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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★ 112 cited

The June 2008 flare of Markarian 421 from optical to TeV energies

The Agile Collaboration, Webt Collaboration, Magic Collaboration +2

We present optical, X-ray, high energy ( GeV) and very high energy ( GeV; VHE) observations of the high-frequency peaked blazar Mrk 421 taken betwee…

astro-ph2008★ 125 cited

Improving the performance of the single-dish Cherenkov telescope MAGIC through the use of signal timing

MAGIC Collaboration

The Cherenkov light flashes produced by Extensive Air Showers are very short in time. A high bandwidth and fast digitizing readout, therefore, can minimize the influence of the bac…

astro-ph2008★ 19 cited

MAGIC upper limits to the VHE gamma-ray flux of 3C454.3 in high emission state

H. Anderhub, S. Vercellone, I. Donnarumma +2

We report upper limits to the very high energy flux (E>100 GeV) of the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C454.3 (z=0.859) derived by the Cherenkov telescope MAGIC during the high states…

astro-ph2008★ 60 cited

Discovery of a very high energy gamma-ray signal from the 3C 66A/B region

MAGIC Collaboration, E. Aliu

The MAGIC telescope observed the region around the distant blazar 3C 66A for 54.2 h in 2007 August-December. The observations resulted in the discovery of a gamma-ray source at ene…

astro-ph2008★ 203 cited

Observation of Pulsed Gamma-rays Above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with MAGIC

The MAGIC Collaboration, E. Aliu

One fundamental question about pulsars concerns the mechanism of their pulsed electromagnetic emission. Measuring the high-end region of a pulsar's spectrum would shed light on thi…

astro-ph2008★ 446 cited

Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays from a Distant Quasar: How Transparent Is the Universe?

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

The atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope MAGIC, designed for a low-energy threshold, has detected very-high-energy gamma rays from a giant flare of the distant Quasi-Stellar R…

astro-ph2008★ 111 cited

Periodic very high energy gamma-ray emission from LS I +61 303 observed with the MAGIC telescope

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

The MAGIC collaboration has recently reported the discovery of gamma-ray emission from the binary system LS I +61 303 in the TeV energy region. Here we present new observational re…

astro-ph2008★ 108 cited

Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Observations of a Strong Flaring Activity in M87 in 2008 February

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

M87 is the only known non blazar radio galaxy to emit very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays. During a monitoring program of M87, a rapid flare in VHE gamma-rays was detected by the MAG…

astro-ph2008

A novel background reduction strategy for high level triggers and processing in gamma-ray Cherenkov detectors

G. Cabras, A. De Angelis, B. De Lotto +17

Gamma ray astronomy is now at the leading edge for studies related both to fundamental physics and astrophysics. The sensitivity of gamma detectors is limited by the huge amount of…

astro-ph2008★ 84 cited

MAGIC observations of the unidentified TeV gamma-ray source TeV J2032+4130

J. Albert

We observed the first known very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray emitting unidentified source, TeV J2032+4130, for 94 hours with the MAGIC telescope. The source was detected with a sig…

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-ph2008★ 57 cited

Multi-wavelength (radio, X-ray and gamma-ray) observations of the gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Albert

We present the results of the first multiwavelength observing campaign on the high-mass X-ray binary LS I +61 303 comprising observations at the TeV regime with the MAGIC telescope…

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

Discovery of Very High Energy Gamma-Rays from the Distant Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 279 with the MAGIC Telescope

Masahiro Teshima, Elisa Prandini, Rudolf Bock +9

The quasar 3C 279 is one of the best-studied flat spectrum radio quasars. It is located at a comparatively large redshift of z=0.536: E>100 GeV observations of such distant sources…

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…