Searches for very high energy gamma rays from blazars with CANGAROO-III telescope in 2005-2009

Details Searches for very high energy gamma rays from blazars with CANGAROO-III telescope in 2005-2009 Searches for very high energy gamma rays from blazars with CANGAROO-III telescope in 2005-2009

2012-02-10

arxiv.org/abs/1202.2181v2

Astroparticle Physics 35 (2012), pp. 563-572

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

11 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in Astroparticle Physics

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.01.

We have searched for very high energy (VHE) gamma rays from four blazars using the CANGAROO-III imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope. We report the results of the observations of H 2356-309, PKS 2155-304, PKS 0537-441, and 3C 279, performed from 2005 to 2009, applying a new analysis to suppress the effects of the position dependence of Cherenkov images in the field of view. No significant VHE gamma ray emission was detected from any of the four blazars. The GeV gamma-ray spectra of these objects were obtained by analyzing Fermi/LAT archival data. Non-simultaneous wide range (radio to VHE gamma-ray bands) spectral energy distributions (SEDs) including CANGAROO-III upper limits, GeV gamma-ray spectra, and archival data are discussed using a one-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model in combination with a external Compton (EC) radiation. The HBLs (H 2356-309 and PKS 2155-304) can be explained by a simple SSC model, and PKS 0537-441 and 3C 279 are well modeled by a combination of SSC and EC model. We find a consistency with the blazar sequence in terms of strength of magnetic field and component size.

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