29 July 2015 to 6 August 2015
World Forum
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VERITAS long-term (2006-2014) observations of the BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524

30 Jul 2015, 15:30
1h
Mississippi Foyer (World Forum)

Mississippi Foyer

World Forum

Churchillplein 10 2517 JW Den Haag The Netherlands
Board: 58
Poster contribution GA-EX Poster 1 GA

Speaker

Matteo Cerruti (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Description

The high-frequency-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524 (z=0.138) was discovered as a source of very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray photons in 2008 with the VERITAS telescope array, at a level of 1.8% of the Crab Nebula flux above 300 GeV. Since then, VERITAS has continued observing the source over multiple seasons, significantly improving the significance of the detection. We report the results of the analysis of the 2006-2014 VERITAS data, corresponding to a total exposure of about 80 hours. We present the new, average VHE spectrum of the source, together with the multi-year light-curve constraining long-term VHE variability.
Registration number following "ICRC2015-I/" 486
Collaboration VERITAS

Primary author

Matteo Cerruti (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

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