Observation of the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with the HESS, MAGIC, and VERITAS Telescopes

Adams CB, Benbow W, Brill A, Buckley JH, Capasso M, Chromey AJ, Errando M, Falcone A, Farrell KA, Feng Q, Finley JP, Foote GM, Fortson L, Furniss A, Gent A, Gillanders GH, Giuri C, Gueta O, Hanna D, Hassan T, Hervet O, Holder J, Hona B, Humensky TB, Jin W, Kaaret P, Kertzman M, Kieda D, Kleiner TK, Krennrich F, Kumar S, Lang MJ, Lundy M, Maier G, Mcgrath CE, Moriarty P, Mukherjee R, Nieto D, Nievas-Rosillo M, O'Brien S, Ong RA, Otte AN, Park N, Patel S, Pfrang K, Pichel A, Pohl M, Prado RR, Quinn J, Ragan K, Reynolds PT, Ribeiro D, Roache E, Rovero AC, Ryan JL, Santander M, Schlenstedt S, Sembroski GH, Shang R, Tak D, Vassiliev VV, Weinstein A, Williams DA, Williamson TJ, Acciari VA, Ansoldi S, Antonelli LA, Engels AA, Artero M, Asano K, Baack D, Babic A, Baquero A, De Almeida UB, Barrio JA, Batkovic , Becerra Gonzalez J, Bednarek W, Bellizzi L, Bernardini E, Bernardos M, Berti A, Besenrieder J, Bhattacharyya W, Bigongiari C, Biland A, Blanch O, Boekenkamp H, Bonnoli G, Busetto G, Bosnjak Z, 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 , Da Vela P, Dazzi F, De Angelis A, De Lotto B, Delfino M, Delgado J, Delgado Mendez C, Depaoli D, Di Pierro F, Di Venere L, Do Souto Espineira E, Prester DD, Donini A, Dorner D, Doro M, Elsaesser D, Ramazani VF, Fattorini A, Fonseca M, Font L, Fruck C, Fukami S, Fukazawa Y, Lopez RJG, Garczarczyk M, Gasparyan S, Gaug M, Giglietto N, Giordano F, Gliwny P, Godinovic N, Green JG, Green D, Hadasch D, Hahn A, Heckmann L, Herrera J, Hoang J, Hrupec D, Huetten M, Inada T, Ishio K, Iwamura Y, Jimenez Martinez , 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, Lopez-Coto R, Lopez-Moya M, Lopez-Oramas A, Loporchio S, De Oliveira Fraga BM, Maggio C, Majumdar P, Makariev M, Mallamaci M, Maneva G, Manganaro M, Mannheim K, Maraschi L, Mariotti M, Martinez M, Mazin D, Menchiari S, Mender S, Micanovic S, Miceli D, Miener T, Miranda JM, Mirzoyan R, Molina E, Moralejo A, Morcuende D, Moreno , Moretti E, Nakamori T, Nava L, Neustroev , Nigro C, Nilsson K, Nishijima K, Noda K, Nozaki S, Ohtani Y, Oka T, Otero-Santos J, Paiano S, Palatiello M, Paneque D, Paoletti R, Paredes JM, Pavletic L, Penil P, Persic M, Pihet M, Moroni PGP, Prandini E, Priyadarshi C, Puljak , Rhode W, Ribo M, Rico J, Righi C, Rugliancich A, Saha L, Sahakyan N, Saito T, Sakurai S, Satalecka K, Saturni FG, Schleicher B, Schmidt K, Schweizer T, Sitarek J, Sobczynska D, Spolon A, Stamerra A, Striskovic J, Strom D, Strzys M, Suda Y, Suric T, Takahashi M, Takeishi R, Tavecchio F, Temnikov P, Terzic T, Teshima M, Tosti L, Truzzi S, Tutone A, Ubach S, Van Scherpenberg J, Vanzo G, Vazquez Acosta M, Ventura S, Verguilov V, Vigorito CF, Vitale V, Vovk , Will M, Wunderlich C, Yamamoto T, Zaric D, Abdalla H, Aharonian F, Benkhali FA, Anguner EO, Arcaro C, Ashkar H, Backes M, Martins VB, Barnard M, Batzofin R, Becherini Y, Berge D, Bernlohr K, Bi B, Bottcher M, Boisson C, Bolmont J, De Lavergne MDB, Breuhaus M, Brose R, Brun F, Bulik T, Caroff S, Casanova S, Chand T, Chen A, Cotter G, Mbarubucyeye JD, Devin J, Djannati-Atai A, Egberts K, Ernenwein JP, Fegan S, Fiasson A, De Clairfontaine GF, Fontaine G, Fussling M, Funk S, Gabici S, Giavitto G, Glawion D, Glicenstein JF, Grondin MH, Hinton JA, Hofmann W, Holch TL, Holler M, Horns D, Huang Z, Jamrozy M, Jankowsky F, Joshi , Jung-Richardt , Kasai E, Katarzyński K, Khelifi B, Komin N, Kosack K, Kostunin D, Le Stum S, Lemiere A, Lenain JP, Leuschner F, Levy C, Lohse T, Luashvili A, Lypova , Mackey J, Majumdar J, Malyshev D, Marandon , Marchegiani P, Marcowith A, Martí-Devesa G, Marx R, Maurin G, Meintjes PJ, Mitchell A, Moderski R, Mohrmann L, Montanari A, Moulin E, Muller J, Murach T, De Naurois M, Nayerhoda A, Niemiec J, Noel AP, O'Brien P, Ohm S, Olivera-Nieto L, Wilhelmi EDO, Ostrowski M, Panny S, Panter M, Parsons RD, Peron G, Poireau , Prokhorov DA, Prokoph H, Pühlhofer G, Punch M, Quirrenbach A, Reichherzer P, Reimer A, Reimer O, Renaud M, Rieger F, Romoli C, Rowell G, Rudak B, Ricarte HR, Ruiz-Velasco E, Sahakian , Sailer S, Salzmann H, Sanchez DA, Santangelo A, Sasaki M, Schutte HM, Schwanke U, Schüssler F, Senniappan M, Shapopi JNS, Simoni R, Sol H, Specovius A, Spencer ST, Steenkamp R, Steinmassl S, Sun L, Takahashi T, Tanaka T, Terrier R, Tsuji N, Uchiyama Y, van Eldik C, Van Soelen B, Veh J, Venter C, Vink J, Wagner SJ, White R, Wierzcholska A, Wong YW, Zacharias M, Zargaryan D, Zdziarski AA, Zech A, Zhu SJ, Zouari S, Żywucka N, Moritani Y, Torres DF (2021)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Book Volume: 923

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ac29b7

Abstract

The results of gamma-ray observations of the binary system HESS J0632 + 057 collected during 450 hr over 15 yr, between 2004 and 2019, are presented. Data taken with the atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS at energies above 350 GeV were used together with observations at X-ray energies obtained with Swift-XRT, Chandra, XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, and Suzaku. Some of these observations were accompanied by measurements of the H alpha emission line. A significant detection of the modulation of the very high-energy gamma-ray fluxes with a period of 316.7 +/- 4.4 days is reported, consistent with the period of 317.3 +/- 0.7 days obtained with a refined analysis of X-ray data. The analysis of data from four orbital cycles with dense observational coverage reveals short-timescale variability, with flux-decay timescales of less than 20 days at very high energies. Flux variations observed over a timescale of several years indicate orbit-to-orbit variability. The analysis confirms the previously reported correlation of X-ray and gamma-ray emission from the system at very high significance, but cannot find any correlation of optical H alpha parameters with fluxes at X-ray or gamma-ray energies in simultaneous observations. The key finding is that the emission of HESS J0632 + 057 in the X-ray and gamma-ray energy bands is highly variable on different timescales. The ratio of gamma-ray to X-ray flux shows the equality or even dominance of the gamma-ray energy range. This wealth of new data is interpreted taking into account the insufficient knowledge of the ephemeris of the system, and discussed in the context of results reported on other gamma-ray binary systems.

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Adams, C.B., Benbow, W., Brill, A., Buckley, J.H., Capasso, M., Chromey, A.J.,... Torres, D.F. (2021). Observation of the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with the HESS, MAGIC, and VERITAS Telescopes. Astrophysical Journal, 923(2). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac29b7

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Adams, C. B., et al. "Observation of the Gamma-Ray Binary HESS J0632+057 with the HESS, MAGIC, and VERITAS Telescopes." Astrophysical Journal 923.2 (2021).

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