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The HAWC Gamma-Ray Observatory: Observations of Cosmic Rays

We describe measurements of GeV and TeV cosmic rays with the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory, or HAWC. The measurements include the observation of the shadow of the moon; the observation of small-scale and large-scale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-10-02 HAWC Collaboration , A. U. Abeysekara , R. Alfaro , C. Alvarez , J. D. Álvarez , R. Arceo , J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez , H. A. Ayala Solares , A. S. Barber , B. M. Baughman , N. Bautista-Elivar , E. Belmont , S. Y. BenZvi , D. Berley , M. Bonilla Rosales , J. Braun , R. A. Caballero-Lopez , K. S. Caballero-Mora , A. Carramiñana , M. Castillo , U. Cotti , J. Cotzomi , E. de la Fuente , C. De León , T. DeYoung , R. Diaz Hernandez , J. C. Díaz-Vélez , B. L. Dingus , M. A. DuVernois , R. W. Ellsworth , A. Fernandez , D. W. Fiorino , N. Fraija , A. Galindo , F. Garfias , L. X. González , M. M. González , J. A. Goodman , V. Grabski , M. Gussert , Z. Hampel-Arias , C. M. Hui , P. Hüntemeyer , A. Imran , A. Iriarte , P. Karn , D. Kieda , G. J. Kunde , A. Lara , R. J. Lauer , W. H. Lee , D. Lennarz , H. León Vargas , E. C. Linares , J. T. Linnemann , M. Longo , R. Luna-GarcIa , A. Marinelli , H. Martinez , O. Martinez , J. Martínez-Castro , J. A. J. Matthews , P. Miranda-Romagnoli , E. Moreno , M. Mostafá , J. Nava , L. Nellen , M. Newbold , R. Noriega-Papaqui , T. Oceguera-Becerra , B. Patricelli , R. Pelayo , E. G. Pérez-Pérez , J. Pretz , C. Rivière , D. Rosa-González , H. Salazar , F. Salesa , F. E. Sanchez , A. Sandoval , E. Santos , M. Schneider , S. Silich , G. Sinnis , A. J. Smith , K. Sparks , R. W. Springer , I. Taboada , P. A. Toale , K. Tollefson , I. Torres , T. N. Ukwatta , L. Villaseñor , T. Weisgarber , S. Westerhoff , I. G. Wisher , J. Wood , G. B. Yodh , P. W. Younk , D. Zaborov , A. Zepeda , H. Zhou

Altitude Effect in Cherenkov Light Flashes of Low Energy Gamma-ray-induced Atmospheric Showers

At present the ground-based Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray astronomy is racing to complete construction of a number of modern gamma-ray detectors, i.e. CANGAROO III, MAGIC, H.E.S.S., and VERITAS. They should be fully operational in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Konopelko

A prototype for the AMS-RICH experiment

The AMS spectrometer will be installed on the International Space Station in 2005. Among other improvements over the first version of the instrument, a ring imaging Cherenkov detector (RICH) will be added and should open a new window for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Boudoul

Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next major ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy. With CTA gamma-ray sources will be studied in the very-high energy gamma-ray range of a few tens of GeV to 100 TeV with up to ten times…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-05 Kevin J. Meagher

A spatial likelihood analysis for MAGIC telescope data

Context. The increase in sensitivity of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) has lead to numerous detections of extended $\gamma$-ray sources at TeV energies, sometimes of sizes comparable to the instrument's field of view…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Ie. Vovk , M. Strzys , C. Fruck

Operations of and Future Plans for the Pierre Auger Observatory

Technical reports on operations and features of the Pierre Auger Observatory, including ongoing and planned enhancements and the status of the future northern hemisphere portion of the Observatory. Contributions to the 31st International…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-11 The Pierre Auger Collaboration , J. Abraham , P. Abreu , M. Aglietta , C. Aguirre , E. J. Ahn , D. Allard , I. Allekotte , J. Allen , J. Alvarez-Muñiz , M. Ambrosio , L. Anchordoqui , S. Andringa , A. Anzalone , C. Aramo , E. Arganda , S. Argirò , K. Arisaka , F. Arneodo , F. Arqueros , T. Asch , H. Asorey , P. Assis , J. Aublin , M. Ave , G. Avila , T. Bäcker , D. Badagnani , K. B. Barber , A. F. Barbosa , S. L. C. Barroso , B. Baughman , P. Bauleo , J. J. Beatty , T. Beau , B. R. Becker , K. H. Becker , A. Bellétoile , J. A. Bellido , S. BenZvi , C. Berat , P. Bernardini , X. Bertou , P. L. Biermann , P. Billoir , O. Blanch-Bigas , F. Blanco , C. Bleve , H. Blümer , M. Boháčová , D. Boncioli , C. Bonifazi , R. Bonino , N. Borodai , J. Brack , P. Brogueira , W. C. Brown , R. Bruijn , P. Buchholz , A. Bueno , R. E. Burton , N. G. Busca , K. S. Caballero-Mora , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , W. Carvalho , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , L. Cazon , R. Cester , J. Chauvin , A. Chiavassa , J. A. Chinellato , A. Chou , J. Chudoba , J. Chye , R. W. Clay , E. Colombo , R. Conceição , B. Connolly , F. Contreras , J. Coppens , A. Cordier , U. Cotti , S. Coutu , C. E. Covault , A. Creusot , A. Criss , J. Cronin , A. Curutiu , S. agoret-Campagne , R. Dallier , K. Daumiller , B. R. Dawson , R. M. de Almeida , M. De Domenico , C. De Donato , S. J. de Jong , G. De La Vega , W. J. M. de Mello Junior , J. R. T. de Mello Neto , I. De Mitri , V. de Souza , K. D. de Vries , G. Decerprit , L. del Peral , O. Deligny , A. Della Selva , C. Delle Fratte , H. Dembinski , C. DiGiulio , J. C. Diaz , P. N. Diep , C. Dobrigkeit , J. C. D'Olivo , P. N. Dong , A. Dorofeev , J. C. dos Anjos , M. T. Dova , D. D'Urso , I. Dutan , M. A. DuVernois , R. Engel , M. Erdmann , C. O. Escobar , A. Etchegoyen , P. Facal San Luis , H. Falcke , G. Farrar , A. C. Fauth , N. Fazzini , F. Ferrer , A. Ferrero , B. Fick , A. Filevich , A. Filipčič , I. Fleck , S. Fliescher , C. E. Fracchiolla , E. D. Fraenkel , W. Fulgione , R. F. Gamarra , S. Gambetta , B. García , D. GarcíaGámez , D. Garcia-Pinto , X. Garrido , G. Gelmini , H. Gemmeke , P. L. Ghia , U. Giaccari , M. Giller , H. Glass , L. M. Goggin , M. S. Gold , G. Golup , F. Gomez Albarracin , M. Gómez Berisso , P. Gonçalves , M. Gonçalves do Amaral , D. Gonzalez , J. G. Gonzalez , D. Góra , A. Gorgi , P. Gouffon , S. R. Gozzini , E. Grashorn , S. Grebe , M. Grigat , A. F. Grillo , Y. Guardincerri , F. Guarino , G. P. Guedes , J. Gutiérrez , J. D. Hague , V. Halenka , P. Hansen , D. Harari , S. Harmsma , J. L. Harton , A. Haungs , M. D. Healy , T. Hebbeker , G. Hebrero , D. Heck , V. C. Holmes , P. Homola , J. R. Hörandel , A. Horneffer , M. Hrabovský , T. Huege , M. Hussain , M. Iarlori , A. Insolia , F. Ionita , A. Italiano , S. Jiraskova , M. Kaducak , K. H. Kampert , T. Karova , P. Kasper , B. Kégl , B. Keilhauer , E. Kemp , R. M. Kieckhafer , H. O. Klages , M. Kleifges , J. Kleinfeller , R. Knapik , J. Knapp , D. -H. Koang , A. Krieger , O. Krömer , D. Kruppke-Hansen , F. Kuehn , D. Kuempel , K. Kulbartz , N. Kunka , A. Kusenko , G. LaRosa , C. Lachaud , B. L. Lago , P. Lautridou , M. S. A. B. Leão , D. Lebrun , P. Lebrun , J. Lee , M. A. Leigui de Oliveira , A. Lemiere , A. Letessier-Selvon , M. Leuthold , I. Lhenry-Yvon , R. López , A. Lopez Agüera , K. Louedec , J. Lozano Bahilo , A. Lucero , H. Lyberis , M. C. Maccarone , C. Macolino , S. Maldera , D. Mandat , P. Mantsch , A. G. Mariazzi , I. C. Maris , H. R. Marquez Falcon , D. Martello , O. Martínez Bravo , H. J. Mathes , J. Matthews , J. A. J. Matthews , G. Matthiae , D. Maurizio , P. O. Mazur , M. McEwen , R. R. McNeil , G. Medina-Tanco , M. Melissas , D. Melo , E. Menichetti , A. Menshikov , R. Meyhandan , M. I. Micheletti , G. Miele , W. Miller , L. Miramonti , S. Mollerach , M. Monasor , D. Monnier Ragaigne , F. Montanet , B. Morales , C. Morello , J. C. Moreno , C. Morris , M. Mostafá , C. A. Moura , S. Mueller , M. A. Muller , R. Mussa , G. Navarra , J. L. Navarro , S. Navas , P. Necesal , L. Nellen , C. Newman-Holmes , D. Newton , P. T. Nhung , N. Nierstenhoefer , D. Nitz , D. Nosek , L. Nožka , M. Nyklicek , J. Oehlschläger , A. Olinto , P. Oliva , V. M. Olmos-Gilbaja , M. Ortiz , N. Pacheco , D. Pakk Selmi-Dei , M. Palatka , J. Pallotta , G. Parente , E. Parizot , S. Parlati , S. Pastor , M. Patel , T. Paul , V. Pavlidou , K. Payet , M. Pech , J. Pȩkala , I. M. Pepe , L. Perrone , R. Pesce , E. Petermann , S. Petrera , P. Petrinca , A. Petrolini , Y. Petrov , J. Petrovic , C. Pfendner , R. Piegaia , T. Pierog , M. Pimenta , T. Pinto , V. Pirronello , O. Pisanti , M. Platino , J. Pochon , V. H. Ponce , M. Pontz , P. Privitera , M. Prouza , E. J. Quel , J. Rautenberg , O. Ravel , D. Ravignani , A. Redondo , B. Revenu , F. A. S. Rezende , J. Ridky , S. Riggi , M. Risse , C. Rivière , V. Rizi , C. Robledo , G. Rodriguez , J. Rodriguez Martino , J. Rodriguez Rojo , I. Rodriguez-Cabo , M. D. Rodríguez-Frías , G. Ros , J. Rosado , T. Rossler , M. Roth , B. Rouillé-d'Orfeuil , E. Roulet , A. C. Rovero , F. Salamida , H. Salazar , G. Salina , F. Sánchez , M. Santander , C. E. Santo , E. M. Santos , F. Sarazin , S. Sarkar , R. Sato , N. Scharf , V. Scherini , H. Schieler , P. Schiffer , A. Schmidt , F. Schmidt , T. Schmidt , O. Scholten , H. Schoorlemmer , J. Schovancova , P. Schovánek , F. Schroeder , S. Schulte , F. Schüssler , D. Schuster , S. J. Sciutto , M. Scuderi , A. Segreto , D. Semikoz , M. Settimo , R. C. Shellard , I. Sidelnik , B. B. Siffert , G. Sigl , A. Śmiałkowski , R. Šmída , B. E. Smith , G. R. Snow , P. Sommers , J. Sorokin , H. Spinka , R. Squartini , E. Strazzeri , A. Stutz , F. Suarez , T. Suomijärvi , A. D. Supanitsky , M. S. Sutherland , J. Swain , Z. Szadkowski , A. Tamashiro , A. Tamburro , T. Tarutina , O. Taşcău , R. Tcaciuc , D. Tcherniakhovski , D. Tegolo , N. T. Thao , D. Thomas , R. Ticona , J. Tiffenberg , C. Timmermans , W. Tkaczyk , C. J. Todero Peixoto , B. Tomé , A. Tonachini , I. Torres , P. Travnicek , D. B. Tridapalli , G. Tristram , E. Trovato , M. Tueros , R. Ulrich , M. Unger , M. Urban , J. F. Valdés Galicia , I. Valiño , L. Valore , A. M. VandenBerg , J. R. Vázquez , R. A. Vázquez , D. Veberič , A. Velarde , T. Venters , V. Verzi , M. Videla , L. Villaseñor , S. Vorobiov , L. Voyvodic , H. Wahlberg , P. Wahrlich , O. Wainberg , D. Warner , A. A. Watson , S. Westerhoff , B. J. Whelan , G. Wieczorek , L. Wiencke , B. Wilczyńska , H. Wilczyński , C. Wileman , M. G. Winnick , H. Wu , B. Wundheiler , T. Yamamoto , P. Younk , G. Yuan , A. Yushkov , E. Zas , D. Zavrtanik , M. Zavrtanik , I. Zaw , A. Zepeda , M. Ziolkowski

Performance of the MAGIC telescopes under moonlight

MAGIC, a system of two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, achieves its best performance under dark conditions, i.e. in absence of moonlight or twilight. Since operating the telescopes only during dark time would severely limit the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-27 MAGIC Collaboration , M. L. Ahnen , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , C. Arcaro , A. Babić , B. Banerjee , P. Bangale , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , A. Berti , W. Bhattacharyya , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , R. Carosi , A. Carosi , A. Chatterjee , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Cumani , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , F. Di Pierro , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher Glawion , D. Elsaesser , M. Engelkemeier , V. Fallah Ramazani , A. Fernández-Barral , D. Fidalgo , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , M. Gaug , P. Giammaria , N. Godinović , D. Gora , S. Griffiths , D. Guberman , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , G. Hughes , K. Ishio , Y. Konno , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , D. Kuveždić , D. Lelas , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , C. Maggio , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , M. Minev , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , V. Moreno , E. Moretti , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , M. Nievas Rosillo , K. Nilsson , D. Ninci , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , L. Nogués , S. Paiano , J. Palacio , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , G. Pedaletti , M. Peresano , L. Perri , M. Persic , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , J. R. Garcia , I. Reichardt , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , A. Rugliancich , T. Saito , K. Satalecka , S. Schroeder , T. Schweizer , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Šnidarić , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , M. Strzys , T. Surić , L. Takalo , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , D. F. Torres , N. Torres-Albà , A. Treves , G. Vanzo , M. Vazquez Acosta , I. Vovk , J. E. Ward , M. Will , D. Zarić

Composite mirror facets for ground based gamma ray astronomy

Composite mirrors for gamma-ray astronomy have been developed to fulfill the specifications required for the next generation of Cherenkov telescopes represented by CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array). In addition to the basic requirements on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 P. Brun , P. -H. Carton , D. Durand , J-F. Glicenstein , C. Jeanney , M. C. Medina , P. Micolon , B. Peyaud

The Atmospheric Cherenkov Imaging Technique for Very High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy

The Atmospheric Cherenkov Imaging Technique has opened up the gamma-ray spectrumfrom 100 GeV to 50 TeV to astrophysical exploration. The development of the technique is described as are the basic principles underlying its use. The current…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Trevor C. Weekes

Future imaging atmospheric telescopes: performance of possible array configurations for gamma photons in the GeV-TeV range

The future of ground based gamma ray astronomy lies in large arrays of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) with better capabilities: lower energy threshold, higher sensitivity, better resolution and background rejection.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-01-31 S. Sajjad , A. Falvard , G. Vasileiadis

Observation of Galactic Sources of Very High Energy Gamma-Rays with the MAGIC Telescope

During its first cycle of observations, the MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov) telescope has observed very high energy gamma-rays from five galactic objects: the Crab Nebula, the SNRs HESS J1813-178 and HESS J1834-087,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hendrik Bartko

The Next Generation of Cherenkov Telescopes. A White Paper for the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF)

Motivated by the recent challenging results from TeV astronomy, the VHE INAF community asked a group of them to write this White Paper to summarize the status and future of Cherenkov telescopes for gamma-ray astronomy and the INAF…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-24 L. A. Antonelli , P. Blasi , G. Bonanno , O. Catalano , S. Covino , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , M. Ghigo , G. Ghisellini , G. L. Israel , A. La Barbera , G. Pareschi , M. Persic , M. Roncadelli , B. Sacco , M. Salvati , F. Tavecchio , P. Vallania

TeV Gamma-ray Astronomy: A Summary

The field of TeV gamma-ray astronomy has produced many exciting results over the last decade. Both the source catalogue, and the range of astrophysical questions which can be addressed, continue to expand. This article presents a topical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-04-06 Jamie Holder

Building Medium Size Telescope Structures for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the future instrument in ground-based gamma-ray astronomy in the energy range from 20 GeV to 300 TeV. Its sensitivity will surpass that of current generation experiments by a factor $\sim$10,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 A. Schulz , M. Garczarczyk , L. Oakes , S. Schlenstedt , U. Schwanke , the CTA Consortium

The status of gamma-ray astronomy

Gamma-ray studies are an essential tool in our search for the origin of cosmic rays. Instruments like the Fermi-LAT, H.E.S.S., MAGIC and VERITAS have revolutionized our understanding of the high energy Universe. This paper describes the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2012-04-23 Stefan Funk

Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays from a Distant Quasar: How Transparent Is the Universe?

The atmospheric Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope MAGIC, designed for a low-energy threshold, has detected very-high-energy gamma rays from a giant flare of the distant Quasi-Stellar Radio Source (in short: radio quasar) 3C 279, at a distance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-23 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

Synergies between the Cherenkov Telescope Array and THESEUS

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is designed to be the next major observatory operating in the Very High Energy (VHE, $\gtrsim 100$ GeV) gamma-ray band. It will build on the imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique but will go much…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 M. G. Bernardini

Improving the performance of the single-dish Cherenkov telescope MAGIC through the use of signal timing

The Cherenkov light flashes produced by Extensive Air Showers are very short in time. A high bandwidth and fast digitizing readout, therefore, can minimize the influence of the background from the light of the night sky, and improve the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 MAGIC Collaboration

Very-High Energy Gamma Astrophysics

High-energy photons are a powerful probe for astrophysics and for fundamental physics under extreme conditions. During the recent years, our knowledge of the most violent phenomena in the Universe has impressively progressed thanks to the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Alessandro De Angelis , Oriana Mansutti , Massimo Persic

SST-GATE: A dual mirror telescope for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the world's first open observatory for very high energy gamma-rays. Around a hundred telescopes of different sizes will be used to detect the Cherenkov light that results from gamma-ray induced…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-17 A. Zech , J. -P. Amans , S. Blake , C. Boisson , C. Costille , F. De-Frondat , J. -L. Dournaux , D. Dumas , G. Fasola , T. Greenshaw , O. Hervet , J. -M. Huet , P. Laporte , C. Rulten , D. Savoie , F. Sayede , J. Schmoll , H. Sol