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H.E.S.S. observations of very-high-energy emission from 1RXS J023832.6-311658

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Observations of the gamma-Ray Emission Above 250 Gev from the Blazars Markarian 501 and Markarian 421 by the Cat Cherenkov Atmospheric Imaging Telescope

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Search for Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays from the z = 0.896 Quasar 4C +55.17 with the MAGIC telescopes

The bright gamma-ray quasar 4C +55.17 is a distant source ($z = 0.896$) with a hard spectrum at GeV energies as observed by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on board the {{\it Fermi}} satellite. This source is identified as a good source…

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H.E.S.S. discovery of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission of PKS 1440-389

Blazars are the most abundant class of known extragalactic very-high-energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray sources. However, one of the biggest difficulties in investigating their VHE emission resides in their limited number, since less than 60…

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BeppoSAX Observations of PKS 2155-304 during an active Gamma-ray State

PKS 2155-304 was observed with BeppoSAX in November 1997 for 64 ksec (total elapsed time 33.5 hours) and, for the first time, simultaneously in gamma-rays with EGRET on board the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory and with the ground based TeV…

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AGILE detection of variable gamma-ray activity from the blazar S5 0716+714 during September-October 2007

We report the gamma-ray activity from the Intermediate BL Lac S5 0716+714 during 2007 September-October observations by the AGILE satellite, coincident with a period of intense optical activity of the source monitored by GASP-WEBT. AGILE…

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Discovery of VHE gamma-ray emission from 1ES1218+30.4

The MAGIC collaboration has studied the high peaked BL-Lac object 1ES1218+30.4 at a redshift z = 0.182, using the MAGIC imaging air Cherenkov telescope located on the Canary island of La Palma. A gamma-ray signal was observed with 6.4sigma…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-28 MAGIC collaboration , J. Albert , E. Aliu , H. Anderhub , P. Antoranz , A. Armada , M. Asensio , C. Baixeras , J. A. Barrio , M. Bartelt , H. Bartko , D. Bastieri , S. R. Bavikadi , W. Bednarek , K. Berger , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , E. Bisesi , R. K. Bock , T. Bretz , I. Britvitch , M. Camara , A. Chilingarian , S. Ciprini , J. A. Coarasa , S. Commichau , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , V. Curtef , V. Danielyan , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , R. de los Reyes , B. De Lotto , E. Domingo-Santamaria , D. Dorner , M. Doro , M. Errando , M. Fagiolini , D. Ferenc , E. Fernandez , R. Firpo , J. Flix , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , N. Galante , M. Garczarczyk , M. Gaug , M. Giller , F. Goebel , D. Hakobyan , M. Hayashida , T. Hengstebeck , D. Hoehne , J. Hose , P. Jacon , O. Kalekin , D. Kranich , A. Laille , T. Lenisa , P. Liebing , E. Lindfors

TeV gamma rays from PSR 1706-44

Observations made with the University of Durham Mark 6 atmospheric Cerenkov telescope confirm that PSR B1706-44 is a very high energy gamma-ray emitter. There is no indication from our dataset that the very high energy gamma-rays are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 P. M. Chadwick , M. R. Dickinson , N. A. Dipper , J. Holder , T. R. Kendall , T. J. L. McComb , K. J. Orford , J. L. Osborne , S. M. Rayner , I. D. Roberts , S. E. Shaw , K. E. Turver

Fermi LAT detection of extraordinary variability in the gamma-ray emission of the blazar PKS 1510-089

We have reanalyzed the giant outburst of the blazar PKS 1510-089 (z=0.36) that occurred on 2011 October-November. The gamma-ray flux in the 0.1-100 GeV energy range exceeded the value of 10^-5 ph/cm2/s for several days. The peak flux was…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-08-29 L. Foschini , G. Bonnoli , G. Ghisellini , G. Tagliaferri , F. Tavecchio , A. Stamerra

Multiwavelength Monitoring of the BL Lacertae Object PKS 2155-304 in May 1994. II. The IUE Campaign

PKS 2155-304, the brightest BL Lac object in the ultraviolet sky, was monitored with the IUE satellite at ~1 hour time-resolution for ten nearly uninterrupted days in May 1994. The campaign, which was coordinated with EUVE, ROSAT, and ASCA…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Elena Pian , C. Megan Urry , Aldo Treves , Laura Maraschi , Steve Penton , J. Michael Shull , Joseph E. Pesce , Paola Grandi , Tsuneo Kii , Ron I. Kollgaard , Greg Madejski , Herman Marshall , Willem Wamsteker , Annalisa Celotti , Thierry J. -L. Courvoisier , Renato Falomo , Henner H. Fink , Ian M. George , Gabriele Ghisellini

Testing the emission models of blazar jets with the MAGIC telescopes

The MAGIC telescopes discovered very high energy (VHE, E>100 GeV) gamma-ray emission coming from the distant Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1222+21 (4C +21.35, z=0.432). It is the second most distant VHE gamma-ray source, with well…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 J. Becerra-González , A. Stamerra , K. Saito , D. Mazin , F. Tavecchio , L. Maraschi , E. Prandini , J. Sitarek , K. Berger

The Complex 0.1-100 keV X-Ray Spectrum of PKS2155-304

A long ($>100,000$ seconds) observation of the bright BL Lac object PKS 2155-304 has been carried out with the Narrow Field Instruments of the BeppoSAX satellite as part of the Science Verification Phase. The source was detected between 0.1…

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Discovery of VHE emission from PKS 0447-439 with H.E.S.S. and MWL studies

Very-high energy (VHE) emission has been detected from PKS 0447-439 with the H.E.S.S. Cherenkov telescope array. This blazar is one of the brightest hard-spectrum extragalactic objects in the Fermi bright source list. Its detection with…

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