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20122026
most citedThe blazar TXS 0506+056 associated with a high-energy neutrino: insights into extragalactic jets and cosmic ray acceleration

235 citations · 2.4k across the 103 of their papers we have counts for

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113 papers

astro-ph.HE2026

Constraints on the VHE counterpart of two binary black hole mergers observed by the MAGIC and CTAO LST-1 telescopes

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +358

We present very-high-energy gamma-ray observations of two binary black hole merger candidates, GW240615_113620 and GW241125_010116, performed with the Major Atmospheric Gamma Imagi…

astro-ph.IM2026

Enhancing the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory high-level performance through an event-type-based analysis

Juan Bernete, Silvia García-Soto, Tarek Hassan +4

The analysis traditionally employed by Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes involves optimizing quality cuts to select a sub-sample of high-quality events. These events are use…

astro-ph.IM2025

A Butterfly's Eye Camera for Intensity Interferometry with Cherenkov Telescopes

Juan Cortina, Alejo Cifuentes-Santos, Tarek Hassan +1

In recent years, imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have emerged as promising platforms for optical interferometry through the use of intensity interferometry. IACTs…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 2 cited

Testing the ubiquitous presence of very high energy emission in gamma-ray bursts with the MAGIC telescopes

S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +206

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful transient objects in the Universe, and they are a primary target for the MAGIC Collaboration. Recognizing the challenges of observing…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Detection of the Geminga pulsar at energies down to 20 GeV with the LST-1 of CTAO

The CTAO-LST Project, :, K. Abe +331

Geminga is the third gamma-ray pulsar firmly detected by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) after the Crab and the Vela pulsars. Most of its emission is expected at t…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Very-high-energy gamma-ray detection and long-term multi-wavelength view of the flaring blazar B2 1811+31

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +231

Among the blazars whose emission has been detected up to very-high-energy (VHE; 100 GeV < E < 100 TeV) gamma rays, intermediate synchrotron-peaked BL Lacs (IBLs) are quite rare. Th…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 13 cited

Detection of RS Oph with LST-1 and modelling of its HE/VHE gamma-ray emission

CTA-LST Project, :, K. Abe +316

The recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) underwent a thermonuclear eruption in August 2021. In this event, RS Oph was detected by the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), the…

astro-ph.HE2025

Cosmic-ray acceleration and escape from supernova remnant W44 as probed by Fermi-LAT and MAGIC

S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +218

Context. The supernova remnant (SNR) W44 and its surroundings are a prime target for studying the acceleration of cosmic rays (CRs). Several previous studies established an extende…

astro-ph.HE2025

Characterization of Markarian 421 during its most violent year: Multiwavelength variability and correlations

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +212

Mrk 421 was in its most active state around early 2010, which led to the highest TeV gamma-ray flux ever recorded from any active galactic nuclei. We aim to characterize the multiw…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 1 cited

Time-dependent modelling of short-term variability in the TeV-blazar VER J0521+211 during the major flare in 2020

MAGIC Collaboration, S. Abe, J. Abhir +228

The BL Lacertae object VER J0521+211 underwent a notable flaring episode in February 2020. A short-term monitoring campaign, led by the MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Chere…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 2 cited

A new method of reconstructing images of gamma-ray telescopes applied to the LST-1 of CTAO

CTA-LST Project, :, K. Abe +305

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) are used to observe very high-energy photons from the ground. Gamma rays are indirectly detected through the Cherenkov light emitte…

astro-ph.IM2024

Standardised formats and open-source analysis tools for the MAGIC telescopes data

S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +208

Instruments for gamma-ray astronomy at Very High Energies () have traditionally derived their scientific results through proprietary data and software. Data stand…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

Insights from the first flaring activity of a high-synchrotron-peaked blazar with X-ray polarization and VHE gamma rays

MAGIC Collaboration, K. Abe, S. Abe +250

We study a flaring activity of the HSP Mrk421 that was characterized from radio to very-high-energy (VHE; E TeV) gamma rays with MAGIC, Fermi-LAT, Swift, XMM-Newton and sever…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 2 cited

Combined search in dwarf spheroidal galaxies for branon dark matter annihilation signatures with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration

Massive brane fluctuations, called branons, behave as weakly interacting massive particles, which is one of the most favored class of candidates to fulfill the role of the dark mat…

astro-ph.HE2024

A detailed study of the very-high-energy Crab pulsar emission with the LST-1

CTA-LST Project, :, K. Abe +294

Context: There are currently three pulsars firmly detected by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs), two of them reaching TeV energies, challenging models of very-high-e…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 6 cited

Constraints on Lorentz invariance violation from the extraordinary Mrk 421 flare of 2014 using a novel analysis method

MAGIC Collaboration, S. Abe, J. Abhir +214

The Lorentz Invariance Violation (LIV), a proposed consequence of certain quantum gravity (QG) scenarios, could instigate an energy-dependent group velocity for ultra-relativistic…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 7 cited

Galactic transient sources with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory Consortium

A wide variety of Galactic sources show transient emission at soft and hard X-ray energies: low- and high-mass X-ray binaries containing compact objects, isolated neutron stars exh…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 3 cited

Constraints on VHE gamma-ray emission of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration

Flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) constitute a class of jetted active galaxies characterized by a very luminous accretion disk, prominent and rapidly moving line-emitting cloud s…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 23 cited

Performance and first measurements of the MAGIC Stellar Intensity Interferometer

MAGIC Collaboration, S. Abe, J. Abhir +217

In recent years, a new generation of optical intensity interferometers has emerged, leveraging the existing infrastructure of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). The…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 25 cited

Constraints on axion-like particles with the Perseus Galaxy Cluster with MAGIC

MAGIC Collaboration, H. Abe, S. Abe +211

Axion-like particles (ALPs) are pseudo-Nambu-Goldstone bosons that emerge in various theories beyond the standard model. These particles can interact with high-energy photons in ex…

astro-ph.HE2024★ 19 cited

Insights into the broad-band emission of the TeV blazar Mrk 501 during the first X-ray polarization measurements

S. Abe, J. Abhir, V. A. Acciari +260

We present the first multi-wavelength study of Mrk 501 including very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations simultaneous to X-ray polarization measurements from the Imaging X-ra…

astro-ph.HE2023

First characterization of the emission behavior of Mrk421 from radio to VHE gamma rays with simultaneous X-ray polarization measurements

S. Abe, J. Abhir, V. A. Acciari +250

We perform the first broadband study of Mrk421 from radio to TeV gamma rays with simultaneous measurements of the X-ray polarization from IXPE. The data were collected within an ex…

astro-ph.HE2023

Detection of the 2021 Outburst of RS Ophiuchi with the LST-1

Yukiho Kobayashi, Arnau Aguasca-Cabot, María Isabel Bernardos Martín +2

Novae are luminous explosions in close binaries which host a white dwarf and a companion donor star. They are triggered by a thermonuclear runaway when the white dwarf accretes a c…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 23 cited

MAGIC detection of GRB 201216C at

H. Abe, S. Abe, V. A. Acciari +217

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are explosive transient events occurring at cosmological distances, releasing a large amount of energy as electromagnetic radiation over several energy band…