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Very-high-energy Gamma-ray Observations of Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Cataclysmic Variable Stars with MAGIC and Development of Trigger Systems for IACTs

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Authors:
  1. Rubén López Coto

    1. Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics , Heidelberg, Germany

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  • Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
  • Presents a state-of-the-art overview of the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique and the MAGIC telescopes
  • Offers a complete picture of the relation between pulsar properties and their very-high-energy gamma-ray emissions
  • Features cutting-edge results on the very-high-energy emissions of cataclysmic variable stars with contemporary observations
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxviii
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  3. Contributions to the Lowering of the Threshold of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Single Telescope Trigger for CTA

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 67-89

    3. The Topo-Trigger: A New Stereo Trigger for Lowering the Energy Threshold of IACTs

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 91-103

  4. Pulsar Wind Nebulae

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Introduction to Pulsar Wind Nebulae

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 107-126

    3. The Crab Nebula: A Gamma-Ray Factory in Our Backyard

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 127-148

    4. The Puzzling PWN 3C 58

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 149-163

  5. Cataclysmic Variable Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Introduction to Cataclysmic Variable Stars

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 167-172

    3. Multiwavelength Campaign on AE Aquarii

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 173-186

    4. Nova and Dwarf Nova Observations with MAGIC

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 187-200

    5. Summary and Concluding Remarks

      • Rubén López Coto
      Pages 201-203

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 205-217
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About this book

This thesis is a comprehensive work that addresses many of the open questions currently being discusssed in the very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray community. It presents a detailed description of the MAGIC telescope together with a glimpse of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA). One section is devoted to the design, development and characterization of trigger systems for current and future imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. The book also features a state-of-the-art description of pulsar wind nebula (PWN) systems, the study of the multi-TeV spectrum of the Crab nebula, as well as the discovery of VHE gamma rays at the multiwavelength PWN 3C 58, which were sought at these wavelengths for more than twenty years. It also includes the contextualization of this discovery amongst the current population of VHE gamma-ray PWNe. Cataclysmic variable stars represent a new source of gamma ray energies, and are also addressed here. In closing, the thesis reports on the systematic search for VHE gamma-ray emissions of AE Aquarii in a multiwavelength context and the search for VHE gamma-ray variability of novae during outbursts at different wavelengths.
 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics , Heidelberg, Germany

    Rubén López Coto

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Very-high-energy Gamma-ray Observations of Pulsar Wind Nebulae and Cataclysmic Variable Stars with MAGIC and Development of Trigger Systems for IACTs

  • Authors: Rubén López Coto

  • Series Title: Springer Theses

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44751-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44750-6Published: 07 October 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83128-2Published: 22 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44751-3Published: 29 September 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2190-5053

  • Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 217

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 101 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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