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MAGIC observations of Mkn 421 in 2008, and related optical/X-ray/TeV MWL study

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2019-08-13 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

The HBL-type blazar Markarian 421 is one of the brightest TeV gamma-ray sources of the Northern sky. From December 2007 until June 2008 it was intensively observed in the VHE (E>100 GeV) band by the MAGIC gamma-ray telescope. The source showed intense and prolonged activity during the whole period. In some nights the integral flux rose up to 3.6 Crab units (E>200 GeV). Intra-night rapid flux variations were observed. We compared the optical (KVA) and X-ray (RXTE-ASM, Swift-XRT) data with the MAGIC VHE data, investigating the correlations between different energy bands.

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@article{arxiv.0907.0831,
  title  = {MAGIC observations of Mkn 421 in 2008, and related optical/X-ray/TeV MWL study},
  author = {Giacomo Bonnoli and Ching-Cheng Hsu and Florian Goebel and Elina Lindfors and Pratik Majumdar and Konstancja Satalecka and Antonio Stamerra and Fabrizio Tavecchio and Robert Wagner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.0831},
  year   = {2019}
}

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4 pages,4figures, Contribution to the 31st ICRC, Lodz, Poland, July 2009