ICRC2015

Session

Parallel GA07 MAGIC

31 Jul 2015, 14:00

World Forum

1336. Highlights of MAGIC

Dr Razmik Mirzoyan (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics)

31/07/2015, 14:00

GA-EX

Oral contribution

Abstract MAGIC is a ground-based astrophysics instrument for measuring gamma rays in the energy range ~ 35 GeV – 50 TeV. It is the first instrument, which paved the road into the sub-100 GeV gamma-ray sky. MAGIC consists of two 17m diameter, F/1.03 imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, which are separated by 85m distance and are located at 2200m a.s.l. in the Roque de los Muchachos...

772. Study of the extreme flaring activity of Mrk501 during multi-wavelength observations in 2012

Gareth Hughes (ETH Zurich)

31/07/2015, 14:15

GA-EX

Oral contribution

Markarian 501 is a nearby (z=0.034) Very High Energy (>100GeV, VHE) emitting high-synchrotron-peaked BL Lac object. It is the third source discovered at VHE, by the Whipple Telescope in 1996, and it has been regularly observed since then. From 2008 onward, these observations have taken the form of organized multi-wavelength (MWL) campaigns where the source has been monitored for several...

360. Tera-electron-Volt pulsed emission from the Crab detected by MAGIC

Emma de Ona Wilhelmi (CSIC-IEEC)

31/07/2015, 14:30

GA-EX

Oral contribution

The last six years have witnessed major revisions of our knowledge about the Crab Pulsar, the central engine of the remnant of the supernova explosion that occurred in 1054 AD. The pulsed high-energy emission is believed to be due to synchrotron-curvature radiation in the pulsar magnetosphere, reaching a maximum energy of a few hundreds of GeV. However, new measurements obtained with the MAGIC...

289. Discovery of TeV gamma-ray emission from the pulsar wind nebula 3C 58 by MAGIC

Ruben Lopez-Coto (Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies - IFAE)

31/07/2015, 14:45

GA-EX

Oral contribution

The pulsar wind nebula (PWN) 3C 58 has been proposed as a good candidate for detection at VHE (VHE; E>100 GeV) for many years. It is powered by one of the highest spin-down power pulsars known (5% of Crab pulsar) and it has been compared to the Crab Nebula due to its morphology. This object was previously observed by imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (Whipple, VERITAS and MAGIC), and...

288. Black Hole Lightning from the Peculiar Gamma-Ray AGN IC 310

Dorit Glawion

31/07/2015, 15:00

GA-EX

Oral contribution

The nearby active galaxy IC 310, located in the outskirts of the Perseus cluster of galaxies is a bright and variable multi-wavelength emitter from the radio regime up to very high gamma-ray energies above 100 GeV. Originally, the nucleus of IC 310 has been classified as a radio galaxy. However, studies of the multi-wavelength emission showed several properties similar to those of blazars as...

199. Constraints on the cosmic ray cluster physics from a very deep observation of the Perseus cluster with MAGIC

Pierre Colin (MPI fuer Physik)

31/07/2015, 15:15

GA-EX

Oral contribution

Galaxy clusters are the largest and most massive gravitationally bound structures known in the Universe. Cosmic-ray hadrons (CR) accelerated at structure formation shocks and injected by galaxies, are confined in galaxy clusters where they accumulate for cosmological times. The presence of diffuse synchrotron radio emission in several clusters proves the existence of high-energy electrons, and...