Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes

Autores
Archambault, S.; Archer, A.; Benbow, W.; Bird, R.; Biteau, J.; Buchovecky, M.; Buckley, J. H.; Bugaev, V.; Byrum, K.; Cerruti, M.; Chen, X; Ciupik, L.; Connolly, M. P.; Cui, W.; Eisch, J. D.; Errando, M.; Falcone, A.; Feng, Q.; Finley, J. P.; Fleischhack, H.; Fortin, P.; Fortson, L.; Furniss, A.; Gillanders, G. H.; Griffin, S.; Grube, J.; Gyuk, G.; Hutten, M.; Pichel, Ana Carolina; Rovero, Adrian Carlos; The Veritas Collaboration
Año de publicación
2016
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inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Between the beginning of its full-scale scientific operations in 2007 and 2012, the VERITAS Cherenkovtelescope array observed more than 130 blazars; of these, 26 were detected as very-high-energy (VHE; E>100GeV) γ-ray sources. In this work, we present the analysis results of a sample of 114 undetected objects. Theobservations constitute a total live-time of ∼ 570 hours. The sample includes several unidentified Fermi-LargeArea Telescope (LAT) sources (located at high Galactic latitude) as well as all the sources from the secondFermi-LAT catalog which are contained within the field of view of the VERITAS observations. We have also performed optical spectroscopy measurements in order to estimate the redshift of some of these blazars that do not have a spectroscopic distance estimate. We present new optical spectra from the Kast instrument on the Shane telescope at the Lick observatory for 18 blazars included in this work, which allowed for the successful measurement or constraint on the redshift of four of them. For each of the blazars included in our sample we provide the flux upper limit in the VERITAS energy band. We also study the properties of the significance distributions and we present the result of a stacked analysis of the data-set, which shows a 4 σ excess.
Fil: Archambault, S.. McGill University; Canadá
Fil: Archer, A.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Benbow, W.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bird, R.. University College Dublin; Irlanda
Fil: Biteau, J.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Buchovecky, M.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Buckley, J. H.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bugaev, V.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Byrum, K.. Argonne National Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Cerruti, M.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Chen, X. Desy; Alemania
Fil: Ciupik, L.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados Unidos
Fil: Connolly, M. P.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
Fil: Cui, W.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Eisch, J. D.. University of Iowa; Estados Unidos
Fil: Errando, M.. Columbia University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Falcone, A.. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Feng, Q.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Finley, J. P.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fleischhack, H.. Desy; Alemania
Fil: Fortin, P.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fortson, L.. University Of Minnesota; Estados Unidos
Fil: Furniss, A.. California State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gillanders, G. H.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
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: Hutten, M.. Desy; Alemania
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: Rovero, Adrian Carlos. 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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BL Lacertae objects: general
galaxies: active
gamma rays: galaxies
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
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spelling Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov TelescopesArchambault, S.Archer, A.Benbow, W.Bird, R.Biteau, J.Buchovecky, M.Buckley, J. H.Bugaev, V.Byrum, K.Cerruti, M.Chen, XCiupik, L.Connolly, M. P.Cui, W.Eisch, J. D.Errando, M.Falcone, A.Feng, Q.Finley, J. P.Fleischhack, H.Fortin, P.Fortson, L.Furniss, A.Gillanders, G. H.Griffin, S.Grube, J.Gyuk, G.Hutten, M.Pichel, Ana CarolinaRovero, Adrian CarlosThe Veritas CollaborationBL Lacertae objects: generalgalaxies: activegamma rays: galaxiesradiation mechanisms: non-thermalhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Between the beginning of its full-scale scientific operations in 2007 and 2012, the VERITAS Cherenkovtelescope array observed more than 130 blazars; of these, 26 were detected as very-high-energy (VHE; E>100GeV) γ-ray sources. In this work, we present the analysis results of a sample of 114 undetected objects. Theobservations constitute a total live-time of ∼ 570 hours. The sample includes several unidentified Fermi-LargeArea Telescope (LAT) sources (located at high Galactic latitude) as well as all the sources from the secondFermi-LAT catalog which are contained within the field of view of the VERITAS observations. We have also performed optical spectroscopy measurements in order to estimate the redshift of some of these blazars that do not have a spectroscopic distance estimate. We present new optical spectra from the Kast instrument on the Shane telescope at the Lick observatory for 18 blazars included in this work, which allowed for the successful measurement or constraint on the redshift of four of them. For each of the blazars included in our sample we provide the flux upper limit in the VERITAS energy band. We also study the properties of the significance distributions and we present the result of a stacked analysis of the data-set, which shows a 4 σ excess.Fil: Archambault, S.. McGill University; CanadáFil: Archer, A.. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: Benbow, W.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Bird, R.. University College Dublin; IrlandaFil: Biteau, J.. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Buchovecky, M.. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Buckley, J. H.. University of Washington; Estados UnidosFil: Bugaev, V.. University of California; Estados UnidosFil: Byrum, K.. Argonne National Laboratory; Estados UnidosFil: Cerruti, M.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Chen, X. Desy; AlemaniaFil: Ciupik, L.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados UnidosFil: Connolly, M. P.. National University of Ireland Galway; IrlandaFil: Cui, W.. Purdue University; Estados UnidosFil: Eisch, J. D.. University of Iowa; Estados UnidosFil: Errando, M.. Columbia University; Estados UnidosFil: Falcone, A.. University of Pennsylvania; Estados UnidosFil: Feng, Q.. Purdue University; Estados UnidosFil: Finley, J. P.. Purdue University; Estados UnidosFil: Fleischhack, H.. Desy; AlemaniaFil: Fortin, P.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados UnidosFil: Fortson, L.. University Of Minnesota; Estados UnidosFil: Furniss, A.. California State University; Estados UnidosFil: Gillanders, G. H.. National University of Ireland Galway; IrlandaFil: Griffin, S.. McGill University; CanadáFil: Grube, J.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados UnidosFil: Gyuk, G.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados UnidosFil: Hutten, M.. Desy; AlemaniaFil: 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: Rovero, Adrian Carlos. 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. 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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes
title Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes
spellingShingle Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes
Archambault, S.
BL Lacertae objects: general
galaxies: active
gamma rays: galaxies
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
title_short Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes
title_full Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes
title_fullStr Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes
title_full_unstemmed Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes
title_sort Upper Limits from Five Years of Blazar Observations with the VERITAS Cherenkov Telescopes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Archambault, S.
Archer, A.
Benbow, W.
Bird, R.
Biteau, J.
Buchovecky, M.
Buckley, J. H.
Bugaev, V.
Byrum, K.
Cerruti, M.
Chen, X
Ciupik, L.
Connolly, M. P.
Cui, W.
Eisch, J. D.
Errando, M.
Falcone, A.
Feng, Q.
Finley, J. P.
Fleischhack, H.
Fortin, P.
Fortson, L.
Furniss, A.
Gillanders, G. H.
Griffin, S.
Grube, J.
Gyuk, G.
Hutten, M.
Pichel, Ana Carolina
Rovero, Adrian Carlos
The Veritas Collaboration
author Archambault, S.
author_facet Archambault, S.
Archer, A.
Benbow, W.
Bird, R.
Biteau, J.
Buchovecky, M.
Buckley, J. H.
Bugaev, V.
Byrum, K.
Cerruti, M.
Chen, X
Ciupik, L.
Connolly, M. P.
Cui, W.
Eisch, J. D.
Errando, M.
Falcone, A.
Feng, Q.
Finley, J. P.
Fleischhack, H.
Fortin, P.
Fortson, L.
Furniss, A.
Gillanders, G. H.
Griffin, S.
Grube, J.
Gyuk, G.
Hutten, M.
Pichel, Ana Carolina
Rovero, Adrian Carlos
The Veritas Collaboration
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Benbow, W.
Bird, R.
Biteau, J.
Buchovecky, M.
Buckley, J. H.
Bugaev, V.
Byrum, K.
Cerruti, M.
Chen, X
Ciupik, L.
Connolly, M. P.
Cui, W.
Eisch, J. D.
Errando, M.
Falcone, A.
Feng, Q.
Finley, J. P.
Fleischhack, H.
Fortin, P.
Fortson, L.
Furniss, A.
Gillanders, G. H.
Griffin, S.
Grube, J.
Gyuk, G.
Hutten, M.
Pichel, Ana Carolina
Rovero, Adrian Carlos
The Veritas Collaboration
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv BL Lacertae objects: general
galaxies: active
gamma rays: galaxies
radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
topic BL Lacertae objects: general
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 Between the beginning of its full-scale scientific operations in 2007 and 2012, the VERITAS Cherenkovtelescope array observed more than 130 blazars; of these, 26 were detected as very-high-energy (VHE; E>100GeV) γ-ray sources. In this work, we present the analysis results of a sample of 114 undetected objects. Theobservations constitute a total live-time of ∼ 570 hours. The sample includes several unidentified Fermi-LargeArea Telescope (LAT) sources (located at high Galactic latitude) as well as all the sources from the secondFermi-LAT catalog which are contained within the field of view of the VERITAS observations. We have also performed optical spectroscopy measurements in order to estimate the redshift of some of these blazars that do not have a spectroscopic distance estimate. We present new optical spectra from the Kast instrument on the Shane telescope at the Lick observatory for 18 blazars included in this work, which allowed for the successful measurement or constraint on the redshift of four of them. For each of the blazars included in our sample we provide the flux upper limit in the VERITAS energy band. We also study the properties of the significance distributions and we present the result of a stacked analysis of the data-set, which shows a 4 σ excess.
Fil: Archambault, S.. McGill University; Canadá
Fil: Archer, A.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Benbow, W.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bird, R.. University College Dublin; Irlanda
Fil: Biteau, J.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Buchovecky, M.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Buckley, J. H.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: Bugaev, V.. University of California; Estados Unidos
Fil: Byrum, K.. Argonne National Laboratory; Estados Unidos
Fil: Cerruti, M.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Chen, X. Desy; Alemania
Fil: Ciupik, L.. Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum; Estados Unidos
Fil: Connolly, M. P.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
Fil: Cui, W.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Eisch, J. D.. University of Iowa; Estados Unidos
Fil: Errando, M.. Columbia University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Falcone, A.. University of Pennsylvania; Estados Unidos
Fil: Feng, Q.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Finley, J. P.. Purdue University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fleischhack, H.. Desy; Alemania
Fil: Fortin, P.. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics; Estados Unidos
Fil: Fortson, L.. University Of Minnesota; Estados Unidos
Fil: Furniss, A.. California State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Gillanders, G. H.. National University of Ireland Galway; Irlanda
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: Hutten, M.. Desy; Alemania
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: Rovero, Adrian Carlos. 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 Between the beginning of its full-scale scientific operations in 2007 and 2012, the VERITAS Cherenkovtelescope array observed more than 130 blazars; of these, 26 were detected as very-high-energy (VHE; E>100GeV) γ-ray sources. In this work, we present the analysis results of a sample of 114 undetected objects. Theobservations constitute a total live-time of ∼ 570 hours. The sample includes several unidentified Fermi-LargeArea Telescope (LAT) sources (located at high Galactic latitude) as well as all the sources from the secondFermi-LAT catalog which are contained within the field of view of the VERITAS observations. We have also performed optical spectroscopy measurements in order to estimate the redshift of some of these blazars that do not have a spectroscopic distance estimate. We present new optical spectra from the Kast instrument on the Shane telescope at the Lick observatory for 18 blazars included in this work, which allowed for the successful measurement or constraint on the redshift of four of them. For each of the blazars included in our sample we provide the flux upper limit in the VERITAS energy band. We also study the properties of the significance distributions and we present the result of a stacked analysis of the data-set, which shows a 4 σ excess.
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