Karlsruhe 2011 – scientific programme
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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 109: Experimentelle Techniken der Astroteilchenphysik I
T 109.8: Talk
Monday, March 28, 2011, 18:35–18:50, 30.95: 001
Recent results of MAGIC stereo observations of Markarian 421 — •Burkhard Steinke1, Rebecca Gozzini2, and Konstancja Satalecka2 — 1MPI für Physik, München — 2DESY, Zeuthen
The Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes MAGIC are performing ground-based gamma-ray astronomy in the very high energy regime. The system consists of two 17m-diameter telescopes, located at the Canary Island of La Palma. Both telescopes work together in stereoscopic mode since end of 2009. MAGIC is covering an energy range from <100 GeV to >10 TeV and has a typical energy resolution of 20-30%.
Among the targets of MAGIC observations are Blazars, a subclass of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). For this class a high luminosity relativistic jet, originating in the center of the host galaxy, is pointing towards the Earth. In this talk, recent stereo results of Markarian 421 as a well known representative of the Blazar class are presented.