Discovery of Very High Energy Gamma-Rays from the Distant Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 279 with the MAGIC Telescope

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dc.creatorTeshima, Masahiro
dc.creatorPrandini, Elisa
dc.creatorBock, Rudolf
dc.creatorErrando, Manel
dc.creatorKranich, Daniel
dc.creatorMajumdar, Pratik
dc.creatorMazin, Daniel
dc.creatorLindfors, Elina
dc.creatorLorenz, Eckart
dc.creatorMariotti, Mose
dc.creatorScalzotto, Villi
dc.creatorWagner, Robert
dc.date2007-09-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:26:50Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:26:50Z
dc.descriptionThe quasar 3C 279 is one of the best-studied flat spectrum radio quasars. It is located at a comparatively large redshift of z=0.536: E>100 GeV observations of such distant sources were until recently impossible both due to the expected steep energy spectrum and the expected attenuation of the gamma-rays by the extragalactic background light. Here we present results on the observation of 3C 279 with the MAGIC telescope in early 2006. We report the detection of a significant very high energy gamma-ray signal in the MAGIC energy range on the observation night of 2006 February 23.
dc.description4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida, July 2007
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.1475
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.1475
dc.identifierProc. 30th Int. Cosm. Ray Conf., R. Caballero et al. (eds.), UNAM, Mexico City, 2008, Vol. 3, pg. 1045-1048
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/215010
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleDiscovery of Very High Energy Gamma-Rays from the Distant Flat Spectrum Radio Quasar 3C 279 with the MAGIC Telescope
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