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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 87: Gamma-Astronomie 6

T 87.1: Talk

Friday, March 13, 2009, 14:00–14:15, M105

Overview of AGN Physics with the MAGIC Telescope — •Pratik Majumdar — DESY, D-15738 Zeuthen, Germany

The MAGIC telescope with its 17-m diameter mirror and located on the Canary Island of La Palma is currently the largest single-dish Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope. A major fraction of the MAGIC observational program is devoted to observations of extragalactic sources.The strategies of these observations are manifold: long time monitoring of known TeV blazars, detailed studies of blazars during flare states, organizing and participating in multiwavelength campaigns on most promising targets, and a search for new VHE γ-ray emitters. In this talk, I will summarise the recent highlights of MAGIC observations of extragalactic objects and underline possible physics consequences of new discoveries.