Observation of VHE Gamma Ray Sources with the MAGIC telescope

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Multiwavelength Astronomy Cosmic microwave background, ~3 mm 1 EeV 10 18 eV 1 PeV 1 TeV 1 GeV 1 MeV 1 keV 10 15 eV 10 12 eV 10 9 eV 10 6 eV 10 3 eV 1 eV 10 -3 eV 10 -6 eV 10 -9 eV 10 -12 eV 10 -15 eV 1 mm UHE VHE HE γ rays X UV visible IR radio -18 10 m 1 am 10 -15 m 1 fm 10 -12 m 1 pm 10 -9 m 1 nm 10 -6 m 1 µ m 10 -3 m 1 mm 1 m 10 3 m 1 km 300 MHz 300 GHz 300 kHz 10 6 m 1 Mm satellites 100 km 40 km 20 km γ EAS rockets Cherenkov telescopes fluorescence detectors particle detectors balloons Earth surface N2, O2, O 3 , O optical telescopes H2O CO 2 radio telescopes 50% of incident radiation absorbed P.Majumdar, 24 th August, IIA, India
Cosmic Radiation original motivation for search for TeV gamma radiation discovered 1912 by Victor Hess composition: -mainly protons energy spectrum -power law (~ E -2.7 ) over very large energy range P.Majumdar, 24 th August, IIA, India
Page 1: Observation of VHE Gamma Ray Source
Page 5 and 6: Physics Motivation for MAGIC Pulsar
Page 7 and 8: Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes Ga
Page 9 and 10: Standard “Hillas” Analysis LENG
Page 11 and 12: Wave front Sampling Cerenkov Telesc
Page 13 and 14: The unexplored spectrum gap • Str
Page 15 and 16: The MAGIC telescope • Largest Ima
Page 17 and 18: • October 2003: Inauguration Stat
Page 19 and 20: MAGIC HIGHLIGHTS LSI+61 303 Galacti
Page 21 and 22: Search for Pulsations in VHE data
Page 23 and 24: Galactic Center Stars around center
Page 25 and 26: HESSJ 1813-178 178 Section of shell
Page 27 and 28: • Microquasars: • Binary system
Page 29 and 30: LS I +61 303: the film Albert et al
Page 31 and 32: Contemporaneous radio observations
Page 33 and 34: Mkn 421 (z=0.030) spectrum • Dec
Page 35 and 36: • June - July 2005 • 23.1 h, ov
Page 37 and 38: Mkn 180 (z=0.045) • Whipple: F (>
Page 39 and 40: 1ES1218+304 (z=0.182) • Whipple:
Page 41 and 42: PG1553+113 (z>0.09) • Observed 18
Page 43 and 44: First year operation (Sep04-Sep05):
Page 45 and 46: Extension of MAGIC => MAGIC II •
Page 47 and 48: MAGIC II Monte Carlo Studies •Ste
Page 49 and 50: MAGIC II: Sensitivity gain using St

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