Bibcode
MAGIC Collaboration; Albert, J.; Aliu, E.; Anderhub, H.; Antonelli, L. A.; Antoranz, P.; Backes, M.; Baixeras, C.; Barrio, J. A.; Bartko, H.; Bastieri, D.; Becker, J. K.; Bednarek, W.; Berger, K.; Bernardini, E.; Bigongiari, C.; Biland, A.; Bock, R. K.; Bonnoli, G.; Bordas, P.; Bosch-Ramon, V.; Bretz, T.; Britvitch, I.; Camara, M.; Carmona, E.; Chilingarian, A.; Commichau, S.; Contreras, J. L.; Cortina, J.; Costado, M. T.; Covino, S.; Curtef, V.; Dazzi, F.; de Angelis, A.; de Cea Del Pozo, E.; Delgado Mendez, C.; de Los Reyes, R.; de Lotto, B.; de Maria, M.; de Sabata, F.; Dominguez, A.; Dorner, D.; Doro, M.; Errando, M.; Fagiolini, M.; Ferenc, D.; Fernández, E.; Firpo, R.; Fonseca, M. V.; Font, L.; Galante, N.; García López, R. J.; Garczarczyk, M.; Gaug, M.; Goebel, F.; Hayashida, M.; Herrero, A.; Höhne, D.; Hose, J.; Hsu, C. C.; Huber, S.; Jogler, T.; Kranich, D.; La Barbera, A.; Laille, A.; Leonardo, E.; Lindfors, E.; Lombardi, S.; Longo, F.; López, M.; Lorenz, E.; Majumdar, P.; Maneva, G.; Mankuzhiyil, N.; Mannheim, K.; Maraschi, L.; Mariotti, M.; Martínez, M.; Mazin, D.; Meucci, M.; Meyer, M.; Miranda, J. M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Moles, M.; Moralejo, A.; Nieto, D.; Nilsson, K.; Ninkovic, J.; Otte, N.; Oya, I.; Panniello, M.; Paoletti, R.; Paredes, J. M.; Pasanen, M.; Pascoli, D.; Pauss, F.; Pegna, R. G.; Perez-Torres, M. A.; Persic, M.; Peruzzo, L. et al.
Bibliographical reference
Physics Letters B, Volume 668, Issue 4, p. 253-257.
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2008
Citations
239
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174
Description
We analyze the timing of photons observed by the MAGIC telescope during
a flare of the active galactic nucleus Mkn 501 for a possible
correlation with energy, as suggested by some models of quantum gravity
(QG), which predict a vacuum refractive index ≃1+E,
n=1,2. Parametrizing the delay between γ-rays of different
energies as Δt=±τE or
Δt=±τE, we find
τ=(0.030±0.012) s/GeV at the 2.5-σ level,
and τ=(3.71±2.57)×10
s/GeV, respectively. We use these results to establish lower
limits M>0.21×10 GeV and
M>0.26×10 GeV at the 95% C.L. Monte Carlo
studies confirm the MAGIC sensitivity to propagation effects at these
levels. Thermal plasma effects in the source are negligible, but we
cannot exclude the importance of some other source effect.
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Particle Astrophysics
The members of the Particle Astrophysics Group of the IAC participate actively in three large international collaborations of high-energy astrophysics: AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer), the Cherenkov radiation telescopes MAGIC I and II and the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory ( CTAO). We also participate in the ASTRI mini-array, the gamma
Mónica Luisa
Vázquez Acosta