Discovery of VHE γ-ray emission from the BL Lacertae object B3 2247+381 with the MAGIC telescopes

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 539, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Aleksic J ^a   Alvarez, E A ^b   Antonelli, L A ^c   Antoranz, P ^d   Asensio, M ^b   Backes, M ^e   Barrio, J A ^b   Bastieri, D ^f   Becerra Gonzalez J ^g,h   Bednarek, W ⁱ   Berdyugin, A ^j   Berger, K ^g,h   Bernardini, E ^k   Biland, A ^l   Blanch, O ^a   Bock, R K ^m   Boller, A ^l   Bonnoli, G ^c   Borla Tridon, D ^m   Braun, I ^l   Bretz, T ^n,z   Canellas A ^o   Carmona, E ^m   Carosi, A ^c   Colin, P ^m   Colombo, E ^g   Contreras, J L ^b   Cortina, J ^a   Cossio, L ^p   Covino, S ^c   Dazzi, F ^p,aa   De Angelis, A ^p   De Caneva, G ^k   De Cea Del Pozo, E ^q   De Lotto, B ^p   Delgado Mendez, C ^g,ab   Diago Ortega, A ^g,h   Doert, M ^e   Dominguez A ^r   Dominis Prester, D ^s   Dorner, D ^l   Doro, M ^t   Elsaesser, D ⁿ   Ferenc, D ^s   Fonseca, M V ^b   Font, L ^t   Fruck, C ^m   López, R J García ^g,h   Garczarczyk, M ^g   Garrido, D ^t   Giavitto, G ^a   Godinovic N ^s   Hadasch, D ^q   Hafner D ^m   Herrero, A ^g,h   Hildebrand, D ^l   Hohne Monch D ⁿ   Hose, J ^m   Hrupec, D ^s   Huber, B ^l   Jogler, T ^m   Kellermann, H ^m   Klepser, S ^a   Krahenbuhl T ^l   Krause, J ^m   La Barbera, A ^c   Lelas, D ^s   Leonardo, E ^d   Lindfors, E ^j   Lombardi, S ^f   Lopez M ^b   Lopez Oramas A ^a   Lorenz, E ^l,m   Makariev, M ^u   Maneva, G ^u   Mankuzhiyil, N ^p   Mannheim, K ⁿ   Maraschi, L ^c   Mariotti, M ^f   Martinez M ^a   Mazin, D ^a,m   Meucci, M ^d   Miranda, J M ^d   Mirzoyan, R ^m   Miyamoto, H ^m   Moldon J ^o   Moralejo, A ^a   Munar Adrover, P ^o   Nieto, D ^b   Nilsson, K ^j,ac   Orito, R ^m   Oya, I ^b   Paneque, D ^m   Paoletti, R ^d   Pardo, S ^b   Paredes, J M ^o   Partini, S ^d   Pasanen, M ^j   Pauss, F ^l   Perez Torres, M A ^a   Persic, M ^p,v   Peruzzo, L ^f   Pilia, M ^w   Pochon, J ^g   Prada, F ^r   Moroni, P G Prada ^x   Prandini, E ^f   Puljak, I ^s   Reichardt, I ^a   Reinthal, R ^j   Rhode, W ^e   Ribo M ^o   Rico, J ^a,y   Rugamer S ⁿ   Saggion, A ^f   Saito, K ^m   Saito, T Y ^m   Salvati, M ^c   Satalecka, K ^b   Scalzotto, V ^f   Scapin, V ^b   Schultz, C ^f   Schweizer, T ^m   Shayduk, M ^m   Shore, S N ^x   Sillanpaa A ^j   Sitarek, J ⁱ   Snidaric, I ^s   Sobczynska, D ⁱ   Spanier, F ⁿ   Spiro, S ^c   Stamatescu, V ^a   Stamerra, A ^d   Steinke, B ^m   Storz, J ⁿ   Strah, N ^e   Suric T ^s   Takalo, L ^j   Takami, H ^m   Tavecchio, F ^c   Temnikov, P ^u   Terzic T ^s   Tescaro, D ^x   Teshima, M ^m   Tibolla, O ⁿ   Torres, D F ^q,y   Treves, A ^w   Uellenbeck, M ^e   Vankov, H ^u   Vogler, P ^l   Wagner, R M ^m   Weitzel, Q ^l   Zabalza, V ^o   Zandanel, F ^r   Zanin, R ^a   Kadenius, V ^j   Weidinger, M ⁿ   Buson, S ^f,aa   more..

^a BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^k DESY   (Germany)

^l ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^m MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^q CSIC   (Spain)

^r INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^s UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^t UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^u INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH AND NUCLEAR ENERGY   (Bulgaria)

^v SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^w UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^x UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^y INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^z EPFL   (Switzerland)

^aa SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^ab CIEMAT   (Spain)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

more..

Author keywords

BL Lacertae objects: individual: B3 2247+381; galaxies: active

Indexed keywords

BL LACERTAE OBJECTS; FLUX VARIATION; GALAXIES: ACTIVE; HIGH ENERGY; JET EMISSIONS; MAGIC TELESCOPE; MULTIWAVELENGTH DATA; NONTHERMAL; OPTICAL STATE; PHOTON INDEX; SHORT TERM; SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIFT SATELLITES; VERY HIGH ENERGIES; X-RAY OBSERVATIONS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; TELESCOPES;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 84857732117     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201117967     Document Type: Article

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