Annual meeting of the Swiss Physical Society 2018

【346】 Highlights of the FACT TeV monitoring program

30 Aug 2018, 15:15

15m

CE 3 (EPFL)

Talk Nuclear, Particle- and Astrophysics (TASK) Nuclear, Particle- & Astrophysics (TASK)

Speaker

Mr Axel Arbet-Engels (ETH Zürich)

Description

The First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is performing unbiased monitoring of nearby bright TeV Blazars. Despite being among the best-studied objects, their TeV emission mechanisms and extreme variability are far from understood. Exploiting the excellent temporal coverage of FACT data, we are performing unprecedented long-term periodicity, variability and correlation studies essential to unravel the underlying physics. In this talk, results of multiwavelength studies including data from X-ray satellites and other very-high-energy instruments will be presented, as well as observations of the exceptional outburst of 1ES1959+650 and various flaring activities of Mrk421 and Mrk501.

Presentation materials

axel_arbetengels_sps2018.pdf