A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Multiwavelength Picture of the Blazar S5 0716+714 during Its Brightest Outburst
Authors: Marina Manganaro, Giovanna Pedaletti, Marlene Doert, Denis Bastieri, Vandah Fallah Ramazani, Dario Gasparrini, Elina Lindfors, Benoit Lott, Mireia Nievas, Bindu Rani, David J. Thompson, Emmanouil Angelakis, George Borman, Mark Gurwell, Talvikki Hovatta, Ryosuke Itoh, Svetlana Jorstad, Alex Kraus, Thomas P. Krichbaum, Paul Kuin, Anne Lähteenmäki, Valeri Larionov, Amy Yarleen Lien, Ioannis Myserlis, Merja Tornikoski, Ivan Troitsky, J. Anton Zensus, the MAGIC and -LAT collaborators
Publisher: MDPI
Publishing place: Basel
Publication year: 2016
Journal: Galaxies
Article number: 69
Volume: 4
Issue: 4
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 2075-4434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies4040069
Web address : http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/4/4/69/htm
S5 0716+714 is a well known BL Lac object, and one of the brightest and
most active blazars. The discovery in the Very High Energy band (VHE, E
> 100 GeV) by MAGIC happened in 2008. In January 2015, the source
went through the brightest optical state ever observed, triggering MAGIC
follow-up and a VHE detection with ∼ 13σ significance (ATel ♯6999 ).
Rich multiwavelength coverage of the flare allowed us to construct the
broad-band spectral energy distribution of S5 0716+714 during its
brightest outburst. In this work, we will present the preliminary
analysis of MAGIC and Fermi-LAT data of the flaring activity in
January and February 2015 for the HE (0.1 < HE < 300 GeV) and VHE
band, together with radio (Metsähovi, OVRO, VLBA, Effelsberg),
sub-millimeter (SMA), optical (Tuorla, Perkins, Steward, AZT-8+ST7,
LX-200, Kanata), X-ray and UV (Swift-XRT and UVOT), in the same
time-window and discuss the time variability of the multiwavelength
light curves during this impressive outburst.
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