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

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2007-09-10

arxiv.org/abs/0709.1475v1

Proc. 30th Int. Cosm. Ray Conf., R. Caballero et al. (eds.), UNAM, Mexico City, 2008, Vol. 3, pg. 1045-1048

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Merida, July 2007

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The 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.

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