Markarian 501 (or Mrk 501) is a galaxy with a spectrum extending to the highest energy gamma rays.[4] It is a blazar or BL Lac object, which is an active galactic nucleus with a jet that is shooting towards the Earth. The object has a redshift of z = 0.034.[5]
Mrk 501 is an extremely variable source of gamma rays, undergoing violent outbursts.[5] During an outburst in 1997, it was the brightest object in the sky in the very-high-energy gamma ray region of the spectrum, at energies above 1011 eV (100 GeV).[6]
The galaxy hosting the blazar was studied and catalogued by Benjamin Markarian in 1974.[7] It was first determined to be a very high energy gamma ray emitter in 1996 by John Quinn at the Whipple Observatory.[5][8]
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^ abc"Results for Mrk 501". MARKARIAN2 – Markarian Galaxies Optical Database. Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2011-12-06. Data base query page is at [1]. Fill in Mrk 501 for name and click start search at bottom of page.
^"Parameter Display for single row in Markarian Galaxies Optical Database".
^Aharonian, F. A. (1999). "The time averaged TeV energy spectrum of Mkn 501 of the extraordinary 1997 outburst as measured with the stereoscopic Cherenkov telescope system of HEGRA" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 349: 11–28. arXiv:astro-ph/9903386. Bibcode:1999A&A...349...11A.
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^Protheroe, Ray J.; C.L. Bhat; P. Fleury; E. Lorenz; M. Teshima; T.C. Weekes (12 October 1997). "Very high energy gamma rays from Markarian 501". arXiv:astro-ph/9710118.
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^Quinn J, Akerlof CW, Biller S, Buckley J, Carter-Lewis DA, Cawley MF, Catanese M, Connaughton V, et al. (10 January 1996). "Detection of Gamma Rays with E > 300 GeV from Markarian 501". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 465 (2): L83–L86. Bibcode:1996ApJ...456L..83Q. doi:10.1086/309878.
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Markarian501 (or Mrk 501) is a galaxy with a spectrum extending to the highest energy gamma rays. It is a blazar or BL Lac object, which is an active...
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Rieger, F. M.; Mannheim, K. (2003). "On the central black hole mass in Mkn 501". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 397: 121–126. arXiv:astro-ph/0210326. Bibcode:2003A&A...
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