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X-ray polarization measurement of the gold standard of radio-quiet active galactic nuclei : NGC 1068
F. Marin, A. Marinucci, M. Laurenti +102
We used the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) satellite to measure, for the first time, the 2-8 keV polarization of NGC 1068. We pointed IXPE for a net exposure time of 1.1…
First light of VLT/HiRISE: High-resolution spectroscopy of young giant exoplanets
A. Vigan, M. El Morsy, M. Lopez +46
A major endeavor of this decade is the direct characterization of young giant exoplanets at high spectral resolution to determine the composition of their atmosphere and infer thei…
Study of the variable broadband emission of Markarian 501 during the most extreme Swift X-ray activity
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +185
Mrk501 is a very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray blazar located at z=0.034. During a period of two weeks in July 2014, the highest X-ray activity of Mrk501 was observed in ~14 years of…
Statistics of VHE gamma-Rays in Temporal Association with Radio Giant Pulses from the Crab Pulsar
MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +146
The aim of this study is to search for evidence of a common emission engine between radio giant pulses (GPs) and very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-rays from the Crab pulsar.…
Deep observations of the globular cluster M15 with the MAGIC telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +153
A population of globular clusters (GCs) has been recently established by the Fermi-LAT telescope as a new class of GeV -ray sources. Leptons accelerated to TeV energies, in the…
MAGIC and Fermi-LAT gamma-ray results on unassociated HAWC sources
M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +336
The HAWC Collaboration released the 2HWC catalog of TeV sources, in which 19 show no association with any known high-energy (HE; E > 10 GeV) or very-high-energy (VHE; E > 300 GeV)…
A Fast Very High Energy -ray Flare from BL Lacertae during a Period of Multiwavelength activity in June 2015
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +163
The mechanisms producing fast variability of the -ray emission in active galactic nuclei are under debate. The MAGIC telescopes detected a fast very high energy (VHE, E Ge…
Discovery of TeV -ray emission from the neighbourhood of the supernova remnant G24.7+0.6 by MAGIC
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +151
SNR G24.7+0.6 is a 9.5 kyrs radio and -ray supernova remnant evolving in a dense medium. In the GeV regime, SNR G24.7+0.6 (3FHL\,J1834.1--0706e/FGES\,J1834.1--0706) shows a hard…
Periastron Observations of TeV Gamma-Ray Emission from a Binary System with a 50-year Period
The VERITAS Collaboration, A. U. Abeysekara, W. Benbow +212
We report on observations of the pulsar / Be star binary system PSR J2032+4127 / MT91 213 in the energy range between 100 GeV and 20 TeV with the VERITAS and MAGIC imaging atmosphe…
Constraining very-high-energy and optical emission from FRB 121102 with the MAGIC telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +155
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are bright flashes observed typically at GHz frequencies with millisecond duration, whose origin is likely extragalactic. Their nature remains mysterious,…
The extreme HBL behaviour of Markarian 501 during 2012
M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +276
A multiwavelength campaign was organized to take place between March and July of 2012. Excellent temporal coverage was obtained with more than 25 instruments, including the MAGIC,…
The blazar TXS 0506+056 associated with a high-energy neutrino: insights into extragalactic jets and cosmic ray acceleration
S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, C. Arcaro +146
A neutrino with energy of 290 TeV, IceCube-170922A, was detected in coincidence with the BL Lac object TXS~0506+056 during enhanced gamma-ray activity, with chance coincidenc…
The broad-band properties of the intermediate synchrotron peaked BL Lac S2 0109+22 from radio to VHE gamma rays
MAGIC Collaboration, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +163
The MAGIC telescopes observed S2 0109+22 in 2015 July during its flaring activity in high energy gamma rays observed by Fermi-LAT. We analyse the MAGIC data to characterise the ver…
Multi-wavelength characterization of the blazar S5~0716+714 during an unprecedented outburst phase
MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +187
The BL Lac object S5~0716+714, a highly variable blazar, underwent an impressive outburst in January 2015 (Phase A), followed by minor activity in February (Phase B). The MAGIC obs…
Gamma-ray flaring activity of NGC 1275 in 2016-2017 measured by MAGIC
MAGIC collaboration, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +152
We report on the detection of flaring activity from the Fanaroff-Riley I radio galaxy NGC 1275 in very-high-energy (VHE, E 100 GeV) gamma rays with the MAGIC telescopes. Observ…
Constraining Dark Matter lifetime with a deep gamma-ray survey of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster with MAGIC
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +148
Clusters of galaxies are the largest known gravitationally bound structures in the Universe, with masses around , most of it in the form of dark matter. The groun…
Detection of persistent VHE gamma-ray emission from PKS 1510-089 by the MAGIC telescopes during low states between 2012 and 2017
MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +165
PKS 1510-089 is a flat spectrum radio quasar strongly variable in the optical and GeV range. We search for low-state VHE gamma-ray emission from PKS 1510-089. We aim to characteriz…
Limits on the flux of tau neutrinos from 1 PeV to 3 EeV with the MAGIC telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +142
A search for tau neutrino induced showers with the MAGIC telescopes is presented. The MAGIC telescopes located at an altitude of 2200 m a.s.l. in the Canary Island of La Palma, can…
The detection of the blazar S4 0954+65 at very-high-energy with the MAGIC telescopes during an exceptionally high optical state
MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +169
The very-high-energy (VHE, GeV) -ray MAGIC observations of the blazar S4 0954+65, were triggered by an exceptionally high flux state of emission in the optical. Th…
Indirect dark matter searches in the dwarf satellite galaxy Ursa Major II with the MAGIC Telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +142
The dwarf spheroidal galaxy Ursa Major II (UMaII) is believed to be one of the most dark-matter dominated systems among the Milky Way satellites and represents a suitable target fo…
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…
Performance of the MAGIC telescopes under moonlight
D. Guberman, P. Colin
MAGIC, a system of two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, achieves its best performance under dark conditions, i.e. in absence of moonlight or twilight. Since operating the…
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…