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The broad-band properties of the intermediate synchrotron peaked BL Lac S2 0109+22 from radio to VHE gamma rays

The MAGIC telescopes observed S2 0109+22 in 2015 July during its flaring activity in high energy gamma rays observed by Fermi-LAT. We analyse the MAGIC data to characterise the very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission of S2 0109+22, which…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 MAGIC Collaboration , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , C. Arcaro , D. Baack , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , R. Ch. Berse , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , A. Chatterjee , S. M. Colak , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Cumani , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , F. Di Pierro , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , A. Fernández-Barral , G. Ferrara , D. Fidalgo , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Gallozzi , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , M. Gaug , P. Giammaria , N. Godinović , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , Y. Konno , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , S. Masuda , D. Mazin , K. Mielke , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , G. Pedaletti , P. Penil , M. Peresano , M. Persic , K. Pfrang , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , J. R. Garcia , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , M. Strzys , T. Surić , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , S. Tsujimoto , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , I. Vovk , J. E. Ward , M. Will , D. Zarić , Fermi-LAT Collaboration , S. Ciprini , R. Desiante , MWL Collaborators , S. Barcewicz , T. Hovatta , J. Jormanainen , L. Takalo , R. Reinthal , F. Wierda , A. Lähteenmäki , J. Tammi , M. Tornikoski , R. J. C. Vera , S. Kiehlmann , W. Max-Moerbeck , A. C. S. Readhead

Gamma-rays from Blazars and the Extragalactic Background Light

Recent observations of blazars at high energy (HE, 0.1-100 GeV) and very high energy (VHE, >0.1 TeV) have provided important constraints on the intensity and spectrum of the diffuse Extragalactic Background Light (EBL), shedding light on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-09-04 Luigi Costamante

Extreme synchrotron BL Lac objects

We performed an observational program with the X-ray satellite BeppoSAX to study objects with extreme synchrotron peak frequencies (nu_peak > 1 keV). Of the seven sources observed, four showed peak frequencies in the range 1-5 keV, while…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 L. Costamante , G. Ghisellini , P. Giommi , G. Tagliaferri , A. Celotti , M. Chiaberge , G. Fossati , L. Maraschi , F. Tavecchio , A. Treves , A. Wolter

The variety of extreme blazars in the AstroSat view

Extreme blazars have exceptionally hard intrinsic X-ray/TeV spectra and extreme peak energies in their spectral energy distribution (SED). Observational evidence suggests that the non-thermal emission from extreme blazars is typically…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-22 Pranjupriya Goswami , Michael Zacharias , Andreas Zech , Sunil Chandra , Markus Boettcher , Iurii Sushch

Fundamental physics with blazar spectra: a critical appraisal

Very-high-energy (VHE) BL Lac spectra extending above $10 \, \rm TeV$ provide a unique opportunity for testing physics beyond the standard model of elementary particle and alternative blazar emission models. We consider the hadron beam, the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-01-08 Giorgio Galanti , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Marco Landoni

Extreme TeV BL Lacs: a self-consistent stochastic acceleration model

Lately a specific kind of blazars drew the attention of the gamma-ray astronomy community: the extreme TeV BL Lacs, blazars that present an extremely energetic and hard emission at very high-energy. Explaining their features is still an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-12 Alberto Sciaccaluga , Fabrizio Tavecchio

Study of the long-term Very High Energy emission of the blazars 1ES 1215+3031 and VER J0521+211 with the HAWC gamma-ray observatory

Blazars are the most abundant type of extragalactic gamma-ray source, usually presenting high variability across the electromagnetic spectrum. Their Very High Energy (VHE, above 0.1 TeV) emission has been studied in detail using Air…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-10-05 Fernando Ureña-Mena , Alberto Carramiñana , Anna Lia Longinotti , Daniel Rosa-González , HAWC Collaboration

Blazar VHE spectral alterations induced by photon-ALP oscillations

Prompted by the increasing interest of axion-like particles (ALPs) for very-high-energy (VHE) astrophysics, we have considered a full scenario for the propagation of a VHE photon/ALP beam emitted by a BL Lac and reaching us in the light of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-02 Giorgio Galanti , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Marco Roncadelli , Carmelo Evoli

EBL Constraints Using a Sample of TeV Gamma-Ray Emitters Measured with the MAGIC Telescopes

MAGIC is a stereoscopic system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes operating in the very high energy (VHE) range from about 50 GeV to over 50 TeV. The VHE gamma-ray spectra measured at Earth carry an imprint of the extragalactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 D. Mazin , A. Domínguez , V. Fallah Ramazani , T. Hassan , A. Moralejo , M. Nievas Rosillo , G. Vanzo , M. Vázquez Acosta

Understanding the Very High Energy {\gamma}-ray excess in nearby blazars using leptonic model

The availability of simultaneous X-ray and Very High Energy (VHE) observations of blazars helps to identify the plausible radiative contributors to the VHE emission. Under leptonic scenario, the VHE emission from BL Lacs are attributed to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-08-21 Aaqib Manzoor , Sunder Sahayanathan , Zahir Shah , Subir Bhattacharyya , Naseer Iqbal , Zahoor Malik

Testing emission models on the extreme blazar 2WHSP J073326.7+515354 detected at very high energies with the MAGIC telescopes

Extreme high-energy peaked BL Lac objects (EHBLs) are an emerging class of blazars. Their typical two-hump structured spectral energy distribution (SED) peaks at higher energies with respect to conventional blazars. Multi-wavelength (MWL)…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-12-02 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , D. Baack , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , M. Cerruti , Y. Chai , A. Chilingaryan , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , U. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , D. Depaoli , F. Di Pierro , L. Di Venere , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , D. Fidalgo , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , N. Godinović , D. Green , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , M. Hütten , T. Inada , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , L. Jouvin , D. Kerszberg , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , S. Nozaki , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , P. Peñil , M. Peresano , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , K. Schmidt , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Somero , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , L. Tosti , V. Vagelli , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , K. Asano , F. D'Ammando , R. Clavero

Blazars as Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic-Ray Sources: Implications for TeV Gamma-Ray Observations

The spectra of BL Lac objects and Fanaroff-Riley I radio galaxies are commonly explained by the one-zone leptonic synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model. Spectral modeling of correlated multiwavelength data gives the comoving magnetic field…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-03-27 Kohta Murase , Charles D. Dermer , Hajime Takami , Giulia Migliori

A model-driven search for extreme BL Lacs among LAT BCU

The emission of very-high-energy photons (VHE, E$>$100 GeV) in active galactic nuclei (AGN) is closely connected with the production of ultra-relativistic particles. Among AGN, the subclass of extreme BL Lacertae are of particular interest…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-30 M. Nievas Rosillo , G. Chiaro , A. Dominguez , G. La Mura

Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the blazar 1ES 0033+595 by the MAGIC telescopes

The number of known very high energy (VHE) blazars is $\sim\,50$, which is very small in comparison to the number of blazars detected in other frequencies. This situation is a handicap for population studies of blazars, which emit about…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-23 J. Aleksić , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , K. Berger , E. Bernardini , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , D. Carreto Fidalgo , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , B. De Lotto , C. Delgado Mendez , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , E. Farina , D. Ferenc , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , N. Godinović , A. González Muñoz , S. R. Gozzini , D. Hadasch , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , A. Herrero , D. Hildebrand , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , W. Idec , V. Kadenius , H. Kellermann , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , J. Krause , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , E. Lorenz , I. Lozano , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , M. Meucci , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , D. Nakajima , A. Niedzwiecki , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , N. Nowak , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , S. Partini , M. Persic , F. Prada , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , S. Preziuso , I. Puljak , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , S. Rügamer , A. Saggion , T. Saito , K. Saito , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , V. Stamatescu , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , J. Storz , S. Sun , T. Surić , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , M. Uellenbeck , P. Vogler , R. M. Wagner , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin , V. Tronconi , S. Buson

MAGIC discovery and multiwavelength observations of the BL Lac 1ES 1727+502

Blazars, active galactic nuclei whose jet axis is pointed towards the observer, constitute the most numerous class of extragalactic very high energy (VHE, E > 100\, GeV) gamma-ray emitters. The MAGIC experiment, a system of two Imaging…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 K. Berger , G. De Caneva , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , A. Stamerra , F. Tavecchio

Ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray interactions as the origin of very high energy $\gamma-$rays from BL Lacs

We explain the observed multiwavelength photon spectrum of a number of BL Lac objects detected at very high energy (VHE, $E \gtrsim 30$ GeV), using a lepto-hadronic emission model. The one-zone leptonic emission is employed to fit the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 Saikat Das , Nayantara Gupta , Soebur Razzaque

Broadband characterisation of the very intense TeV flares of the blazar 1ES 1959+650 in 2016

1ES 1959+650 is a bright TeV high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object exhibiting interesting features like "orphan" TeV flares and a broad emission in the high-energy regime, that are difficult to interpret using conventional one-zone…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-01 MAGIC Collaboration , V. A. Acciari , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , D. Baack , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , L. Bellizzi , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , W. Bhattacharyya , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Z. Bosnjak , G. Busetto , R. Carosi , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , S. Cikota , S. M. Colak , U. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , F. Di Pierro , E. Do Souto Espiñeira , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fattorini , A. Fernández-Barral , G. Ferrara , D. Fidalgo , L. Foffano , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , S. Fukami , S. Gallozzi , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , N. Godinović , D. Green , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , J. Herrera , J. Hoang , D. Hrupec , T. Inada , S. Inoue , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , L. Jouvin , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. Lamastra , D. Lelas , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , S. Masuda , D. Mazin , S. Mićanović , D. Miceli , M. Minev , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , E. Molina , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , P. Munar-Adrover , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , C. Nigro , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , M. Nöthe , S. Nozaki , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , P. Peñil , M. Peresano , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , A. Rugliancich , L. Saha , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , K. Satalecka , T. Schweizer , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Somero , A. Stamerra , D. Strom , M. Strzys , T. Surić , M. Takahashi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , N. Torres-Albà , S. Tsujimoto , J. van Scherpenberg , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , I. Vovk , M. Will , D. Zarić , Fermi-LAT Collaboration , : , M. Hayashida

Formation of hard very-high energy spectra of blazars in leptonic models

The very high energy (VHE) $\gamma$-ray spectra of some TeV Blazars, after being corrected for absorption in the extragalactic background light (EBL), appear unusually hard, which poses challenges to conventional acceleration and emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 E. Lefa , F. M. Rieger , F. Aharonian

The NuSTAR view on Hard-TeV BL Lacs

Hard-TeV BL Lacs are a new type of blazars characterized by a hard intrinsic TeV spectrum, locating the peak of their gamma-ray emission in the spectral energy distribution (SED) above 2-10 TeV. Such high energies are problematic for the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-05-16 L. Costamante , G. Bonnoli , F. Tavecchio , G. Ghisellini , G. Tagliaferri , D. Khangulyan

A hadronic origin for ultra-high-frequency-peaked BL Lac objects

Current Cherenkov telescopes have identified a population of ultra-high-frequency peaked BL Lac objects (UHBLs), also known as extreme blazars, that exhibit exceptionally hard TeV spectra, including 1ES 0229+200, 1ES 0347-121, RGB…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-02-13 M. Cerruti , A. Zech , C. Boisson , S. Inoue