TY - GEN
T1 - The Aftermath of an Exceptional TeV Flare in the AGN Jet of IC 310
AU - Eisenacher, Dorit
AU - Colin, Pierre
AU - Lombardi, Saverio
AU - Sitarek, Julian
AU - Zandanel, Fabio
AU - Prada, Francisco
AU - Linfors, Elina
AU - Paneque, David
AU - Elsässer, Dominik
AU - Mannheim, Karl
AU - for the MAGIC Collaboration, null
AU - Müller, Cornelia
AU - for the Fermi-LAT Collaboration, null
AU - Dauser, Thomas
AU - Krauß, Felicia
AU - Wilbert, Sven
AU - Kadler, Matthias
AU - Wilms, Jörn
AU - Bach, Uwe
AU - Ros, Eduardo
AU - Hovatta, Talvikki
AU - for the OVRO team, null
AU - Savolainen, Tuomas
AU - for the MOJAVE team, null
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The nearby active galaxy IC 310 (z=0.019), located in the Perseus
cluster of galaxies is a bright and variable multi-wavelength emitter
from the radio regime up to very high gamma-ray energies above 100 GeV.
Very recently, a blazar-like compact radio jet has been found by
parsec-scale VLBI imaging. Along with the unusually flat gamma-ray
spectrum and variable high-energy emission, this suggests that IC 310 is
the closest known blazar and therefore a key object for AGN research. As
part of an intense observing program at TeV energies with the MAGIC
telescopes, an exceptionally bright flare of IC 310 was detected in
November 2012 reaching a flux level of up to >0.5 Crab units above
300 GeV. We have organized a multi-wavelength follow-up program,
including the VLBA, Effelsberg 100 m, KVA, Swift, INTEGRAL, Fermi/LAT,
and the MAGIC telescopes. We present preliminary results from the
multi-wavelength follow-up program with the focus on the response of the
jet to this exceptional gamma-ray flare.
AB - The nearby active galaxy IC 310 (z=0.019), located in the Perseus
cluster of galaxies is a bright and variable multi-wavelength emitter
from the radio regime up to very high gamma-ray energies above 100 GeV.
Very recently, a blazar-like compact radio jet has been found by
parsec-scale VLBI imaging. Along with the unusually flat gamma-ray
spectrum and variable high-energy emission, this suggests that IC 310 is
the closest known blazar and therefore a key object for AGN research. As
part of an intense observing program at TeV energies with the MAGIC
telescopes, an exceptionally bright flare of IC 310 was detected in
November 2012 reaching a flux level of up to >0.5 Crab units above
300 GeV. We have organized a multi-wavelength follow-up program,
including the VLBA, Effelsberg 100 m, KVA, Swift, INTEGRAL, Fermi/LAT,
and the MAGIC telescopes. We present preliminary results from the
multi-wavelength follow-up program with the focus on the response of the
jet to this exceptional gamma-ray flare.
KW - Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
BT - Proceedings of the 33rd ICRC 2013, Rio de Janeiro
ER -