The temporal characteristics of the TeV gamma-emission from Mkn 501 in 1997 II. Results from HEGRA CT1 and CT2

We present the results on the TeV gamma emission from Mkn 501 in 1997 obtai ned with the stand-alone Cherenkov telescopes CT1 and CT2 (threshold greate r than or equal to 1.2 and greater than or equal to 1.0 resp.) of the HEGRA collaboration. The CTI lightcurve has the most complete coverage of all Te V observations of Mkn 501 in 1997 due to the additional observations made u nder the presence of moonlight. CT2 - at the time of these observations a s econd generation Cherenkov telescope with relatively low imaging resolution - is a well tested instrument and its 85 hours of observational data on Mk n 501 in 1997 are useful for consistency checks and provide some additional daily data points. The Mkn 501 lightcurve data show significant correlatio n with the RXTE ASM X-ray data consistent with no time-lag. The spectral an alysis shows a steepening spectrum extending beyond 10 TeV. No change of th e spectral slope with the variation of the intensity was found. The results presented here are consistent with the results from the HEGRA Cherenkov te lescope system presented in part I of this paper.