Bibcode
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.; Blanch Bigas, O.; Bock, R. K.; Bonnoli, G.; Bordas, P.; Borla Tridon, D.; Bosch-Ramon, V.; Bose, D.; Braun, I.; Bretz, T.; Britzger, D.; Camara, M.; Carmona, E.; Carosi, A.; Colin, P.; Commichau, S.; Contreras, J. L.; Cortina, J.; Costado, M. T.; Covino, S.; 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.; Domínguez, A.; Dominis Prester, D.; 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.; Godinovic, N.; Goebel, F.; Hadasch, D.; Herrero, A.; Hildebrand, D.; Höhne-Mönch, D.; Hose, J.; Hrupec, D.; Hsu, C. C.; Jogler, T.; Klepser, S.; 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.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Miyamoto, H.; Moldón, J.; Moles, M.; Moralejo, A.; Nieto, D.; Nilsson, K.; Ninkovic, J.; Orito, R.; Oya, I.; Paoletti, R.; Paredes, J. M.; Pasanen, M.; Pascoli, D. et al.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 706, Issue 1, pp. L27-L32 (2009).
Fecha de publicación:
11
2009
Número de citas
59
Número de citas referidas
41
Descripción
The discovery of very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emitting X-ray
binaries has triggered an intense effort to better understand the
particle acceleration, absorption, and emission mechanisms in compact
binary systems, which provide variable conditions along eccentric
orbits. Despite this, the nature of some of these systems, and of the
accelerated particles producing the VHE emission, is unclear. To answer
some of these open questions, we conducted a multiwavelength campaign of
the VHE gamma-ray emitting X-ray binary LS I +61 303 including the MAGIC
telescope, XMM-Newton, and Swift during 60% of an orbit in 2007
September. We detect a simultaneous outburst at X-ray and VHE bands,
with the peak at phase 0.62 and a similar shape at both wavelengths. A
linear fit to the simultaneous X-ray/VHE pairs obtained during the
outburst yields a correlation coefficient of r = 0.97, while a linear
fit to all simultaneous pairs provides r = 0.81. Since a variable
absorption of the VHE emission towards the observer is not expected for
the data reported here, the correlation found indicates a simultaneity
in the emission processes. Assuming that they are dominated by a single
particle population, either hadronic or leptonic, the X-ray/VHE flux
ratio favors leptonic models. This fact, together with the detected
photon indices, suggests that in LS I +61 303 the X-rays are the result
of synchrotron radiation of the same electrons that produce VHE emission
as a result of inverse Compton scattering of stellar photons.
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