Astrophysical: Gamma-ray sources

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    MAGIC telescopes detect the first gamma-rays burst at very high energies

    This ground-breaking achievement by MAGIC provides critical new insight for understanding the physical processes at work in the most powerful cosmic explosions....

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    Takaaki Kajita: “The detection of gamma-rays with the CTA will be the key to discovering new sources of neutrino emission”

    The Japanese physicist Takaaki Kajita is one of the leading world experts in neutrino physics. These particles have a very tiny mass, and they hardly interact...

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    Optical/near-IR observations of SGR 1900+14 during the May-June and Aug-Sep 1998 active periods

    We present the results of optical/IR observations obtained in the period June-October 1998. Images in the Gunn-z band were serendipitously taken just 3 days...

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    Very energy observations of PSR B1951+32

    PSR B1951+32 is a γ-ray pulsar detected by the Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET) and identified with the 39.5 ms radio pulsar in the supernova...

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    Observation of GRBs with the MAGIC Telescope

    After three years since the beginning of operation, the MAGIC telescope could observe several GRB events in the prompt and early afterglow phase. Thanks to its...

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    Optical follow-up of GRB970508

    We report on the results of optical follow-up observations of the counterpart of GRB970508 between 7 hours and 100 days after the event. Multi-colour U, B, V,...