy gamma rays from 1ES 1440+122
Creators: S. Archambault - McGill University
A. Archer - Washington University in St. Louis
A. Barnacka - Harvard University
B. Behera - DESY, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
M. Beilicke - Washington University in St. Louis
W. Benbow - Harvard University
K. Berger - University of Delaware
R. Bird - University College Dublin
M. Bottcher - North-West University
J. H. Buckley - Washington University in St. Louis
V. Bugaev - Washington University in St. Louis
J. V. Cardenzana - Iowa State University
M. Cerruti - Harvard University
X. Chen - University of Potsdam
J. L. Christiansen - California Polytechnic State University
L. Ciupik - Adler Planetarium
E. Collins-Hughes - University College Dublin
M. P. Connolly - National University of Ireland, Galway
W. Cui - Purdue University West Lafayette
H. J. Dickinson - Iowa State University
J. Dumm - University of Minnesota
J. D. Eisch - Iowa State University
M. Errando - Columbia University
A. Falcone - Pennsylvania State University
S. Federici - University of Potsdam
Q. Feng - Purdue University West Lafayette
J. P. Finley - Purdue University West Lafayette
H. Fleischhack - DESY, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
L. Fortson - University of Minnesota
A. Furniss - University of California, Santa Cruz
G. H. Gillanders - National University of Ireland, Galway
S. Godambe - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
S. Griffin - McGill University
S. T. Griffiths - University of Iowa
J. Grube - Adler Planetarium
G. Gyuk - Adler Planetarium
N. Hakansson - University of Potsdam
D. Hanna - McGill University
J. Holder - University of Delaware
G. Hughes - DESY, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
C. A. Johnson - University of California, Santa Cruz
P. Kaaret - University of Iowa
P. Kar - University of Utah
M. Kertzman - DePauw University
Y. Khassen - University College Dublin
D. Kieda - University of Utah
H. Krawczynski - Washington University in St. Louis
S. Kumar - University of Delaware
M. J. Lang - National University of Ireland, Galway
A. S. Madhavan - Iowa State University
G. Maier - DESY, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
S. McArthur - University of Chicago
A. McCann - University of Chicago
K. Meagher - Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Millis - Anderson University - South Carolina
P. Moriarty - Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
T. Nelson - Supreme Council Of Health
D. Nieto - Columbia University
A. O'Faolain de Bhroithe - DESY, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
R. A. Ong - University of California, Los Angeles
A. N. Otte - Georgia Institute of Technology
N. Park - University of Chicago
J. S. Perkins - Goddard Space Flight Center
M. Pohl - University of Potsdam
A. Popkow - University of California, Los Angeles
H. Prokoph - DESY, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
E. Pueschel - University College Dublin
J. Quinn - University College Dublin
K. Ragan - McGill University
J. Rajotte - McGill University
L. C. Reyes - California Polytechnic State University
P. T. Reynolds - Cork Institute of Technology
G. T. Richards - Georgia Institute of Technology
E. Roache - Harvard University
G. H. Sembroski - Purdue University West Lafayette
K. Shahinyan - University of Minnesota
A. W. Smith - University of Utah
D. Staszak - McGill University
K. Sweeney - Ohio University - Lancaster
I. Telezhinsky - University of Potsdam
J. V. Tucci - Purdue University West Lafayette
J. Tyler - McGill University
A. Varlotta - Purdue University West Lafayette
V. V. Vassiliev - University of California, Los Angeles
S. P. Wakely - University of Chicago
R. Welsing - DESY, Platanenallee 6, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany
A. Wilhelm - University of Potsdam
D. A. Williams - University of California, Santa Cruz
B. Zitzer - Argonne National Laboratory
Publication Details: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v 461(1), pp 202-208
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Number of pages: 7
Grant note: US Department of Energy Office of Science; United States Department of Energy (DOE) STFC in the UK; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) NSERC in Canada; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) SFI 10/RFP/AST2748 / Science Foundation Ireland; European Commission 1510504 / Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) 1506140 / Division Of Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS) US National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) Smithsonian Institution 64789 / South African Department of Science and Technology through the National Research Foundation under NRF SARChI Chair
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Physics
Web of Science ID: WOS:000383272500017
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84988810612
Other Identifier: 991019201495904721

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