Proposal code

w076

Proposal title

Second epoch images of the TeV emitters Mkn421 and Mkn501

The

Investigators and their

Affiliations

P.I. P. Edwards ISAS, Japan
K. Fujisawa, G. Moellenbrock, H. Hirabayashi, ISAS, Japan
F. Makino, T. Takahashi ISAS, Japan
T. Weekes Whipple Observatory, CfA, USA
H. Kobayashi, Y. Murata, R. Okayasu, K. Wajima, ISAS, Japan

Proposal Abstract

The two confirmed extragalactic sources of gamma-rays above 300 GeV are Mkn 421 and Mkn 501. The former is a weak EGRET source and the latter has not been detected by EGRET. Both display marked variability at TeV energies and this proposal seeks second epoch 5 GHz VSOP images (following our AO1 observations) to determine whether the TeV activity is a precursor to activity visible with the highest angular resolution observations.

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