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MAGIC RESULTS ON BINARY SYSTEMS

2012 
Three X-ray binary systems have been unambiguously detected at TeV energies: LS 5039, LS I +61° +303, PSR B1259-63. Additionally, the TeV source HESS J0632+057 has been found to be a new binary system. The recent detection of the microquasar Cygnus X-3, between 100 MeV and few GeV, confirms that also this sub-class of accreting binaries displaying radio relativistic jets provides interesting candidates for very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations. The MAGIC telescopes made a significant effort to search for signals from X-ray binaries. This article will present the new results on LS I 61° +303, which show a reduction in the VHE γ-ray flux in the periodic outburst phase with respect to previous campaigns. MAGIC observed also HESS J0632 +057 in 2010 and 2011, covering an X-ray outburst reported by Swift in February 2011. These observations show significant activity in VHE gamma-rays temporally coincident with the X-ray outburst. In addition, this article will review MAGIC results on the microquasars Cygnus X-3, Cygnus X-1, and Scorpius X-1 which report constraining flux upper limits in different X-ray spectral states and as well as during flux enhancements at high energies.
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