PKS0735 LST1 analysis Cycle I DanielMorcuende

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Analysis of LST-1 PKS PKS 0735+178 data from observation cycle I[edit]

General information[edit]

  • Name of the source: PKS 0735+178
  • Brief description of the source:
    • Object type : blazar, HBL object
    • Not detected in VHE, only ULs by VERITAS and H.E.S.S. (VERITAS HESS publication https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.17819.pdf)
    • Redshift (z) : 0.45 ± 0.06 (Nilsson et al. 2012), but it could be an underestimate (true value might be z ≈ 0.8)
    • Other relevant information: related to IceCube alert IC211208A
    • RA, Dec in deg (ICRS): 114.5308073, 17.70527726


  • Analysis by Name (Institute - email)
    • Daniel Morcuende (IAA-CSIC, dmorcuende@iaa.es)
    • José Manuel Gavilán (IAA-CSIC)

Data-taking information[edit]

Cycle I observations from 2023-11-07 to 2024-03-11 (143 data runs)

  • Dates of data-taking:
    • Date (time of observation h)
      • ZD range (deg):

Dataset after good quality selection[edit]

File:Pks0735 LST1 quality selection cycle I dmorcuende.png

Number of runs (% is w.r.t. those in Sky region & zenith range):

    In the requested Sky region and range of dates:	 160
  + zenith in requested range:				 160
  + NSB in requested range:				 148 (92.5%) 

  + FF and pedestal interleaved events are present:	 148 (92.5%)
  + Stable pointing:					 145 (90.6%)
  + dR/dI fit P-value ok:				 144 (90.0%)
  + dR/dI LS periodogram ok:				 139 (86.9%)
  + dR/dI index ok:					 139 (86.9%)
  + dR/dI rate ok:					 103 (64.4%)
  + intensity threshold ok:				 103 (64.4%)
Total observation time: 27.60 h

Total number of runs: 103 (in 24 nights)

'2023-11-07': [15306, 15307, 15308, 15309, 15310, 15311],
'2023-11-08': [15339, 15340, 15341, 15342, 15343, 15344, 15345],
'2023-11-10': [15415, 15416],
'2023-11-11': [15443, 15444, 15445, 15446, 15448],
'2023-11-12': [15479, 15480, 15481, 15482, 15483, 15484, 15485, 15486],
'2023-11-13': [15520, 15521, 15522],
'2023-11-16': [15632, 15633, 15634, 15635, 15636, 15642, 15643, 15644, 15645, 15646],
'2023-11-17': [15676, 15677, 15678, 15679, 15680, 15681, 15682, 15683],
'2023-11-18': [15714, 15715, 15718, 15719, 15720, 15721],
'2023-12-07': [15873, 15874, 15875, 15876, 15877],
'2023-12-08': [15908, 15909, 15910],
'2023-12-09': [15940, 15941],
'2023-12-13': [16076, 16077],
'2024-01-09': [16290, 16291, 16292],
'2024-01-31': [16449, 16450],
'2024-02-06': [16590, 16591, 16592],
'2024-02-07': [16620, 16621, 16622, 16623, 16624, 16625],
'2024-02-10': [16669, 16670, 16671],
'2024-02-11': [16711, 16712, 16713],
'2024-02-12': [16741, 16742, 16743],
'2024-02-28': [16893, 16894],
'2024-03-03': [16902, 16903, 16904, 16905, 16906, 16907],
'2024-03-10': [17024, 17026, 17027],
'2024-03-11': [17066, 17070],


File:Pk0735 LST1 rel light yield cycle I dmorcuende.png

Analysis information[edit]

  • lstchain v0.10
  • source-independent analysis
  • Gammapy v1.1

Monte Carlo information[edit]

Closest declination line towards La Palma latitude (28.8 deg)

20240131_allsky_v0.10.5_all_dec_base/?

DL1 data[edit]

Standard DL1b files produced by LSTOSA (lstchain v0.10, tailcut 8-4 with cleaning based on pedestal RMS, dynamic cleaning)

/fefs/aswg/data/real/DL1/YYYYMMDD/v0.10/tailcut84/dl1_LST-1.Run?????.h5

Random forest[edit]

Models:

/fefs/aswg/data/models/AllSky/20240131_allsky_v0.10.5_all_dec_base/?

DL2[edit]

Files:

/fefs/aswg/workspace/daniel.morcuende/data/real/DL2/PKS0735

IRF and DL3 data selection[edit]

DL3 files:

/fefs/aswg/workspace/daniel.morcuende/data/real/DL3/PKS0735/20240131_allsky_v0.10.5_all_dec_base/?
  • IRF linear interpolation
  • intensity > 50 p.e.
  • gammaness energy-dependent cuts with 70% efficiency
  • theta energy-dependent cuts 70% efficiency

High-level analysis[edit]

  • Science Tool: Gammapy 1.1
  • point-like IRF, 1D analysis

Analysis Results[edit]

Theta2 plot[edit]

Theta2 plots (Effective time: 5.185 h; Elapsed time: 5.463 h)

No detection in 26.1 h (effective time)

File:Pks0735 LST1 theta2 LE cycle I dmorcuende.png

Energy range: 0.0 - 0.2 TeV
Excess: 3096.0; Off: 1090168
Gamma rate: 2.0 events / minute
Off rate: 697.3 events / minute
alpha (backg normalization): 1.00
Li & Ma Significance: 2.1 standard deviations


File:Pks0735 LST1 theta2 HE cycle I dmorcuende.png

Energy range: 0.2 - 1000000.0 TeV
Excess: 59.0; Off: 2214
Gamma rate: 0.0 events / minute
Off rate: 1.4 events / minute
alpha (backg normalization): 0.33
Li & Ma Significance: 1.9 standard deviations

Significance map[edit]

Excess map[edit]

Spectral results[edit]

  • Fermi-LAT 3FHL and 3FGL SED shown.
    • Spectral model plotted corresponds to the Fermi-LAT data, extended to VHE.

File:Pks0735 LST1 SED ULs cycle I dmorcuende.png

Light curve[edit]

File:Pks0735 LST1 LC cycle I dmorcuende.png