A search for very high energy gamma-ray emission from scorpius X-1 with the magic telescopes

J. Aleksić; E. A. Alvarez; L. A. Antonelli; P. Antoranz; M. Asensio; M. Backes; J. A. Barrio; D. Bastieri; J. Becerra González; W. Bednarek; A. Berdyugin; K. Berger; E. Bernardini; A. Biland; O. Blanch; R. K. Bock; A. Boller; G. Bonnoli; P. Bordas; D. Borla Tridon; V. Bosch-Ramon; I. Braun; T. Bretz; A. Cãellas; E. Carmona; A. Carosi; P. Colin; E. Colombo; J. L. Contreras; J. Cortina; L. Cossio; S. Covino; F. Dazzi; A. De Angelis; E. De Cea Del Pozo; B. De Lotto; C. Delgado Mendez; A. Diago Ortega; M. Doert; A. Domínguez; D. Dominis Prester; D. Dorner; M. Doro; D. Elsaesser; D. Ferenc; M. V. Fonseca; L. Font; C. Fruck; R. J. García López; M. Garczarczyk; D. Garrido; G. Giavitto; N. Godinović; D. Hadasch; D. Häfner; A. Herrero; D. Hildebrand; D. Höhne-Mönch; J. Hose; D. Hrupec; B. Huber; T. Jogler; S. Klepser; T. Krähenbühl; J. Krause; A. La Barbera; D. Lelas; E. Leonardo; E. Lindfors; S. Lombardi; M. López; E. Lorenz; M. Makariev; G. Maneva; N. Mankuzhiyil; K. Mannheim; L. Maraschi; M. Mariotti; M. Martínez; D. Mazin; M. Meucci; J. M. Miranda; R. Mirzoyan; H. Miyamoto; J. Moldón; A. Moralejo; P. Munar-Adrover; D. Nieto; K. Nilsson; R. Orito; I. Oya; D. Paneque; R. Paoletti; S. Pardo; J. M. Paredes; S. Partini; M. Pasanen; F. Pauss; M. A. Perez-Torres; M. Persic

doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/735/1/L5

A search for very high energy gamma-ray emission from scorpius X-1 with the magic telescopes

J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, M. Asensio, M. Backes, J. A. Barrio, D. Bastieri, J. Becerra González, W. Bednarek, A. Berdyugin, K. Berger, E. Bernardini, A. Biland, O. Blanch, R. K. Bock, A. Boller, G. Bonnoli, P. Bordas, D. Borla TridonV. Bosch-Ramon, I. Braun, T. Bretz, A. Cãellas, E. Carmona, A. Carosi, P. Colin, E. Colombo, J. L. Contreras, J. Cortina, L. Cossio, S. Covino, F. Dazzi, A. De Angelis, E. De Cea Del Pozo, B. De Lotto, C. Delgado Mendez, A. Diago Ortega, M. Doert, A. Domínguez, D. Dominis Prester, D. Dorner, M. Doro, D. Elsaesser, D. Ferenc, M. V. Fonseca, L. Font, C. Fruck, R. J. García López, M. Garczarczyk, D. Garrido, G. Giavitto, N. Godinović, D. Hadasch, D. Häfner, A. Herrero, D. Hildebrand, D. Höhne-Mönch, J. Hose, D. Hrupec, B. Huber, T. Jogler, S. Klepser, T. Krähenbühl, J. Krause, A. La Barbera, D. Lelas, E. Leonardo, E. Lindfors, S. Lombardi, M. López, E. Lorenz, M. Makariev, G. Maneva, N. Mankuzhiyil, K. Mannheim, L. Maraschi, M. Mariotti, M. Martínez, D. Mazin, M. Meucci, J. M. Miranda, R. Mirzoyan, H. Miyamoto, J. Moldón, A. Moralejo, P. Munar-Adrover, D. Nieto, K. Nilsson, R. Orito, I. Oya, D. Paneque, R. Paoletti, S. Pardo, J. M. Paredes, S. Partini, M. Pasanen, F. Pauss, M. A. Perez-Torres, M. Persic

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The acceleration of particles up to GeV or higher energies in microquasars has been the subject of considerable theoretical and observational efforts in the past few years. Sco X-1 is a microquasar from which evidence of highly energetic particles in the jet has been found when it is in the so-called Horizontal Branch (HB), a state when the radio and hard X-ray fluxes are higher and a powerful relativistic jet is present. Here we present the first very high energy gamma-ray observations of Sco X-1, obtained with the MAGIC telescopes. An analysis of the whole data set does not yield a significant signal, with 95% CL flux upper limits above 300GeV at the level of 2.4 × 10-12 cm-2 s-1. Simultaneous RXTE observations were conducted to provide the X-ray state of the source. A selection of the gamma-ray data obtained during the HB based on the X-ray colors did not yield a signal either, with an upper limit of 3.4 × 10-12 cm-2 s -1. These upper limits place a constraint on the maximum TeV luminosity to non-thermal X-ray luminosity of L VHE/L ntX ≲ 0.02 that can be related to a maximum TeV luminosity to jet power ratio of L VHE/L j ≲ 10-3. Our upper limits indicate that the underlying high-energy emission physics in ScoX-1 must be inherently different from that of the hitherto detected gamma-ray binaries. © 2011. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Article number	L5
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	735
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/735/1/L5
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2011

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X-rays: binaries
acceleration of particles
gamma rays: stars
stars: individual (Sco X-1)

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Aleksić, J., Alvarez, E. A., Antonelli, L. A., Antoranz, P., Asensio, M., Backes, M., Barrio, J. A., Bastieri, D., Becerra González, J., Bednarek, W., Berdyugin, A., Berger, K., Bernardini, E., Biland, A., Blanch, O., Bock, R. K., Boller, A., Bonnoli, G., Bordas, P., ... Persic, M. (2011). A search for very high energy gamma-ray emission from scorpius X-1 with the magic telescopes. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 735, [L5]. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/735/1/L5

Aleksić, J. ; Alvarez, E. A. ; Antonelli, L. A. ; Antoranz, P. ; Asensio, M. ; Backes, M. ; Barrio, J. A. ; Bastieri, D. ; Becerra González, J. ; Bednarek, W. ; Berdyugin, A. ; Berger, K. ; Bernardini, E. ; Biland, A. ; Blanch, O. ; Bock, R. K. ; Boller, A. ; Bonnoli, G. ; Bordas, P. ; Borla Tridon, D. ; Bosch-Ramon, V. ; Braun, I. ; Bretz, T. ; Cãellas, A. ; Carmona, E. ; Carosi, A. ; Colin, P. ; Colombo, E. ; Contreras, J. L. ; Cortina, J. ; Cossio, L. ; Covino, S. ; Dazzi, F. ; De Angelis, A. ; De Cea Del Pozo, E. ; De Lotto, B. ; Delgado Mendez, C. ; Diago Ortega, A. ; Doert, M. ; Domínguez, A. ; Dominis Prester, D. ; Dorner, D. ; Doro, M. ; Elsaesser, D. ; Ferenc, D. ; Fonseca, M. V. ; Font, L. ; Fruck, C. ; García López, R. J. ; Garczarczyk, M. ; Garrido, D. ; Giavitto, G. ; Godinović, N. ; Hadasch, D. ; Häfner, D. ; Herrero, A. ; Hildebrand, D. ; Höhne-Mönch, D. ; Hose, J. ; Hrupec, D. ; Huber, B. ; Jogler, T. ; Klepser, S. ; Krähenbühl, T. ; Krause, J. ; La Barbera, A. ; Lelas, D. ; Leonardo, E. ; Lindfors, E. ; Lombardi, S. ; López, M. ; Lorenz, E. ; Makariev, M. ; Maneva, G. ; Mankuzhiyil, N. ; Mannheim, K. ; Maraschi, L. ; Mariotti, M. ; Martínez, M. ; Mazin, D. ; Meucci, M. ; Miranda, J. M. ; Mirzoyan, R. ; Miyamoto, H. ; Moldón, J. ; Moralejo, A. ; Munar-Adrover, P. ; Nieto, D. ; Nilsson, K. ; Orito, R. ; Oya, I. ; Paneque, D. ; Paoletti, R. ; Pardo, S. ; Paredes, J. M. ; Partini, S. ; Pasanen, M. ; Pauss, F. ; Perez-Torres, M. A. ; Persic, M. / A search for very high energy gamma-ray emission from scorpius X-1 with the magic telescopes. In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 2011 ; Vol. 735.

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In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 735, L5, 01.07.2011.

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AU - Biland, A.

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AU - Bock, R. K.

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AU - Bonnoli, G.

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AU - Borla Tridon, D.

AU - Bosch-Ramon, V.

AU - Braun, I.

AU - Bretz, T.

AU - Cãellas, A.

AU - Carmona, E.

AU - Carosi, A.

AU - Colin, P.

AU - Colombo, E.

AU - Contreras, J. L.

AU - Cortina, J.

AU - Cossio, L.

AU - Covino, S.

AU - Dazzi, F.

AU - De Angelis, A.

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AU - Fruck, C.

AU - García López, R. J.

AU - Garczarczyk, M.

AU - Garrido, D.

AU - Giavitto, G.

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AU - Hrupec, D.

AU - Huber, B.

AU - Jogler, T.

AU - Klepser, S.

AU - Krähenbühl, T.

AU - Krause, J.

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AU - Lelas, D.

AU - Leonardo, E.

AU - Lindfors, E.

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AU - López, M.

AU - Lorenz, E.

AU - Makariev, M.

AU - Maneva, G.

AU - Mankuzhiyil, N.

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AU - Martínez, M.

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AU - Munar-Adrover, P.

AU - Nieto, D.

AU - Nilsson, K.

AU - Orito, R.

AU - Oya, I.

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N2 - The acceleration of particles up to GeV or higher energies in microquasars has been the subject of considerable theoretical and observational efforts in the past few years. Sco X-1 is a microquasar from which evidence of highly energetic particles in the jet has been found when it is in the so-called Horizontal Branch (HB), a state when the radio and hard X-ray fluxes are higher and a powerful relativistic jet is present. Here we present the first very high energy gamma-ray observations of Sco X-1, obtained with the MAGIC telescopes. An analysis of the whole data set does not yield a significant signal, with 95% CL flux upper limits above 300GeV at the level of 2.4 × 10-12 cm-2 s-1. Simultaneous RXTE observations were conducted to provide the X-ray state of the source. A selection of the gamma-ray data obtained during the HB based on the X-ray colors did not yield a signal either, with an upper limit of 3.4 × 10-12 cm-2 s -1. These upper limits place a constraint on the maximum TeV luminosity to non-thermal X-ray luminosity of L VHE/L ntX ≲ 0.02 that can be related to a maximum TeV luminosity to jet power ratio of L VHE/L j ≲ 10-3. Our upper limits indicate that the underlying high-energy emission physics in ScoX-1 must be inherently different from that of the hitherto detected gamma-ray binaries. © 2011. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

AB - The acceleration of particles up to GeV or higher energies in microquasars has been the subject of considerable theoretical and observational efforts in the past few years. Sco X-1 is a microquasar from which evidence of highly energetic particles in the jet has been found when it is in the so-called Horizontal Branch (HB), a state when the radio and hard X-ray fluxes are higher and a powerful relativistic jet is present. Here we present the first very high energy gamma-ray observations of Sco X-1, obtained with the MAGIC telescopes. An analysis of the whole data set does not yield a significant signal, with 95% CL flux upper limits above 300GeV at the level of 2.4 × 10-12 cm-2 s-1. Simultaneous RXTE observations were conducted to provide the X-ray state of the source. A selection of the gamma-ray data obtained during the HB based on the X-ray colors did not yield a signal either, with an upper limit of 3.4 × 10-12 cm-2 s -1. These upper limits place a constraint on the maximum TeV luminosity to non-thermal X-ray luminosity of L VHE/L ntX ≲ 0.02 that can be related to a maximum TeV luminosity to jet power ratio of L VHE/L j ≲ 10-3. Our upper limits indicate that the underlying high-energy emission physics in ScoX-1 must be inherently different from that of the hitherto detected gamma-ray binaries. © 2011. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

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KW - acceleration of particles

KW - gamma rays: stars

KW - stars: individual (Sco X-1)

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JO - The astrophysical journal. Letters (Print)

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