X-ray/gamma-ray flux correlations in the BL Lac Mrk 421 using HAWC data
Por:
García-González J.A., González M.M., Fraija N., HAWC Collaboration
Publicada:
1 ene 2017
Categoría:
Multidisciplinary
Resumen:
The HAWC gamma ray observatory is located at the Sierra Negra Volcano in Puebla, Mexico, at an altitude of 4, 100 meters. HAWC is a wide field of view array of 300 water Cherenkov detectors that are continuously surveying ~ 2sr of the sky, operating since March 2015. The large collected data sample allows HAWC to perform an unbiased monitoring of the BL Lac Mrk 421. This is the closest and brightest known extragalactic high-synchrotron-peaked BL Lac in the gamma-ray/X-ray bands and is extensively monitored by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on-board the Fermi satellite, and the BAT and XRT instruments of the Swift satellite. In this work, we use 25 months of HAWC data together with Swift-XRT data to characterize potential correlations between both wavelengths. This analysis shows that HAWC and Swift-XRT data are correlated even stronger than expected for quasi-simultaneous observations. © Copyright owned by the author(s) under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Filiaciones:
García-González J.A.:
InstitutO de Fisica, UNAM, Mexico
González M.M.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Mexico
Fraija N.:
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Mexico
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