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MAGIC sensitivity to millisecond-duration optical pulses

The MAGIC telescopes are a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) designed to observe very high energy (VHE) gamma rays above ~50 GeV. However, as IACTs are sensitive to Cherenkov light in the UV/blue and use…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-29 T. Hassan , J. Hoang , M. López , J. A. Barrio , J. Cortina , D. Fidalgo , D. Fink , L. A. Tejedor , M. Will

EBL Constraints Using a Sample of TeV Gamma-Ray Emitters Measured with the MAGIC Telescopes

MAGIC is a stereoscopic system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes operating in the very high energy (VHE) range from about 50 GeV to over 50 TeV. The VHE gamma-ray spectra measured at Earth carry an imprint of the extragalactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 D. Mazin , A. Domínguez , V. Fallah Ramazani , T. Hassan , A. Moralejo , M. Nievas Rosillo , G. Vanzo , M. Vázquez Acosta

Observations of the Crab Nebula with MACE (Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment)

The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) is a large size (21m) Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) installed at an altitude of 4270m above sea level at Hanle, Ladakh in northern India. Here we report the detection of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-03 Borwankar C. , Sharma M. , Hariharan J. , Venugopal K. , Godambe S. , Mankuzhyil N. , Chandra P. , Khurana M. , Pathania A. , Chouhan N. , Dhar V. K. , Thubstan R. , Norlha S. , Keshavananda , Sarkar D. , Dar Z. A. , Kotwal S. V. , Godiyal S. , Kushwaha C. P. , Singh K. K. , Das M. P. , Tolamatti A. , Ghosal B. , Chanchalani K. , Pandey P. , Bhatt N. , Bhattcharyya S. , Sahayanathan S. , Koul M. K. , Dorjey P. , Dorji N. , Chitnis V. R. , Tickoo A. K. , Rannot R. C. , Yadav K. K

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

Status of MAGIC and Expected Capabilities

An overview of the status of the 17 m diameter MAGIC telescope project will be given. During phase I, the telescope will reach a threshold of 30 GeV and a sensitivity of 6.0 10$^{-11}$ cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$. First light is foreseen in mid 2001…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Cortina

Testing the ubiquitous presence of very high energy emission in gamma-ray bursts with the MAGIC telescopes

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful transient objects in the Universe, and they are a primary target for the MAGIC Collaboration. Recognizing the challenges of observing these elusive objects with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-12-24 S. Abe , J. Abhir , A. Abhishek , V. A. Acciari , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , A. Arbet Engels , C. Arcaro , T. T. H. Arnesen , K. Asano , A. Babic , C. Bakshi , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , L. Barrios-Jimenez , I. Batkovic , J. Baxter , J. Becerra Gonzalez , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , J. Bernete , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , Ž. Bošnjak , E. Bronzini , I. Burelli , A. Campoy-Ordaz , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , M. Carretero-Castrillo , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cerasole , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , A. Cifuentes , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , M. Delfino , J. Delgado , C. Delgado Mendez , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , A. Dinesh , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsaesser , J. Escudero , L. Fariña , A. Fattorini , L. Foffano , L. Font , S. Fröse , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. García López , S. García Soto , M. Garczarczyk , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinovic , T. Gradetzke , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , P. Günther , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , T. Hassan , L. Heckmann , J. Herrera Llorente , D. Hrupec , R. Imazawa , S. Inoue , D. Israyelyan , J. Jahanvi , I. Jiménez Martínez , J. Jiménez Quiles , J. Jormanainen , S. Kankkunen , T. Kayanoki , J. Konrad , P. M. Kouch , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Láinez , A. Lamastra , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , L. Lulic , E. Lyard , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , M. Mallamaci , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , K. Mannheim , S. Marchesi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , P. Maruševec , A. Mas-Aguilar , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , J. Méndez Gallego , S. Menon , D. Miceli , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , A. Moralejo , E. Moretti , T. Nakamori , C. Nanci , L. Nava , V. Neustroev , L. Nickel , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , L. Nikolic , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , S. Nozaki , A. Okumura , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Peresano , M. Persic , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , F. Podobnik , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , F. G. Saturni , K. Schmitz , F. Schmuckermaier , A. Sciaccaluga , G. Silvestri , A. Simongini , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , D. Sobczynska , A. Stamerra , J. Striškovic , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , H. Tajima , M. Takahashi , R. Takeishi , P. Temnikov , K. Terauchi , T. Terzic , M. Teshima , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , G. Verna , I. Viale , A. Vigliano , C. F. Vigorito , E. Visentin , V. Vitale , I. Vovk , R. Walter , F. Wersig , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , P. K. H. Yeung

The very high energy view of gamma-ray bursts with the MAGIC telescopes

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the main targets for the observations of the MAGIC telescopes. As a result of the effort in improving the sensitivity of the instrument and the automatic follow-up strategy, MAGIC detected two GRBs in the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-10 Alessio Berti , Željka Bošnjak , Alberto Castro-Tirado , Stefano Covino , Susumu Inoue , Francesco Longo , Serena Loporchio , Davide Miceli , Razmik Mirzoyan , Elena Moretti , Lara Nava , Koji Noda , David Paneque , Antonio Stamerra , Yusuke Suda , Kenta Terauchi , Ievgen Vovk , Katsuaki Asano , Satoshi Fukami , Nuria Jordana-Mitjans , Andrea Melandri , Carole Mundell , Michele Palatiello , Manisha Shrestha , Iain Steele

MAGIC observations of the distant quasar 3C279 during an optical outburst in 2007

The flat-spectrum radio-quasar 3C279 (z=0.536) is the most distant object detected at very high energy (VHE) gamma-rays. It is thus an important beacon for the study of the interaction of the VHE gamma-rays with the Extra-galactic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Karsten Berger , Pratik Majumdar , Elina Lindfors , Fabrizio Tavecchio , Masahiro Teshima

Measurement of the Crab Nebula spectrum over three decades in energy with the MAGIC telescopes

The MAGIC stereoscopic system collected 69 hours of Crab Nebula data between October 2009 and April 2011. Analysis of this data sample using the latest improvements in the MAGIC stereoscopic software provided an unprecedented precision of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , P. Bangale , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , B. De Lotto , E. de Oña Wilhelmi , C. Delgado Mendez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , D. Fidalgo , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , N. Godinović , A. González Muñoz , S. R. Gozzini , D. Hadasch , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , D. Hildebrand , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , W. Idec , V. Kadenius , H. Kellermann , M. L. Knoetig , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , J. Krause , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , R. López-Coto , A. López-Oramas , E. Lorenz , I. Lozano , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , D. Nakajima , V. Neustroev , A. Niedzwiecki , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , R. Orito , A. Overkemping , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , X. Paredes-Fortuny , M. Persic , J. Poutanen , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puljak , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , S. Rügamer , T. Saito , K. Saito , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , J. Storz , M. Strzys , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , P. Vogler , M. Will , R. Zanin , D. Horns , J. Martin , M. Meyer

Observations of the Crab pulsar between 25 GeV and 100 GeV with the MAGIC I telescope

We report on the observation of $\gamma$-rays above 25\,GeV from the Crab pulsar (PSR B0532+21) using the MAGIC I telescope. Two data sets from observations during the winter period 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 are used. In order to discuss the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-30 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , E. A. Alvarez , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , M. Asensio , M. Backes , J. A. Barrio , D. Bastieri , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , A. Berdyugin , K. Berger , E. Bernardini , A. Biland , O. Blanch , R. K. Bock , A. Boller , G. Bonnoli , D. Borla Tridon , I. Braun , T. Bretz , A. Cañellas , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , L. Cossio , S. Covino , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , E. De Cea del Pozo , B. De Lotto , C. Delgado Mendez , A. Diago Ortega , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , D. Ferenc , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , C. Fruck , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido , G. Giavitto , N. Godinović , D. Hadasch , D. Häfner , A. Herrero , D. Hildebrand , D. Höhne-Mönch , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , T. Jogler , H. Kellermann , S. Klepser , T. Krähenbühl , J. Krause , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , E. Leonardo , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , M. López , A. López-Oramas , E. Lorenz , M. Makariev , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , M. Meucci , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , J. Moldón , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , D. Nieto , K. Nilsson , R. Orito , N. Otte , I. Oya , D. Paneque , R. Paoletti , S. Pardo , J. M. Paredes , S. Partini , M. A. Perez-Torres , M. Persic , L. Peruzzo , M. Pilia , J. Pochon , F. Prada , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , I. Puerto Gimenez , I. Puljak , I. Reichardt , R. Reinthal , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , M. Rissi , S. Rügamer , A. Saggion , K. Saito , T. Y. Saito , M. Salvati , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , M. Shayduk , S. N. Shore , A. Sillanpää , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , S. Spiro , V. Stamatescu , A. Stamerra , B. Steinke , J. Storz , N. Strah , T. Surić , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzić , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , A. Treves , M. Uellenbeck , H. Vankov , P. Vogler , R. M. Wagner , Q. Weitzel , V. Zabalza , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin , K. Hirotani

Status of the new Sum-Trigger system for the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC is a stereoscopic system of two 17m diameter Imaging Air Cherenckov Telescopes (IACTs) for $\gamma$-ray astronomy. Lowering the energy threshold of IACTs is crucial for the observation of Pulsars, high redshift AGNs and GRBs. A lower…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-17 J. R. García , F. Dazzi , D. Häfner , D. Herranz , M. López , M. Mariotti , R. Mirzoyan , D. Nakajima , T. Schweizer , M. Teshima

Gamma-ray excess from a stacked sample of high- and intermediate-frequency peaked blazars observed with the MAGIC telescope

Between 2004 and 2009 a sample of 28 X-ray selected high- and intermediate-frequency peaked blazars with a X-ray flux larger than 2 uJy at 1 keV in the redshift range from 0.018 to 0.361 was observed with the MAGIC telescope at energies…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2011-03-03 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksić , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , M. Backes , C. Baixeras , J. A. Barrio , D. Bastieri , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , A. Berdyugin , K. Berger , E. Bernardini , A. Biland , O. Blanch , R. K. Bock , G. Bonnoli , P. Bordas , D. Borla Tridon , V. Bosch-Ramon , D. Bose , I. Braun , T. Bretz , D. Britzger , M. Camara , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , P. Colin , S. Commichau , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , M. T. Costado , S. Covino , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , E. De Cea del Pozo , R. De los Reyes , B. De Lotto , M. De Maria , F. De Sabata , C. Delgado Mendez , M. Doert , A. Domínguez , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsaesser , M. Errando , D. Ferenc , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , R. J. García López , M. Garczarczyk , M. Gaug , N. Godinovic , D. Hadasch , A. Herrero , D. Hildebrand , D. Höhne-Mönch , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , C. C. Hsu , T. Jogler , S. Klepser , T. Krähenbühl , D. Kranich , A. La Barbera , A. Laille , E. Leonardo , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. López , E Lorenz , P. Majumdar , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , M. Mariotti , M. Martínez , D. Mazin , M. Meucci , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , H. Miyamoto , J. Moldón , M. Moles , A. Moralejo , D. Nieto , K. Nilsson , J. Ninkovic , R. Orito , I. Oya , S. Paiano , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , S. Partini , M. Pasanen , D. Pascoli , F. Pauss , R. G. Pegna , M. A. Perez-Torres , M. Persic , L. Peruzzo , F. Prada , E. Prandini , N. Puchades , I. Puljak , I. Reichardt , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , M. Rissi , S. Rügamer , A. Saggion , T. Y. Saito , M. Salvati , M. Sánchez-Conde , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , T. Schweizer , M. Shayduk , S. N. Shore , A. Sierpowska-Bartosik , A. Sillanpää , J Sitarek , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , S. Spiro , A. Stamerra , B. Steinke , J. C. Struebig , T. Suric , L. Takalo , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , T. Terzic , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , H. Vankov , R. M. Wagner , Q. Weitzel , V Zabalza , F. Zandanel , R. Zanin

The Energy Spectrum of TeV Gamma-Rays from the Crab Nebula as measured by the HEGRA system of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes

The Crab Nebula has been observed by the HEGRA (High-Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy) stereoscopic system of imaging air Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for a total of about 200 hrs during two observational campaigns: from September 1997 to March…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Aharonian , The HEGRA Collaboration

The background from single electromagnetic subcascades for a stereo system of air Cherenkov telescopes

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

Scientific Highlights from Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei with the MAGIC Telescope

Since 2004, the MAGIC gamma-ray telescope has newly discovered 6 TeV blazars. The total set of 13 MAGIC-detected active galactic nuclei includes well-studied objects at other wavelengths like Markarian 501 and the giant radio galaxy M87,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Robert Wagner

Observation of GRBs by the MAGIC Telescope, Status and Outlook

Observation of Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) in the Very High Energy (VHE) domain will provide important information on the physical conditions in GRB outflows. The MAGIC telescope is the best suited Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT)…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-11 D. Bastieri , N. Galante , M. Garczarczyk , M. Gaug , F. Longo , S. Mizobuchi , V. Scapin

Detection of Gamma Rays of Up to 50 TeV From the Crab Nebula

Gamma rays with energies greater than 7 TeV from the Crab pulsar/nebula have been observed at large zenith angles, using the Imaging Atmospheric Technique from Woomera, South Australia. CANGAROO data taken in 1992, 1993 and 1995 indicate…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-24 T. Tanimori , K. Sakurazawa , S. A. Dazeley , P. G. Edwards , T. Hara , Y. Hayami , S. Kamei , R. Kita , T. Kifune , T. Konishi , A. Masaike , Y. Matsubara , Y. Mizumoto , M. Mori , H. Muraishi , Y. Muraki , T. Naito , K. Nishijima , S. Ogio , J. R. Patterson , M. D. Roberts , G. P. Rowell , T. Sako , R. Susukita , A. Suzuki , R. Suzuki , T. Tamura , G. J. Thornton , S. Yanagita , T. Yoshida , T. Yoshikoshi

MWL observations of VHE blazars in 2006

In 2006 the MAGIC telescope observed the well known very high energy (VHE, > 80 GeV) blazars Mrk 421 and Mrk 501 in the course of multi-wavelength campaigns, comprising measurements in the optical, X-ray and VHE regime. MAGIC performed…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 S. Rügamer , I. Oya , M. Hayashida , D. Mazin , R. M. Wagner , J. L. Contreras , T. Bretz

Phase-resolved Crab pulsar measurements from 25 to 400 GeV with the MAGIC telescopes

We report on observations of the Crab pulsar with the MAGIC telescopes. Our data were taken in both monoscopic (> 25GeV) and stereoscopic (> 50GeV) observation modes. Two peaks were detected with both modes and phase-resolved energy spectra…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 S. Klepser , G. Giavitto , M. López , T. Y. Saito , T. Schweizer , I. Snidaric , R. Zanin

Observations of VHE gamma-Ray Sources with the MAGIC Telescope

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 Hendrik Bartko