Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-10-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the conference "BL Lac Phenomenon," held in Turku, Finland, Junw 22-26, 19
Scientific paper
We present multi-wavelength observations of the very high energy (VHE, E >250 GeV) gamma-ray sources Mrk 421 and Mrk 501. The VHE data presented here were taken with the Whipple Observatory 10m gamma-ray telescope. In the Mrk 421 campaign, conducted in 1995 April-May, correlations were observed between VHE gamma-ray, X-ray, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) and possibly R-band emission. The X-rays and gamma rays vary together with similar flux amplitude while the EUV photons lag the X-rays and gamma rays by ~1 day and have a lower variability amplitude. In the Mrk 501 campaign, conducted in 1997 April, a correlation was also observed between the VHE gamma rays and X-rays with no delays apparent. Here, the VHE gamma-ray variability is larger than the X-rays. The observations also indicate that the synchrotron spectrum extends to 100 keV before cutting off. For Mrk 421, the X-ray/VHE gamma-ray correlation indicates that delta > 38 and B > 0.03G. For Mrk 501, the correlation indicates a more modest delta > 2 and B > 0.09G.
Catanese Michael
for the Whipple Collaboration
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