Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451

Autores
Aliu, E.; Arlen, T.; Aune, T.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, W.; Bottcher, M.; Bouvier, A.; Bradbury, S. M.; Buckley, J. H.; Bugaev, V.; Cannon, A.; Cesarini, A.; Ciupik, L.; Collins Hughes, E.; Connolly, M. P.; Cui, W.; Dickherber, R.; Errando, M.; Falcone, A.; Finley, J. P.; Fortson, L.; Furniss, A.; Galante, N.; Gall, D.; Gillanders, G. H.; Godambe, S.; Griffin, S.; Grube, J.; Gyuk, G.; Pichel, Ana Carolina; The Veritas Collaboration
Año de publicación
2011
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inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
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We report on very high energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray observations of Swift J164449.3+573451, an unusual transient object first detected by the Swift Observatory and later detected by multiple radio, optical, and X-ray observatories.A total exposure of 28 hr was obtained on Swift J164449.3+573451 with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) during 2011 March 28-April 15. We do not detect the source and place a differential upper limit on the emission at 500 GeV during these observations of 1.4 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (99 % confidence level). We also present time-resolved upper limits and use a flux limit averaged over the X-ray flaring period to constrain various emission scenarios that can accommodate both the radio-through-X-ray emission detected from the source and the lack of detection by VERITAS.
Fil: Aliu, E.. Columbia University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Arlen, T.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Aune, T.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Beilicke, M.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Benbow, W.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bottcher, M.. Ohio University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bouvier, A.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bradbury, S. M.. University of Leeds; Reino Unido
Fil: Buckley, J. H.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bugaev, V.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Cannon, A.. University College Dublin; Irlanda
Fil: Cesarini, A.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
Fil: Ciupik, L.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados Unidos
Fil: Collins Hughes, E.. University College Dublin; Irlanda
Fil: Connolly, M. P.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
Fil: Cui, W.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Dickherber, R.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Errando, M.. Columbia University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Falcone, A.. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Finley, J. P.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fortson, L.. University Of Minnesota; Estados Unidos
Fil: Furniss, A.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Galante, N.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gall, D.. University of Iowa; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gillanders, G. H.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
Fil: Godambe, S.. University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Griffin, S.. McGill University; Canadá
Fil: Grube, J.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gyuk, G.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados Unidos
Fil: Pichel, Ana Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: The Veritas Collaboration.
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accretion, accretion disks
galaxies: active
gamma rays: galaxies
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
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spelling Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451Aliu, E.Arlen, T.Aune, T.Beilicke, M.Benbow, W.Bottcher, M.Bouvier, A.Bradbury, S. M.Buckley, J. H.Bugaev, V.Cannon, A.Cesarini, A.Ciupik, L.Collins Hughes, E.Connolly, M. P.Cui, W.Dickherber, R.Errando, M.Falcone, A.Finley, J. P.Fortson, L.Furniss, A.Galante, N.Gall, D.Gillanders, G. H.Godambe, S.Griffin, S.Grube, J.Gyuk, G.Pichel, Ana CarolinaThe Veritas Collaborationaccretion, accretion disksgalaxies: activegamma rays: galaxiesradiation mechanisms: non-thermalhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1We report on very high energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray observations of Swift J164449.3+573451, an unusual transient object first detected by the Swift Observatory and later detected by multiple radio, optical, and X-ray observatories.A total exposure of 28 hr was obtained on Swift J164449.3+573451 with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) during 2011 March 28-April 15. We do not detect the source and place a differential upper limit on the emission at 500 GeV during these observations of 1.4 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (99 % confidence level). We also present time-resolved upper limits and use a flux limit averaged over the X-ray flaring period to constrain various emission scenarios that can accommodate both the radio-through-X-ray emission detected from the source and the lack of detection by VERITAS.Fil: Aliu, E.. Columbia University; Estados UnidosFil: Arlen, T.. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Aune, T.. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Beilicke, M.. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: Benbow, W.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Bottcher, M.. Ohio University; Estados UnidosFil: Bouvier, A.. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Bradbury, S. M.. University of Leeds; Reino UnidoFil: Buckley, J. H.. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: Bugaev, V.. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: Cannon, A.. University College Dublin; IrlandaFil: Cesarini, A.. National University of Ireland Galway; IrlandaFil: Ciupik, L.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados UnidosFil: Collins Hughes, E.. University College Dublin; IrlandaFil: Connolly, M. P.. National University of Ireland Galway; IrlandaFil: Cui, W.. Purdue University; Estados UnidosFil: Dickherber, R.. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: Errando, M.. Columbia University; Estados UnidosFil: Falcone, A.. University of Pennsylvania; Estados UnidosFil: Finley, J. P.. Purdue University; Estados UnidosFil: Fortson, L.. University Of Minnesota; Estados UnidosFil: Furniss, A.. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Galante, N.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Gall, D.. University of Iowa; Estados UnidosFil: Gillanders, G. H.. National University of Ireland Galway; IrlandaFil: Godambe, S.. University of Utah; Estados UnidosFil: Griffin, S.. McGill University; CanadáFil: Grube, J.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados UnidosFil: Gyuk, G.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados UnidosFil: Pichel, Ana Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; ArgentinaFil: The Veritas Collaboration.IOP Publishing2011-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/20251Aliu, E.; Arlen, T.; Aune, T.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, W.; et al.; Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451; IOP Publishing; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 738; 2; 9-2011; L30,1-50067-0049CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/2041-8205/738/2/L30info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.1738info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/738/2/L30info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:37:38Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/20251instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:37:38.965CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451
title Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451
spellingShingle Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451
Aliu, E.
accretion, accretion disks
galaxies: active
gamma rays: galaxies
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
title_short Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451
title_full Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451
title_fullStr Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451
title_full_unstemmed Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451
title_sort Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aliu, E.
Arlen, T.
Aune, T.
Beilicke, M.
Benbow, W.
Bottcher, M.
Bouvier, A.
Bradbury, S. M.
Buckley, J. H.
Bugaev, V.
Cannon, A.
Cesarini, A.
Ciupik, L.
Collins Hughes, E.
Connolly, M. P.
Cui, W.
Dickherber, R.
Errando, M.
Falcone, A.
Finley, J. P.
Fortson, L.
Furniss, A.
Galante, N.
Gall, D.
Gillanders, G. H.
Godambe, S.
Griffin, S.
Grube, J.
Gyuk, G.
Pichel, Ana Carolina
The Veritas Collaboration
author Aliu, E.
author_facet Aliu, E.
Arlen, T.
Aune, T.
Beilicke, M.
Benbow, W.
Bottcher, M.
Bouvier, A.
Bradbury, S. M.
Buckley, J. H.
Bugaev, V.
Cannon, A.
Cesarini, A.
Ciupik, L.
Collins Hughes, E.
Connolly, M. P.
Cui, W.
Dickherber, R.
Errando, M.
Falcone, A.
Finley, J. P.
Fortson, L.
Furniss, A.
Galante, N.
Gall, D.
Gillanders, G. H.
Godambe, S.
Griffin, S.
Grube, J.
Gyuk, G.
Pichel, Ana Carolina
The Veritas Collaboration
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Aune, T.
Beilicke, M.
Benbow, W.
Bottcher, M.
Bouvier, A.
Bradbury, S. M.
Buckley, J. H.
Bugaev, V.
Cannon, A.
Cesarini, A.
Ciupik, L.
Collins Hughes, E.
Connolly, M. P.
Cui, W.
Dickherber, R.
Errando, M.
Falcone, A.
Finley, J. P.
Fortson, L.
Furniss, A.
Galante, N.
Gall, D.
Gillanders, G. H.
Godambe, S.
Griffin, S.
Grube, J.
Gyuk, G.
Pichel, Ana Carolina
The Veritas Collaboration
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv accretion, accretion disks
galaxies: active
gamma rays: galaxies
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
topic accretion, accretion disks
galaxies: active
gamma rays: galaxies
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We report on very high energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray observations of Swift J164449.3+573451, an unusual transient object first detected by the Swift Observatory and later detected by multiple radio, optical, and X-ray observatories.A total exposure of 28 hr was obtained on Swift J164449.3+573451 with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) during 2011 March 28-April 15. We do not detect the source and place a differential upper limit on the emission at 500 GeV during these observations of 1.4 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (99 % confidence level). We also present time-resolved upper limits and use a flux limit averaged over the X-ray flaring period to constrain various emission scenarios that can accommodate both the radio-through-X-ray emission detected from the source and the lack of detection by VERITAS.
Fil: Aliu, E.. Columbia University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Arlen, T.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Aune, T.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Beilicke, M.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Benbow, W.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bottcher, M.. Ohio University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bouvier, A.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bradbury, S. M.. University of Leeds; Reino Unido
Fil: Buckley, J. H.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bugaev, V.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Cannon, A.. University College Dublin; Irlanda
Fil: Cesarini, A.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
Fil: Ciupik, L.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados Unidos
Fil: Collins Hughes, E.. University College Dublin; Irlanda
Fil: Connolly, M. P.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
Fil: Cui, W.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Dickherber, R.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Errando, M.. Columbia University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Falcone, A.. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Finley, J. P.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fortson, L.. University Of Minnesota; Estados Unidos
Fil: Furniss, A.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Galante, N.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gall, D.. University of Iowa; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gillanders, G. H.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
Fil: Godambe, S.. University of Utah; Estados Unidos
Fil: Griffin, S.. McGill University; Canadá
Fil: Grube, J.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gyuk, G.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados Unidos
Fil: Pichel, Ana Carolina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciónes Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio. - Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio; Argentina
Fil: The Veritas Collaboration.
description We report on very high energy (E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray observations of Swift J164449.3+573451, an unusual transient object first detected by the Swift Observatory and later detected by multiple radio, optical, and X-ray observatories.A total exposure of 28 hr was obtained on Swift J164449.3+573451 with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) during 2011 March 28-April 15. We do not detect the source and place a differential upper limit on the emission at 500 GeV during these observations of 1.4 x 10^-12 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (99 % confidence level). We also present time-resolved upper limits and use a flux limit averaged over the X-ray flaring period to constrain various emission scenarios that can accommodate both the radio-through-X-ray emission detected from the source and the lack of detection by VERITAS.
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Aliu, E.; Arlen, T.; Aune, T.; Beilicke, M.; Benbow, W.; et al.; Veritas observations of the unusual extragalactic transient swift J164449.3+573451; IOP Publishing; Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series; 738; 2; 9-2011; L30,1-5
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