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20092017
most citedThe major upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, Part II: A performance study using observations of the Crab Nebula

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56 papers

astro-ph.IM2017★ 1 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 14 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 11 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 6 cited

Observation of the Black Widow B1957+20 millisecond pulsar binary system with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +145

B1957+20 is a millisecond pulsar located in a black widow type compact binary system with a low mass stellar companion. The interaction of the pulsar wind with the companion star w…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 87 cited

Performance of the MAGIC telescopes under moonlight

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +143

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…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 33 cited

First Multi-wavelength Campaign on the Gamma-ray-loud Active Galaxy IC 310

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +160

The extragalactic VHE gamma-ray sky is rich in blazars. These are jetted active galactic nuclei viewed at a small angle to the line-of-sight. Only a handful of objects viewed at a…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 20 cited

MAGIC detection of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the low-luminosity blazar 1ES 1741+196

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +159

We present the first detection of the nearby (z=0.084) low-luminosity BL Lac object 1ES 1741+196 in the very high energy (VHE: E100 GeV) band. This object lies in a triplet of i…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 34 cited

The First Simultaneous X-Ray/Radio Detection of the First Be/BH System MWC 656

M. Ribó, P. Munar-Adrover, J. M. Paredes +6

MWC 656 is the first known Be/black hole (BH) binary system. Be/BH binaries are important in the context of binary system evolution and sources of detectable gravitational waves be…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 22 cited

Gamma rays from clumpy wind-jet interactions in high-mass microquasars

V. M. de la Cita, S. del Palacio, V. Bosch-Ramon +3

The stellar winds of the massive stars in high-mass microquasars are thought to be inhomogeneous. The interaction of these inhomogeneities, or clumps, with the jets of these object…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 67 cited

Multiband variability studies and novel broadband SED modeling of Mrk 501 in 2009

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +290

We present an extensive study of the BL Lac object Mrk 501 based on a data set collected during the multi-instrument campaign spanning from 2009 March 15 to 2009 August 1 which inc…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 34 cited

Observations of Sagittarius A* during the pericenter passage of the G2 object with MAGIC

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +153

Context. We present the results of a multi-year monitoring campaign of the Galactic Center (GC) with the MAGIC telescopes. These observations were primarily motivated by reports th…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 39 cited

A search for spectral hysteresis and energy-dependent time lags from X-ray and TeV gamma-ray observations of Mrk 421

A. U. Abeysekara, S. Archambault, A. Archer +220

Blazars are variable emitters across all wavelengths over a wide range of timescales, from months down to minutes. It is therefore essential to observe blazars simultaneously at di…

hep-ex2016★ 58 cited

Very High-Energy Gamma-Ray Follow-Up Program Using Neutrino Triggers from IceCube

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +537

We describe and report the status of a neutrino-triggered program in IceCube that generates real-time alerts for gamma-ray follow-up observations by atmospheric-Cherenkov telescope…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 19 cited

Non-thermal radiation from a pulsar wind interacting with an inhomogeneous stellar wind

Víctor M. de la Cita, Valentí Bosch-Ramon, Xavier Paredes-Fortuny +2

Binaries hosting a massive star and a non-accreting pulsar are powerful non-thermal emitters due to the interaction of the pulsar and the stellar wind. The winds of massive stars a…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 89 cited

Detection of very high energy gamma-ray emission from the gravitationally-lensed blazar QSO B0218+357 with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +151

Context. QSO B0218+357 is a gravitationally lensed blazar located at a redshift of 0.944. The gravitational lensing splits the emitted radiation into two components, spatially indi…

astro-ph.GA2016★ 46 cited

Long-term multi-wavelength variability and correlation study of Markarian 421 from 2007 to 2009

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +176

We study the multi-band variability and correlations of the TeV blazar Mrk 421 on year time scales, which can bring additional insight on the processes responsible for its broadban…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 29 cited

Super-orbital variability of LS I +61°303 at TeV energies

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +150

The gamma-ray binary LS I +61303 is a well established source from centimeter radio up to very high energy (VHE; E100 GeV). Its broadband emission shows a periodicity…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 33 cited

Coupling hydrodynamics and radiation calculations for star-jet interactions in AGN

Víctor M. de la Cita, Valentí Bosch-Ramon, Xavier Paredes-Fortuny +2

Stars and their winds can contribute to the non-thermal (NT) emission in extragalactic jets. Given the complexity of jet-star interactions, the properties of the resulting emission…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 15 cited

Multi-Wavelength Observations of the Blazar 1ES 1011+496 in Spring 2008

The MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +158

The BL Lac object 1ES 1011+496 was discovered at Very High Energy gamma-rays by MAGIC in spring 2007. Before that the source was little studied in different wavelengths. Therefore…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 22 cited

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…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 34 cited

Investigating the peculiar emission from the new VHE gamma-ray source H1722+119

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +159

The MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescopes observed the BL Lac object H1722+119 (redshift unknown) for six consecutive nights between 2013 May 17 and 22,…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 57 cited

MAGIC observations of the February 2014 flare of 1ES 1011+496 and ensuing constraint of the EBL density

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +144

In February-March 2014, the MAGIC telescopes observed the high-frequency peaked BL Lac 1ES 1011+496 (z=0.212) in flaring state at very-high energy (VHE, E>100GeV). The flux reached…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 306 cited

Limits to dark matter annihilation cross-section from a combined analysis of MAGIC and Fermi-LAT observations of dwarf satellite galaxies

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +154

We present the first joint analysis of gamma-ray data from the MAGIC Cherenkov telescopes and the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) to search for gamma-ray signals from dark matter…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 62 cited

Deep observation of the NGC 1275 region with MAGIC: search of diffuse gamma-ray emission from cosmic rays in the Perseus cluster

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +154

Clusters of galaxies are expected to be reservoirs of cosmic rays (CRs) that should produce diffuse gamma-ray emission due to their hadronic interactions with the intra-cluster med…