{
  "id": "1908.09452",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2019-08-26T03:31:21.000Z",
  "updated": "2019-08-26T03:31:21.000Z",
  "title": "Gamma-ray light curves for the BL Lac Mrk 421 using HAWC data derived with a new approach",
  "authors": [
    "J. A. García-González",
    "M. M. González",
    "N. Fraija"
  ],
  "comment": "Presented at the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2019)",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.HE"
  ],
  "abstract": "The HAWC gamma ray observatory is located at the Sierra Negra Volcano in Puebla, Mexico, at an altitude of 4,100 meters. HAWC is a wide field of view array of 300 water Cherenkov detectors that are continuously surveying 2sr of the sky since March 2015. The large collected data sample consisting in more than 3 years makes HAWC an ideal instrument to perform an unbiased monitoring of blazars in the very-high-energy (VHE) emission. This is particular relevant for Mrk 421, one of the closest and brightest blazars in the gamma-ray/X-ray classified as highsynchrotron-peaked BL Lac class. In this work we present light curves for Mrk 421 and the Crab nebula obtained with the first 17 months of data and a new analysis framework. We compare the results with the light curves reported in [1]. The main advantage of the new framework is the capability to derive fluxes for arbitrary timescales. We show that both, previous and present, methods give consistent results",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2019-08-26T03:31:21.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "gamma-ray light curves",
      "bl lac mrk",
      "hawc data",
      "collected data sample consisting",
      "hawc gamma ray observatory"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}