H.E.S.S. detection of very high-energy γ -ray emission from the quasar PKS 0736+017

[Context] Flat-spectrum radio-quasars (FSRQs) are rarely detected at very high energies (E 100 GeV) due to their low-frequency-peaked spectral energy distributions. At present, only six FSRQs are known to emit very high-energy (VHE) photons, representing only 7% of the VHE extragalactic catalog, whi...

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Authors: Abdalla, H., Cerruti, Matteo, Smith, P. S., H.E.S.S. Collaboration
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/232873
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/232873
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Astroparticle physics
Gamma rays: general
Quasars: individual: PKS 0736+017
Relativistic processes
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Summary:[Context] Flat-spectrum radio-quasars (FSRQs) are rarely detected at very high energies (E 100 GeV) due to their low-frequency-peaked spectral energy distributions. At present, only six FSRQs are known to emit very high-energy (VHE) photons, representing only 7% of the VHE extragalactic catalog, which is largely dominated by high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae objects.