Observation of Galactic Sources of Very High Energy Gamma-Rays with the MAGIC Telescope

TL;DR

The MAGIC telescope, a large single-dish IACT, observes very high energy gamma-ray sources in the galaxy, providing insights into objects like supernova remnants, pulsars, and active galactic nuclei.

Contribution

This paper reports the first observational results of Galactic gamma-ray sources using the MAGIC telescope, highlighting its capabilities and initial findings.

Findings

Detection of gamma-ray emission from supernova remnants

Observation of gamma-ray binaries and pulsars

First results on Galactic gamma-ray sources

Abstract

The MAGIC telescope with its 17m diameter mirror is today the largest operating single-dish Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). It is located on the Canary Island La Palma, at an altitude of 2200m above sea level, as part of the Roque de los Muchachos European Northern Observatory. The MAGIC telescope detects celestial very high energy gamma-radiation in the energy band between about 50 GeV and 10 TeV. Since the autumn of 2004 MAGIC has been taking data routinely, observing various objects, like supernova remnants (SNRs), gamma-ray binaries, Pulsars, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and Gamma-ray Bursts (GRB). We briefly describe the observational strategy, the procedure implemented for the data analysis, and discuss the results of observations of Galactic Sources.