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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Veritas observations of six bright, hard-spectrum Fermi-lat blazars
Astrophysical Journal, Volume 759, No. 2, Article 102, Year 2012
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We report on VERITAS very high energy (VHE; E ≥ 100GeV) observations of six blazars selected from the Fermi Large Area Telescope First Source Catalog (1FGL). The gamma-ray emission from 1FGL sources was extrapolated up to the VHE band, taking gamma-ray absorption by the extragalactic background light into account. This allowed the selection of six bright, hard-spectrum blazars that were good candidate TeV emitters. Spectroscopic redshift measurements were attempted with the Keck Telescope for the targets without Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopic data. No VHE emission is detected during the observations of the six sources described here. Corresponding TeV upper limits are presented, along with contemporaneous Fermi observations and non-concurrent Swift UVOT and X-Ray Telescope data. The blazar broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs) are assembled and modeled with a single-zone synchrotron self-Compton model. The SED built for each of the six blazars shows a synchrotron peak bordering between the intermediate- and high-spectrum-peak classifications, with four of the six resulting in particle-dominated emission regions. © 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Aliu, Ester
United States, New York
Barnard College
Archambault, Simon
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Arlen, Timothy C.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Aune, Taylor
United States, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
Beilicke, Matthias
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Benbow, Wystan R.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Boettcher, M.
United States, Athens
Ohio University
South Africa, Potchefstroom
North-west University
Bouvier, Aurelien
United States, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
Buckley, James H.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Bugaev, Viatcheslav V.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Cesarini, Andrea
Ireland, Galway
University of Galway
Ciupik, Larry
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Collins-Hughes, Eddie
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Connolly, M. P.
Ireland, Galway
University of Galway
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
Dumm, Jon P.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Errando, Manel
United States, New York
Barnard College
Falcone, Abraham D.
United States, University Park
Pennsylvania State University
Federici, S.
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Germany, Potsdam
Universität Potsdam
Feng, Qi
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue 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, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Furniss, Amy K.
United States, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
Galante, Nicola
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Gall, Daniel
United States, Iowa City
University of Iowa
Godambe, Sagar V.
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Griffin, Sean C.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Grube, J.
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Gyuk, Geza
United States, Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Hanna, David S.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Holder, Jamie A.
United States, Newark
The Bartol Research Institute
Huan, H.
United States, Chicago
The Enrico Fermi Institute
Kaaret, Phillip E.
United States, Iowa City
University of Iowa
Karlsson, Niklas
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Khassen, Y.
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Kieda, David B.
United States, Salt Lake City
The University of Utah
Krawczynski, Henric S.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Krennrich, Frank
United States, Ames
Iowa State University
Lee, Kuen
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Madhavan, Arun S.
United States, Ames
Iowa State University
Maier, Gernot
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Majumdar, Pratik
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
McArthur, Scot P.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
McCann, Andrew J.
United States, Chicago
The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
Moriarty, P.
Ireland, Killybegs
Atlantic Technological University
Mukherjee, Reshmi
United States, New York
Barnard College
Nelson, Thomas J.
United States, Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
de Bhróithe, Anna O’Faoláin
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Ong, RenéA A.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Orr, Matthew R.
United States, Ames
Iowa State University
Otte, Adam Nepomuk
United States, Atlanta
Georgia Institute of Technology
Park, Nahee
United States, Chicago
The Enrico Fermi Institute
Perkins, Jeremy S.
United States, Greenbelt
Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center
United States, Baltimore
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Umbc
Pichel, Ana C.
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio
Pohl, Martin
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Germany, Potsdam
Universität Potsdam
Prokoph, Heike
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Quinn, John
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Ragan, K. J.
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Reyes, Luis C.
United States, San Luis Obispo
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Reynolds, P. T.
Ireland, Bishopstown
Munster Technological University Mtu
Roache, Emmet T.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Saxon, D. B.
United States, Newark
The Bartol Research Institute
Sembroski, Glenn H.
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
Staszak, David
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Telezhinsky, Igor O.
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Germany, Potsdam
Universität Potsdam
Teŝić, Gordana
Canada, Montreal
Université Mcgill
Theiling, Mark F.
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
Thibadeau, S.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Tsurusaki, K.
United States, Iowa City
University of Iowa
Varlotta, A.
United States, West Lafayette
Purdue University
Vassiliev, Vladimir V.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Vincent, Stéphane
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Vivier, Matthieu
United States, Newark
The Bartol Research Institute
Wakely, Scott P.
United States, Chicago
The Enrico Fermi Institute
Weekes, Trevor C.
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Weinstein, Amanda
United States, Ames
Iowa State University
Welsing, R.
Germany, Hamburg
Deutsches Elektronen-synchrotron Desy
Williams, David A.
United States, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
Zitzer, Benjamin
United States, Lemont
Argonne National Laboratory
Fortin, Pascal
United States, Cambridge
Harvard-smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Horan, Deirdre
France, Palaiseau
Laboratoire Leprince-ringuet
Fumagalli, Michele
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Kaplan, Kyle F.
United States, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Prochaska, Jason Xavier
United States, Mount Hamilton
Lick Observatory
Statistics
Citations: 87
Authors: 87
Affiliations: 34
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1088/0004-637X/759/2/102
ISSN:
0004637X
e-ISSN:
15384357
Research Areas
Environmental
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative