Multi-Wavelength Observations of 1ES1959+650 in a Flaring State
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
In May 2002, the BL Lacertae object (BL Lac), 1ES1959+650, was detected in the Very High Energy (VHE) regime by the VERITAS collaboration using the Whipple -ray observatory. During the following two months, the VERITAS collaboration observed episodes of flaring; at times, the nightly average VHE signal was three times as bright as the Crab Nebula, the standard candle in VHE astronomy. 1ES1959+650 was also monitored in the optical and X-ray bands. The X-ray light curve showed periodic behavior and correlation with the VHE and the optical bands.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0301033,
title = {Multi-Wavelength Observations of 1ES1959+650 in a Flaring State},
author = {M. Schroedter and VERITAS Collaboration and E. Falco and O. M. Kurtanidze and M. Nikolashvili},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0301033},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures; to appear in proceedings "The universe viewed in gamma-rays", Kashiwa, Japan 2002 v2: added authors, reworded one sentence