Special photography of the universe: gamma ray astrophysics and the MAGIC telescopes

par Rebecca Gozzini (DESY Zeuthen (Germany))

lundi 21 janv. 2013, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Paris

Amphiteatre (CPPM)

The current high energy frontier merges astronomy and particle physics into the field of cosmic rays, gamma rays and neutrinos astrophysics. Among these, gamma ray astrophysics is the one that mostly resembles traditional astronomy, making sources visible in the range of GeV - TeV. The gamma ray sky is being monitored with satellites (like the Fermi/LAT mission) and complementary ground observatories (as HESS, VERITAS and MAGIC). We show some of the latest results obtained with the MAGIC telescopes, that include the observations pointed at extragalactic sources (blazars, flat spectrum radio quasars, radio galaxies), galactic sources (pulsars, supernova remnants, binary systems, magnetars), and the physics behind those. We mention the strict connection existing between the different messengers (cosmic rays, gamma rays and neutrinos) and how future projects are being carried on to extend our current knowledge of high energy astrophysics phenomena.

Transparents cppm.gozzini.pdf