H.E.S.S. observations of the flaring gravitationally lensed galaxy PKS 1830–211
CHAVES, R.C.G.
Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier [LUPM]
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS [École Normale Supérieure] [LPTENS]
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Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier [LUPM]
Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de l'ENS [École Normale Supérieure] [LPTENS]
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en
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 2019, vol. 486, n° 3, p. 3886-3891
Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy P - Oxford Open Option A
Résumé en anglais
PKS 1830–211 is a known macrolensed quasar located at a redshift of z = 2.5. Its high-energy gamma-ray emission has been detected with the Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument and evidence for lensing was obtained ...Lire la suite >
PKS 1830–211 is a known macrolensed quasar located at a redshift of z = 2.5. Its high-energy gamma-ray emission has been detected with the Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) instrument and evidence for lensing was obtained by several authors from its high-energy data. Observations of PKS 1830–211 were taken with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes in 2014 August, following a flare alert by the Fermi-LAT Collaboration. The H.E.S.S observations were aimed at detecting a gamma-ray flare delayed by 20–27 d from the alert flare, as expected from observations at other wavelengths. More than 12 h of good-quality data were taken with an analysis threshold of ∼67 GeV. The significance of a potential signal is computed as a function of the date and the average significance over the whole period. Data are compared to simultaneous observations by Fermi-LAT. No photon excess or significant signal is detected. An upper limit on PKS 1830–211 flux above 67 GeV is computed and compared to the extrapolation of the Fermi-LAT flare spectrum.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
gravitational lensing: strong
diffuse radiation
gamma-rays: galaxies
gamma ray: emission
GLAST
HESS
Cherenkov counter
gravitation
energy: threshold
redshift
imaging
quality
quasar
photon
galaxy
lens
flux
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