Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2009-07-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Contribution to the 31st ICRC, Lodz, Poland, July 2009
Scientific paper
Supernova Remnants (SNRs) are believed to be the acceleration sites of galactic cosmic rays. As such they are expected to produce Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-rays through hadronic and/or electromagnetic scenarios, hence they are natural targets for observations with ground-based Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). Currently, VHE emission has been detected from several SNRs, making them one of the most abundant types of established galactic VHE sources. The MAGIC telescope, located in the Canary island of La Palma, has been performing observations of several SNRs over the last two years. Parameters like age, distance, radio flux, or possible EGRET association (i.e., criteria matching those already used for previous successful IACT SNR detections), were used to select candidate targets. Here we summarize the results of the past two years of observations.
Carmona Emiliano
Costado M. T.
Font Ll.
for the MAGIC Collaboration
Zapatero J.
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