标题： 惠普尔10米耀变体监测计划亮点 显示英文标题

标题： Highlights from the Whipple 10-m Blazar Monitoring Program

摘要： 已知大约有 25 个耀变体喷流星系（blazars）发射甚高能（VHE，E>100 GeV）伽马射线。由于这些强大的天体在整个电磁波谱上表现出强烈的、快速的和不规则的变化，理解它们需要长期的、密集的监测观测。惠普尔 10 米伽马射线望远镜是世界上第四灵敏的 VHE 望远镜，主要用于在 VHE 波段进行这种监测。10 米监测计划特别关注于 Mrk 421、Mrk 501、H 1426+428、1ES 1959+650 和 1ES 2344+514，观测在每个源可见且无月光的夜晚进行。一旦探测到爆发，会向 VERITAS 和天文界发送警报以触发触发式观测（ToO），就像 2008 年 Mrk 421 发生的一次最亮的 VHE 爆发一样。除了爆发警报之外，10 米项目还用于创建具有前所未有的 VHE 采样的长期光变曲线，可以与其他多频观测相结合，以更好地理解耀变体。近期惠普尔 10 米耀变体项目的亮点将被展示。 显示英文摘要

摘要： Approximately 25 blazars are know to emit VHE (E>100 GeV) gamma rays. Understanding these powerful objects requires long-term, intense, monitoring observations since they exhibit strong, rapid and irregular variability across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The Whipple 10-m Gamma-ray Telescope, the world's fourth most sensitive VHE telescope, is used primarily to perform such monitoring in the VHE band. The 10-m monitoring program focuses in particular on Mrk 421, Mrk 501, H 1426+428, 1ES 1959+650 and 1ES 2344+514, with observations performed every moonless night that each source is visible. Upon detection of a flare, alerts are sent to VERITAS and the astronomical community to trigger ToO observations, as was the case for one of the brightest-ever VHE flares of Mrk 421 in 2008. In addition to flaring alerts, the 10-m program is used to create long-term light curves, with unprecedented VHE sampling, that can be combined with other multi-frequency observations to better understand blazars. Highlights from the recent Whipple 10-m blazar program will be presented.