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astro-ph.HE2011★ 100 cited

Detection of very-high energy γ-ray emission from NGC 1275 by the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez +161

We report on the detection of very-high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission from NGC 1275, the central radio galaxy of the Perseus cluster of galaxies. The source has been d…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 36 cited

Unveiling the super-orbital modulation of LS I +61 303 in X-rays

Jian Li, Diego F. Torres, Shu Zhang +5

From the longest monitoring of LS I +61 303 done to date by the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) we found evidence for the long-sought, years- long modulation in the X-ray emissi…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 18 cited

Detection of the gamma-ray binary LS I +61 303 in a low flux state at Very High Energy gamma-rays with the MAGIC Telescopes in 2009

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez +153

We present very high energy (VHE, E > 100 GeV) γ-ray observations of the γ-ray binary system LS I+61 303 obtained with the MAGIC stereo system between 2009 October and 2010 January…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 82 cited

Fermi Detection of a Luminous Gamma-ray Pulsar in a Globular Cluster

The Fermi LAT Collaboration

We report the Fermi Large Area Telescope detection of gamma-ray (>100 megaelectronvolts) pulsations from pulsar J1823-3021A in the globular cluster NGC 6624 with high significance…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 29 cited

Simultaneous multi-wavelength campaign on PKS 2005-489 in a high state

The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, the Fermi LAT Collaboration, : +345

The high-frequency peaked BL Lac object PKS 2005-489 was the target of a multi-wavelength campaign with simultaneous observations in the TeV gamma-ray (H.E.S.S.), GeV gamma-ray (Fe…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 1 cited

MAGIC contributions to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez +160

Compilation of the papers contributed by the MAGIC collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2011), which took place between August 11 and 18, 2011 in Bei…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 72 cited

Constraining Cosmic Rays and Magnetic Fields in the Perseus Galaxy Cluster with TeV observations by the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez +161

Galaxy clusters are being assembled today in the most energetic phase of hierarchical structure formation which manifests itself in powerful shocks that contribute to a substantial…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 188 cited

The 2010 very high energy gamma-ray flare & 10 years of multi-wavelength observations of M 87

The H. E. S. S. Collaboration, :, A. Abramowski +442

Abridged: The giant radio galaxy M 87 with its proximity, famous jet, and very massive black hole provides a unique opportunity to investigate the origin of very high energy (VHE;…

astro-ph.CO2011

MAGIC observations of the giant radio galaxy M87 in a low emission state between 2005 and 2007

Karsten Berger, Dijana Dominis Prester, Fabrizio Tavecchio +1

We present the results of a long M87 monitoring campaign in very high energy -rays with the MAGIC-I Cherenkov telescope. A total of 150 hours of data was gathered between 2005 a…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 80 cited

A magnetar-like event from LS I +61 303 and its nature as a gamma-ray binary

Diego F. Torres, Nanda Rea, Paolo Esposito +3

We report on the Swift-BAT detection of a short burst from the direction of the TeV binary LS I +61 303, resembling those generally labelled as magnetar-like. We show that it is li…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 8 cited

The 2008 outburst of IGR J17473--2721: evidence for a disk corona?

Yu-Peng Chen, Shu Zhang, Diego F. Torres +4

The 2008 outburst of the atoll source IGR J17473--2721 was observed by INTEGRAL, RXTE and Swift. Tens of type-I X-ray bursts were found in this outburst. Joint observations provide…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 104 cited

Phase-resolved energy spectra of the Crab Pulsar in the range of 50-400 GeV measured with the MAGIC Telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez +155

We use 73 h of stereoscopic data taken with the MAGIC telescopes to investigate the very high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray emission of the Crab pulsar. Our data show a highly significant…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 595 cited

Measurement of separate cosmic-ray electron and positron spectra with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

The Fermi LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +148

We measured separate cosmic-ray electron and positron spectra with the Fermi Large Area Telescope. Because the instrument does not have an onboard magnet, we distinguish the two sp…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 10 cited

INTEGRAL observations of the gamma-ray binary 1FGL J1018.6-5856

Jian Li, Diego F. Torres, Yupeng Chen +5

The Fermi-LAT collaboration has recently reported that one of their detected sources, namely, 1FGL J1018.6-5856, is a new gamma-ray binary similar to LS 5039. This has prompted eff…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 151 cited

The radio/gamma-ray connection in Active Galactic Nuclei in the era of the Fermi Large Area Telescope

M. Ackermann, M. Ajello, A. Allafort +144

We present a detailed statistical analysis of the correlation between radio and gamma-ray emission of the Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) detected by Fermi during its first year of op…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 81 cited

Observations of the Crab pulsar between 25 GeV and 100 GeV with the MAGIC I telescope

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez +156

We report on the observation of -rays above 25\,GeV from the Crab pulsar (PSR B0532+21) using the MAGIC I telescope. Two data sets from observations during the winter period 200…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 566 cited

Constraining Dark Matter Models from a Combined Analysis of Milky Way Satellites with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

LAT Collaboration, M. Ackermann, M. Ajello +150

Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way are among the most promising targets for dark matter searches in gamma rays. We present a search for dark matter consisting of weakly interactin…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 245 cited

Performance of the MAGIC stereo system obtained with Crab Nebula data

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksić, E. A. Alvarez +153

MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located in the Canary island of La Palma. Since autumn 2009 both telescopes have been working together in stereosc…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 1.3k cited

Fermi Large Area Telescope Second Source Catalog

LAT Collaboration

We present the second catalog of high-energy gamma-ray sources detected by the Large Area Telescope (LAT), the primary science instrument on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (Fe…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 17 cited

Cosmic rays in the surroundings of SNR G35.6-0.4

Diego F. Torres, Hui Li, Yang Chen +3

HESS J1858+020 is a TeV gamma-ray source that was reported not to have any clear cataloged counterpart at any wavelength. However, it has been recently proposed that this source is…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 31 cited

Deep Chandra observations of TeV binaries II: LS 5039

N. Rea, D. F. Torres, G. A. Caliandro +5

We report on Chandra observations of the TeV emitting High Mass X-ray Binary LS 5039, for a total exposure of ~70ks, using the ACIS-S camera in Continuos Clocking mode to search fo…

astro-ph.GA2011★ 20 cited

The TeV binary HESS J0632+057 in the low and high X-ray state

Nanda Rea, Diego F. Torres

We report on a 40ks Chandra observation of the TeV emitting high mass X-ray binary HESS J0632+057 performed in February 2011 during a high-state of X-ray and TeV activity. We have…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 132 cited

Fermi-LAT Observations of Two Gamma-Ray Emission Components from the Quiescent Sun

A. A. Abdo

We report the detection of high-energy gamma rays from the quiescent Sun with the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (Fermi) during the first 1…

astro-ph.HE2011★ 239 cited

Observations of the young supernova remnant RX J1713.7-3946 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

A. A. Abdo, Fermi LAT Collaboration

We present observations of the young Supernova remnant (SNR) RX J1713.7-3946 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT). We clearly detect a source positionally coincident with the…