Journal article
VERITAS and multiwavelength observations of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 1741+196
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.459(3), pp.2550-2557
07/01/2016
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw664
Abstract
We present results from multiwavelength observations of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 1741 + 196, including results in the very high energy γ-ray regime using the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). The VERITAS time-averaged spectrum, measured above 180 GeV, is well modelled by a power law with a spectral index of 2.7 ± 0.7stat ± 0.2syst. The integral flux above 180 GeV is (3.9 ± 0.8stat ± 1.0syst) × 10−8 m−2 s−1, corresponding to 1.6 per cent of the Crab nebula flux on average. The multiwavelength spectral energy distribution of the source suggests that 1ES 1741+196 is an extreme-high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object. The observations analysed in this paper extend over a period of six years, during which time no strong flares were observed in any band. This analysis is therefore one of the few characterizations of a blazar in a non-flaring state.
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- Title: Subtitle
- VERITAS and multiwavelength observations of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 1741+196
- Creators
- A. U Abeysekara - University of UtahS Archambault - McGill UniversityA Archer - Washington University in St. LouisW Benbow - Harvard UniversityR Bird - University College DublinJ Biteau - University of California, BerkeleyM Buchovecky - University of California, BerkeleyJ. H Buckley - Washington University in St. LouisV Bugaev - Washington University in St. LouisK Byrum - Argonne National LaboratoryJ. V Cardenzana - Iowa State UniversityM Cerruti - Harvard UniversityJ. L Christiansen - California Polytechnic State UniversityX Chen - University of PotsdamL Ciupik - Adler PlanetariumM. P Connolly - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayW Cui - Purdue University West LafayetteH. J Dickinson - Iowa State UniversityJ Dumm - University of MinnesotaJ. D Eisch - Iowa State UniversityM Errando - Columbia UniversityA Falcone - Pennsylvania State UniversityQ Feng - Purdue University West LafayetteJ. P Finley - Purdue University West LafayetteH Fleischhack - University of UtahA Flinders - University of UtahP Fortin - Harvard UniversityL Fortson - University of MinnesotaA Furniss - California State University, East BayG. H Gillanders - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayS Griffin - McGill UniversityJ Grube - Adler PlanetariumG Gyuk - Adler PlanetariumM Huetten - University of UtahD Hanna - McGill UniversityJ Holder - University of DelawareT. B Humensky - Columbia UniversityC. A Johnson - University of California, BerkeleyP Kaaret - University of IowaP Kar - University of UtahN Kelley-Hoskins - University of UtahM Kertzman - DePauw UniversityD Kieda - University of UtahM KrauseF Krennrich - Iowa State UniversityM. J Lang - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayG Maier - University of UtahS McArthur - Purdue University West LafayetteA McCann - McGill UniversityK Meagher - Georgia Institute of TechnologyP Moriarty - Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of GalwayR Mukherjee - Columbia UniversityD Nieto - Columbia UniversityS O'Brien - University of UtahA O'Faoláin de Bhróithe - University of UtahR. A Ong - University of California, BerkeleyA. N Otte - Georgia Institute of TechnologyN Park - University of ChicagoV Pelassa - Harvard UniversityA Petrashyk - Columbia UniversityD Petry - University of UtahM Pohl - University of PotsdamA Popkow - University of California, BerkeleyE Pueschel - University College DublinJ Quinn - University College DublinK Ragan - McGill UniversityG Ratliff - Adler PlanetariumL. C Reyes - California Polytechnic State UniversityP. T Reynolds - Cork Institute of TechnologyK Reynolds - California Polytechnic State UniversityG. T Richards - Georgia Institute of TechnologyE Roache - Harvard UniversityC Rulten - University of MinnesotaM Santander - Columbia UniversityG. H Sembroski - Purdue University West LafayetteK Shahinyan - University of MinnesotaA. W Smith - University of Maryland, College ParkD Staszak - McGill UniversityI Telezhinsky - University of PotsdamJ. V Tucci - Purdue University West LafayetteJ Tyler - McGill UniversityS Vincent - University of UtahS. P Wakely - University of ChicagoO. M Weiner - Columbia UniversityA Weinstein - Iowa State UniversityA Wilhelm - University of PotsdamD. A Williams - University of California, BerkeleyB Zitzer - Argonne National Laboratory
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.459(3), pp.2550-2557
- DOI
- 10.1093/mnras/stw664
- ISSN
- 0035-8711
- eISSN
- 1365-2966
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199805802771
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