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most citedMulti-messenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A

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39 papers

astro-ph.HE2019★ 4 cited

Statistics of VHE gamma-Rays in Temporal Association with Radio Giant Pulses from the Crab Pulsar

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +146

The aim of this study is to search for evidence of a common emission engine between radio giant pulses (GPs) and very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-rays from the Crab pulsar.…

astro-ph.IM2019

Performance of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

G. Maier, L. Arrabito, K. Bernlöhr +5

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is expected to become the by far largest and most sensitive observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays in the energy range from 20 GeV to more…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 70 cited

Background for a gamma-ray satellite on a low-Earth orbit

P. Cumani, M. Hernanz, J. Kiener +2

The different background components in a low-Earth orbit have been modeled in the 10 keV to 100 GeV energy range. The model is based on data from previous instruments and it consid…

astro-ph.HE2019★ 10 cited

MAGIC and Fermi-LAT gamma-ray results on unassociated HAWC sources

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +336

The HAWC Collaboration released the 2HWC catalog of TeV sources, in which 19 show no association with any known high-energy (HE; E > 10 GeV) or very-high-energy (VHE; E > 300 GeV)…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 10 cited

Discovery of TeV -ray emission from the neighbourhood of the supernova remnant G24.7+0.6 by MAGIC

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +151

SNR G24.7+0.6 is a 9.5 kyrs radio and -ray supernova remnant evolving in a dense medium. In the GeV regime, SNR G24.7+0.6 (3FHL\,J1834.1--0706e/FGES\,J1834.1--0706) shows a hard…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 55 cited

Constraining very-high-energy and optical emission from FRB 121102 with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +155

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are bright flashes observed typically at GHz frequencies with millisecond duration, whose origin is likely extragalactic. Their nature remains mysterious,…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 84 cited

The extreme HBL behaviour of Markarian 501 during 2012

M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +276

A multiwavelength campaign was organized to take place between March and July of 2012. Excellent temporal coverage was obtained with more than 25 instruments, including the MAGIC,…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 235 cited

The blazar TXS 0506+056 associated with a high-energy neutrino: insights into extragalactic jets and cosmic ray acceleration

S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, C. Arcaro +146

A neutrino with energy of 290 TeV, IceCube-170922A, was detected in coincidence with the BL Lac object TXS~0506+056 during enhanced gamma-ray activity, with chance coincidenc…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 1.1k cited

Multi-messenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A

The IceCube, Fermi-LAT, MAGIC +13

Individual astrophysical sources previously detected in neutrinos are limited to the Sun and the supernova 1987A, whereas the origins of the diffuse flux of high-energy cosmic neut…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 26 cited

The broad-band properties of the intermediate synchrotron peaked BL Lac S2 0109+22 from radio to VHE gamma rays

MAGIC Collaboration, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +163

The MAGIC telescopes observed S2 0109+22 in 2015 July during its flaring activity in high energy gamma rays observed by Fermi-LAT. We analyse the MAGIC data to characterise the ver…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 54 cited

Multi-wavelength characterization of the blazar S5~0716+714 during an unprecedented outburst phase

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +187

The BL Lac object S5~0716+714, a highly variable blazar, underwent an impressive outburst in January 2015 (Phase A), followed by minor activity in February (Phase B). The MAGIC obs…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 53 cited

Gamma-ray flaring activity of NGC 1275 in 2016-2017 measured by MAGIC

MAGIC collaboration, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli +152

We report on the detection of flaring activity from the Fanaroff-Riley I radio galaxy NGC 1275 in very-high-energy (VHE, E 100 GeV) gamma rays with the MAGIC telescopes. Observ…

astro-ph.GA2018★ 44 cited

Detection of persistent VHE gamma-ray emission from PKS 1510-089 by the MAGIC telescopes during low states between 2012 and 2017

MAGIC Collaboration, V. A. Acciari, S. Ansoldi +165

PKS 1510-089 is a flat spectrum radio quasar strongly variable in the optical and GeV range. We search for low-state VHE gamma-ray emission from PKS 1510-089. We aim to characteriz…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 29 cited

Limits on the flux of tau neutrinos from 1 PeV to 3 EeV with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +142

A search for tau neutrino induced showers with the MAGIC telescopes is presented. The MAGIC telescopes located at an altitude of 2200 m a.s.l. in the Canary Island of La Palma, can…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 2 cited

The e-ASTROGAM gamma-ray space observatory for the multimessenger astronomy of the 2030s

V. Tatischeff, A. De Angelis, M. Tavani +74

e-ASTROGAM is a concept for a breakthrough observatory space mission carrying a gamma-ray telescope dedicated to the study of the non-thermal Universe in the photon energy range fr…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 28 cited

The detection of the blazar S4 0954+65 at very-high-energy with the MAGIC telescopes during an exceptionally high optical state

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +169

The very-high-energy (VHE, GeV) -ray MAGIC observations of the blazar S4 0954+65, were triggered by an exceptionally high flux state of emission in the optical. Th…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 43 cited

Indirect dark matter searches in the dwarf satellite galaxy Ursa Major II with the MAGIC Telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +142

The dwarf spheroidal galaxy Ursa Major II (UMaII) is believed to be one of the most dark-matter dominated systems among the Milky Way satellites and represents a suitable target fo…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 3 cited

Cherenkov Telescope Array Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)

F. Acero, B. S. Acharya, V. Acín Portella +1137

List of contributions from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium presented at the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference, July 12-20 2017, Busan, Korea.

astro-ph.IM2017★ 14 cited

Nature of the low-energy, γ-like background for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Julian Sitarek, Dorota Sobczyńska, Michał Szanecki +3

The upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project is expected to provide unprecedented sensitivity in the low-energy (<~100 GeV) range for Cherenkov telescopes. Most of the rema…

astro-ph.IM2017

Performance of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

G. Maier, L. Arrabito, K. Bernlöhr +4

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the world's largest and by far most sensitive observatory for high-energy gamma rays. It will be capable of detecting gamma rays from ex…

astro-ph.HE2017

MAGIC Contributions to the 35th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2017)

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

MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov) is a system of two 17 m diameter, F/1.03 Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT). They are dedicated to the observation of…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 45 cited

Constraining Lorentz invariance violation using the Crab Pulsar emission observed up to TeV energies by MAGIC

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +142

Spontaneous breaking of Lorentz symmetry at energies on the order of the Planck energy or lower is predicted by many quantum gravity theories, implying non-trivial dispersion relat…

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.IM2017

Baseline telescope layouts of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

P. Cumani, T. Hassan, L. Arrabito +4

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation of ground-based instrument for Very High Energy gamma-ray astronomy. It will improve the sensitivity of current tele…