Ahnen, ML;
Ansoldi, S;
Antonelli, LA;
Arcaro, C;
Baack, D;
Babic, A;
Banerjee, B;
... Zensus, JA; + view all
(2018)
Multi-wavelength characterization of the blazar S5 0716+714 during an unprecedented outburst phase.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
, 619
, Article A45. 10.1051/0004-6361/201832677.
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Abstract
CONTEXT: The BL Lac object S5 0716+714, a highly variable blazar, underwent an impressive outburst in January 2015 (Phase A), followed by minor activity in February (Phase B). The MAGIC observations were triggered by the optical flux observed in Phase A, corresponding to the brightest ever reported state of the source in the R-band. AIMS: The comprehensive dataset collected is investigated in order to shed light on the mechanism of the broadband emission METHODS: Multi-wavelength light curves have been studied together with the broadband spectral energy distributions (SEDs). The sample includes data from Effelsberg, OVRO, Metsähovi, VLBI, CARMA, IRAM, SMA, Swift-UVOT, KVA, Tuorla, Steward, RINGO3, KANATA, AZT-8+ST7, Perkins, LX-200, Swift-XRT, NuSTAR, Fermi-LAT and MAGIC. RESULTS: The flaring state of Phase A was detected in all the energy bands, providing for the first time a multi-wavelength sample of simultaneous data from the radio band to the very-high-energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV). In the constructed SED, the Swift-XRT+NuSTAR data constrain the transition between the synchrotron and inverse Compton components very accurately, while the second peak is constrained from 0.1 GeV to 600 GeV by Fermi+MAGIC data. The broadband SED cannot be described with a one-zone synchrotron self-Compton model as it severely underestimates the optical flux in order to reproduce the X-ray to γ-ray data. Instead we use a two-zone model. The electric vector position angle (EVPA) shows an unprecedented fast rotation. An estimation of the redshift of the source by combined high-energy (HE, 0.1 GeV < E < 100 GeV) and VHE data provides a value of z = 0.31 ± 0.02stats ± 0.05sys, confirming the literature value. CONCLUSIONS: The data show the VHE emission originating in the entrance and exit of a superluminal knot in and out of a recollimation shock in the inner jet. A shock–shock interaction in the jet seems responsible for the observed flares and EVPA swing. This scenario is also consistent with the SED modeling.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Multi-wavelength characterization of the blazar S5 0716+714 during an unprecedented outburst phase |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201832677 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832677 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is the published version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | BL Lacertae objects: individual: S5 0716+714 / galaxies: active / galaxies: jets / gamma rays: galaxies |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062521 |
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