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@ARTICLE{Aharonian:618771,
author = {Aharonian, F. and Ait Benkhali, F. and Aschersleben, J. and
Ashkar, H. and Backes, M. and Barbosa Martins, Victor and
Batzofin, R. and Becherini, Y. and Berge, David and
Bernlöhr, K. and Böttcher, M. and Boisson, C. and Bolmont,
J. and de Bony de Lavergne, M. and Borowska, J. and
Bouyahiaoui, M. and Brose, R. and Brown, A. and Brun, F. and
Bruno, B. and Bulik, T. and Burger-Scheidlin, C. and Caroff,
S. and Casanova, S. and Celic, J. and Cerruti, M. and Chand,
T. and Chandra, S. and Chen, A. and Chibueze, J. and
Chibueze, O. and Cotter, G. and Damascene Mbarubucyeye, J.
and Devin, J. and Djuvsland, J. and Dmytriiev, A. and
Egberts, K. and Einecke, S. and Ernenwein, J.-P. and
Fontaine, G. and Funk, S. and Gabici, S. and Gallant, Y. A.
and Glawion, D. and Glicenstein, J. F. and Goswami, P. and
Grolleron, G. and Haerer, L. and Heß, B. and Hofmann, W.
and Holch, Tim Lukas and Holler, M. and Huang, Zhiqiu and
Jamrozy, M. and Jankowsky, F. and Joshi, V. and
Jung-Richardt, I. and Kasai, E. and Katarzyński, K. and
Khangulyan, D. and Khatoon, R. and Khélifi, B. and
Kluźniak, W. and Komin, Nu. and Kosack, K. and Kostiunin,
Dmitriy and Kundu, A. and Lang, R. G. and Le Stum, S. and
Leitl, F. and Lemière, A. and Lemoine-Goumard, M. and
Lenain, J.-P. and Leuschner, F. and Mackey, J. and Malyshev,
D. and Martí-Devesa, G. and Marx, R. and Mehta, Abhay and
Meintjes, P. J. and Mitchell, A. and Moderski, R. and
Mohrmann, L. and Montanari, A. and Moulin, E. and Murach,
Thomas and de Naurois, M. and Niemiec, J. and Ohm, Stefan
and de Ona Wilhelmi, Emma Maria and Ostrowski, M. and Panny,
S. and Panter, M. and Parsons, R. D. and Pensec, U. and
Peron, G. and Prokhorov, D. A. and Pühlhofer, G. and Punch,
M. and Quirrenbach, A. and Regeard, M. and Reimer, A. and
Reimer, O. and Reis, I. and Ren, H. and Rieger, F. and
Rudak, B. and Ruiz-Velasco, E. and Sahakian, V. and
Salzmann, H. and Santangelo, A. and Sasaki, M. and Schäfer,
J. and Schüssler, F. and Schutte, H. M. and Shapopi, J. N.
S. and Spencer, S. and Stawarz, Ł. and Steenkamp, R. and
Steinmassl, S. and Steppa, C. and Streil, K. and Sushch, I.
and Takahashi, T. and Tanaka, T. and Taylor, Andrew and
Terrier, R. and Thorpe-Morgan, C. and Tluczykont, M. and
Unbehaun, T. and van Eldik, C. and van Soelen, B. and
Vecchi, M. and Venter, C. and Vink, J. and Wach, T. and
Wagner, S. J. and Werner, F. and Wierzcholska, A. and
Zacharias, M. and Zdziarski, A. A. and Zech, A. and
Żywucka, N.},
collaboration = {H. E. S. S.{ Collaboration}},
title = {{H}.{E}.{S}.{S}. observations of the 2021 periastron
passage of {PSR} {B}1259-63/{LS} 2883},
journal = {Astronomy and astrophysics},
volume = {687},
issn = {0004-6361},
address = {Les Ulis},
publisher = {EDP Sciences},
reportid = {PUBDB-2024-07133, arXiv:2406.18167},
pages = {A219},
year = {2024},
note = {accepted to $A\&A$},
abstract = {PSR B1259–63/LS 2883 is a gamma-ray binary system that
hosts a pulsar in an eccentric orbit, with a 3.4 yr period,
around an O9.5Ve star (LS 2883). At orbital phases close to
periastron passages, the system radiates bright and variable
non-thermal emission, for which the temporal and spectral
properties of this emission are, for now, poorly understood.
In this regard, very high-energy (VHE) emission is
especially useful to study and constrain radiation processes
and particle acceleration in the system. We report on an
extensive VHE observation campaign conducted with the High
Energy Stereoscopic System, comprised of approximately 100 h
of data taken over five months, from tp − 24 days to tp +
127 days around the system’s 2021 periastron passage
(where tp is the time of periastron). We also present the
timing and spectral analyses of the source. The VHE light
curve in 2021 is consistent overall with the stacked light
curve of all previous observations. Within the light curve,
we report a VHE maximum at times coincident with the third
X-ray peak first detected in the 2021 X-ray light curve. In
the light curve – although sparsely sampled in this time
period – we see no VHE enhancement during the second disc
crossing. In addition, we see no correspondence to the 2021
GeV flare in the VHE light curve. The VHE spectrum obtained
from the analysis of the 2021 dataset is best described by a
power law of spectral index Γ = 2.65 ± 0.04stat ±
0.04sys, a value consistent with the spectral index obtained
from the analysis of data collected with H.E.S.S. during the
previous observations of the source. We report spectral
variability with a difference of ΔΓ = 0.56 ± 0.18stat ±
0.10sys at $95\%$ confidence intervals, between sub-periods
of the 2021 dataset. We also detail our investigation into
X-ray/TeV and GeV/TeV flux correlations in the 2021
periastron passage. We find a linear correlation between
contemporaneous flux values of X-ray and TeV datasets,
detected mainly after tp + 25 days, suggesting a change in
the available energy for non-thermal radiation processes. We
detect no significant correlation between GeV and TeV flux
points, within the uncertainties of the measurements, from
∼tp − 23 days to ∼tp + 126 days. This suggests that
the GeV and TeV emission originate from different electron
populations.Key words: radiation mechanisms: non-thermal /
binaries: general / pulsars: individual: PSR B1259–63/LS
2883⋆ Corresponding authors; e-mail:
contact.hess@hess-experiment.eu},
cin = {$Z_GA$ / $Z_HESS$ / $Z_DV$ / $Z_DZA$ / $Z_THAT$},
ddc = {520},
cid = {$I:(DE-H253)Z_GA-20210408$ / $I:(DE-H253)Z_HESS-20210408$ /
$I:(DE-H253)Z_DV-20210408$ / $I:(DE-H253)Z_DZA-20230622$ /
$I:(DE-H253)Z_THAT-20210408$},
pnm = {613 - Matter and Radiation from the Universe (POF4-613)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-613},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)CTA-20150101 / EXP:(DE-H253)HESS-20170101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
eprint = {2406.18167},
howpublished = {arXiv:2406.18167},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
SLACcitation = {$\%\%CITATION$ = $arXiv:2406.18167;\%\%$},
UT = {WOS:001272307300006},
doi = {10.1051/0004-6361/202449612},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/618771},
}