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astro-ph2008★ 21 cited

MAGIC Observations of PG 1553+113 during a Multiwavelength Campaign in July 2006

MAGIC Collaboration, Albert

The active galactic nucleus PG 1553+113 was observed by the MAGIC telescope in July 2006 during a multiwavelength campaign, in which telescopes in the optical, X-ray, and very high…

astro-ph2008★ 100 cited

Simultaneous multiwavelength observations of the blazar 1ES1959+650 at a low TeV flux

G. Tagliaferri, L. Foschini, G. Ghisellini +7

We present the results from a multiwavelength campaign on the TeV blazar 1ES 1959+650, performed in May, 2006. Data from the optical, UV, soft- and hard-X-ray and very high energy…

astro-ph2007

Detection of Very-High Energy Gamma-Rays from the BL Lac Object PG 1553+113 with the MAGIC Telescope

Robert Wagner, Daniela Dorner, Masaaki Hayashida +5

The MAGIC telescope has observed very-high energy gamma-ray emission from the BL Lac object PG 1553+113 in 2005 and 2006 at an overall significance is 8.8 sigma. The light curve sh…

astro-ph2007★ 74 cited

Upper limit for gamma-ray emission above 140 GeV from the dwarf spheroidal galaxy Draco

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

The nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxy Draco with its high mass to light ratio is one of the most auspicious targets for indirect dark matter searches. Annihilation of hypothetical DM…

astro-ph2007★ 2 cited

The MAGIC Project: Contributions to ICRC 2007

J. Albert, E. Aliu, H. Anderhub +142

The MAGIC Project: Contributions to ICRC 2007, Merida, Mexico. Contents pages for the Contribution on behalf of the MAGIC Collaboration to the 30th ICRC that took place in July 200…

astro-ph2007★ 246 cited

Very High Energy Gamma-ray Radiation from the Stellar-mass Black Hole Cygnus X-1

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

We report on the results from the observations in very high energy band (VHE, E_gamma > 100 GeV) of the black hole X-ray binary (BHXB) Cygnus X-1. The observations were performed w…

astro-ph2007★ 193 cited

Discovery of VHE Gamma Radiation from IC443 with the MAGIC Telescope

MAGIC Collaboration

We report the detection of a new source of very high energy (VHE, E_gamma >= 100GeV) gamma-ray emission located close to the Galactic Plane, MAGIC J0616+225, which is spatially coi…

astro-ph2007★ 29 cited

Systematic search for VHE gamma-ray emission from X-ray bright high-frequency BL Lac objects

M. Meyer

All but three (M87, BL Lac and 3C 279) extragalactic sources detected so far at very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays belong to the class of high-frequency peaked BL Lac (HBL) objects.…

astro-ph2007★ 95 cited

Observation of VHE gamma-rays from Cassiopeia A with the MAGIC telescope

J. Albert

We searched for very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission from the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A. The shell-type supernova remnant Cassiopeia A was observed with the 17 meter MAGI…

astro-ph2007★ 301 cited

VHE Gamma-Ray Observation of the Crab Nebula and its Pulsar with the MAGIC telescope

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

We report about very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope. The gamma-ray flux from the nebula was measured between 60 GeV and 9 TeV.…

astro-ph2007★ 125 cited

Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the low-frequency peaked BL Lacertae object BL Lacertae

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

The MAGIC collaboration observed BL Lacertae for 22.2 hr during 2005 August to December and for 26 hr during 2006 July to September. The source is the historical prototype and epon…

astro-ph2007★ 16 cited

Constraints on the steady and pulsed very high energy gamma-ray emission from observations of PSR B1951+32/CTB 80 with the MAGIC Telescope

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

We report on very high energy gamma-observations with the MAGIC Telescope of the pulsar PSR B1951+32 and its associated nebula, CTB 80. Our data constrain the cutoff energy of the…

astro-ph2007★ 547 cited

Variable VHE gamma-ray emission from Markarian 501

J. Albert et al

The blazar Markarian 501 (Mrk 501) was observed at energies above 0.10 TeV with the MAGIC telescope from May through July 2005. The high sensitivity of the instrument enabled the d…

astro-ph2006★ 52 cited

Signal Reconstruction for the MAGIC Telescope

J. Albert

Until April 2007 the MAGIC telescope used a 300 MSamples/s FADC system to sample the shaped PMT signals produced by the captured Cherenkov photons of air showers. Different algorit…

astro-ph2006★ 75 cited

Observation of very high energy gamma-rays from the AGN 1ES 2344+514 in a low emission state with the MAGIC telescope

J. Albert et al.

The MAGIC collaboration has observed very high energy gamma ray emission from the AGN 1ES 2344+514. A gamma-ray signal corresponding to an 11 sigma excess and an integral flux of (…

astro-ph2006★ 85 cited

Detection of VHE radiation from the BL Lac PG 1553+113 with the MAGIC telescope

J. Albert et al.

In 2005 and 2006, the MAGIC telescope has observed very high energy gamma-ray emission from the distant BL Lac object PG 1553+113. The overall significance of the signal is 8.8 sig…

astro-ph2006★ 405 cited

Variable Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from the Microquasar LS I +61 303

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

Microquasars are binary star systems with relativistic radio-emitting jets. They are potential sources of cosmic rays and laboratories for elucidating the physics of relativistic j…

astro-ph2006★ 59 cited

Observation of VHE Gamma Radiation from HESS J1834-087/W41 with the MAGIC Telescope

J. Albert et al.

Recently, the HESS array has reported the detection of gamma-ray emission above a few hundred GeV from eight new sources located close to the Galactic Plane. The source HESS J1834-…

astro-ph2006★ 43 cited

Flux upper limit of gamma-ray emission by GRB050713a from MAGIC Telescope observations

J. Albert, E. Aliu, H. Anderhub +127

The long-duration GRB050713a was observed by the MAGIC Telescope, 40 seconds after the burst onset, and followed up for 37 minutes, until twilight. The observation, triggered by a…

astro-ph2005★ 41 cited

MAGIC observations of very high energy gamma-rays from HESS J1813-178

J. Albert, MAGIC collaboration

Recently, the HESS collaboration has reported the detection of gamma-ray emission above a few hundred GeV from eight new sources located close to the Galactic Plane. The source HES…