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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

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

Observations of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar with the Large-Sized Telescope Prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) is the next generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very-high energies. The Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1) is located at the Northern site of CTA, on the Canary Island of La…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-01-16 CTA-LST Project , : , H. Abe , K. Abe , S. Abe , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , N. Alvarez Crespo , L. A. Antonelli , C. Aramo , A. Arbet-Engels , C. Arcaro , M. Artero , K. Asano , P. Aubert , A. Baktash , A. Bamba , A. Baquero Larriva , L. Baroncelli , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batkovic , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , E. Bernardini , M. I. Bernardos , J. Bernete Medrano , A. Berti , P. Bhattacharjee , N. Biederbeck , C. Bigongiari , E. Bissaldi , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , P. Bordas , A. Borghese , A. Bulgarelli , I. Burelli , M. Buscemi , M. Cardillo , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , F. Cassol , D. Cauz , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , K. Cheng , A. Chiavassa , M. Chikawa , L. Chytka , A. Cifuentes , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , H. Costantini , G. D'Amico , M. Dalchenko , A. De Angelis , M. de Bony de Lavergne , B. De Lotto , R. de Menezes , G. Deleglise , C. Delgado , J. Delgado Mengual , D. della Volpe , M. Dellaiera , D. Depaoli , A. Di Piano , F. Di Pierro , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , C. Díaz , R. M. Dominik , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , D. Elsässer , G. Emery , J. Escudero , V. Fallah Ramazani , G. Ferrara , F. Ferrarotto , A. Fiasson , L. Freixas Coromina , S. Fröse , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , E. Garcia , R. Garcia López , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , F. Geyer , J. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , E. Giro , P. Gliwny , N. Godinovic , R. Grau , D. Green , J. Green , S. Gunji , J. Hackfeld , D. Hadasch , A. Hahn , K. Hashiyama , T. Hassan , K. Hayashi , L. Heckmann , M. Heller , J. Herrera Llorente , K. Hirotani , D. Hoffmann , D. Horns , J. Houles , M. Hrabovsky , D. Hrupec , D. Hui , M. Hütten , M. Iarlori , R. Imazawa , T. Inada , Y. Inome , K. Ioka , M. Iori , K. Ishio , Y. Iwamura , M. Jacquemont , I. Jimenez Martinez , J. Jurysek , M. Kagaya , V. Karas , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , D. Kerszberg , Y. Kobayashi , A. Kong , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Lainez , G. Lamanna , A. Lamastra , T. Le Flour , M. Linhoff , F. Longo , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , D. Mandat , M. Manganaro , G. Manicò , K. Mannheim , M. Mariotti , P. Marquez , G. Marsella , J. Martí , O. Martinez , G. Martínez , M. Martínez , P. Marusevec , A. Mas-Aguilar , G. Maurin , D. Mazin , E. Mestre Guillen , S. Micanovic , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , T. Mizuno , M. Molero Gonzalez , E. Molina , T. Montaruli , I. Monteiro , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , A. Morselli , K. Mrakovcic , K. Murase , A. Nagai , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamori , L. Nickel , M. Nievas , K. Nishijima , K. Noda , D. Nosek , S. Nozaki , M. Ohishi , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , N. Okazaki , A. Okumura , R. Orito , J. Otero-Santos , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , F. R. Pantaleo , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , M. Pech , M. Pecimotika , M. Peresano , A. Pérez , E. Pietropaolo , G. Pirola , C. Plard , F. Podobnik , V. Poireau , M. Polo , E. Pons , E. Prandini , J. Prast , G. Principe , C. Priyadarshi , M. Prouza , R. Rando , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , V. Rizi , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , J. E. Ruiz , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , D. A. Sanchez , T. Šarić , Y. Sato , F. G. Saturni , B. Schleicher , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , F. Schussler , T. Schweizer , M. Seglar Arroyo , R. Silvia , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , A. Spolon , J. Strišković , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , Y. Sunada , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , M. Takahashi , J. Takata , R. Takeishi , P. H. T. Tam , S. J. Tanaka , D. Tateishi , L. A. Tejedor , P. Temnikov , Y. Terada , K. Terauchi , T. Terzic , M. Teshima , M. Tluczykont , F. Tokanai , D. F. Torres , P. Travnicek , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , G. Uhlrich , M. Vacula , P. Vallania , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vázquez Acosta , V. Verguilov , I. Viale , A. Vigliano , C. F. Vigorito , V. Vitale , G. Voutsinas , I. Vovk , T. Vuillaume , R. Walter , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , R. Yamazaki , T. Yoshida , T. Yoshikoshi , N. Zywucka , K. Bernloehr , O. Gueta , K. Kosack , G. Maier , J. Watson

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

IACT event analysis with the MAGIC telescopes using deep convolutional neural networks with CTLearn

The Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) telescope system consists of two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) and is located on the Canary island of La Palma. IACTs are excellent tools to inspect the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-06 T. Miener , R. López-Coto , J. L. Contreras , J. G. Green , D. Green , E. Mariotti , D. Nieto , L. Romanato , S. Yadav

MAGIC multiwavelength observations: policy, and some recent results

MAGIC, 17 meters of diameter, is the world's largest single dish Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope, and reaches in the analysis the lowest energy threshold (60 GeV) among the VHE gamma detectors. Completed in September 2004, MAGIC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-08-28 MAGIC Collaboration , Alessandro De Angelis

MACHETE: A transit Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope to survey half of the Very High Energy $\gamma$-ray sky

Current Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes for Very High Energy $\gamma$-ray astrophysics are pointing instruments with a Field of View up to a few tens of sq deg. We propose to build an array of two non-steerable (drift) telescopes.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-26 J. Cortina , R. López-Coto , A. Moralejo

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

Detailed Analysis of Local Climate at the CTAO-North Site on La Palma from 20 Years of MAGIC Weather Station Data

The Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos will host the northern site of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO), in an area about 200 m below the mountain rim, where the optical telescopes are located. The site currently hosts…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-15 Markus Gaug , Alessandro Longo , Stefano Bianchi , Lluís Font , Sofia Almirante , Harald Kornmayer , Michele Doro , Alexander Hahn , Oscar Blanch , Wolfango Plastino , Daniela Dorner

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

Sensitivity for tau neutrinos at PeV energies and beyond with the MAGIC telescopes

The MAGIC telescopes, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (2200 a.s.l.) in the Canary Island of La Palma, are placed on the top of a mountain, from where a window of visibility of about 5 deg in zenith and 80 deg in azimuth is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 D. Gora , M. Manganaro , E. Bernardini , M. Doro , M. Will , S. Lombardi , J. Rico , D. Sobczynska , J. Palacio

Search for tau neutrinos at PeV energies and beyond with the MAGIC telescopes

The MAGIC telescopes, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (2200 a.s.l.) in the Canary Island of La Palma, are placed on the top of a mountain, from where a window of visibility of about 5 deg in zenith and 80 deg in azimuth is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 D. Gora , M. Manganaro , E. Bernardini , M. Doro , M. Will , S. Lombardi , J. Rico , D. Sobczynska

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

Using UV-pass filters for bright Moon observations with MAGIC

MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT) that observe Very High Energy (VHE) gamma ray sources. The PMTs in their cameras are designed to operate under moonlight, but they are limited to Moon phases below 93%…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 D. Guberman , J. Cortina , R. García , J. Herrera , M. Manganaro , A. Moralejo , J. Rico , M. Will

Study of hadron and gamma-ray acceptance of the MAGIC telescopes: towards an improved background estimation

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 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

Overview of the results from extra-galactic observations with the MAGIC telescopes

The non-thermal jet emission in active galactic nuclei covers several orders of magnitude in the frequency range. Hence the observational approach needs multi-wavelength (MWL) campaigns collecting data in the radio, optical, UV, X-rays,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-15 Karsten Berger

VHE Gamma-Ray Observation of the Crab Nebula and its Pulsar with the MAGIC telescope

We report about very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observations of the Crab Nebula with the MAGIC telescope. The gamma-ray flux from the nebula was measured between 60 GeV and 9 TeV. The energy spectrum can be described with a curved power…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Albert

MAGIC Highlights

MAGIC has been exploring the sky at Very High Energy gamma-rays (50 GeV - 50 TeV) since 2004, operating first with a single telescope and from 2009 with two telescopes in stereoscopic mode. MAGIC has carried out a observational program…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-03-10 Josep M. Paredes , MAGIC Collaboration

GRB Observations with the MAGIC Telescopes

MAGIC is currently the most suitable instrument to perform observations of the prompt an early afterglow emission from Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) at energies above 25 GeV. The instrument is designed to have the lowest possible energy threshold…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Markus Garczarczyk , Markus Gaug , Angelo Antonelli , Denis Bastieri , Josefa Becerra-Gonzalez , Stefano Covino , Antonio La Barbera , Alessandro Carosi , Nicola Galante , Francesco Longo , Valeria Scapin , Susanna Spiro