Discovery and identification of two gamma-ray blazars at low galactic latitude with VERITAS

Details Discovery and identification of two gamma-ray blazars at low galactic latitude with VERITAS Discovery and identification of two gamma-ray blazars at low galactic latitude with VERITAS

2011-11-04

arxiv.org/abs/1111.1209v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

4 pages, 4 figures, 2011 Fermi Symposium proceedings - eConf C110509

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We report on the discovery of two gamma-ray sources at E > 200 GeV with VERITAS: RX J0648.7+1516 and VER J0521+211. Both sources are located at low galactic latitudes (|b| < 10 deg), and were previously classified as active galactic nuclei of unknown type. The discovery and characterization of gamma-ray emission together with follow-up optical spectroscopy permitted the identification of RX J0648.7+1516 and VER J0521+211 as BL Lac-type blazars. In the case of RX J0648.7+1516, a spectroscopic redshift of z = 0.179 was derived.

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