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Hayashida, Masaaki; Berger, Karsten; Lindfors, Elina; et al.
Bibliographical reference
Proceedings of the 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference. July 3 - 11, 2007, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Edited by Rogelio Caballero, Juan Carlos D'Olivo, Gustavo Medina-Tanco, Lukas Nellen, Federico A. Sánchez, José F. Valdés-Galicia. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2008. Volume 3, p.1041-1044
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The low-frequency peaked BL Lac (LBL) object BL Lacertae was observed
with the MAGIC telescope from August to December 2005 (22.2 hrs), and
from July to September 2006 (26.0 hrs). A very high energy (VHE)
gamma-ray signal was discovered with a 5.1 sigma excess in the 2005
data. Above 200 GeV, an integral flux of approximate by 3% of the Crab
flux was measured. The differential spectrum between 150 and 900 GeV is
rather steep, with a photon index of -3.6+-0.5. For the first time, a
clear detection of VHE gamma-ray emission from a low-frequency peaked BL
Lac object was obtained, consistent with previous upper limits. During
the observation, the light curve shows no large fluctuation. On the
contrary, the 2006 data show no significant excess. This drop in flux
follows the observed trend in optical activity. At the conference,
details of the observation results are discussed.