A. Tolamatti , A. Garg , A. Pathania , K.K. Singh , C. Borwankar , M. Khurana , P. Chandra , A. Shukla , S. Godiyal , S. Godambe , J. Hariharan , Keshavanand , N. Mankuzhyil , S. Norlha , P. Pandey , D. Sarkar , R. Thubstan , K. Venugopal , Z.A. Dar , S.V. Kotwal , K.K. Yadav
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Abstract
Blazars, a subclass of face-on jetted active galactic nuclei, are the most persistent and powerful sources of cosmic gamma-rays in the Universe. They represent a dominant population of gamma-ray sources, spread all over the sky with known and unknown redshifts up to z ∼ 6 (e.g. Belladitta et al. (2020)). Detection of more than 3500 blazars by the space-based Fermi-Large Area Telescope (LAT) in the high energy (HE, above 100 MeV) band reveals that a significant amount of power carried by the relativistic plasma jets in blazars is dissipated at gamma-ray energies. However, a small fraction of only less than 3% are detected at very high energies (VHE, above 30 GeV) by the ground-based Cherenkov telescopes. Therefore, their detection at the highest possible energies is extremely important to understand the blazar-phenomenon in the Universe. In this paper, we report observational results obtained from the recent monitoring of the six high redshift () blazars with the Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) in the energy range above ∼ 80 GeV. No statistically significant detection of the sources is found. Thus, for the null detections, we estimate 99% confidence level upper limit on the integral flux for the individual sources and use the Fermi-LAT measurements to constrain their gamma-ray emission behavior.
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The journal welcomes manuscripts on theoretical models, simulations, and observations of highly energetic astrophysical objects both in our Galaxy and beyond. Among those, black holes at all scales, neutron stars, pulsars and their nebula, binaries, novae and supernovae, their remnants, active galaxies, and clusters are just a few examples. The journal will consider research across the whole electromagnetic spectrum, as well as research using various messengers, such as gravitational waves or neutrinos. Effects of high-energy phenomena on cosmology and star-formation, results from dedicated surveys expanding the knowledge of extreme environments, and astrophysical implications of dark matter are also welcomed topics.