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Revisiting EBL Constraints from Gamma-Ray Observations: A Critical Assessment and Methodological Improvements
K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +185
The extragalactic background light (EBL), ranging from the infrared to the ultraviolet bands, is the second most intense photon field in the universe, surpassed only by the cosmic…
TeV gamma-ray spectral spikes produced by magnetic reconnection in blazar jets: the case of the 2014 high state of Markarian 501
João G. Giesbrecht Formiga Paiva, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Juan C. Rodríguez-Ramírez +2
Multi-wavelength monitoring of the flaring blazar Markarian 501 during July 2014 revealed a TeV gamma-ray spike feature with 3-4 significance and coincident with a prominent enh…
Detection of the distant quasar OP 313 with the first Large-Sized Telescope of CTAO
K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +412
In December 2023, the Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1) detected for the first time VHE -ray emission from the FSRQ OP~313 becoming the furthest blazar ever observed at VH…
A detailed study of the very-high-energy Crab pulsar emission with the LST-1
CTA-LST Project, :, K. Abe +294
Context: There are currently three pulsars firmly detected by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs), two of them reaching TeV energies, challenging models of very-high-e…
Constraints on Lorentz invariance violation from the extraordinary Mrk 421 flare of 2014 using a novel analysis method
MAGIC Collaboration, S. Abe, J. Abhir +214
The Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV), a proposed consequence of certain quantum gravity (QG) scenarios, could instigate an energy-dependent group velocity for ultra-relativistic…
Distinguishing radiation mechanisms and particle populations in blazar jets through long-term multi-band monitoring with RINGO3 and Fermi
Callum McCall, Helen Jermak, Iain A. Steele +6
We present the results of seven years of multicolour photometric monitoring of a sample of 31 -ray bright blazars using the RINGO3 polarimeter on the Liverpool Telescope from 20…
Constraints on axion-like particles with the Perseus Galaxy Cluster with MAGIC
MAGIC Collaboration, H. Abe, S. Abe +211
Axion-like particles (ALPs) are pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons that emerge in various theories beyond the standard model. These particles can interact with high-energy photons in ex…
Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to TeV photon emission from the Large Magellanic Cloud
The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium
A deep survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud at ~0.1-100TeV photon energies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array is planned. We assess the detection prospects based on a model for the…
MAGIC observations provide compelling evidence of the hadronic multi-TeV emission from the putative PeVatron SNR G106.3+2.7
MAGIC Collaboration, H. Abe, S. Abe +214
The SNR G106.3+2.7, detected at 1--100 TeV energies by different -ray facilities, is one of the most promising PeVatron candidates. This SNR has a cometary shape which can be di…
Long-term multi-wavelength study of 1ES 0647+250
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, T. Aniello +217
The BL Lac object 1ES 0647+250 is one of the few distant -ray emitting blazars detected at very high energies (VHE, 100 GeV) during a non-flaring state. It was detected…
A lower bound on intergalactic magnetic fields from time variability of 1ES 0229+200 from MAGIC and Fermi/LAT observations
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, I. Agudo +206
Extended and delayed emission around distant TeV sources induced by the effects of propagation of gamma rays through the intergalactic medium can be used for the measurement of the…
Multi-messenger characterization of Mrk 501 during historically low X-ray and -ray activity
MAGIC collaboration, H. Abe, S. Abe +322
We study the broadband emission of Mrk 501 using multi-wavelength observations from 2017 to 2020 performed with a multitude of instruments, involving, among others, MAGIC, Fermi-LA…
Multi-wavelength study of the galactic PeVatron candidate LHAASO J2108+5157
S. Abe, A. Aguasca-Cabot, I. Agudo +267
LHAASO J2108+5157 is one of the few known unidentified Ultra-High-Energy (UHE) gamma-ray sources with no Very-High-Energy (VHE) counterpart, recently discovered by the LHAASO colla…
A catalog of new Blazar candidates with Open Universe by High School students
L. Fronte, B. Mazzon, F. Metruccio +5
Blazars are active galactic nuclei whose ultra-relativistic jets are coaligned with the observer direction. They emit throughout the whole e.m. spectrum, from radio waves to VHE ga…
Observation of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057 with the H.E.S.S., MAGIC, and VERITAS telescopes
C. B. Adams, W. Benbow, A. Brill +409
The results of gamma-ray observations of the binary system HESS J0632+057 collected during 450 hours over 15 years, between 2004 and 2019, are presented. Data taken with the atmosp…
Search for Very High-Energy Emission from the millisecond pulsar PSR J0218+4232
V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +198
PSR J0218+4232 is one of the most energetic millisecond pulsars known and has long been considered as one of the best candidates for very high-energy (VHE; >100 GeV) gamma-ray emis…
Investigation of the correlation patterns and the Compton dominance variability of Mrk 421 in 2017
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +284
We present a detailed characterisation and theoretical interpretation of the broadband emission of the paradigmatic TeV blazar Mrk 421, with special focus on the multi-band flux co…
Deep Learning Blazar Classification based on Multi-frequency Spectral Energy Distribution Data
Bernardo M. O. Fraga, Ulisses Barres de Almeida, Clecio R. Bom +4
Blazars are among the most studied sources in high-energy astrophysics as they form the largest fraction of extragalactic gamma-ray sources and are considered prime candidates for…
The Open Universe survey of Swift-XRT GRB fields: a complete sample of HBL blazars
P. Giommi, Y. L. Chang, S. Turriziani +22
We have analysed all the X-ray images centred on Gamma Ray Bursts generated by Swift over the last 15 years using automatic tools that do not require any expertise in X-ray astrono…
Open Universe for Blazars: a new generation of astronomical products based on 14 years of Swift-XRT data
P. Giommi, C. H. Brandt, U. Barres de Almeida +14
Open Universe for blazars is a set of high-transparency data products for blazar science, and the tools designed to generate them. Blazar astrophysics is becoming increasingly data…
Science with e-ASTROGAM (A space mission for MeV-GeV gamma-ray astrophysics)
A. De Angelis, V. Tatischeff, I. A. Grenier +248
e-ASTROGAM (enhanced ASTROGAM) is a breakthrough Observatory space mission, with a detector composed by a Silicon tracker, a calorimeter, and an anticoincidence system, dedicated t…
Constraining Lorentz invariance violation using the Crab Pulsar emission observed up to TeV energies by MAGIC
MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +142
Spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry at energies on the order of the Planck energy or lower is predicted by many quantum gravity theories, implying non-trivial dispersion relat…
Search for very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from the microquasar Cygnus X-1 with the MAGIC telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +144
The microquasar Cygnus X-1 displays the two typical soft and hard X-ray states of a black-hole transient. During the latter, Cygnus X-1 shows a one-sided relativistic radio-jet. Re…
MAGIC observations of the microquasar V404 Cygni during the 2015 outburst
M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +142
The microquasar V404 Cygni underwent a series of outbursts in 2015, June 15-31, during which its flux in hard X-rays (20-40 keV) reached about 40 times the Crab Nebula flux. Becaus…