RT Journal Article
T1 Super-orbital variability of LS I+61 degrees 303 at TeV energies
A1 Antoranz Canales, Pedro
A1 Barrio Uña, Juan Abel
A1 Contreras González, José Luis
A1 Fonseca González, María Victoria
A1 López Moya, Marcos
A1 Miranda Pantoja, José Miguel
A1 Nievas Rosillo, Mireia
A1 Satalecka, Konstanzja
AB Context. The gamma-ray binary LS I +61º303 is a well-established source from centimeter radio up to very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV). The broadband emission shows a periodicity of ∼26.5 days, coincident with the orbital period. A longer (super-orbital) period of 1667 ± 8 days was proposed from radio variability and confirmed using optical and high-energy (HE; E ¿ 100 MeV) gamma-ray observations. In this paper, we report on a four-year campaign performed by MAGIC together with archival data concentrating on a search for a long-timescale signature in the VHE emission from LS I +61º303.Aims. We focus on the search for super-orbital modulation of the VHE emission, similar to that observed at other energies, and on the search for correlations between TeV emission and an optical determination of the extension of the circumstellar disk.Methods. A four-year campaign has been carried out using the MAGIC telescopes. The source was observed during the orbital phases when the periodic VHE outbursts have occurred (φ = 0.55 – 0.75, one orbit = 26.496 days). Additionally, we included archival MAGIC observations and data published by the VERITAS collaboration in these studies. For the correlation studies, LS I +61◦303 has also been observed during the orbital phases where sporadic VHE emission had been detected in the past (φ = 0.75 – 1.0). These MAGIC observations were simultaneous with optical spectroscopy from the LIVERPOOL telescope.Results. The TeV flux of the periodical outburst in orbital phases φ = 0.5 – 0.75 was found to show yearly variability consistent with the long-term modulation of ∼4.5 years found in the radio band. This modulation of the TeV flux can be well described by a sine function with a best-fit period of 1610±58 days. The complete data, including archival observations, span two super-orbital periods. There is no evidence for a correlation between the TeV emission and the mass-loss rate of the Be star, but this may be affected by the strong, short-timescale (as short as intra-day) variation displayed by the Hα fluxes.
PB EDP Sciencies
SN 0004-6361
YR 2016
FD 2016-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24598
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24598
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NO © ESO 2016. Artículo firmado por 152 autores. We would like to thank the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias for the excellent working conditions at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma. The support of the German BMBF and MPG, the Italian INFN, the Swiss National Fund SNF, and the ERDF funds under the Spanish MINECO is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the CPAN CSD2007-00042 and MultiDark CSD2009-00064 projects of the Spanish Consolider-Ingenio 2010 programme, by grant 127740 of the Academy of Finland, by the Croatian Science Foundation (HrZZ) Project 09/176, by the DFG Collaborative Research Centers SFB823/C4 and SFB876/C3, and by the Polish MNiSzW grant 745/N-HESS-MAGIC/2010/0. J.C., and D.F.T. acknowledge support by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competividad (MINECO) under grant AYA2010-18080, and by MINECO and the Generalitat de Catalunya under grants AYA2012-39303 and SGR 2014-1073, respectively.
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
NO German BMBF and MPG
NO Italian INFN
NO Swiss National Fund SNF
NO Spanish Consolider-Ingenio 2010 programme
NO Academy of Finland
NO Croatian Science Foundation (HrZZ)
NO DFG Collaborative Research Centers
NO Polish MNiSzW
NO Generalitat de Catalunya
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