Thomas Armstrong
The detection of Fermi AGN above 100 GeV using clustering analysis
Armstrong, Thomas; Brown, Anthony M.; Chadwick, Paula; Nolan, Sam
Authors
Dr Anthony Brown anthony.brown@durham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor
Professor Paula Chadwick p.m.chadwick@durham.ac.uk
Head Of Department
Sam Nolan
Abstract
The density-based clustering algorithm DBSCAN has been applied to the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) data set of Eγ ≥ 100 GeV events with |b| > 10°, in order to search for new very high energy (VHE) γ-ray sources. The clustering analysis returned 49 clusters, of which 21 correspond to already known VHE-emitting active galactic nuclei (AGN) within the TeVCat catalogue and a further 11 were found to be significant in a full Fermi analysis. Of these, two are previously detected Fermi VHE AGN, and nine represent new VHE sources consisting of six BL Lac objects, one blazar of unknown type and two unassociated sources. Comparing these, along with the VHE AGN RBS 0679 and RBS 0970 previously detected with Fermi-LAT, to the current populations of AGN detected with ground-based instruments and Fermi suggests that the VHE-emitting AGN discovered in this study are very similar to the TeVCat AGN and therefore further observations with ground-based imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes are recommended.
Citation
Armstrong, T., Brown, A. M., Chadwick, P., & Nolan, S. (2015). The detection of Fermi AGN above 100 GeV using clustering analysis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(3), 3159-3166. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1398
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 19, 2015 |
Publication Date | Sep 21, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Apr 10, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 7, 2015 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Print ISSN | 0035-8711 |
Electronic ISSN | 1365-2966 |
Publisher | Royal Astronomical Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 452 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 3159-3166 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1398 |
Keywords | Radiation mechanisms: non-thermal, Methods: statistical, Galaxies: active, BL Lacertae objects: general, Gamma-rays: galaxies. |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1443304 |
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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. ©: 2015 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.
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