Astrophysical: Gamma rays

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    Multiwavelength Study of two Unidentified γ-ray Sources
    Most counterparts of the identified low-latitude γ-ray sources are isolated neutron stars (INSs). Since INSs are characterized by an extremely high value of f X...
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    New source of lithium production found in the Universe
    A team of researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), the University of Manchester and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology...
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    Observation of Gamma Rays from the Galactic Center with the MAGIC Telescope
    Recently, the Galactic center has been reported to be a source of very high energy (VHE) γ-rays by the CANGAROO, VERITAS, and HESS experiments. The energy...
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    Observation of Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Active Galactic Nucleus 1ES 1959+650 Using the MAGIC Telescope
    The MAGIC Cerenkov telescope has observed very high energy (VHE) γ-ray emission from the active galactic nucleus 1ES 1959+650 during 6 hr in 2004 September and...
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    Observation of Very High Energy γ-Rays from the AGN 1ES 2344+514 in a Low Emission State with the MAGIC Telescope
    The MAGIC collaboration has observed very high energy gamma-ray emission from the AGN 1ES 2344+514. A gamma-ray signal corresponding to an 11 σ excess and an...
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    Observation of VHE Gamma Radiation from HESS J1834-087/W41 with the MAGIC Telescope
    Recently, the HESS array has reported the detection of γ-ray emission above a few hundred GeV from eight new sources located close to the Galactic plane. The...
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    Observation of VHE γ-rays from Cassiopeia A with the MAGIC telescope
    Aims:We searched for very high energy (VHE) γ-ray emission from the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A Methods: The shell-type supernova remnant Cassiopeia A was...
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    Observations of Markarian 421 with the MAGIC Telescope
    The MAGIC telescope took data of very high energy γ-ray emission from the blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) between 2004 November and 2005 April. We present a...
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    Observations of Sagittarius A* during the pericenter passage of the G2 object with MAGIC
    Context. We present the results of a multi-year monitoring campaign of the Galactic center (GC) with the MAGIC telescopes. These observations were primarily...