2010A&A...519A..32A

Query : 2010A&A...519A..32A

2010A&A...519A..32A - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 519, A32-32 (2010/9-1)

MAGIC TeV gamma-ray observations of Markarian 421 during multiwavelength campaigns in 2006.

ALEKSIC J., ANDERHUB H., ANTONELLI L.A., ANTORANZ P., BACKES M., BAIXERAS C., BALESTRA S., BARRIO J.A., BASTIERI D., BECERRA GONZALEZ J., BECKER J.K., BEDNAREK W., BERDYUGIN A., BERGER K., BERNARDINI E., BILAND A., BOCK R.K., BONNOLI G., BORDAS P., BORLA TRIDON D., BOSCH-RAMON V., BOSE D., BRAUN I., BRETZ T., BRITZGER D., CAMARA M., CARMONA E., CAROSI A., COLIN P., COMMICHAU S., CONTRERAS J.L., CORTINA J., COSTADO M.T., COVINO S., DAZZI F., DE ANGELIS A., DE CEA DEL POZO E., DE LOS REYES R., DE LOTTO B., DE MARIA M., DE SABATA F., DELGADO MENDEZ C., DOERT M., DOMINGUEZ A., DOMINIS PRESTER D., DORNER D., DORO M., ELSAESSER D., ERRANDO M., FERENC D., FONSECA M.V., FONT L., GARCIA LOPEZ R.J., GARCZARCZYK M., GAUG M., GODINOVIC N., HADASCH D., HERRERO A., HILDEBRAND D., HOEHNE-MOENCH D., HOSE J., HRUPEC D., HSU C.C., JOGLER T., KLEPSER S., KRAEHENBUEHL T., KRANICH D., LA BARBERA A., LAILLE A., LEONARDO E., LINDFORS E., LOMBARDI S., LONGO F., LOPEZ M., LORENZ E., MAJUMDAR P., MANEVA G., MANKUZHIYIL N., MANNHEIM K., MARASCHI L., MARIOTTI M., MARTINEZ M., MAZIN D., MEUCCI M., MIRANDA J.M., MIRZOYAN R., MIYAMOTO H., MOLDON J., MOLES M., MORALEJO A., NIETO D., NILSSON K., NINKOVIC J., ORITO R., OYA I., PAOLETTI R., PAREDES J.M., PARTINI S., PASANEN M., PASCOLI D., PAUSS F., PEGNA R.G., PEREZ-TORRES M.A., PERSIC M., PERUZZO L., PRADA F., PRANDINI E., PUCHADES N., PULJAK I., REICHARDT I., RHODE W., RIBO M., RICO J., RISSI M., RUEGAMER S., SAGGION A., SAITO T.Y., SALVATI M., SANCHEZ-CONDE M., SATALECKA K., SCALZOTTO V., SCAPIN V., SCHWEIZER T., SHAYDUK M., SHORE S.N., SIERPOWSKA-BARTOSIK A., SILLANPAEAE A., SITAREK J., SOBCZYNSKA D., SPANIER F., SPIRO S., STAMERRA A., STEINKE B., STRAH N., STRUEBIG J.C., SURIC T., TAKALO L., TAVECCHIO F., TEMNIKOV P., TESCARO D., TESHIMA M., TORRES D.F., VANKOV H., WAGNER R.M., ZABALZA V., ZANDANEL F. and ZANIN R.

Abstract (from CDS):

Wide-range spectral coverage of blazar-type active galactic nuclei is of paramount importance for understanding the particle acceleration mechanisms assumed to take place in their jets. The Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cerenkov (MAGIC) telescope participated in three multiwavelength (MWL) campaigns, observing the blazar Markarian (Mkn) 421 during the nights of April 28 and 29, 2006, and June 14, 2006. We analyzed the corresponding MAGIC very-high energy observations during 9 nights from April 22 to 30, 2006 and on June 14, 2006. We inferred light curves with sub-day resolution and night-by-night energy spectra. MAGIC detects γ-rays by observing extended air showers in the atmosphere. The obtained air-shower images were analyzed using the standard MAGIC analysis chain. A strong γ-ray signal was detected from Mkn421 on all observation nights. The flux (E>250GeV) varied on night-by-night basis between (0.92±0.11)x10^–10/cm²/s (0.57 Crab units) and (3.21±0.15)x10^–10/cm²/s (2.0 Crab units) in April 2006. There is a clear indication for intra-night variability with a doubling time of 36±10_stat min on the night of April 29, 2006, establishing once more rapid flux variability for this object. For all individual nights γ-ray spectra could be inferred, with power-law indices ranging from 1.66 to 2.47. We did not find statistically significant correlations between the spectral index and the flux state for individual nights. During the June 2006 campaign, a flux substantially lower than the one measured by the Whipple 10-m telescope four days later was found. Using a log-parabolic power law fit we deduced for some data sets the location of the spectral peak in the very-high energy regime. Our results confirm the indications of rising peak energy with increasing flux, as expected in leptonic acceleration models.

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Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mkn421 - gamma rays: galaxies

Simbad objects: 4

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Number of rows : 4

N	Identifier	Otype	ICRS (J2000) RA	ICRS (J2000) DEC	Mag U	Mag B	Mag V	Mag R	Sp type	#ref 1850 - 2023	#notes
1	V* CM Tau	Psr	05 34 31.9474694616	+22 00 52.153698024					~	5102	0
2	M 1	SNR	05 34 32	+22 00.8					~	6002	1
3	Mrk 421	BLL	11 04 27.3140835504	+38 12 31.798495872		13.50	12.90	8.31	~	2568	1
4	4C 39.49	BLL	16 53 52.21668403	+39 45 36.6088754	14.09	14.15	13.29	8.26	~	2067	2

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