Very high energy γ-ray emission from two blazars of unknown redshift and upper limits on their distance

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Erscheinungsjahr:
2020
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Schlagworte:
  • BL Lacertae objects: individual
  • galaxies: high-redshift
  • gamma-rays: general
  • Resolved and unresolved sources as a function of wavelength
Beschreibung:
  • We report on the detection of very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) γ-ray emission from the BL Lac objects KUV 00311−1938 and PKS 1440−389 with the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.). H.E.S.S. observations were accompanied or preceded by multiwavelength observations with Fermi/LAT, XRT and UVOT onboard the Swift satellite, and ATOM. Based on an extrapolation of the Fermi/LAT spectrum towards the VHE γ-ray regime, we deduce a 95 per cent confidence level upper limit on the unknown redshift of KUV 00311−1938 of z < 0.98 and of PKS 1440−389 of z < 0.53. When combined with previous spectroscopy results, the redshift of KUV 00311−1938 is constrained to 0.51 ≤ z < 0.98 and of PKS 1440−389 to 0.14 ⪅ z < 0.53.
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  • info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Quellsystem:
Forschungsinformationssystem der UHH

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