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HESS observations and VLT spectroscopy of PG1553+113

  • F. Aharonian
  • , A. G. Akhperjanian
  • , U. De Barres Almeida
  • , A. R. Bazer-Bachi
  • , B. Behera
  • , M. Beilicke
  • , W. Benbow
  • , K. Bernlöhr
  • , C. Boisson
  • , O. Bolz
  • , V. Borrei
  • , I. Braun
  • , E. Brion
  • , A. M. Brown
  • , R. Bühler
  • , T. Bulik
  • , I. Büsching
  • , T. Boutelier
  • , S. Carrigan
  • , P. M. Chadwick
  • L. M. Chounet, A. C. Clapson, G. Coignet, R. Cornils, L. Costamante, M. Dalton, B. Degrange, H. J. Dickinson, A. Djannati-Ataï, W. Domainko, L. O.C. Drury, F. Dubois, G. Dubus, J. Dyks, K. Egberts, D. Emmanoulopoulos, P. Espigat, C. Farnier, F. Feinstein, A. Fiasson, A. Förster, G. Fontaine, Seb Funk, M. Füßling, Y. A. Gallant, B. Giebels, J. F. Glicenstein, B. Glück, P. Goret, C. Hadjichristidis, D. Hauser, M. Hauser, G. Heinzelmann, G. Henri, G. Hermann, J. A. Hinton, A. Hoffmann, W. Hofmann, M. Holleran, S. Hoppe, D. Horns, A. Jacholkowska, O. C. De Jager, I. Jung, K. Katarzyński, E. Kendziorra, M. Kerschhaggl, B. Khélifi, D. Keogh, Nu Komin, K. Kosack, G. Lamanna, I. J. Latham, A. Lemière, M. Lemoine-Goumard, J. P. Lenain, T. Lohse, J. M. Martin, O. Martineau-Huynh, A. Marcowith, C. Masterson, D. Maurin, G. Maurin, T. J.L. McComb, R. Moderski, E. Moulin, M. De Naurois, D. Nedbal, S. J. Nolan, S. Ohm, J. P. Olive, E. De Oña Wilhelmi, K. J. Orford, J. L. Osborne, M. Ostrowski, M. Panter, G. Pedaletti, G. Pelletier, P. O. Petrucci, S. Pita, G. Pühlhofer, M. Punch, S. Ranchon, B. C. Raubenheimer, M. Raue, S. M. Rayner, M. Renaud, J. Ripken, L. Rob, L. Rolland, S. Rosier-Lees, G. Rowell, B. Rudak, J. Ruppel, V. Sahakian, A. Santangelo, R. Schlickeiser, F. Schöck, R. Schröder, U. Schwanke, S. Schwarzburg, S. Schwemmer, A. Shalchi, H. Sol, D. Spangler, Stawarz, R. Steenkamp, C. Stegmann, G. Superina, P. H. Tam, J. P. Tavernet, R. Terrier, C. Van Eldik, G. Vasileiadis, C. Venter, J. P. Vialle, P. Vincent, M. Vivier, H. J. Völk, F. Volpe, S. J. Wagner, M. Ward, A. A. Zdziarski, A. Zech
  • Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
  • Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
  • Yerevan Physics Institute
  • Durham University
  • CNRS
  • Landessternwarte Heidelberg
  • Universität Hamburg
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • LUTH - Laboratoire de l'Univers et de ses Theories
  • Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, CNRS and CEA
  • Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • North-West University
  • Ip Paris
  • Université Paris-Sud
  • Astroparticule and Cosmol APC
  • Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier
  • Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen
  • University of Leeds
  • University of Tübingen
  • MPG
  • Universités Paris VI and VII
  • Charles University
  • Jagiellonian University
  • University of Adelaide
  • Ruhr-University Bochum
  • University of Namibia

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Résumé

Aims. The properties of the very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) γ-ray emission from the high-frequency peaked BL Lac PG 1553+113 are investigated. An attempt is made to measure the currently unknown redshift of this object. Methods. VHE Observations of PG 1553+113 were made with the High Energy Stereoscopic System. (HESS) in 2005 and 2006. H + K (1.45-2.45 μm) spectroscopy of PG 1553+113 was performed in March 2006 with SINFONI, an integral field spectrometer of the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. Results. A VHE signal, ̃10 standard deviations, is detected by HESS during the 2 years of observations (24.8 h live time). The integral flux above 300 GeV is (4.6 = 0.6stat ±0.9syst) × 10 -12 cm-2 s-1, corresponding to ̃3.4% of the flux from the Crab Nebula above the same threshold. The time-averaged energy spectrum is measured, from 225 GeV to ~1.3 TeV, and is characterized by a very soft power law (photon index of Γ = 4.5 ±0.3stat ±0.1 syst). No evidence for any flux or spectral variations is found on any sampled time scale within the VHE data. The redshift of PG 1553+113 could not be determined. Indeed, even though the measured SINFONI spectrum is the most sensitive ever reported for this object at near infrared wavelengths, and the sensitivity is comparable to the best spectroscopy at other wavelengths, no absorption or emission lines were found in the H+K spectrum presented here.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)481-489
Nombre de pages9
journalAstronomy and Astrophysics
Volume477
Numéro de publication2
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 1 janv. 2008
Modification externeOui

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