Multiwavelength variability and correlation studies of Mrk 421 during historically low X-ray and γ-ray activity in 2015-2016

Autor: Banerjee, B., Terzić, T., Paneque, D., Majumdar, P., Acciari, V. A., Ansoldi, S., Antonelli, L. A., Artero, M., Asano, K., Babić, A., Banrje, B., Baquero, A., Barres Almeida, U., Barrio, J. A., Batković, I., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Bellizzi, L., Bernardini, E., Bernardos, M., Berti, A., Besenrieder, J., Bhattacharyya, W., Bigongiari, C., Blanch, O., Bökenkamp, H., Bonnoli, G., Bošnjak, Ž, Busetto, G., Carosi, R., Ceribella, G., Cerruti, M., Chai, Y., Chilingarian, A., Cikota, S., Colak, S. M., Colombo, E., Contreras, J. L., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Giacomo D'Amico, D’elia, V., Da Vela, P., Dazzi, F., Angelis, A., Lotto, B., Delfino, M., Delgado, J., Delgado Mendez, C., Depaoli, D., Di Pierro, F., Di Venere, L., Do Souto Espiñeira, E., Dominis Prester, D., Donini, A., Doro, M., Fallah Ramazani, V., Fattorini, A., Fonseca, M. V., Font, L., Fruck, C., Fukami, S., Fukazawa, Y., García López, R. J., Garczarczyk, M., Gasparyan, S., Gaug, M., Giglietto, N., Giordano, F., Gliwny, P., Godinović, N., Green, J. G., Green, D., Hadasch, D., Hahn, A., Heckmann, L., Herrera, J., Hoang, J., Hrupec, D., Hütten, M., Inada, T., Ishio, K., Iwamura, Y., Jiménez Martínez, I., Jormanainen, J., Jouvin, L., Karjalainen, M., Kerszberg, D., Kobayashi, Y., Kubo, H., Kushida, J., Lamastra, A., Lelas, D., Leone, F., Lindfors, E., Linhoff, L., Lombardi, S., Longo, F., López-Coto, R., López-Moya, M., López-Oramas, A., Loporchio, S., Machado Oliveira Fraga, B., Maggio, C., Righini, S., Makariev, M., Mallamaci, M., Maneva, G., Manganaro, M., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menchiari, S., Mender, S., Mićanović, S., Miceli, D., Miener, T., Miranda, J. M., Mirzoyan, R., Molina, E., Moralejo, A., Morcuende, D., Moreno, V., Moretti, E., Nakamori, T., Nava, L., Neustroev, V., Nigro, C., Nilsson, K., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Nozaki, S., Ohtani, Y., Oka, T., Otero-Santos, J., Paiano, S., Palatiello, M., Vera, R. J. C., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J. M., Pavletić, L., Peñil, P., Persic, M., Pihet, M., Prada Moroni, P. G., Prandini, E., Priyadarshi, C., Puljak, I., Ribó, M., Rico, J., Righi, C., Rugliancich, A., Sahakyan, N., Saito, T., Sakurai, S., Satalecka, K., Saturni, F. G., Lien, A. Y., Schmidt, K., Schweizer, T., Sitarek, J., Šnidarić, I., Sobczynska, D., Spolon, A., Stamerra, A., Strišković, J., Strom, D., Strzys, M., Suda, Y., Surić, T., Takahashi, M., Takeishi, R., Tavecchio, F., Temnikov, P., Järvelä, E., Teshima, M., Tosti, L., Truzzi, S., Tutone, A., Ubach, S., Scherpenberg, J., Vanzo, G., Vazquez Acosta, M., Ventura, S., Verguilov, V., Vigorito, C. F., Vitale, V., Vovk, I., Will, M., Wunderlich, C., Yamamoto, T., Zarić, D., Arbet-Engels, A., Baack, D., Balbo, M., Biland, A., Bretz, T., Buss, J., Dorner, D., Eisenberger, L., Elsaesser, D., Hildebrand, D., Iotov, R., Kalenski, A., Mannheim, K., Mitchell, A., Neise, D., Noethe, M., Paravac, A., Rhode, W., Schleicher, B., Sliusar, V., Walter, R., Valverde, J., Horan, D., Giroletti, M., Perri, M., Verrecchia, F., Leto, C., Sadun, A. C., Moody, J. W., Joner, M., Marscher, A. P., Jorstad, S. G., Lähteenmäki, A., Tornikoski, M., Ramakrishnan, V.
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), MAGIC, ITA, USA, GBR, DEU, ARM, BRA, CHL, HRV, FIN, JPN, IND, POL, RUS, CHE, German Research Foundation, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Swiss National Science Foundation, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Department of Atomic Energy (India), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Ministry of Education, Youth and Science (Bulgaria), Academy of Finland, University of Tokyo, La Caixa, University of Rijeka, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (Brasil), Croatian Science Foundation, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Aalto-yliopisto, Aalto University, Acciari, Va, Ansoldi, S, Antonelli, La, Asano, K, Babic, A, Banerjee, B, Baquero, A, de Almeida, Ub, Barrio, Ja, Gonzalez, Jb, Bednarek, W, Bellizzi, L, Bernardini, E, Bernardos, M, Berti, A, Besenrieder, J, Bhattacharyya, W, Bigongiari, C, Blanch, O, Bonnoli, G, Bosnjak, Z, Busetto, G, Carosi, R, Ceribella, G, Cerruti, M, Chai, Y, Chilingarian, A, Cikota, S, Colak, Sm, Colombo, E, Contreras, Jl, Cortina, J, Covino, S, D'Amico, G, D'Elia, V, Da Vela, P, Dazzi, F, De Angelis, A, De Lotto, B, Delfino, M, Delgado, J, Mendez, Cd, Depaoli, D, Di Girolamo, T, Di Pierro, F, Di Venere, L, Neira, Ede, Prester, Dd, Donini, A, Doro, M, Ramazani, Vf, Fattorini, A, Ferrara, G, Foffano, L, Fonseca, Mv, Font, L, Fruck, C, Fukami, S, Lopez, Rjg, Garczarczyk, M, Gasparyan, S, Gaug, M, Giglietto, N, Giordano, F, Gliwny, P, Green, Jg, Green, D, Hadasch, D, Hahn, A, Heckmann, L, Herrera, J, Hoang, J, Hrupec, D, Hutten, M, Inada, T, Inoue, S, Ishio, K, Iwamura, Y, Jormanainen, J, Jouvin, L, Kajiwara, Y, Karjalainen, M, Kerszberg, D, Kobayashi, Y, Kubo, H, Kushida, J, Lamastra, A, Lelas, D, Leone, F, Lindfors, E, Lombardi, S, Longo, F, Lopez, M, Lopez-Coto, R, Lopez-Oramas, A, Loporchio, S, Fraga, Bmd, Maggio, C, Majumdar, P, Makariev, M, Mallamaci, M, Maneva, G, Manganaro, M, Maraschi, L, Mariotti, M, Martinez, M, Mazin, D, Mender, S, Micanovic, S, Miceli, D, Miener, T, Minev, M, Miranda, Jm, Mirzoyan, R, Molina, E, Moralejo, A, Morcuende, D, Moreno, V, Moretti, E, Munar-Adrover, P, Neustroev, V, Nigro, C, Nilsson, K, Ninci, D, Nishijima, K, Noda, K, Nozaki, S, Ohtani, Y, Oka, T, Otero-Santos, J, Palatiello, M, Paneque, D, Paoletti, R, Paredes, Jm, Pavletic, L, Penil, P, Perennes, C, Persic, M, Moroni, Pgp, Prandini, E, Priyadarshi, C, Puljak, I, Rhode, W, Ribo, M, Rico, J, Righi, C, Rugliancich, A, Saha, L, Sahakyan, N, Saito, T, Sakurai, S, Satalecka, K, Schleicher, B, Schmidt, K, Schweizer, T, Sitarek, J, Snidaric, I, Sobczynska, D, Spolon, A, Stamerra, A, Strom, D, Strzys, M, Suda, Y, Suric, T, Takahashi, M, Tavecchio, F, Temnikov, P, Terzic, T, Teshima, M, Torres-Alba, N, Tosti, L, Truzzi, S, van Scherpenberg, J, Vanzo, G, Acosta, Mv, Ventura, S, Verguilov, V, Vigorito, Cf, Vitale, V, Vovk, I, Will, M, Zaric, D, Arbet-Engels, A, Baack, D, Balbo, M, Beck, M, Biederbeck, N, Biland, A, Bretz, T, Bruegge, K, Buss, J, Dorner, D, Elsaesser, D, Hildebrand, D, Iotov, R, Klinger, M, Mannheim, K, Neise, D, Neronov, A, Noethe, M, Paravac, A, Sliusar, V, Theissen, F, Walter, R, Valverde, J, Horan, D, Giroletti, M, Perri, M, Verrecchia, F, Leto, C, Sadun, Ac, Moody, Jw, Joner, M, Marscher, Ap, Jorstad, Sg, Lahteenmaki, A, Tornikoski, M, Ramakrishnan, V, Jarvela, E, Vera, Rjc, Righini, S, Lien, Ay
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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BL Lacertae objects: individual: Mrk 421
galaxies: active
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radiation mechanisms: non-thermal
Non-thermal
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Correlation
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MAGIC (telescope)
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Physics
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Gamma ray
Low activity
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non-thermal [radiation mechanisms]
Synchrotron
Log-normal distribution
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Electricidad
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Radio wave
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Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
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Flux (metallurgy)
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Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc., 2021, 504 (1), pp.1427-1451. ⟨10.1093/mnras/staa3727⟩
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Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 504(1), 1427 (2021). doi:10.1093/mnras/staa3727
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa3727⟩
Popis: Acciari, V. A., et al. (MAGIC Collaboration)
We report a characterization of the multiband flux variability and correlations of the nearby (z = 0.031) blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) using data from Metsähovi, Swift, Fermi-LAT, MAGIC, FACT, and other collaborations and instruments from 2014 November till 2016 June. Mrk 421 did not show any prominent flaring activity, but exhibited periods of historically low activity above 1 TeV (F>1 TeV < 1.7 × 10-12 ph cm-2 s-1) and in the 2-10 keV (X-ray) band (F 2-10, keV< 3.6× 10-11 erg cm-2 s-1), during which the Swift-BAT data suggest an additional spectral component beyond the regular synchrotron emission. The highest flux variability occurs in X-rays and very high-energy (E > 0.1 TeV) γ-rays, which, despite the low activity, show a significant positive correlation with no time lag. The HRkeV and HRTeV show the harder-when-brighter trend observed in many blazars, but the trend flattens at the highest fluxes, which suggests a change in the processes dominating the blazar variability. Enlarging our data set with data from years 2007 to 2014, we measured a positive correlation between the optical and the GeV emission over a range of about 60 d centred at time lag zero, and a positive correlation between the optical/GeV and the radio emission over a range of about 60 d centred at a time lag of 43+9-6 d. This observation is consistent with the radio-bright zone being located about 0.2 parsec downstream from the optical/GeV emission regions of the jet. The flux distributions are better described with a lognormal function in most of the energy bands probed, indicating that the variability in Mrk 421 is likely produced by a multiplicative process.
The financial support of the German BMBF and MPG; the Italian INFN and INAF; the Swiss National Fund SNF; the ERDF under the Spanish MINECO (FPA2017-87859-P, FPA2017-85668-P, FPA2017-82729-C6-2-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-6-R, FPA2017-82729-C6-5-R, AYA2015-71042-P, AYA2016-76012-C3-1-P, ESP2017-87055-C2-2-P, FPA2017-90566-REDC); the Indian Department of Atomic Energy; the Japanese ICRR, the University of Tokyo, JSPS, and MEXT; the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, National RI Roadmap Project DO1-268/16.12.2019 and the Academy of Finland grant nr. 320045 is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the Spanish Centro de Excelencia ‘Severo Ochoa’ SEV-2016-0588 and SEV-2015-0548, the Unidad de Excelencia ‘María de Maeztu’ MDM-2014-0369 and the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation (fellowship LCF/BQ/PI18/11630012), by the Croatian Science Foundation (HrZZ) Project IP-2016-06-9782 and the University of Rijeka Project 13.12.1.3.02, by the DFG Collaborative Research Centers SFB823/C4 and SFB876/C3, the Polish National Research Centre grant UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00382 and by the Brazilian MCTIC, CNPq, and FAPERJ.
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