We report on the results from the observations in very high energy band (VHE, E_gamma > 100GeV) of the black hole X-ray binary (BHXB) Cygnus X-1. The observations were performed with the MAGIC telescope, for a total of 40 hours during 26 nights, spanning the period between June and November 2006. We report on the results of the searches for steady and variable gamma-ray signals, including the first experimental evidence for an intense flare, of duration between 1.5 and 24 hours.
@article{arxiv.0709.2288,
title = {Observations of microquasars with the MAGIC telescope},
author = {J. Rico and M. Rissi and P. Bordas and V. Bosch-Ramon and J. Cortina and J. M. Paredes and M. Ribo and D. F. Torres and R. Zanin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.2288},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Contribution to the 30th ICRC, Merida Mexico, July 2007 on behalf of the MAGIC Collaboration