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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
The discovery of γ-ray emission from the blazar RGBJ0710+591
Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 715, No. 1 PART 2, Year 2010
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The high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object RGBJ0710+591 was observed in the very high-energy (VHE; E > 100GeV) wave band by the VERITAS array of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The observations, taken between 2008 December and 2009 March and totaling 22.1 hr, yield the discovery of VHE gamma rays from the source. RGBJ0710+591 is detected at a statistical significance of 5.5 standard deviations (5.5σ) above the background, corresponding to an integral flux of (3.9 ± 0.8) × 10-12 cm-2 s-1 (3% of the Crab Nebula's flux) above 300GeV. The observed spectrum can be fit by a power law from 0.31 to 4.6TeV with a photon spectral index of 2.69 ± 0.26stat ± 0.20sys. These data are complemented by contemporaneous multiwavelength data from the Fermi Large Area Telescope, the Swift X-ray Telescope, the Swift Ultra-Violet and Optical Telescope, and the Michigan-Dartmouth-MIT observatory. Modeling the broadband spectral energy distribution (SED) with an equilibrium synchrotron self-Compton model yields a good statistical fit to the data. The addition of an external-Compton component to the model does not improve the fit nor brings the system closer to equipartition. The combined Fermi and VERITAS data constrain the properties of the high-energy emission component of the source over 4 orders of magnitude and give measurements of the rising and falling sections of the SED. © 2010 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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Acciari, Victor A.
United States, Amado
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Aliu, Ester
United States, New York
Columbia University
Arlen, Timothy C.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Aune, Taylor
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Bautista, M.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Beilicke, Matthias
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Benbow, Wystan R.
United States, Amado
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Boettcher, M.
United States, Athens
Ohio University
Bradbury, Stella M.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Buckley, James H.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Bugaev, Viatcheslav V.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Byrum, Karen L.
United States, Lemont
Argonne National Laboratory
Cannon, Anna
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Cesarini, Andrea
Ireland, Galway
University of Galway
Ciupik, Larry
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Cui, Wei
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
Dickherber, R.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Duke, Charles B.
United States, Grinnell
Grinnell College
Falcone, Abraham D.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Finley, John P.
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
Finnegan, Gary
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Fortson, Lucy F.
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Furniss, Amy K.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Galante, Nicola
United States, Amado
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Gall, Daniel
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
Gibbs, Kenneth G.
United States, Amado
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Gillanders, G. H.
Ireland, Galway
University of Galway
Godambe, Sagar V.
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Grube, J.
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Guénette, Roxanne
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Gyuk, Geza
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Hanna, David S.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Holder, Jamie A.
United States, Newark
University of Delaware
Hui, C. Michelle
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Humensky, T. B.
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Imran, A.
United States, Ames
Iowa State University
Kaaret, Phillip E.
United States, Iowa City
University of Iowa
Karlsson, Niklas
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Kertzman, M. P.
United States, Greencastle
Depauw University
Kieda, David B.
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Konopelko, Alexander K.
United States, Pittsburgh
Pittsburg State University
Krawczynski, Henric S.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Krennrich, Frank
United States, Ames
Iowa State University
Lang, Mark J.
Ireland, Galway
University of Galway
Lamerato, A.
United States, Athens
Ohio University
LeBohec, Stephan
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Maier, Gernot
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
McArthur, Scot P.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
McCann, Andrew J.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
McCutcheon, Michael
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Moriarty, P.
Ireland, Killybegs
Atlantic Technological University
Mukherjee, Reshmi
United States, New York
Columbia University
Ong, RenéA A.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Otte, Adam Nepomuk
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Pandel, Dirk
United States, Iowa City
University of Iowa
Perkins, Jeremy S.
United States, Amado
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Petry, Dirk
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
European Southern Observatory
Pichel, Ana C.
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio
Pohl, Martin
United States, Ames
Iowa State University
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Germany, Potsdam
Universität Potsdam
Quinn, John
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Ragan, K. J.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Reyes, Luis C.
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Reynolds, P. T.
Ireland, Bishopstown
Munster Technological University Mtu
Roache, Emmet T.
United States, Amado
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Rose, H. J.
United Kingdom, Leeds
University of Leeds
Roustazadeh, Parisa
United States, Athens
Ohio University
Schroedter, Martin
United States, Ames
Iowa State University
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United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
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United States, New York
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United States, Lemont
Argonne National Laboratory
Steele, David
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
United States, Los Alamos
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Swordy, Simon P.
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Teŝić, Gordana
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Theiling, Mark F.
United States, Amado
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Thibadeau, S.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Varlotta, A.
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
Vassiliev, Vladimir V.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Vincent, Stéphane
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Wagner, Robert G.
United States, Lemont
Argonne National Laboratory
Wakely, Scott P.
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Ward, John Ennis
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Weekes, Trevor C.
United States, Amado
Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Weinstein, Amanda
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Williams, David A.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Wissel, Stephanie A.
United States, Chicago
The University of Chicago
Wood, Matthew D.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Zitzer, Benjamin
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
Ackermann, Markus
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Ajello, Marco
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Antolini, Elisa
Italy, Perugia
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Perugia
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Baldini, Luca
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Ballet, Jean
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation de Paris-saclay
Barbiellini, Guido
Italy, Trieste
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Trieste
Italy, Trieste
Università Degli Studi Di Trieste
Bastieri, D.
Italy, Padua
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Padova
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Bechtol, Keith C.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Bellazzini, Ronaldo
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Berenji, B.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Blandford, Rogerd D.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Bloom, Elliott D.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Bonamente, Emanuele
Italy, Perugia
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Perugia
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Borgland, Anders W.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Bouvier, Aurelien
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Bregeon, Johan
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Brigida, Monica
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Bruel, Philippe V.
France, Palaiseau
Laboratoire Leprince-ringuet
Buehler, Rolf
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Buson, Sara
Italy, Padua
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Padova
Caliandro, Giuseppe Andrea
Spain, Cerdanyola Del Valles
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Cameron, Robert A.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Caraveo, Patrizia A.
Italy, Milan
Inaf Istituto Di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Milan
Carrigan, Svenja
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Casandjian, Jean Marc
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation de Paris-saclay
Cavazzuti, Elisabetta
Italy, Rome
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Cecchi, Claudia
Italy, Perugia
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Perugia
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Çelik, Ö. Ö.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
United States, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Umbc
Charles, Eric
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Chekhtman, Alexandre
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
United States, Fairfax
George Mason University
Cheung, Chi C.Teddy
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
United States, Washington, D.c.
National Academy of Sciences
Chiang, James
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Ciprini, Stefano
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Claus, Richard
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Cohen-Tanugi, Johann
France, Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Conrad, Jan
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Sweden, Stockholm
Oskar Klein Centre
Dermer, Charles Dennison
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
de Palma, Francesco
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
do Couto E Silva, Eduardo
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Drell, Persis S.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Dubois, Richard
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Dumora, Denis
France, Gradignan
Lp2i - Laboratoire de Physique Des Deux Infinis Bordeaux
Farnier, Christian
France, Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Favuzzi, Cecilia
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Fegan, Stephen J.
France, Palaiseau
Laboratoire Leprince-ringuet
Fortin, Pascal
France, Palaiseau
Laboratoire Leprince-ringuet
Frailis, Marco
Italy, Rome
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare - Infn
Italy, Rome
Istituto Nazionale Di Astrofisica, Rome
Fukazawa, Yasushi
Japan, Higashihiroshima
Hiroshima University
Funk, Stefan
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Fusco, Piergiorgio G.
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Gargano, Fabio
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Gasparrini, Dario
Italy, Rome
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Gehrels, Neil C.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Germani, Stefano
Italy, Perugia
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Perugia
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Giebels, Berrie
France, Palaiseau
Laboratoire Leprince-ringuet
Giglietto, Nicola
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Giordano, Francesco
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Giroletti, Marcello
Italy, Bologna
Istituto Di Radioastronomia, Bologna
Glanzman, Thomas
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Godfrey, Gary L.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Grenier, Isabelle A.
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation de Paris-saclay
Grove, J. Eric
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Guiriec, Sylvain
United States, Huntsville
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Hays, Elizabeth A.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Horan, Deirdre
France, Palaiseau
Laboratoire Leprince-ringuet
Hughes, Richard E.
United States, Columbus
The Ohio State University
Jóhannesson, Gudlaugur
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Johnson, Anthony S.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Johnson, William Neil
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Kamae, Tsuneyoshi
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Katagiri, Hideaki
Japan, Higashihiroshima
Hiroshima University
Kataoka, Jun
Japan, Tokyo
Waseda University
Kn̈odlseder, Jürgen
France, Toulouse
Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier
Kuss, Michael W.
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Lande, Joshua
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Latronico, Luca
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Llena-Garde, Maja
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Sweden, Stockholm
Oskar Klein Centre
Longo, Francesco
Italy, Trieste
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Trieste
Italy, Trieste
Università Degli Studi Di Trieste
Loparco, Francesco
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Lott, Benoît
France, Gradignan
Lp2i - Laboratoire de Physique Des Deux Infinis Bordeaux
Lovellette, Michael N.
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Lubrano, Pasquale
Italy, Perugia
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Perugia
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Mazziotta, Mario Nicola
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Michelson, Peter F.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Mitthumsiri, Warit
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Mizuno, Tsunefumi
Japan, Higashihiroshima
Hiroshima University
Moiseev, A. V.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
United States, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
Monzani, Maria Elena
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Morselli, Aldo
Italy, Rome
Università Degli Studi Di Roma Tor Vergata
Moskalenko, Igor V.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Murgia, Simona
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Nolan, Patrick L.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Nuss, Eric
France, Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Ohno, Masatoshi
Japan, Chofu
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Ohsugi, Takashi
Japan, Higashihiroshima
Hiroshima University
Omodei, Nicola
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Orlando, E.
Germany, Garching Bei Munchen
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Ormes, Jonathan F.
United States, Denver
University of Denver
Paneque, David
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Pelassa, Vèronique
France, Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Pesce-Rollins, Melissa
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Piron, Frédéric
France, Montpellier
Université de Montpellier
Porter, Troy A.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Rainó, Silvia
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Rando, Riccardo
Italy, Padua
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Padova
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Razzano, Massimiliano
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Reimer, Anita
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Austria, Innsbruck
Universität Innsbruck
Reimer, Olaf
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Austria, Innsbruck
Universität Innsbruck
Ripken, Joachim
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Sweden, Stockholm
Oskar Klein Centre
Rodríguez, Ana Y.
Spain, Cerdanyola Del Valles
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Sadrozinski, Hartmut F.W.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Sánchez, David A.
France, Palaiseau
Laboratoire Leprince-ringuet
Scargle, Jefferey D.
United States, Moffett Field
Nasa Ames Research Center
Sgro', Carmelo
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Siskind, Eric J.
United States, Rocky Point
Nycb Realtime Computing Inc.
Spandre, G.
Italy, Pisa
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Pisa
Spinelli, Paolo
Italy, Bari
Politecnico Di Bari
Italy, Bari
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Bari
Strickman, Mark S.
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Suson, Daniel J.
United States, Westville
Purdue University Northwest
Takahashi, Hiromitsu
Japan, Higashihiroshima
Hiroshima University
Thayer, Jana B.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Thompson, David J.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
Tibaldo, Luigi
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Astrophysique, Instrumentation et Modélisation de Paris-saclay
Italy, Padua
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Padova
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Torres, Diego F.
Spain, Cerdanyola Del Valles
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain, Barcelona
Institució Catalana de Recerca I Estudis Avançats
Tosti, Gino
Italy, Perugia
Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione Di Perugia
Italy, Perugia
Università Degli Studi Di Perugia
Tramacere, Andrea
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Switzerland, Geneva
Université de Genève
Usher, Tracy L.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Vilchez, Nicolas P.E.
France, Toulouse
Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier
Vitale, V.
Italy, Rome
Università Degli Studi Di Roma Tor Vergata
Waite, A. P.
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Wang, Peng George
United States, Stanford
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Wood, Kent S.
United States, Washington, D.c.
U.s. Naval Research Laboratory
Statistics
Citations: 80
Authors: 219
Affiliations: 75
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1088/2041-8205/715/1/L49
ISSN:
20418205
Research Areas
Environmental