Discovery of Very-high-energy Emission from RGB J2243+203 and Derivation of Its Redshift Upper Limit

A. U. Abeysekara; S. Archambault; A. Archer; W. Benbow; R. Bird; R. Brose; M. Buchovecky; J. H. Buckley; V. Bugaev; M. Cerruti; M. P. Connolly; W. Cui; A. Falcone; Q. Feng; J. P. Finley; H. Fleischhack; L. Fortson; A. Furniss; G. H. Gillanders; S. Griffin; J. Grube; M. Hütten; D. Hanna; O. Hervet; J. Holder; T. B. Humensky; C. A. Johnson; P. Kaaret; P. Kar; N. Kelley-Hoskins; M. Kertzman; D. Kieda; M. Krause; F. Krennrich; S. Kumar; M. J. Lang; G. Maier; S. McArthur; P. Moriarty; R. Mukherjee; D. Nieto; S. O'Brien; R. A. Ong; A. N. Otte; N. Park; A. Petrashyk; M. Pohl; A. Popkow; E. Pueschel; J. Quinn; K. Ragan; P. T. Reynolds; G. T. Richards; E. Roache; C. Rulten; I. Sadeh; M. Santander; G. H. Sembroski; K. Shahinyan; D. Staszak; I. Telezhinsky; J. Tyler; V. V. Vassiliev; S. P. Wakely; O. M. Weiner; A. Weinstein; P. Wilcox; A. Wilhelm; D. A. Williams; B. Zitzer

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Discovery of Very-high-energy Emission from RGB J2243+203 and Derivation of Its Redshift Upper Limit

A. U. Abeysekara
, S. Archambault
, A. Archer
, W. Benbow
, R. Bird
, R. Brose
, M. Buchovecky
, J. H. Buckley
, V. Bugaev
, M. Cerruti
, M. P. Connolly
, W. Cui
, A. Falcone
, Q. Feng
, J. P. Finley
, H. Fleischhack
, L. Fortson
, A. Furniss
, G. H. Gillanders
, S. Griffin

J. Grube, M. Hütten, D. Hanna, O. Hervet, J. Holder, T. B. Humensky, C. A. Johnson, P. Kaaret, P. Kar, N. Kelley-Hoskins, M. Kertzman, D. Kieda, M. Krause, F. Krennrich, S. Kumar, M. J. Lang, G. Maier, S. McArthur, P. Moriarty, R. Mukherjee, D. Nieto, S. O'Brien, R. A. Ong, A. N. Otte, N. Park, A. Petrashyk, M. Pohl, A. Popkow, E. Pueschel, J. Quinn, K. Ragan, P. T. Reynolds, G. T. Richards, E. Roache, C. Rulten, I. Sadeh, M. Santander, G. H. Sembroski, K. Shahinyan, D. Staszak, I. Telezhinsky, J. Tyler, V. V. Vassiliev, S. P. Wakely, O. M. Weiner, A. Weinstein, P. Wilcox, A. Wilhelm, D. A. Williams, B. Zitzer

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Very-high-energy (VHE; > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from the blazar RGB J2243+203 was discovered with the VERITAS Cherenkov telescope array, during the period between 2014 December 21 and 24. The VERITAS energy spectrum from this source can be fitted by a power law with a photon index of 4.6±0.5, and a flux normalization at 0.15 TeV of (6.3 ±1.1 10^-10 cm^-2 s^-1 TeV^-1 )10^-2 1 1. The integrated Fermi-LAT flux from 1 to 100 GeV during the VERITAS detection is (4.1 ±0.8× 10 cm^-2 s^-1 ), which is an order of magnitude larger than the four-year-averaged flux in the same energy range reported in the 3FGL catalog, (4.0± 0.1× 10^-9 cm^-2s ^-1). The detection with VERITAS triggered observations in the X-ray band with the Swift-XRT. However, due to scheduling constraints Swift-XRT observations were performed 67 hr after the VERITAS detection, rather than simultaneously with the VERITAS observations. The observed X-ray energy spectrum between 2 and 10 keV can be fitted with a power law with a spectral index of 2.7±0.2, and the integrated photon flux in the same energy band is (3.6 ±0.6 10^-13 cm^-2 s^-1 ). EBL-model-dependent upper limits of the blazar redshift have been derived. Depending on the EBL model used, the upper limit varies in the range from z < 0.9 to z < 1.1.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	233
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aa8d76
State	Published - Nov 2017

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Abeysekara, A. U., Archambault, S., Archer, A., Benbow, W., Bird, R., Brose, R., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Cerruti, M., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H., Fortson, L., Furniss, A., Gillanders, G. H., ... Zitzer, B. (2017). Discovery of Very-high-energy Emission from RGB J2243+203 and Derivation of Its Redshift Upper Limit. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 233(1), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aa8d76

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AU - Archer, A.

AU - Benbow, W.

AU - Bird, R.

AU - Brose, R.

AU - Buchovecky, M.

AU - Buckley, J. H.

AU - Bugaev, V.

AU - Cerruti, M.

AU - Connolly, M. P.

AU - Cui, W.

AU - Falcone, A.

AU - Feng, Q.

AU - Finley, J. P.

AU - Fleischhack, H.

AU - Fortson, L.

AU - Furniss, A.

AU - Gillanders, G. H.

AU - Griffin, S.

AU - Grube, J.

AU - Hütten, M.

AU - Hanna, D.

AU - Hervet, O.

AU - Holder, J.

AU - Humensky, T. B.

AU - Johnson, C. A.

AU - Kaaret, P.

AU - Kar, P.

AU - Kelley-Hoskins, N.

AU - Kertzman, M.

AU - Kieda, D.

AU - Krause, M.

AU - Krennrich, F.

AU - Kumar, S.

AU - Lang, M. J.

AU - Maier, G.

AU - McArthur, S.

AU - Moriarty, P.

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AU - Quinn, J.

AU - Ragan, K.

AU - Reynolds, P. T.

AU - Richards, G. T.

AU - Roache, E.

AU - Rulten, C.

AU - Sadeh, I.

AU - Santander, M.

AU - Sembroski, G. H.

AU - Shahinyan, K.

AU - Staszak, D.

AU - Telezhinsky, I.

AU - Tyler, J.

AU - Vassiliev, V. V.

AU - Wakely, S. P.

AU - Weiner, O. M.

AU - Weinstein, A.

AU - Wilcox, P.

AU - Wilhelm, A.

AU - Williams, D. A.

AU - Zitzer, B.

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