Search for Gamma-Ray Emission from the Supernova Remnant IC 443 with the MAGIC Telescope

García López, R. J.
Bibliographical reference

XII Latin American IAU Regional Meeting (Eds. G. Magris, G. Bruzual, & L. Carigi) Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 35, pp. 62-63 (2009) (http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/)

Advertised on:
5
2009
Number of authors
1
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
0
Refereed citations
0
Description
TeV observations of Supernova remnants (SNRs) and, in particular, of SNRs which appear to be physically related to EGRET sources are a prime target for the MAGIC telescope. MAGIC's spatial resolution and sensitivity can probe the main mechanism responsible for producing high energy photons in the SNR neighbourhood. Based on a recent systematical analysis of the molecular environment of the vicinity of all SNR-EGRET source pairs, the IC 443 remnant was chosen for observations with MAGIC. We briefly describe the observational strategy which provided the detection of a new very-high energy gamma-ray source: MAGIC J0616+225.