A Tour of VHE Emitting AGN: Prospects with CTA
J.-P. Lenain, Michael K. Daniel, Catherine Boisson, Hélène Sol, P. M. Chadwick, Martin J. Ward · 2012
About 47 very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) emitting active galactic nuclei (AGNs) are detected with the current generation of imaging atmospheric Čerenkov telescopes (IACTs) so far, the major part of which belonging to the blazar class.We interpret the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of these objects as simple stationary synchrotron self-Compton emission, and study the common properties of the sources derived from the SED modelling.We find a significant correlation between the luminosity in the X-ray range (2-10 keV) and the monochromatic luminosity at 1 TeV among the currently detected VHE AGNs.Applying this relationship to other sources using the BZCat catalogue of AGNs, we propose a list of about 70 new source candidates at VHE in the framework of future obseravtions with current IACTs, and especially with the future Čerenkov Telescope Array (CTA).