Multi-wavelength observations of PKS 2155-304 with HESS

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dc.contributor.authorAharonian, F.
dc.contributor.authorAkhperjanian, A.
dc.contributor.authorBazer-Bachi, A.
dc.contributor.authorBeilicke, M.
dc.contributor.authorBenbow, W.
dc.contributor.authorBerge, D.
dc.contributor.authorBernlohr, K.
dc.contributor.authorBoisson, C.
dc.contributor.authorBolz, O.
dc.contributor.authorBorrel, V.
dc.contributor.authorBraun, I.
dc.contributor.authorBreitling, F.
dc.contributor.authorBrown, A.
dc.contributor.authorChadwick, P.
dc.contributor.authorChounet, L.
dc.contributor.authorCornils, R.
dc.contributor.authorCostamante, L.
dc.contributor.authorDegrange, B.
dc.contributor.authorDickinson, H.
dc.contributor.authorDjannati-Atai, A.
dc.contributor.authoret al.
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) has observed the high-frequency peaked BL Lac object PKS 2155-304 in 2003 between October 19 and November 26 in Very High Energy (VHE) γ-rays (E ≥ 160GeV for these observations). Observations were carried out simultaneously with the Proportional Counter Array (PCA) on board the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer satellite (RXTE), the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment (ROTSE) and the Nançay decimetric radiotelescope (NRT). Intra-night variability is seen in the VHE band, the source being detected with a high significance on each night it was observed. Variability is also found in the X-ray and optical bands on kilosecond timescales, along with flux-dependent spectral changes in the X-rays. A transient X-ray event with a 1500 s timescale is detected, making this the fastest X-ray flare seen in this object. No correlation can be established between the X-ray and the y-ray fluxes, or any of the other wavebands, over the small range of observed variability. The average HESS spectrum shows a very soft power law shape with a photon index of 3.37 ± 0.07 <inf>stat</inf> ± 0.10 <inf>sys</inf>. The energy outputs in the 2-10keV and in the VHE γ-ray range are found to be similar, with the X-rays and the optical fluxes at a level comparable to some of the lowest historical measurements, indicating that PKS 2155-304 was in a low or quiescent state during the observations. Both a leptonic and a hadronic model are used to derive source parameters from these observations. These parameters are found to be sensitive to the model of Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) that attenuates the VHE signal at this source's redshift (z = 0.117). © ESO 2005.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityF. Aharonian... G. Rowell...and S. J. Wagner[et.al.]
dc.identifier.citationAstronomy and Astrophysics (A & A), 2005; 442(3):895-907
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361:20053353
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
dc.identifier.issn1432-0746
dc.identifier.orcidRowell, G. [0000-0002-9516-1581]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/37499
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherE D P Sciences
dc.rights© The European Southern Observatory 2005
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053353
dc.titleMulti-wavelength observations of PKS 2155-304 with HESS
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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