VHE observations of binary systems performed with the MAGIC telescopes
Abstract
The improvement on the Imaging Air Cherenkov Technique (IACT) led to the discovery of a new type of sources that can emit at very high energies: the gamma-ray binaries. Only six systems are part of this exclusive class. We summarize the latest results from the observations performed with the MAGIC telescopes on different systems as the gamma-ray binary LS I + 61∘303 and the microquasars SS 433, V404 Cygni and Cygnus X-1, which are considered potential VHE gamma-ray emitters. The binary system LS I + 61∘ 303 has been observed by MAGIC in a long-term monitoring campaign. We show the newest results of our search for super-orbital variability also in context of contemporaneous optical observations. Besides, we will present the results of the only super-critical accretor known in our galaxy: SS 433. We will introduce the VHE results achieved with MAGIC after 100h of observations on the microquasar Cygnus X-1 and report on the microquasar V404 Cyg, which has been observed with MAGIC after it went through a series of exceptional X-ray outbursts in June 2015.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Modern Physics D
- Pub Date:
- 2018
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1807.09509
- Bibcode:
- 2018IJMPD..2744010L
- Keywords:
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- Binaries: general;
- gamma rays: observations;
- X-rays: binaries;
- stars: individual (LS I +61∘303;
- SS 433;
- Cygnus X-1;
- V404 Cygni);
- 95.85.Pw;
- 97.80.‑d;
- 97.89.Jp;
- 98.70.Rz;
- gamma-ray;
- gamma-ray sources;
- gamma-ray bursts;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Proceedings of High-Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows (HEPRO) VI conference