AGN paper LST1

People involved

• Chaitanya Priyadarshi
• Daniel Morcuende
• David Sanchez
• Estelle Pons
• Andres Baquero
• Ryuji Takeishi
• Joshua Baxter
• Gaetano Di Marco
• Mireia Nievas
• Lea Heckmann
• Noah Biederbeck
• Monica Vazquez Acosta
• José Luis Contreras

Slack channel

https://cta-north.slack.com/archives/C031QEQ3YDP

Meetings

• 2022-05-24: Indico[1], Zoom[2], Minutes[3]
• 2022-03-30: Indico[4], Zoom[5], Minutes[6]
• 2022-03-09: Indico[7], Zoom[8], Minutes[9]
• 2022-02-23: Indico[10], Zoom[11], Minutes[12]

List of AGNs

Data selection (proposal)

For all sources, using common criteria (Abelardo's data selection notebook) and datacheck information (manual checks on ELOGs pending)

Data selection spreadsheet (see first tab)

Data selection jupyter notebook

Mrk 421

• Name of the source: Mrk 421
• Brief description of the source:
  • Object type : AGN
  • Redshift (z) : 0.0308
  • HBL
  • RA: 11 04 27.314 (hh mm ss), Dec: +38 12 31.8 (dd mm ss)
  • RA, Dec in deg (ICRS): 166.113808, 38.20883287

Wobble observations, offset = 0.4 deg

Mrk421
Date	Runs	Time (h)	Zenith range [min, max]	Azimuth range [min, max]	Comments
20201212	3221-3227	2.01	[11.20, 32.49]	[34.69, 63.37]
20201213	3238, 3239	0.70	[10.16, 13.38]	[20.88, 42.53]
20201214	3247-3250	1.25	[11.25, 22.38]	[31.56, 57.85]
20210214	3661-3668	2.41	[14.38, 42.65]	[-64.31, -44.05]
20210215	3687, 3688	0.62	[9.44, 10.42]	[-5.43, 24.16]
20210216	3715-3718, 3720, 3721	1.81	[21.56, 48.60]	[-64.41, -58.24]
20210313	4016-4019	0.77	[27.71, 37.18]	[-64.51, -62.07]
20210316	4097-4100	1.26	[12.55, 24.49]	[-61.44, -39.10]
20210317	4131-4138	2.56	[12.82, 44.10]	[-64.16, -40.23]
20210318	4153-4155	0.95	[33.48, 42.82]	[-63.86, -63.18]	Removed due to UCTS time stamp issue.
20210320	4184-4188	1.44	[24.65, 43.90]	[-64.41, -60.52]
20210321	4208	0.32	[40.08]	[-63.82]
20210416	4441	0.32	[11.24]	[-34.67]
20210430	4568-4572	1.59	[11.94, 27.98]	[-62.12, -35.75]
20210505	4612-4614	0.71	[16.11, 23.09]	[-58.41, -50.40]
20210508	4649	0.27	[14.12]	[-45.14]
20210509	4667-4671	1.59	[15.27, 34.34]	[-63.60, -48.34]
20210531	4852, 4853	0.30	[41.60, 45.62]	[-63.77, -63.40]
20210601	4868	0.32	[46.02]	[-63.34]
20210606	4939	0.32	[37.01]	[-64.47]
20220205	6900-6903	1.26	[9.23, 20.15]	[11.91, 56.75]
20220206	6947-6952	1.62	[9.01, 43.19]	[-28.75, 63.86]
20220301	7182-7184	0.69	[29.73, 36.39]	[-63.56, -62.74]
20220305	7289, 7290	0.20	[32.65, 34.99]	[-63.70, -63.40]
20220405	7649, 7650	0.37	[12.19, 13.79]	[34.69, 44.12]
20220406	7689-7690, 7692	0.55	[12.24, 19.21]	[-57.02, -37.67]
20220421	7849-7852	0.69	[28.91, 36.33]	[-64.47, -62.49]
20220428	7962-7965	1.14	[9.47, 11.47]	[-36.11, 29.57]
20220429	7995	0.38	[27.25]	[-62.72]
20220504	8117-8119, 8124-8128	2.24	[11.25, 51.31]	[-64.45, -32.04]
20220518	8350-8354	0.91	[18.82, 29.09]	[-62.92, -55.12]
20220519	8359, 8360	0.47	[17.68, 21.36]	[-58.05, -54.85]
20220521	8386, 8387	0.34	[21.14, 23.07]	[-58.40, -57.88]
20220523	8422	0.12	[21.88]	[-59.68]

Wobble observations, offset = 0.8 or 0.5 deg

Mrk421
Date	Runs, Zd < 30, 1.76 hrs	Runs, Zd > 30, 2.18 hrs
20210212	3617-3619	3620-3624
20210213	3641	3642-3646
20210416	4442, 4443

Data analysis

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Biederbeck

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation

AGNAnalysis_MVA#Mrk421_Analysis:_V0.9

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Takeishi with source-dependent analysis

Main Results

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi#Analysis Results

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi#Analysis Results

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection#Analysis Results

Mrk 421 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation#Analysis Results

Fermi LAT

David [13]

Lea [14]

Mrk 501

• Name of the source: Mrk 501
• Brief description of the source:
  • Object type : AGN
  • Redshift (z) : 0.03364
  • EHBL
  • RA: 16 53 52.216 (hh mm ss), Dec: +39 45 36.613 (dd mm ss)
  • RA, Dec in deg (ICRS): 253.46756699, 39.76017034

Wobble observations

Mrk501
Date	Runs	Time (h)	Zenith range [min, max]	Azimuth range [min, max]	Comments
20200710	2177-2179	0.72	[11.19, 14.53]	[-37.81, -9.97]
20200909	2606-2608, 2610	0.72	[38.34, 50.35]	[-61.24, -60.55]
20210317	4139, 4140	0.63	[18.71, 23.46]	[49.18, 55.43]
20210319	4167-4170	0.91	[32.56, 42.27]	[60.24, 61.30]
20210320	4191-4195	1.05	[11.42, 19.98]	[15.32, 51.30]
20210321	4212-4215	0.94	[13.28, 21.80]	[34.58, 53.75]
20210416	4452, 4455	0.47	[10.79, 15.46]	[-39.50, -10.35]	4453, 4454 have wobble offsets 0.51, 0.27 deg respectively.
20210417	4473-4476	0.95	[10.98, 17.09]	[-44.23, -1.53]
20210418	4480, 4483, 4484	0.87	[24.07, 35.90]	[54.92, 61.65]
20210419	4496-4498	0.85	[16.04, 22.80]	[42.99, 53.69]
20210503	4586-4588	0.76	[13.20, 19.40]	[31.15, 50.41]
20210504	4597-4602	1.75	[20.28, 41.63]	[51.78, 61.31]
20210506	4625-4628	1.27	[13.52, 25.26]	[35.59, 56.91]
20210507	4642-4645	0.81	[17.19, 25.34]	[-57.98, -46.12]
20210508	4656, 4657	0.48	[20.82, 24.78]	[52.53, 56.58]
20210509	4672-4677	1.90	[13.64, 34.36]	[36.20, 60.11]
20210605	4922-4934	0.90	[23.44, 31.99]	[-60.91, 55.44]
20210606	4944-4947	1.28	[11.03, 14.28]	[-38.99, 26.44]
20210612	5011	0.32	[26.47]	[57.72]
20210613	5037-5040	0.99	[23.74, 34.99]	[55.69, 61.00]
20210702	5094, 5095	0.32	[35.39, 38.93]	[-61.26, -60.90]
20210705	5134	0.08	[11.49]	[16.30]
20210708	5202-5206	1.38	[11.13, 16.05]	[-43.16, 35.63]
20210710	5227, 5228	0.64	[19.64, 23.59]	[-56.62, -49.36]
20210801	5438, 5439	0.80	[29.00, 34.20]	[-60.67, -59.86]
20210805	5489, 5490	0.57	[26.00, 29.59]	[-58.49, -57.43]
20210808	5550, 5551	0.53	[29.85, 33.46]	[-60.52, -60.24]
20210906	6076-6078	0.64	[27.02, 33.13]	[-60.46, -57.15]
20220203	6862-6865	1.12	[34.38, 44.56]	[60.72, 61.81]
20220204	6879-6882	1.11	[39.12, 50.41]	[60.65, 61.32]
20220205	6928-6931	1.02	[32.78, 43.39]	[60.38, 61.69]
20220206	6958, 6959	0.64	[34.80, 40.09]	[60.80, 61.31]
20220207	6978-6981	1.02	[30.74, 41.70]	[58.99, 61.2]
20220228	7155, 7156, 7158	0.69	[19.46, 28.70]	[51.92, 58.96]
20220308	7351, 7353-7364	3.00	[14.62, 51.48]	[40.53, 61.73]
20220309	7381-7385	1.07	[20.27, 31.20]	[51.83, 59.92]
20220310	7401-7403	0.88	[14.14, 19.94]	[38.38, 51.29]
20220325	7482, 7483	0.34	[29.19, 32.79]	[59.16, 60.40]
20220330	7564, 7565	0.59	[17.49, 20.25]	[45.13, 51.72]
20220401	7635-7637	0.82	[21.58, 29.24]	[53.47, 60.04]
20220407	7718-7724	1.67	[13.57, 31.03]	[33.35, 59.87]
20220409	7775, 7777, 7778	0.78	[11.00, 14.45]	[-2.69, 35.04]
20220423	7875, 7876	0.69	[11.75, 14.69]	[19.04, 38.29]
20220508	8276	0.34	[14.74]	[36.27]
20220522	8416	0.36	[13.21]	[-31.05]

Data analysis

Mrk 501 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi

Mrk 501 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection

Mrk 501 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation

Mrk 501 Xcheck lstchain v0.9.x Heckmann

Main Results

Mrk 501 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi#Analysis Results

Mrk 501 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection#Analysis Results

Mrk 501 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation#Analysis Results

Fermi-LAT

David : [15]

Lea : [16]

1ES 1959+650

• Name of the source: 1ES 1959+650
• Brief description of the source:
  • Object type : AGN
  • Redshift (z) : 0.048
  • nearly HBL
  • RA: 19 59 59.85 (hh mm ss), Dec: +65 8 54.65 (dd mm ss)
  • RA, Dec in deg (ICRS): 299.99938562, 65.14851421

Wobble observations, offset ~ 0.4 deg

1ES1959+650
Date	Runs	Time (h)	Zenith range [min, max]	Azimuth range [min, max]	Comments
20200711	2195	0.27	[39.27]	[13.77]
20200713	2202, 2203, 2206	0.72	[39.02, 43.12]	[13.09, 21.73]	Run 2207 has a wobble offset of more than 0.5 deg
20200726	2350, 2351	0.43	[49.66, 50.80]	[-26.82, -26.62]	Run 2348 and 2352 have a wobble offset of more than 0.5 deg
20200809	2370	0.21	[36.89]	[6.39]
20200810	2380	0.13	[36.45]	[1.25]
20200811	2408, 2409, 2411-2413	0.97	[36.39, 37.34]	[-8.94, 2.75]
20210319	4172-4177	1.09	[48.05, 57.08]	[25.98, 28.77]
20210807	5520-5531, 5533, 5540, 5542	3.85	[36.08, 49.04]	[-27.06, 21.7]
20220429	8013-8016	1.16	[40.06, 43.92]	[15.97, 23.36]
20220501	8065-8067	0.95	[39.82, 42.72]	[15.43, 21.24]
20220502	8086-8088	0.90	[38.86, 41.45]	[14.25, 20.30]
20220503	8111-8114	1.06	[38.88, 43.24]	[14.31, 21.12]
20220505	8198-8200	0.64	[42.67, 45.28]	[21.2, 23.29]

Wobble observations, offset = 0.2 - 0.6 deg, Zd > 30

1ES1959+650 3.17 hrs
Date	Runs
20200711	2193-2196
20200713	2206, 2207
20200726	2348, 2350-2352
20200809	2371, 2374
20200811	2414

Data analysis

1ES1959+650 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi

1ES1959+650 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection

1ES1959+650 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation

Main Results

1ES1959+650 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi#Analysis Results

1ES1959+650 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection#Analysis Results

1ES1959+650 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation#Analysis Results

Fermi-LAT

1ES1959+650 Fermi-LAT analysis Nievas

1ES 0647+250

• Name of the source: 1ES 0647+250
• Brief description of the source:
  • Object type : AGN
  • Redshift (z) : 0.41 [17]
  • HBL
  • RA: 6 50 46.49 (hh mm ss), Dec: +25 2 59.62 (dd mm ss)
  • RA, Dec in deg (ICRS): 102.69370933, 25.04989555

Wobble Observations

1ES0647+250
Date	Runs	Time (h)	Zenith range [min, max]	Azimuth range [min, max]	Comments
20201215	3281-3288	2.42	[5.58, 41.14]	[233.45, 276.04]
20201218	3331-3335	1.57	[10.11, 27.93]	[250.41, 269.70]
20201219	3341-3348	2.54	[12.73, 46.47]	[254.00, 278.29]
20201220	3357-3364	1.95	[4.49, 24.25]	[151.14, 268.49]

Data analysis

1ES0647+250 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi

1ES0647+250 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection

1ES0647+250 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation

Main Results

1ES0647+250 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi#Analysis Results

1ES0647+250 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection#Analysis Results

1ES0647+250 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation#Analysis Results

PG 1553+113

• Name of the source: PG 1553+113
• Brief description of the source:
  • Object type : AGN
  • Redshift (z) : 0.433 Dorigo Jones et al
  • BL Lac
  • RA: 15 5543.044 (hh mm ss), Dec: +11 11 24.365 (dd mm ss)
  • RA, Dec in deg (ICRS): 238.92934976, 11.19010155

Data available

PG 1553+113
Date	Runs	Time (h)	Zenith range [min, max]	Azimuth range [min, max]	Comments
20210407	4333-4336	1.11	[18.42, 26.43]	[197.5, 231.14]
20210408	4343, 4344	0.43	[17.71, 18.46]	[183.62, 198.43]
20210410	4363-4368	1.66	[21.69, 48.84]	[100.79, 141.78]
20210420	4514, 4515	0.29	[20.15, 22.06]	[211.01, 219.81]
20210508	4652-4654	0.83	[33.97, 42.43]	[105.22, 114.88]
20210604	4902-4905	0.88	[18.8, 24.67]	[131.92, 162.59]
20210605	4930	0.29	[33.92]	[245.92]
20210606	4940-4943	1.28	[18.21, 27.26]	[125.82, 172.56]
20220228	7153, 7154	0.53	[27.35, 31.30]	[118.52, 125.53]
20220501	8059-8064	1.79	[17.68, 25.73]	[160.55, 230.73]
20220520	8377-8379	0.40	[19.98, 22.71]	[137.88, 149.86]
20220523	8424, 8425	0.39	[37.92, 40.50]	[108.41, 110.25]

Data analysis

PG1553+113 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi

PG1553+113 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi

PG1553+113 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection

PG1553+113 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation

[PG1153+113 analysis v0.7 M. Vazquez Acosta]

[PG1153+113 analysis v0.9 M. Vazquez Acosta]

PG1553+113 Analysis with lstchain v0.9.13 E. Pons

We used the V0.7.3 and V0.7.1 data and used the corresponding IRFs (there is a wide spread of zenith angle) for each run. The background model was computed using the tool of Mathieu de Bony presented at the analysis call

Main Results

PG1553+113 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.7.x Priyadarshi#Analysis Results

PG1553+113 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi#Analysis Results

PG1553+113 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi using some data selection#Analysis Results

PG1553+113 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation#Analysis Results

Livetime : 8.07 h

Significance : 13.5

Excess : 1624.9

S/B : 0.145

Rate : 3.36 per min

Count map of PG 1553

Theta2 plot

Excess and Significance map

Zd<30	Zd>30
Livetime : 6.34 h Significance : 13.8 Excess : 1462.83 S/B : 0.18	Livetime : 2.33 h Significance : 2.68 Excess : 181.6 S/B : 1.30

Fermi-LAT

David : [[18]]

M87

• Name of the source: M87
• Brief description of the source:
  • Object type : AGN
  • Redshift (z) : 0.0042
  • Elliptical Galaxy
  • RA: 12 30 49.42 (hh mm ss), Dec: +12 23 28.04 (dd mm ss)
  • RA, Dec in deg (ICRS): 187.70593076, 12.39112329

Wobble observations, offset = 0.4 deg

M87
Date	Runs	Time (h)	Zenith range [min, max]	Azimuth range [min, max]	Comments
20201217	3738, 3741-3745, 3748	1.57	[16.71, 38.14]	[171.09, 252.16]
20210417	4460-4465	1.51	[16.13, 22.91]	[153.53, 227.43]
20210419	4495	0.27	[37.06]	[250.28]
20210504	4594, 4595	0.46	[16.85, 17.53]	[192.30, 204.76]
20210507	4636, 4637	0.49	[16.05, 17.41]	[178.85, 199.41]
20210609	4986	0.33	[25.68]	[235.58]
20220307	7330-7335	1.35	[16.56, 25.97]	[185.03, 235.03]
20220323	7441, 7444	0.63	[18.56, 25.10]	[126.88, 150.85]
20220407	7713-7716	1.05	[17.83, 26.80]	[206.84, 236.66]

Data analysis

[[ https://www.lst1.iac.es/wiki/index.php/M87_LST1Paper_Mireia | Mireia's analysis ]]

M87 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation

Main Results

M87 Preliminary Analysis with lstchain v0.9.x Priyadarshi w IRF interpolation#Analysis Results

Fermi-LAT

David [[ https://www.lst1.iac.es/wiki/index.php/M87_FermiLAT_David ]]