New Extreme Synchrotron BL Lac Objects
L. Costamante, G. Ghisellini, P. Giommi, G. Tagliaferri, A. Celotti, M. Chiaberge, L. Chiappetti, G. Fossati, L. Maraschi, E. Pian, F. Tavecchio, A. Treves, A. Wolter
Abstract
We report on the BeppoSAX observations of four "extreme" BL Lacs, selected to have high synchrotron peak frequencies. All have been detected also in the PDS band. For 1ES 0120+340, PKS 0548-322 and H 2356-309 the spectrum is well fitted by a convex broken power-law, thus locating the synchrotron peak around 1 - 4 keV. 1ES 1426+428 presents a flat energy spectral index (alphax= 0.92) up to 100 keV, thus constraining the synchrotron peak to lie near or above that value. For their extreme properties, all sources could be strong TeV emitters.
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