Fermi large area telescope observations of blazar 3C 279 occultations by the sun

G. Barbiellini; D. Bastieri; K. Bechtol; R. Bellazzini; R. D. Blandford; A. W. Borgland; J. Bregeon; P. Bruel; R. Buehler; S. Buson; G. A. Caliandro; R. A. Cameron; P. A. Caraveo; E. Cavazzuti; C. Cecchi; R. C.G. Chaves; A. Chekhtman; C. C. Cheung; J. Chiang; S. Ciprini; R. Claus; J. Cohen-Tanugi; F. D'Ammando; A. De Angelis; C. D. Dermer; S. W. Digel; E. Do Couto E. Silva; P. S. Drell; A. Drlica-Wagner; C. Favuzzi; W. B. Focke; A. Franckowiak; Y. Fukazawa; P. Fusco; F. Gargano; D. Gasparrini; S. Germani; N. Giglietto; P. Giommi; F. Giordano; M. Giroletti; T. Glanzman; G. Godfrey; I. A. Grenier; J. E. Grove; S. Guiriec; D. Hadasch; M. Hayashida; E. Hays; R. E. Hughes; M. S. Jackson; T. Jogler; J. Knödlseder; M. Kuss; J. Lande; S. Larsson; F. Longo; F. Loparco; M. N. Lovellette; P. Lubrano; M. N. Mazziotta; J. Mehault; P. F. Michelson; T. Mizuno; A. A. Moiseev; C. Monte; M. E. Monzani; A. Morselli; I. V. Moskalenko; S. Murgia; R. Nemmen; E. Nuss; T. Ohsugi; N. Omodei; M. Orienti; E. Orlando; D. Paneque; J. S. Perkins; F. Piron; G. Pivato; D. Prokhorov; S. Rainò; M. Razzano; S. Razzaque; A. Reimer; O. Reimer; S. Ritz; C. Romoli; M. Sánchez-Conde; D. A. Sanchez; C. Sgrò; E. J. Siskind; G. Spandre; P. Spinelli; H. Takahashi; T. Tanaka; L. Tibaldo; M. Tinivella; G. Tosti; E. Troja; T. L. Usher; J. Vandenbroucke; V. Vasileiou; G. Vianello; V. Vitale; A. P. Waite; B. L. Winer; K. S. Wood; Z. Yang

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/784/2/118

Fermi large area telescope observations of blazar 3C 279 occultations by the sun

G. Barbiellini
, D. Bastieri
, K. Bechtol
, R. Bellazzini
, R. D. Blandford
, A. W. Borgland
, J. Bregeon
, P. Bruel
, R. Buehler
, S. Buson
, G. A. Caliandro
, R. A. Cameron
, P. A. Caraveo
, E. Cavazzuti
, C. Cecchi
, R. C.G. Chaves
, A. Chekhtman
, C. C. Cheung
, J. Chiang
, S. Ciprini

R. Claus, J. Cohen-Tanugi, F. D'Ammando, A. De Angelis, C. D. Dermer, S. W. Digel, E. Do Couto E. Silva, P. S. Drell, A. Drlica-Wagner, C. Favuzzi, W. B. Focke, A. Franckowiak, Y. Fukazawa, P. Fusco, F. Gargano, D. Gasparrini, S. Germani, N. Giglietto, P. Giommi, F. Giordano, M. Giroletti, T. Glanzman, G. Godfrey, I. A. Grenier, J. E. Grove, S. Guiriec, D. Hadasch, M. Hayashida, E. Hays, R. E. Hughes, M. S. Jackson, T. Jogler, J. Knödlseder, M. Kuss, J. Lande, S. Larsson, F. Longo, F. Loparco, M. N. Lovellette, P. Lubrano, M. N. Mazziotta, J. Mehault, P. F. Michelson, T. Mizuno, A. A. Moiseev, C. Monte, M. E. Monzani, A. Morselli, I. V. Moskalenko, S. Murgia, R. Nemmen, E. Nuss, T. Ohsugi, N. Omodei, M. Orienti, E. Orlando, D. Paneque, J. S. Perkins, F. Piron, G. Pivato, D. Prokhorov, S. Rainò, M. Razzano, S. Razzaque, A. Reimer, O. Reimer, S. Ritz, C. Romoli, M. Sánchez-Conde, D. A. Sanchez, C. Sgrò, E. J. Siskind, G. Spandre, P. Spinelli, H. Takahashi, T. Tanaka, L. Tibaldo, M. Tinivella, G. Tosti, E. Troja, T. L. Usher, J. Vandenbroucke, V. Vasileiou, G. Vianello, V. Vitale, A. P. Waite, B. L. Winer, K. S. Wood, Z. Yang

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet
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Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna
Italian Space Agency
University of Perugia
CEA-IRFU/CNRS/Université Paris Diderot
George Mason University
Naval Research Laboratory
National Research Council
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Université Montpellier 2
National Institute for Astrophysics
Polytechnic University of Bari
Hiroshima University
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Kyoto University
Ohio State University
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Oskar Klein Centre
IRAP
Stockholm University
University of Maryland
Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Harvard & Smithsonian
University of California at Santa Cruz
Innsbruck Medical University
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
NYCB Real-Time Computing Inc.
Consorzio Interuniversitario per la Fisica Spaziale (CIFS)
University of Rome Tor Vergata

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Abstract

Observations of occultations of bright γ-ray sources by the Sun may reveal predicted pair halos around blazars and/or new physics, such as, e.g., hypothetical light dark matter particles - axions. We use Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (Fermi) data to analyze four occultations of blazar 3C 279 by the Sun on October 8 each year from 2008 to 2011. A combined analysis of the observations of these occultations allows a point-like source at the position of 3C 279 to be detected with significance of 3σ, but does not reveal any significant excess over the flux expected from the quiescent Sun. The likelihood ratio test rules out complete transparency of the Sun to the blazar γ-ray emission at a 3σ confidence level.

Original language	English
Article number	118
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	784
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/784/2/118
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Sun: X-rays, gamma rays
astroparticle physics
gamma rays: general
occultations
quasars: individual (3C 279)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Barbiellini, G., Bastieri, D., Bechtol, K., Bellazzini, R., Blandford, R. D., Borgland, A. W., Bregeon, J., Bruel, P., Buehler, R., Buson, S., Caliandro, G. A., Cameron, R. A., Caraveo, P. A., Cavazzuti, E., Cecchi, C., Chaves, R. C. G., Chekhtman, A., Cheung, C. C., Chiang, J., ... Yang, Z. (2014). Fermi large area telescope observations of blazar 3C 279 occultations by the sun. Astrophysical Journal, 784(2), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/784/2/118

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AU - Ciprini, S.

AU - Claus, R.

AU - Cohen-Tanugi, J.

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AU - De Angelis, A.

AU - Dermer, C. D.

AU - Digel, S. W.

AU - Silva, E. Do Couto E.

AU - Drell, P. S.

AU - Drlica-Wagner, A.

AU - Favuzzi, C.

AU - Focke, W. B.

AU - Franckowiak, A.

AU - Fukazawa, Y.

AU - Fusco, P.

AU - Gargano, F.

AU - Gasparrini, D.

AU - Germani, S.

AU - Giglietto, N.

AU - Giommi, P.

AU - Giordano, F.

AU - Giroletti, M.

AU - Glanzman, T.

AU - Godfrey, G.

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AU - Nuss, E.

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AU - Omodei, N.

AU - Orienti, M.

AU - Orlando, E.

AU - Paneque, D.

AU - Perkins, J. S.

AU - Piron, F.

AU - Pivato, G.

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AU - Rainò, S.

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AU - Razzaque, S.

AU - Reimer, A.

AU - Reimer, O.

AU - Ritz, S.

AU - Romoli, C.

AU - Sánchez-Conde, M.

AU - Sanchez, D. A.

AU - Sgrò, C.

AU - Siskind, E. J.

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AU - Tinivella, M.

AU - Tosti, G.

AU - Troja, E.

AU - Usher, T. L.

AU - Vandenbroucke, J.

AU - Vasileiou, V.

AU - Vianello, G.

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N2 - Observations of occultations of bright γ-ray sources by the Sun may reveal predicted pair halos around blazars and/or new physics, such as, e.g., hypothetical light dark matter particles - axions. We use Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (Fermi) data to analyze four occultations of blazar 3C 279 by the Sun on October 8 each year from 2008 to 2011. A combined analysis of the observations of these occultations allows a point-like source at the position of 3C 279 to be detected with significance of 3σ, but does not reveal any significant excess over the flux expected from the quiescent Sun. The likelihood ratio test rules out complete transparency of the Sun to the blazar γ-ray emission at a 3σ confidence level.

AB - Observations of occultations of bright γ-ray sources by the Sun may reveal predicted pair halos around blazars and/or new physics, such as, e.g., hypothetical light dark matter particles - axions. We use Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (Fermi) data to analyze four occultations of blazar 3C 279 by the Sun on October 8 each year from 2008 to 2011. A combined analysis of the observations of these occultations allows a point-like source at the position of 3C 279 to be detected with significance of 3σ, but does not reveal any significant excess over the flux expected from the quiescent Sun. The likelihood ratio test rules out complete transparency of the Sun to the blazar γ-ray emission at a 3σ confidence level.

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KW - astroparticle physics

KW - gamma rays: general

KW - occultations

KW - quasars: individual (3C 279)

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Fermi large area telescope observations of blazar 3C 279 occultations by the sun

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