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A Search for TeV gamma-ray emission from high-peaked flat spectrum radio quasars using the Whipple Air-Cerenkov Telescope

VERITAS

Collaboration

Aug, 2004

6 pages

Published in:

Astrophys.J. 613 (2004) 710-715

e-Print:

astro-ph/0408365 [astro-ph]

DOI:

10.1086/423128

Experiments:

VERITAS

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Abstract: (arXiv)

Blazars have traditionally been separated into two broad categories based upon their optical emission characteristics/ BL Lacs, with faint or no emission lines, and flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) with prominent, broad emission lines. The spectral energy distribution of FSRQs has generally been thought of as being more akin to the low-peaked BL Lacs, which exhibit a peak in the infrared region of the spectrum, as opposed to high-peaked BL Lacs (HBLs), which exhibit a peak in UV/X-ray region of the spectrum. All blazars currently confirmed as sources of TeV emission are HBLs. Recent surveys have found several FSRQs exhibiting spectral properties similar to HBLs, particularly the synchrotron peak frequency. These objects are potential sources of TeV emission according to several models of blazar jet emission and blazar evolution. Measurements of TeV flux or upper limits could impact existing theories explaining the links between different blazar types and could have a significant impact on our understanding of the nature of objects that are capable of TeV emission. In particular, the presence (or absence) of TeV emission from FSRQs could confirm (or cast doubt upon) recent evolutionary models that expect intermediate objects in a transitionary state between FSRQ and BL Lac. The Whipple 10 meter imaging air-Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope is well suited for TeV gamma-ray observations. Using the Whipple telescope, we have taken data on a small selection of nearby(z<0.1 in most cases), high-peaked FSRQs. Although one of the objects, B2 0321+33, showed marginal evidence of flaring, no significant emission was detected. The implications of this paucity of emission and the derived upper limits are discussed.

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accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal

galaxies: active
gamma rays: observations
quasars: general
photon: cosmic radiation
cosmic radiation: particle source
cosmic radiation: energy
quasar
flux: upper limit
Cherenkov counter: imaging
experimental results

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