Discovery and identification of two gamma-ray blazars at low galactic latitude with VERITAS
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2019-08-13 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Abstract
We report on the discovery of two gamma-ray sources at E > 200 GeV with VERITAS: RX J0648.7+1516 and VER J0521+211. Both sources are located at low galactic latitudes (|b| < 10 deg), and were previously classified as active galactic nuclei of unknown type. The discovery and characterization of gamma-ray emission together with follow-up optical spectroscopy permitted the identification of RX J0648.7+1516 and VER J0521+211 as BL Lac-type blazars. In the case of RX J0648.7+1516, a spectroscopic redshift of z = 0.179 was derived.
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@article{arxiv.1111.1209,
title = {Discovery and identification of two gamma-ray blazars at low galactic latitude with VERITAS},
author = {M. Errando},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.1209},
year = {2019}
}
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4 pages, 4 figures, 2011 Fermi Symposium proceedings - eConf C110509