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VERITAS Observations of High-Mass X-Ray Binary SS 433

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Jul 5, 2017
8 pages
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  • PoS ICRC2017 (2018) 713
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  • Published: Jul 5, 2017 by SISSA
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Abstract: (arXiv)
Despite decades of observations across all wavebands and dedicated theoretical modelling, the SS 433 system still poses many questions, especially in the high-energy range. SS 433 is a high-mass X-ray binary at a distance of ∼5.5\sim 5.5 kpc, with a stellar mass black hole in a 1313 day orbit around a supergiant ∼\simA7Ib star. SS 433 is unusual because it contains dual relativistic jets with evidence of high-energy hadronic particles. X-ray emission is seen from the central source as well as the jet termination regions, where the eastern and western jets interact with the surrounding interstellar medium. Very-high-energy gamma-ray emission is predicted both from the central source and multiple smaller regions in the jets. This emission could be detectable by current generation imaging atmospheric-Cherenkov telescopes like VERITAS. VERITAS has observed the extended region around SS 433 for ∼70\sim 70 hours during 2009-2012. No significant emission was detected either from the location of the black hole or the jet termination regions. We report 99\% confidence level flux upper limits above 600 GeV for these regions in the range (1−10)×10−13cm−2 s−1(1-10) \times 10^{-13} \mathrm{cm^{-2} \ s^{-1}}. A phase resolved analysis also does not reveal any significant emission from the extended SS 433 region.
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  • 8 pages, ICRC 2017 (Bexco, Busan, S Korea)