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MAGIC is presently the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope with the largest reflecting surface and the lowest energy threshold. MAGIC concluded its first year of regular observation in April 2006. During this period and the preceding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 Ciro Bigongiari

The MAGIC experiment, a very large Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) with sensitivity to low energy (E < 100 GeV) VHE gamma rays, has been operated since 2004. It has been found that the gamma/hadron separation in IACTs becomes much…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Dorota Sobczynska

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high energy gamma-ray observatory covering the 20 GeV - 300 TeV energy range with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution. With a site in each hemisphere, CTA…

The MAGIC 17m-diameter Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) has been commissioned beginning of 2005. The telescope has been designed to achieve the lower detection energy threshold ever obtained with an IACT, about 50 GeV. A new window in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Flix

The MAGIC experiment was upgraded to a two-telescope system in 2009. Unlike other Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope arrays, MAGIC has operated for five years exclusively in monoscopic mode, and the single telescope analysis was optimized…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 S. Lombardi , K. Berger , P. Colin , A. Diago Ortega , S. Klepser

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) such as the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) telescopes endeavor to reach the lowest possible energy threshold. In doing so the trigger system is a key element. Reducing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-04 Rubén López-Coto , Daniel Mazin , Riccardo Paoletti , Oscar Blanch Bigas , Juan Cortina

The First Geiger-mode Avalanche photodiode (G-APD) Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) has been operating on the Canary island of La Palma since October 2011. Operations were automated so that the system can be operated remotely. Manual interaction…

The MAGIC Collaboration is building a second telescope, MAGIC II, improving the design of the current MAGIC Telescope. MAGIC II is being built at 85 m of distance from MAGIC I, and will also feature a huge reflecting surface of ~240 m$^2$…

The MAGIC telescope with its 17m diameter mirror is today the largest operating single-dish Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT). It is located on the Canary Island La Palma, at an altitude of 2200m above sea level, as part of the Roque…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 H. Bartko

A new generation of optical intensity interferometers are emerging in recent years taking advantage of the existing infrastructure of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). The MAGIC SII (Stellar Intensity Interferometer) in La…

The Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) telescope system is located on the Canary Island of La Palma and inspects the very high-energy (VHE, few tens of GeV and above) gamma-ray sky. MAGIC consists of two imaging atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 T. Miener , D. Nieto , R. López-Coto , J. L. Contreras , J. G. Green , D. Green , E. Mariotti on behalf of the MAGIC Collaboration

Next-generation air-shower detectors, such as the Global Cosmic Ray Observatory (GCOS) and the Probing Extreme PeVatron Sources (PEPS) experiment, are considering water-Cherenkov detectors as a base design. A key factor in improving the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-27 Pierre Billoir , Benjamin Flaggs , Ioana C. Mariş , Andrea Parenti

MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located on the Canary Island of La Palma and dedicated to the study of very high energy gamma rays above 30 GeV. MAGIC has recently demonstrated its capability as a neutrino…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-09-04 Manuela Mallamaci , Dariusz Gora , Elisa Bernardini

Ground-based Atmospheric Air Cherenkov Telescopes (ACTs) are successfully used to observe very high energy (VHE) gamma rays from celestial objects. The light of the night sky (LONS) is a strong background for these telescopes. The gamma ray…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 H. Bartko , F. Goebel , R. Mirzoyan , W. Pimpl , M. Teshima

The 17 m MAGIC Cherenkov telescope for gamma ray astronomy between 30 and 300 GeV started operations in its final configuration in October 2003 and is currently well into its calibration phase. Here I report on its present status and its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 J. Cortina

MAGIC is a system of two Cherenkov telescopes designed to perform observations of gamma rays with energies from about 50 GeV to tens of TeV. A low energy threshold and an excellent low energy performance make it a powerful instrument for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-22 Julian Sitarek , the MAGIC Collaboration

Since more than two years, the First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is operating successfully at the Canary Island of La Palma. Apart from its purpose to serve as a monitoring facility for the brightest TeV blazars, it was built as a…

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located on the canary island of La Palma. They provide the lowest energy threshold among existing instruments of the kind, reaching down to 50 GeV in standard trigger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-03-02 S. Klepser

The MAGIC telescopes are an array of two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) studying the gamma ray sky at very high-energies (VHE; E>100 GeV). The observations are performed in stereoscopic mode, with both telescopes pointing…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 E. Prandini , G. Pedaletti , P. Da Vela , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , P. Colin , C. Fruck , M. Strzys , Ie. Vovk

The MAGIC telescope, with its 17-m diameter mirror, is currently the largest single-dish Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope. It is located on the Canary Island of La Palma, at an altitude of 2200 m above sea level, and is operating since 2004.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Barbara De Lotto