Abstract:
We report results from an intensive multiwavelength campaign on the intermediate-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object W Com (z = 0.102) during a strong outburst of very high energy gamma-ray emission in 2008 June. The very high energy gamma-ray signal was detected by VERITAS on 2008 June 7-8 with a flux F(>200 GeV) =(5.7 0.6) × 10 -11 cm -2 s -1 , about three times brighter than during the discovery of gamma-ray emission from W Com by VERITAS in 2008 March. The initial detection of this flare by VERITAS at energies above 200 GeV was followed by observations in high-energy gamma rays (AGILE; E γ ≥ 100 MeV), X-rays (Swift and XMM-Newton), and at UV, and ground-based optical and radio monitoring through the GASP-WEBT consortium and other observatories. Here we describe the multiwavelength data and derive the spectral energy distribution of the source from contemporaneous data taken throughout the flare. © 2009. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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. Multiwavelength observations of a TeV-Flare from W comae. Astrophysical Journal, 707(1), 612-620.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/612---------- CHICAGO ----------
Acciari, V.A.
"Multiwavelength observations of a TeV-Flare from W comae"
. Astrophysical Journal 707, no. 1
(2009) : 612-620.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/612---------- MLA ----------
Acciari, V.A.
"Multiwavelength observations of a TeV-Flare from W comae"
. Astrophysical Journal, vol. 707, no. 1, 2009, pp. 612-620.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/612---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Acciari, V.A. Multiwavelength observations of a TeV-Flare from W comae. Astrophys. J. 2009;707(1):612-620.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/707/1/612