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Insights into the emission of the blazar 1ES 1011+496 through unprecedented broadband observations during 2011 and 2012
J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +161
1ES 1011+496 was discovered in very high energy (VHE, E >100 GeV) -rays with MAGIC in 2007. The absence of simultaneous data at lower energies led to a rather incomp…
The 2009 multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 421: Variability and correlation studies
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +270
We performed a 4.5-month multi-instrument campaign (from radio to VHE gamma rays) on Mrk421 between January 2009 and June 2009, which included VLBA, F-GAMMA, GASP-WEBT, Swift, RXTE…
MAGIC observations of MWC 656, the only known Be/BH system
J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +149
Context: MWC 656 has recently been established as the first observationally detected high-mass X-ray binary system containing a Be star and a black hole (BH). The system has been a…
Black hole lightning due to particle acceleration at subhorizon scales
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +151
Supermassive black holes with masses of millions to billions of solar masses are commonly found in the centers of galaxies. Astronomers seek to image jet formation using radio inte…
Unprecedented study of the broadband emission of Mrk 421 during flaring activity in March 2010
The MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +251
A flare from the TeV blazar Mrk 421, occurring in March 2010, was observed for 13 consecutive days from radio to very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) gamma-rays with MAGIC, VERITAS,…
Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the blazar 1ES 0033+595 by the MAGIC telescopes
J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +157
The number of known very high energy (VHE) blazars is , which is very small in comparison to the number of blazars detected in other frequencies. This situation is a hand…
Multiwavelength observations of Mrk 501 in 2008
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +256
Mrk 501 is one of the brightest blazars at TeV energies and has been extensively studied since its first VHE detection in 1996. Our goal is to characterize in detail the source gam…
First broadband characterization and redshift determination of the VHE blazar MAGIC J2001+439
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +167
We aim to characterize the broadband emission from 2FGL J2001.1+4352, which has been associated with the unknown-redshift blazar MG4 J200112+4352. Based on its gamma-ray spectral p…
Probing the very-high-energy gamma-ray spectral curvature in the blazar PG 1553+113 with the MAGIC telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +152
PG 1553+113 is a very-high-energy (VHE, ) -ray emitter classified as a BL Lac object. Its redshift is constrained by intergalactic absorption lines in the r…
MAGIC search for VHE -ray emission from AE Aquarii in a multiwavelength context
J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +152
It has been claimed that the nova-like cataclysmic variable (CV) AE Aquarii (AE Aqr) is a very-high-energy (VHE, 100 GeV) source both on observational and theoretical grounds.…
Measurement of the Crab Nebula spectrum over three decades in energy with the MAGIC telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +150
The MAGIC stereoscopic system collected 69 hours of Crab Nebula data between October 2009 and April 2011. Analysis of this data sample using the latest improvements in the MAGIC st…
Discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from the pulsar wind nebula 3C 58 by MAGIC
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +145
The pulsar wind nebula (PWN) 3C 58 is one of the historical very-high-energy (VHE; E>100 GeV) gamma-ray source candidates. It is energized by one of the highest spin-down power pul…
Multifrequency Studies of the Peculiar Quasar 4C +21.35 During the 2010 Flaring Activity
M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Allafort +288
The discovery of rapidly variable Very High Energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from 4C +21.35 (PKS 1222+216) by MAGIC on 2010 June 17, triggered by the high activity dete…
Search for Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays from the z = 0.896 Quasar 4C +55.17 with the MAGIC telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +157
The bright gamma-ray quasar 4C +55.17 is a distant source () with a hard spectrum at GeV energies as observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the {\it Fermi}…
Detection of bridge emission above 50 GeV from the Crab pulsar with the MAGIC telescopes
J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +153
The Crab pulsar is the only astronomical pulsed source detected at very high energy (VHE, E>100GeV) gamma-rays. The emission mechanism of VHE pulsation is not yet fully understood,…
MAGIC reveals a complex morphology within the unidentified gamma-ray source HESS J1857+026
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +158
HESS J1857+026 is an extended TeV gamma-ray source that was discovered by H.E.S.S. as part of its Galactic plane survey. Given its broadband spectral energy distribution and its sp…
MAGIC gamma-ray and multifrequency observations of flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089 in early 2012
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +218
Among more than fifty blazars detected in very high energy (VHE, E>100GeV) gamma-rays, only three belong to the subclass of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars (FSRQs). MAGIC observed FSRQ…
MAGIC long-term study of the distant TeV blazar PKS 1424+240 in a multiwavelength context
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +168
We present a study of the very high energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) gamma-ray emission of the blazar PKS 1424+240 observed with the MAGIC telescopes. The primary aim of this paper is the…
MAGIC upper limits on the GRB 090102 afterglow
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +160
Indications of a GeV component in the emission from GRBs are known since the EGRET observations during the 1990's and they have been confirmed by the data of the Fermi satellite. T…
MAGIC observations and multifrequency properties of the Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 279 in 2011
J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +168
We study the multifrequency emission and spectral properties of the quasar 3C 279. We observed 3C 279 in very high energy (VHE, E>100GeV) gamma rays, with the MAGIC telescopes duri…
Contemporaneous observations of the radio galaxy NGC 1275 from radio to very high energy gamma-rays
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, S. Ansoldi +157
The radio galaxy NGC 1275, recently identified as a very high energy (VHE, >100 GeV) gamma-ray emitter by MAGIC, is one of the few non-blazar AGN detected in the VHE regime. In ord…
Rapid and multi-band variability of the TeV-bright active nucleus of the galaxy IC 310
The MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, L. A. Antonelli +161
Context. The radio galaxy IC 310 has recently been identified as a gamma-ray emitter based on observations at GeV energies with Fermi-LAT and at very high energies (VHE, E>100GeV)…
Discovery of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the blazar 1ES 1727+502 with the MAGIC Telescopes
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, L. A. Antonelli +155
Motivated by the Costamante & Ghisellini (2002) predictions we investigated if the blazar 1ES 1727+502 (z=0.055) is emitting very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma rays. We observ…
The Simultaneous Low State Spectral Energy Distribution of 1ES 2344+514 from Radio to Very High Energies
MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, L. A. Antonelli +191
[Abridged] Context. To construct and interpret the spectral energy distribution (SED) of BL Lacertae objects, simultaneous broad-band observations are mandatory. Aims. We present t…