Speaker
Dr
Michael Zacharias
(TPIV, Ruhr-Univseristät, Bochum, Germany)
Description
The governing process behind the variability of blazars is still unknown. Hence, the collection of long-term data on individual sources is an important step in order to unlock this unknown. The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1510-089 has been observed by H.E.S.S. at VHE gamma-rays (E>100GeV) since the discorvery in 2009. A much denser monitoring effort has been started in 2015 in order to achieve the importantd detection of PKS 1510-089 during quiescence. The latter implies efficient particle acceleration beyond pc-scales from the black hole, since at smaller distances the strong absorption by the BLR inhibits the emission of VHE photons. The monitoring is complement by data at HE gamma-rays (E>100MeV) from Fermi, as well as X-ray and optical data from Swift and ATOM. The densely sampled lightcurves allow for detailed correlation analyses -- yet, no obvious correlations can be found between the VHE lightcurve and the multiwavelength data sets, indicating a non-trivial interplay of the jet processes. This makes this FSRQ difficult to interpret within a unique theoretical framework.
Primary author
Dr
Michael Zacharias
(TPIV, Ruhr-Univseristät, Bochum, Germany)
Co-authors
Ms
Alicja Wierzcholska
(Jagiellonian University)
Dr
David Sanchez
(LAPP)
Mr
Felix Jankowsky
(Landessternwarte Heidelberg)
Heike Prokoph
(DESY)
Mr
Mahmoud Mohamed
(LSW Heidelberg)
Prof.
Stefan Wagner
(LSW Heidelberg)
