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TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY MULTIWAVELENGTH OBSERVATIONS OF NEW TEV BLAZARSWE PROPOSE TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY OBSERVATIONS OF BLAZARS SHOWING STRONG EVIDENCE WITH VERITAS OF BEING NEW VERY HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAY SOURCES. THE KNOWN TEV BLAZARS HAVE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH A SYNCHROTRON PEAK IN THE X RAY UV OPTICAL BANDS AND A SECOND PEAK AT GEV ENERGIES OFTEN THOUGHT TO BE INVERSE COMPTON EMISSION. THE VHE DETECTION OF A BLAZAR OFTEN OCCURS WHEN THE BLAZAR IS IN AN ACTIVE STATE POTENTIALLY LASTING ONLY A FEW DAYS. SWIFT X RAY AND UV OBSERVATIONS DURING THE DISCOVERYOBSERVATIONS BY VERITAS WILL PROBE THE CORRELATED FLUX AND SPECTRAL VARIABILITY PATTERNS OF THE HIGHEST ENERGY ELECTRONS. THIS WILL UNVEIL INFORMATION ON THE ENERGETICS AND TIME SCALES OF PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND COOLING CRITICAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICS OF JETS INTHESE NEW SOURCES.

$9,990FY2015National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

University Of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA

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