Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2011-06-22
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
13 pages, 7 figures, accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
Multiwavelength observations of the high-frequency-peaked blazar 1ES2344+514 were performed from 2007 October to 2008 January. The campaign represents the first contemporaneous data on the object at very high energy (VHE, E >100 GeV) {\gamma}-ray, X-ray, and UV energies. Observations with VERITAS in VHE {\gamma}-rays yield a strong detection of 20 {\sigma} with 633 excess events in a total exposure of 18.1 hours live-time. A strong VHE {\gamma}-ray flare on 2007 December 7 is measured at F(>300 GeV) = (6.76 \pm 0.62) \times 10-11 ph cm-2 s-1, corresponding to 48% of the Crab Nebula flux. Excluding this flaring episode, nightly variability at lower fluxes is observed with a time-averaged mean of F(>300 GeV) = (1.06 \pm 0.09) \times 10-11 ph cm-2 s-1 (7.6% of the Crab Nebula flux). The differential photon spectrum between 390 GeV and 8.3 TeV for the time-averaged observations excluding 2007 December 7 is well described by a power law with a photon index of {\Gamma} = 2.78 \pm 0.09stat \pm 0.15syst. Over the full period of VERITAS observations contemporaneous X-ray and UV data were taken with Swift and RXTE. The measured 2-10 keV flux ranged by a factor of ~7 during the campaign. On 2007 December 8 the highest ever observed X-ray flux from 1ES 2344+514 was measured by Swift XRT at a flux of F(2-10 keV) = (6.28 \pm 0.31) \times 10-11 erg cm-2 s-1. Evidence for a correlation between the X-ray flux and VHE {\gamma}-ray flux on nightly time-scales is indicated with a Pearson correlation coefficient of r = 0.60 \pm 0.11. Contemporaneous spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of 1ES 2344+514 are presented for two distinct flux states. A one-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model describes both SEDs using parameters consistent with previous SSC modeling of 1ES 2344+514 from non-contemporaneous observations.
Acciari V. A.
Aliu Ester
Arlen Timothy
Aune Taylor
Beilicke Matthias
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