Multi-Wavelength Observations of the Blazar 1ES 1011+496 in Spring 2008
Abstract
The BL Lac object 1ES 1011+496 was discovered at Very High Energy gamma-rays by MAGIC in spring 2007. Before that the source was little studied in different wavelengths. Therefore a multi-wavelength (MWL) campaign was organized in spring 2008. Along MAGIC, the MWL campaign included the Metsahovi radio observatory, Bell and KVA optical telescopes and the Swift and AGILE satellites. MAGIC observations span from March to May, 2008 for a total of 27.9 hours, of which 19.4 hours remained after quality cuts. The light curve showed no significant variability. The differential VHE spectrum could be described with a power-law function. Both results were similar to those obtained during the discovery. Swift XRT observations revealed an X-ray flare, characterized by a harder when brighter trend, as is typical for high synchrotron peak BL Lac objects (HBL). Strong optical variability was found during the campaign, but no conclusion on the connection between the optical and VHE gamma-ray bands could be drawn. The contemporaneous SED shows a synchrotron dominated source, unlike concluded in previous work based on nonsimultaneous data, and is well described by a standard one zone synchrotron self Compton model. We also performed a study on the source classification. While the optical and X-ray data taken during our campaign show typical characteristics of an HBL, we suggest, based on archival data, that 1ES 1011+496 is actually a borderline case between intermediate and high synchrotron peak frequency BL Lac objects.
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@article{arxiv.1603.07308,
title = {Multi-Wavelength Observations of the Blazar 1ES 1011+496 in Spring 2008},
author = {The MAGIC Collaboration and M. L. Ahnen and S. Ansoldi and L. A. Antonelli and P. Antoranz and A. Babic and B. Banerjee and P. Bangale and U. Barres de Almeida and J. A. Barrio and J. Becerra Gonzalez and W. Bednarek and E. Bernardini and B. Biasuzzi and A. Biland and O. Blanch and S. Bonnefoy and G. Bonnoli and F. Borracci and T. Bretz and E. Carmona and A. Carosi and A. Chatterjee and R. Clavero and P. Colin and E. Colombo and J. L. Contreras and J. Cortina and S. Covino and P. Da Vela and F. Dazzi and A. De Angelis and G. De Caneva and B. De Lotto and E. de Ona Wilhelmi and C. Delgado Mendez and F. Di Pierro and D. Dominis Prester and D. Dorner and M. Doro and S. Einecke and D. Elsaesser and A. Fernandez-Barral and D. Fidalgo and M. V. Fonseca and L. Font and K. Frantzen and C. Fruck and D. Galindo and R. J. Garcia Lopez and M. Garczarczyk and D. Garrido Terrats and M. Gaug and P. Giammaria and D. Glawion and N. Godinovic and A. Gonzalez Munoz and D. Guberman and Y. Hanabata and M. Hayashida and J. Herrera and J. Hose and D. Hrupec and G. Hughes and W. Idec and K. Kodani and Y. Konno and H. Kubo and J. Kushida and A. La Barbera and D. Lelas and E. Lindfors and S. Lombardi and F. Longo and M. Lopez and R. Lopez-Coto and A. Lopez-Oramas and E. Lorenz and P. Majumdar and M. Makariev and K. Mallot and G. Maneva and M. Manganaro and K. Mannheim and L. Maraschi and B. Marcote and M. Mariotti and M. Martinez and D. Mazin and U. Menzel and J. M. Miranda and R. Mirzoyan and A. Moralejo and D. Nakajima and V. Neustroev and A. Niedzwiecki and M. Nievas Rosillo and K. Nilsson and K. Nishijima and K. Noda and R. Orito and A. Overkemping and S. Paiano and J. Palacio and M. Palatiello and D. Paneque and R. Paoletti and J. M. Paredes and X. Paredes-Fortuny and M. Persic and J. Poutanen and P. G. Prada Moroni and E. Prandini and I. Puljak and R. Reinthal and W. Rhode and M. Ribo and J. Rico and J. Rodriguez Garcia and S. Rugamer and T. Saito and K. Satalecka and V. Scapin and C. Schultz and T. Schweizer and S. N. Shore and A. Sillanpaa and J. Sitarek and I. Snidaric and D. Sobczynska and A. Stamerra and T. Steinbring and M. Strzys and L. Takalo and H. Takami and F. Tavecchio and P. Temnikov and T. Terzic and D. Tescaro and M. Teshima and J. Thaele and D. F. Torres and T. Toyama and A. Treves and V. Verguilov and I. Vovk and J. E. Ward and M. Will and M. H. Wu and R. Zanin and F. Lucarelli and C. Pittori and S. Vercellone and A. Berdyugin and M. T. Carini and A. Lahteenmaki and M. Pasanen and A. Pease and J. Sainio and M. Tornikoski and R. Walters},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.07308},
year = {2019}
}
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13 pages, accepted for publication in MNRAS