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MAGIC VHE Gamma-Ray Observations Of Binary Systems

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Lopez Coto, R.
Division Prof. Dr. James A. Hinton, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Bednarek, W., Blanch, O., Cortina, J., de Ona Wilhelmi, E., Hadasch, D., Lopez Coto, R., et al. (2017). MAGIC VHE Gamma-Ray Observations Of Binary Systems. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1792: 040016. doi:10.1063/1.4968920.

Abstract

There are several types of Galactic sources that can potentially accelerate charged particles up to GeV and TeV energies. These accelerated particles can produce Very High Energy (VHE, P >100 GeV) y-ray emission through different processes like for example inverse Compton scattering of ambient photon fields by accelerated electrons. We present here the results of our observations of the source class of y-ray binaries and the subclass of binary systems known as novae with the MAGIC telescopes. The focus lies on the five sources: nova V339 Del, AE Aquarii, SS 433, MWC 656 and LS I + 61 degrees 303. The binary system LS I + 61 degrees 303 was observed in a long-term monitoring campaign for 8 years. We show the newest results on our search for superorbital variability also in context with contemporaneous optical observations. MWC 656 is a unique detected high-mass X-ray binary system, since it is up to now the only one known composed of a Be star and a black hole. Furthermore, we present the observations of the only super-critical accretion system known in our galaxy: SS 433. Finally, results of our multiwavelength observation campaign regarding the cataclysmic variable AE Aquarii and the results of the follow-up observations of the nova V339 Del will be discussed in these proceedings.