Bibcode
Aleksić, J.; Ansoldi, S.; Antonelli, L. A.; Antoranz, P.; Babic, A.; Bangale, P.; Barrio, J. A.; Becerra González, J.; Bednarek, W.; Bernardini, E.; Biasuzzi, B.; Biland, A.; Blanch, O.; Bonnefoy, S.; Bonnoli, G.; Borracci, F.; Bretz, T.; Carmona, E.; Carosi, A.; Colin, P.; Colombo, E.; Contreras, J. L.; Cortina, J.; Covino, S.; Da Vela, P.; Dazzi, F.; De Angelis, A.; De Caneva, G.; De Lotto, B.; de Oña Wilhelmi, E.; Delgado Mendez, C.; Doert, M.; Dominis Prester, D.; Dorner, D.; Doro, M.; Einecke, S.; Eisenacher, D.; Elsaesser, D.; Fonseca, M. V.; Font, L.; Frantzen, K.; Fruck, C.; Galindo, D.; García López, R. J.; Garczarczyk, M.; Garrido Terrats, D.; Gaug, M.; Godinović, N.; González Muñoz, A.; Gozzini, S. R.; Hadasch, D.; Hanabata, Y.; Hayashida, M.; Herrera, J.; Hildebrand, D.; Hose, J.; Hrupec, D.; Idec, W.; Kadenius, V.; Kellermann, H.; Kodani, K.; Konno, Y.; Krause, J.; Kubo, H.; Kushida, J.; La Barbera, A.; Lelas, D.; Lewandowska, N.; Lindfors, E.; Lombardi, S.; López, M.; López-Coto, R.; López-Oramas, A.; Lorenz, E.; Lozano, I.; Makariev, M.; Mallot, K.; Maneva, G.; Mankuzhiyil, N.; Mannheim, K.; Maraschi, L.; Marcote, B.; Mariotti, M.; Martínez, M.; Mazin, D.; Menzel, U.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Moralejo, A.; Munar-Adrover, P.; Nakajima, D.; Niedzwiecki, A.; Nilsson, K.; Nishijima, K.; Noda, K.; Nowak, N.; Orito, R.; Overkemping, A.; Paiano, S.; Palatiello, M. et al.
Referencia bibliográfica
Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, Volume 5, p. 30-38.
Fecha de publicación:
3
2015
Número de citas
92
Número de citas referidas
67
Descripción
The MAGIC stereoscopic system collected 69 hours of Crab Nebula data
between October 2009 and April 2011. Analysis of this data sample using
the latest improvements in the MAGIC stereoscopic software provided an
unprecedented precision of spectral and night-by-night light curve
determination at gamma rays. We derived a differential spectrum with a
single instrument from 50 GeV up to almost 30 TeV with 5 bins per energy
decade. At low energies, MAGIC results, combined with Fermi-LAT data,
show a flat and broad Inverse Compton peak. The overall fit to the data
between 1 GeV and 30 TeV is not well described by a log-parabola
function. We find that a modified log-parabola function with an exponent
of 2.5 instead of 2 provides a good description of the data
(χred2 = 35 / 26). Using systematic
uncertainties of the MAGIC and Fermi-LAT measurements we determine the
position of the Inverse Compton peak to be at (53
±3stat +31syst -13syst) GeV,
which is the most precise estimation up to date and is dominated by the
systematic effects. There is no hint of the integral flux variability on
daily scales at energies above 300 GeV when systematic uncertainties are
included in the flux measurement. We consider three state-of-the-art
theoretical models to describe the overall spectral energy distribution
of the Crab Nebula. The constant B-field model cannot satisfactorily
reproduce the VHE spectral measurements presented in this work, having
particular difficulty reproducing the broadness of the observed IC peak.
Most probably this implies that the assumption of the homogeneity of the
magnetic field inside the nebula is incorrect. On the other hand, the
time-dependent 1D spectral model provides a good fit of the new VHE
results when considering a 80 μG magnetic field. However, it fails to
match the data when including the morphology of the nebula at lower
wavelengths.
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