CANGAROO-II 望遠鏡による 南天の BL Lac 天体の観測
東海大学理学部:中瀬友和、西嶋恭司、服部敬裕、
他
CANGAROO
チームCANGAROO-II Telescope
場所
Woomera, SA Australia
南緯 31°06’, 東経 136°47’, 海抜 160 m
主鏡
80cm φ球面鏡 114 枚からなる複合放物
面鏡(CFRP ) 有効面積
57m
2 焦点距離
8m
イメージングカメラ
視野:〜
3 °
ピクセルサイズ:
0.115 °× 0.115 °
ピクセル数:552
AGN Observations Summary
Target z Year Time(hrs) E(TeV) Telescope
PKS0548-322 0.069 '99 16.6 1.0 7
'00 2.6 10
PKS2005-489 0.071 '99 26.2 1.1 7
'00 32.6 0.45 10
PKS2155-304 0.116 '99 58.5 0.96 7
'00 35.6 0.40 10
Mkn421 0.031 '01 14.4 9.3 10 Mkn421
を除き、観測期間中にX
線領域で大きなフレアーは報告されていない
PKS2005-489
Observation
1999 Aug 26.2 hrs 25.2 hrs 7m
2000 July/Aug(4nights) 21.2 hrs 19.9 hrs 10m campaign:July 28 - Aug.1 with RXTE and others
2000 Aug/Sep(4nights) 11.4 hrs 9.4 hrs 10m campaign:Aug. 25 - Sep. 3 with RXTE and others
Used data for image analysis(10m)
ON : 140,974 events (live time : 16.9 hours)
OFF: 127,862 events (live time : 15.4 hours)
Effective area and threshold energy(10m)
Average effective area : 4.4×108cm2
Threshold energy : 450 GeV
ON OFF Telescope
103
Energy(GeV)
109cm2
PKS2005-489 (alpha distribution)
1999 2000
preliminary preliminary
PKS2005-489 (Energy Spectrum)
preliminary preliminary
F(>1.1TeV) < 6.6×10-12cm-2s-1 (preliminary) F(>0.45TeV) < 6.4×10-12cm-2s-1 (preliminary)
PKS2005-489
(Multiwavelength Campaign)
July 28 – Aug. 1, 2000 & Aug. 25 – Sep. 3, 2000
CANGAROO-II 10m (E>450GeV)
RXTE PCU0/1 (2-12 keV)
Rector et al.(2001)
CTIO 0.9m (Optical)
PKS2155-304
Observation
1999 Sep 33.7 hrs 26.1 hrs 7m
1999 Oct 24.8 hrs 24.8 hrs 7m
2000 Aug/Sep(6nights) 11.6 hrs 10.8 hrs 10m campaign:Aug. 27 – Aug. 31 with RXTE
2000 Sep/Oct(5nights) 24.0 hrs 24.3 hrs 10m
Used data for image analysis(10m)
ON : 146,007 events (live time : 17.8 hours)
OFF: 118,368 events (live time : 15.2 hours)
Effective area and threshold energy(10m)
Average effective area : 3.6×108cm2
Threshold energy : 400 GeV
ON OFF Telescope
103
Energy(GeV)
109cm2
PKS2155-304 (alpha distribution)
1999 2000
preliminary preliminary
PKS2155-304 (Energy Spectrum)
preliminary preliminary
F(>0.96TeV) < 6.9×10-12cm-2s-1 (preliminary) F(>0.40TeV) < 1.2×10-11cm-2s-1 (preliminary)
PKS2155-304 (night by night)
(E>0.40TeV)
Preliminary
Observation in 2000 with CANGAROO-II 10m
PKS0548-322
Observation
1999 Oct 3.0 hrs 3.8 hrs 7 m
1999 Nov 13.6 hrs 13.9 hrs 7 m
2000 Dec/2001 Jan 2.6 hrs 1.5 hrs 10 m
Results
No evidence for gamma-ray steady emission
Flux upper limits (2σ)
F(>1.5TeV) < 1.0 × 10
-11cm
-2s
-1(preliminary)
1999
preliminary ON OFF Telescope
Extragalactic Background Lights
Measurements & limits
Limits implied by TeV γ-rays
Hauser & Dwek, Ann.Rev.Astrno.&Astrophys 2001
Optical depth
Spectrum of extragalactic
background light Optical depth
Hauser & Dwek, Ann.Rev.Astrno.&Astrophys 2001 by T.Nakase
Upper limits for intrinsic energy spectrum
Preliminary Preliminary
Summary
CANGAROO-II
望遠鏡で、1999
年以来南 天のBL Lac
天体PKS2005-489, PKS2155- 304
、PKS0548-322
を観測した。今のところ、いずれの
BL Lac
天体からも、静穏期における
TeV
ガンマ線放射の証拠 は得られていない。