Observations of the gamma-ray flux from the galaxy Mk 501 |
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Authors: | N. A. Andreeva Yu. L. Zyskin O. R. Kalekin Yu. I. Neshpor A. A. Stepanyan V. P. Fomin N. N. Chalenko V. G. Shitov |
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Affiliation: | (1) Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, p/o Nauchnyi, Crimea, 334413, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | We present two-year-long observations of the flux of very-high-energy (~1012 eV) gamma rays from the active galactic nucleus Mk 501 performed with a Cherenkov detector at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. A gamma-ray flux from the object was shown to exist at confidence levels of 11 and 7 standard deviations for 1997 and 1998, respectively. The flux varied over a wide range. The mean flux at energies >1012 eV, as inferred from the 1997 and 1998 data, is (5.0±0.6)×10?11 and (3.7±0.6)×10?11 cm?2 s?1, respectively. The errors are the sum of statistical observational and modeling errors. The mean power released in the form of gamma rays is ~2×1043 erg s?1 sr?1. |
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Keywords: | active galactic nuclei gamma-ray observations quasars and radio galaxies |
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