Detection of TeV Gamma Rays from the BL Lac Object 1ES1959+650 with the Whipple 10m Telescope

Details Detection of TeV Gamma Rays from the BL Lac Object 1ES1959+650 with the Whipple 10m Telescope Detection of TeV Gamma Rays from the BL Lac Object 1ES1959+650 with the Whipple 10m Telescope

2002-12-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0212170v1

Astrophys.J.583:L9-L12,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

11 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

Scientific paper

10.1086/367816

We present the first strong detection of very high energy gamma-rays from the close (z=0.048) X-ray selected BL Lacertae object 1ES1959+650. Observations were made with the Whipple 10m telescope on Mt. Hopkins, Arizona, using the atmospheric Cherenkov imaging technique. The flux between May and July 2002 was highly variable, with a mean of 0.64 +/- 0.03 times the steady flux from the Crab Nebula and reaching a maximum of five Crab, with variability on timescales as short as seven hours.

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