BLLac2022flare

BL Lacertae 2022 flare project

General information

• Name of the source: BL Lacertae
• Brief description of the source:

- Object type : Blazar

- RA: 22 02 43.3 (hh mm ss), Dec: +42 16 40 (dd mm ss)

• Analysis by:
  • Jorge Otero Santos (IAA-CSIC, joteros@iaa.es)
  • Daniel Morcuende (IAA-CSIC, dmorcuende@iaa.es)

Data-taking information

• Dates of data-taking:
  • Date: 16/09/2022-25/11/2022 (53 h before cuts)
    • ZD range (deg): 15-60 deg
    • AZ range (deg): 0-60 and 300-360 deg
    • Runs:

1 : 2022-09-16 : 9228 to 9232
2 : 2022-09-21 : 9262 to 9268
3 : 2022-09-22 : 9347 to 9350
4: 2022-10-01: 9453 to 9461
5: 2022-10-03: 9544 to 9555
6: 2022-10-15: 9631 to 9635
7: 2022-10-16: 9648
8: 2022-10-17: 9678 to 9685
9: 2022-10-18: 9697 to 9706
10: 2022-10-19: 9729 to 9739
11: 2022-10-20: 9753 to 9761
12: 2022-10-21: 9808 to 9815
13: 2022-10-23: 9836 to 9848
14: 2022-10-24: 9864 to 9873
15: 2022-10-25: 9892 to 9900
16: 2022-10-26: 9921 to 9924
17: 2022-10-27: 9940 to 9944
18: 2022-10-28: 9969 to 9973
19: 2022-10-29: 9993 to 9995
20: 2022-10-31: 10022 to 10029
21: 2022-11-01: 10069 to 10076
22: 2022-11-02: 10193 to 10204
23: 2022-11-13: 10508 to 10512
24: 2022-11-14: 10521 to 10523
25: 2022-11-15: 10586 to 10588
26: 2022-11-16: 10616 to 10620
27: 2022-11-17: 10652 to 10655
28: 2022-11-18: 10827 to 10830
29: 2022-11-19: 10870 to 10872
30: 2022-11-25: 11033 to 11037
 

• • • Joint observations with MAGIC? : No

Monte Carlo information

• Link to MC files used:
  • Particle types:
  • ZD (deg): Zenith Range
  • AZ (deg): Azimuth Range

DL1 data

Please include your settings to produce your DL1a and DL1b files. This includes whether you use LSTOSA, specific versions of lstchain, dllab scripts, cleaning levels, and calibration information.

Example :

Reprocessed using DL1a files produced by LSTOSA (lstchain v0.7.3) and dl1ab script (v0.7.5)

• original DL1a files

/fefs/aswg/data/real/DL1/20210808/v0.7.3/tailcut84/dl1_LST-1.Run0XXXX.XXXX.h5
/fefs/aswg/data/mc/DL1/20200629_prod5_trans_80/XXX/zenith_20deg/south_pointing/20210416_v0.7.3_prod5_trans_80_local_taicut_8_4/

• lstchain v0.7.5
• real data: tailcut8-4 (with cleaning based on pedestal RMS), dynamic cleaning

 /fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/BLLac/v0.7.3/tailcut84_dynamic_v075/DL1_raw/lstchain_standard_config.json

• MC: tailcut8-4 (with cleaning based on pedestal RMS), dynamic cleaning, PSF+NSB tuning

 "image_modifier": {
   "increase_nsb": true,
   "extra_noise_in_dim_pixels": 0.74,
   "extra_bias_in_dim_pixels": 0.38,
   "transition_charge": 8,
   "extra_noise_in_bright_pixels": 0.052,
   "increase_psf": true,
   "smeared_light_fraction": 0.125
 },

 /fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/MC/v0.7.5/tailcut84_dynamic_bllac/DL1_raw/lstchain_dl1ab_tune_MC_to_BLLac_config.json

• Produced DL1b files

/fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/MC/v0.7.5/tailcut84_dynamic_bllac/DL1_raw/data/
/fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/BLLac/v0.7.3/tailcut84_dynamic_v075/DL1_raw/Run0XXXX

Random forest

Please include your specific .json files used in producing your RFs and for which source analysis (source dependent or independent), and variabules used in the RF.

Example

• lstchain-0.7.6.dev242+g2086cb9

• source-indep (diffuse gamma, src_r<3deg, disp_norm)

/fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/MC/v0.7.5/tailcut84_dynamic_bllac/srcindep/RF/lstchain_standard_config.json

• source-dep

/fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/MC/v0.7.5/tailcut84_dynamic_bllac/srcdep/RF/lstchain_src_dep_config.json

DL2 data

Information about your DL2 data and settings such as: specific versions of lstchain, specific .json version used.

Example:

• lstchain-0.7.6.dev242+g2086cb9

• source-indep

/fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/MC/v0.7.5/tailcut84_dynamic_bllac/srcindep/DL2/data/
/fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/BLLac/v0.7.3/tailcut84_dynamic_v075/srcindep/DL2/data/dl2_LST-1.Run0XXXX_merged.h5

• source-dep

/fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/MC/v0.7.5/tailcut84_dynamic_bllac/srcdep/DL2/data/ 
/fefs/aswg/workspace/seiya.nozaki/data/BLLac/v0.7.3/tailcut84_dynamic_v075/srcdep/DL2/data/dl2_LST-1.Run0XXXX_merged.h5

DL3 data selection

Information about your DL3 data selection.

Example

• intensity > 50
• r: [0, 1 ]
• wl: [0.1, 1 ]
• leakage_intensity_width_2: [0, 0.2 ]

• source-indep
  • fixed_gh_cut: 0.3
  • fixed_theta_cut: 0.2

• source-dep
  • fixed_gh_cut: 0.7
  • fixed_alpha_cut: 10

High-level analysis

Please put any information about the production of higher level analysis here.

Example

• lstchain to generate source-dep IRF, DL3
• Science Tool: gammapy 0.18.2
• point-like IRF, 1D analysis

Analysis Results

Please place higher-level analysis results (Spectra, SkyMaps, Lightcurves, etc) here.