Astrophysical: Gamma rays

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    MAGIC Discovery of Very High Energy Emission from the FSRQ PKS 1222+21
    Very high energy (VHE) γ-ray emission from the flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1222+21 (4C 21.35, z = 0.432) was detected with the MAGIC Cherenkov...
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    MAGIC gamma-ray and multi-frequency observations of flat spectrum radio quasar PKS 1510-089 in early 2012
    Aims: Amongst more than fifty blazars detected in very high energy (VHE, E> 100 GeV) γ rays, only three belong to the subclass of flat spectrum radio quasars...
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    MAGIC Gamma-ray Telescope Observation of the Perseus Cluster of Galaxies: Implications for Cosmic Rays, Dark Matter, and NGC 1275
    The Perseus galaxy cluster was observed by the MAGIC Cherenkov telescope for a total effective time of 24.4 hr during 2008 November and December. The resulting...
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    MAGIC long-term study of the distant TeV blazar PKS 1424+240 in a multiwavelength context
    Aims: We present a study of the very high-energy (VHE; E> 100 GeV) γ-ray emission of the blazar PKS 1424+240 observed with the MAGIC telescopes. The primary aim...
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    MAGIC observations and multifrequency properties of the flat spectrum radio quasar 3C 279 in 2011
    Aims: We study the multifrequency emission and spectral properties of the quasar3C 279 aimed at identifying the radiation processes taking place in the source...
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    MAGIC Observations and multiwavelength properties of the quasar 3C 279 in 2007 and 2009
    Context. 3C 279, the first quasar discovered to emit VHE γ-rays by the MAGIC telescope in 2006, was reobserved by MAGIC in January 2007 during a major optical...
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    MAGIC observations and multiwavelength properties of the quasar 3C 279 in 2007 and 2009
    3C 279, the first quasar discovered to emit VHE gamma-rays by the MAGIC telescope in 2006, was re-observed by MAGIC in January 2007 during a major optical flare...
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    MAGIC observations of MWC 656, the only known Be/BH system
    Context. MWC 656 has recently been established as the first observationally detected high-mass X-ray binary system containing a Be star and a black hole (BH)...
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    MAGIC observations of PG 1553+113 during a multiwavelength campaign in July 2006
    The active galactic nucleus PG 1553+113 was observed by the MAGIC telescope in July 2006 during a multiwavelength campaign, in which telescopes in the optical...