Abeysekara, A. U., Archambault, S., Archer, A., Benbow, Wystan, Bird, R., Biteau, J., Buchovecky, M., Buckley, J. H., Bugaev, V., Byrum, K., Cardenzana, J. V., Cerruti, M., Chen, X., Christiansen, J. L., Ciupik, L., Connolly, M. P., Cui, W., Dickinson, H. J., Dumm, J., Eisch, J. D., Errando, M., Falcone, A., Feng, Q., Finley, J. P., Fleischhack, H. et al. 2016. "VERITAS and multiwavelength observations of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 1741 196." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459 2550–2557. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw664.
We present results from multiwavelength observations of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 1741 196, including results in the very high energy ?-ray regime using the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS). The VERITAS time-averaged spectrum, measured above 180 GeV, is well modelled by a power law with a spectral index of 2.7 ± 0.7stat ± 0.2syst. The integral flux above 180 GeV is (3.9 ± 0.8stat ± 1.0syst) × 10-8 m-2 s-1, corresponding to 1.6 per cent of the Crab nebula flux on average. The multiwavelength spectral energy distribution of the source suggests that 1ES 1741 196 is an extreme-high-frequency-peaked BL Lacertae object. The observations analysed in this paper extend over a period of six years, during which time no strong flares were observed in any band. This analysis is therefore one of the few characterizations of a blazar in a non-flaring state.
