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Anderhub, H.; Antonelli, L. A.; Antoranz, P.; Backes, M.; Baixeras, C.; Balestra, S.; Barrio, J. A.; Bastieri, D.; Becerra González, J.; Becker, J. K.; Bednarek, W.; Berger, K.; Bernardini, E.; Biland, A.; Bock, R. K.; Bonnoli, G.; Bordas, P.; Borla Tridon, D.; Bosch-Ramon, V.; Bose, D.; Braun, I.; Bretz, T.; Britvitch, I.; Camara, M.; Carmona, E.; Commichau, S.; Contreras, J. L.; Cortina, J.; Costado, M. T.; Covino, S.; Curtef, V.; Dazzi, F.; De Angelis, A.; De Cea del Pozo, E.; de los Reyes, R.; De Lotto, B.; De Maria, M.; De Sabata, F.; Delgado Mendez, C.; Dominguez, A.; Dorner, D.; Doro, M.; Elsaesser, D.; Errando, M.; Ferenc, D.; Fernández, E.; Firpo, R.; Fonseca, M. V.; Font, L.; Galante, N.; García López, R. J.; Garczarczyk, M.; Gaug, M.; Goebel, F.; Hadasch, D.; Hayashida, M.; Herrero, A.; Hildebrand, D.; Höhne-Mönch, D.; Hose, J.; Hsu, C. C.; Jogler, T.; Kranich, D.; La Barbera, A.; Laille, A.; Leonardo, E.; Lindfors, E.; Lombardi, S.; Longo, F.; López, M.; Lorenz, E.; Majumdar, P.; Maneva, G.; Mankuzhiyil, N.; Mannheim, K.; Maraschi, L.; Mariotti, M.; Martínez, M.; Mazin, D.; Meucci, M.; Meyer, M.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Miyamoto, H.; Moldón, J.; Moles, M.; Moralejo, A.; Nieto, D.; Nilsson, K.; Ninkovic, J.; Otte, N.; Oya, I.; Paoletti, R.; Paredes, J. M.; Pasanen, M.; Pascoli, D.; Pauss, F.; Pegna, R. G.; Perez-Torres, M. A.; Persic, M. et al.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 705, Issue 2, pp. 1624-1631 (2009).
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2009
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Description
We present results of the multiwavelength campaign on the TeV blazar Mkn
501 performed in 2006 July, including MAGIC for the very-high-energy
(VHE) γ-ray band and Suzaku for the X-ray band. A VHE γ-ray
signal was clearly detected with an average flux above 200 GeV of ~20%
of the Crab Nebula flux, which indicates a low state of source activity
in this energy range. No significant variability has been found during
the campaign. The VHE γ-ray spectrum can be described by a simple
power law from 80 GeV to 2 TeV with a photon index of 2.8 ± 0.1,
which corresponds to one of the steepest photon indices observed in this
energy range so far for this object. The X-ray spectrum covers a wide
range from 0.6 to 40 keV, and is well described by a broken power law,
with photon indices of 2.257 ± 0.004 and 2.420 ± 0.012
below and above the break energy of 3.24+0.13
-0.12 keV. No apparent high-energy cut-off is seen above the
break energy. Although an increase of the flux of about 50% is observed
in the X-ray band within the observation, the data indicate a
consistently low state of activity for this source. Time-resolved
spectra show an evidence for spectral hardening with a flux level. A
homogeneous one-zone synchrotron self-Compton (SSC) model can adequately
describe the spectral energy distribution (SED) from the X-ray to the
VHE γ-ray bands with a magnetic field intensity B = 0.313 G and a
Doppler beaming factor δ = 20, which are similar to the values in
the past multiwavelength campaigns in high states. Based on our SSC
parameters derived for the low state, we are able to reproduce the SED
of the high state by just changing the Lorentz factor of the electrons
corresponding to the break energy in the primary electron spectrum. This
suggests that the variation of the injected electron population in the
jet is responsible for the observed low-high state variation of the SED.
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The MAGIC Collaboration is integrated by 20 research institutes and university departments from Armenia, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and USA. The collaboration comprises two 17m diameter telescopes, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, designed to measure the Cherenkov radiation associated with
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