Scientific Highlights from Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei with the MAGIC Telescope
Abstract
Since 2004, the MAGIC gamma-ray telescope has newly discovered 6 TeV blazars. The total set of 13 MAGIC-detected active galactic nuclei includes well-studied objects at other wavelengths like Markarian 501 and the giant radio galaxy M87, but also the distant the flat-spectrum radio quasar 3C 279, and the newly discovered TeV gamma-ray emitter S5 0716+71. In addition, also long-term and multi-wavelength studies on well-known TeV blazars and systematic searches for new TeV blazars have been carried out. Here we report selected highlights from recent MAGIC observations of extragalactic TeV gamma-ray sources, emphasizing the new physics insights MAGIC was able to contribute.
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@article{arxiv.0810.1068,
title = {Scientific Highlights from Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei with the MAGIC Telescope},
author = {Robert Wagner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.1068},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to proceedings of "4th Heidelberg International Symposium on High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy 2008"