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EP: Fachverband Extraterrestrische Physik

EP 15: Astrophysics III

EP 15.2: Talk

Thursday, March 6, 2008, 14:15–14:30, KGI-Aula

Observation of microquasers in VHE gamma-rays with the MAGIC telescope — •Takayuki Saito and Tobias Jogler for the MAGIC collaboration — Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, München, Germany

A microquasar is an accretion powered X-ray binary displaying relativistic radio jets. The systems consist of a compact object, either a neutron star or a black hole, and a companion star that loses mass into an accretion disk. Their non-thermal activity and strong flares make them attractive objects for very high energy (E>100 GeV) gamma-ray astronomy.

Here we would like to present the results of several observed microquasars with the MAGIC telescope.