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Type: Journal article
Title: H.E.S.S. discovery of VHE γ-rays from the quasar PKS1510−089
Other Titles: H.E.S.S. discovery of VHE gamma-rays from the quasar PKS1510-089
Author: Abramowski, A.
de Wilt, P.
Maxted, N.
Rowell, G.
Citation: Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal, 2013; 554:1-7
Publisher: E D P Sciences
Issue Date: 2013
ISSN: 0004-6361
1432-0746
Organisation: Institute for Photonics & Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
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H.E.S.S. Collaboration, A. Abramowski...P. deWilt...N. Maxted...G.Rowell...et al.
Abstract: The quasar PKS 1510−089 (z = 0.361) was observed with the H.E.S.S. array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes during high states in the optical and GeV bands, to search for very high energy (VHE, defined as E ≥ 0.1 TeV) emission. VHE γ-rays were detected with a statistical significance of 9.2 standard deviations in 15.8 h of H.E.S.S. data taken during March and April 2009. A VHE integral flux of I(0.15 TeV < E < 1.0TeV) = (1.0 ± 0.2stat ± 0.2sys) × 10−11 cm−2 s−1 is measured. The best-fit power law to the VHE data has a photon index of Γ = 5.4 ± 0.7stat ± 0.3sys. The GeV and optical light curves show pronounced variability during the period of H.E.S.S. observations. However, there is insufficient evidence to claim statistically significant variability in the VHE data. Because of its relatively high redshift, the VHE flux from PKS 1510−089 should suffer considerable attenuation in the intergalactic space due to the extragalactic background light (EBL). Hence, the measured γ-ray spectrum is used to derive upper limits on the opacity due to EBL, which are found to be comparable with the previously derived limits from relatively-nearby BL Lac objects. Unlike typical VHE-detected blazars where the broadband spectrum is dominated by nonthermal radiation at all wavelengths, the quasar PKS 1510−089 has a bright thermal component in the optical to UV frequency band. Among all VHE detected blazars, PKS 1510−089 has the most luminous broad line.
Keywords: gamma rays
galaxies – quasars
individual: PKS 1510–089 – infrared
diffuse background
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201321135
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321135
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