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The MAGIC Telescopes - Status and Recent Results

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

Performance of the joint LST-1 and MAGIC observations evaluated with Crab Nebula data

Aims. LST-1, the prototype of the Large-Sized Telescope for the upcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory, is concluding its commissioning in Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma. The proximity of LST-1…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-13 H. Abe , K. Abe , S. Abe , V. A. Acciari , A. Aguasca-Cabot , I. Agudo , N. Alvarez Crespo , T. Aniello , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , C. Aramo , A. Arbet-Engels , C. Arcaro , M. Artero , K. Asano , P. Aubert , D. Baack , A. Babić , A. Baktash , A. Bamba , A. Baquero Larriva , L. Baroncelli , U. Barres de Almeida , J. A. Barrio , I. Batković , J. Baxter , J. Becerra González , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , M. I. Bernardos , J. Bernete Medrano , A. Berti , J. Besenrieder , P. Bhattacharjee , N. Biederbeck , C. Bigongiari , A. Biland , E. Bissaldi , O. Blanch , G. Bonnoli , P. Bordas , Ž. Bošnjak , A. Bulgarelli , I. Burelli , L. Burmistrov , M. Buscemi , G. Busetto , A. Campoy Ordaz , M. Cardillo , S. Caroff , A. Carosi , R. Carosi , M. S. Carrasco , M. Carretero-Castrillo , F. Cassol , A. J. Castro-Tirado , D. Cauz , D. Cerasole , G. Ceribella , Y. Chai , K. Cheng , A. Chiavassa , M. Chikawa , L. Chytka , A. Cifuentes , S. Cikota , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , A. Cornelia , J. Cortina , H. Costantini , S. Covino , G. D'Amico , V. D'Elia , P. Da Vela , M. Dalchenko , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , M. de Bony de Lavergne , B. De Lotto , M. De Lucia , R. de Menezes , L. Del Peral , A. Del Popolo , G. Deleglise , M. Delfino , C. Delgado Mendez , J. Delgado Mengual , D. della Volpe , M. Dellaiera , D. Depaoli , A. De Angelis , A. Di Piano , F. Di Pierro , A. Di Pilato , R. Di Tria , L. Di Venere , R. M. Dominik , D. Dominis Prester , A. Donini , D. Dorner , M. Doro , C. Díaz , L. Eisenberger , D. Elsässer , G. Emery , J. Escudero , V. Fallah Ramazani , L. Fariña , A. Fattorini , G. Ferrara , F. Ferrarotto , A. Fiasson , L. Foffano , L. Font , L. Freixas Coromina , S. Fröse , S. Fukami , Y. Fukazawa , R. J. Garcia López , E. Garcia , M. Garczarczyk , R. J. García López , C. Gasbarra , D. Gasparrini , S. Gasparyan , M. Gaug , D. Geyer , J. G. Giesbrecht Paiva , N. Giglietto , F. Giordano , P. Gliwny , N. Godinović , R. Grau , D. Green , J. G. Green , S. Gunji , P. Günther , 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 , R. Iotov , K. Ishio , M. Jacquemont , I. Jiménez Martínez , E. Jobst , J. Jormanainen , J. Jurysek , M. Kagaya , V. Karas , H. Katagiri , J. Kataoka , D. Kerszberg , G. W. Kluge , Y. Kobayashi , K. Kohri , A. Kong , P. M. Kouch , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , M. Lainez , G. Lamanna , A. Lamastra , T. Le Flour , F. Leone , E. Lindfors , L. Linhoff , M. Linhoff , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , S. Loporchio , A. Lorini , J. Lozano Bahilo , P. L. Luque-Escamilla , E. Lyard , M. Láinez Lezáun , R. López-Coto , M. López-Moya , A. López-Oramas , B. Machado de Oliveira Fraga , P. Majumdar , M. Makariev , D. Mandat , G. Maneva , M. Manganaro , S. Mangano , N. Mang , G. Manicò , K. Mannheim , M. Mariotti , P. Marquez , G. Marsella , O. Martinez , G. Martínez , M. Martínez , J. Martí , A. Mas-Aguilar , G. Maurin , D. Mazin , S. Menchiari , S. Mender , E. Mestre Guillen , S. Micanovic , D. Miceli , T. Miener , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , T. Mizuno , S. Mićanović , M. Molero González , E. Molina , H. A. Mondal , T. Montaruli , I. Monteiro , A. Moralejo , D. Morcuende , A. Morselli , V. Moya , H. Muraishi , K. Murase , S. Nagataki , T. Nakamori , C. Nanci , A. Neronov , V. Neustroev , L. Nickel , M. Nievas Rosillo , C. Nigro , L. Nikolić , K. Nilsson , K. Nishijima , T. Njoh Ekoume , K. Noda , D. Nosek , S. Nozaki , M. Ohishi , Y. Ohtani , T. Oka , A. Okumura , R. Orito , J. Otero-Santos , S. Paiano , M. Palatiello , D. Paneque , F. R. Pantaleo , R. Paoletti , J. M. Paredes , L. Pavletić , M. Pech , M. Pecimotika , M. Peresano , M. Persic , F. Pfeiffle , E. Pietropaolo , M. Pihet , G. Pirola , C. Plard , F. Podobnik , V. Poireau , M. Polo , E. Pons , P. G. Prada Moroni , E. Prandini , J. Prast , G. Principe , C. Priyadarshi , M. Prouza , R. Rando , W. Rhode , M. Ribó , J. Rico , C. Righi , V. Rizi , G. Rodriguez Fernandez , M. D. Rodríguez Frías , N. Sahakyan , T. Saito , S. Sakurai , D. A. Sanchez , K. Satalecka , M. Sato , Y. Sato , F. G. Saturni , V. Savchenko , B. Schleicher , K. Schmidt , F. Schmuckermaier , J. L. Schubert , F. Schussler , T. Schweizer , A. Sciaccaluga , T. Siegert , R. Silvia , J. Sitarek , V. Sliusar , D. Sobczynska , A. Spolon , A. Stamerra , J. Strišković , D. Strom , M. Strzys , Y. Suda , S. Suutarinen , T. Šarić , H. Tajima , H. Takahashi , M. Takahashi , J. Takata , R. Takeishi , P. H. T. Tam , S. J. Tanaka , D. Tateishi , F. Tavecchio , P. Temnikov , Y. Terada , K. Terauchi , T. Terzić , M. Teshima , M. Tluczykont , F. Tokanai , D. F. Torres , L. Tosti , P. Travnicek , S. Truzzi , A. Tutone , S. Ubach , M. Vacula , P. Vallania , J. van Scherpenberg , M. Vazquez Acosta , S. Ventura , V. Verguilov , I. Viale , A. Vigliano , C. F. Vigorito , E. Visentin , V. Vitale , G. Voutsinas , I. Vovk , T. Vuillaume , M. Vázquez Acosta , R. Walter , Z. Wei , M. Will , T. Yamamoto , R. Yamazaki , T. Yoshida , T. Yoshikoshi , N. Zywucka

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

Gamma-ray Observations Under Bright Moonlight with VERITAS

Imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) are equipped with sensitive photomultiplier tube (PMT) cameras. Exposure to high levels of background illumination degrades the efficiency of and potentially destroys these photo-detectors…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-14 S. Archambault , A. Archer , W. Benbow , R. Bird , E. Bourbeau , A. Bouvier , M. Buchovecky , V. Bugaev , J. V Cardenzana , M. Cerruti , L. Ciupik , M. P. Connolly , W. Cui , M. K. Daniel , M. Errando , A. Falcone , Q. Feng , J. P. Finley , H. Fleischhack , L. Fortson , A. Furniss , G. H. Gillanders , S. Griffin , D. Hanna , O. Hervet , J. Holder , G. Hughes , T. B. Humensky , M. Hütten , C. A. Johnson , P. Kaaret , P. Kar , M. Kertzman , D. Kieda , M. Krause , M. J. Lang , G. Maier , S. McArthur , P. Moriarty , R. Mukherjee , D. Nieto , S. O'Brien , R. A. Ong , A. N. Otte , N. Park , M. Pohl , A. Popkow , E. Pueschel , J. Quinn , K. Ragan , P. T. Reynolds , G. T. Richards , E. Roache , C. Rulten , I. Sadeh , G. H. Sembroski , K. Shahinyan , D. Staszak , I. Telezhinsky , S. Trepanier , S. P. Wakely , A. Weinstein , P. Wilcox , D. A. Williams , B. Zitzer

Status of the second phase of the MAGIC telescope

The MAGIC 17m diameter Cherenkov telescope will be upgraded with a second telescope with advanced photon detectors and ultra fast readout within the year 2007. The sensitivity of MAGIC-II, the two telescope system, will be improved by a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Florian Goebel

Correcting Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope data with atmospheric profiles obtained with an elastic light detecting and ranging system

Context. We are operating an elastic LIDAR for the monitoring of atmospheric conditions during regular observations of the MAGIC Telescopes. Aims. We present and evaluate methods to convert aerosol extinction profiles, obtained with the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 Felix Schmuckermaier , Markus Gaug , Christian Fruck , Abelardo Moralejo , Alexander Hahn , Dijana Dominis Prester , Daniela Dorner , Lluís Font , Saša Mićanović , Razmik Mirzoyan , David Paneque , Lovro Pavletić , Julian Sitarek , Martin Will

The MAGIC Experiment and Its First Results

With its diameter of 17m, the MAGIC telescope is the largest Cherenkov detector for gamma ray astrophysics. It is sensitive to photons above an energy of 30 GeV. MAGIC started operations in October 2003 and is currently taking data. This…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. Bastieri , R. Bavikadi , C. Bigongiari , E. Bisesi , P. Boinee , A. De Angelis , B. De Lotto , A. Forti , T. Lenisa , F. Longo , O. Mansutti , M. Mariotti , A. Moralejo , D. Pascoli , L. Peruzzo , A. Saggion , P. Sartori , V. Scalzotto , The MAGIC collaboration

The major upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, Part I: The hardware improvements and the commissioning of the system

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located on the Canary island of La Palma. The telescopes are designed to measure Cherenkov light from air showers initiated by gamma rays in the energy regime…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-01 MAGIC Collaboration , J. Aleksic , S. Ansoldi , L. A. Antonelli , P. Antoranz , A. Babic , P. Bangale , M. Barcelo , J. A. Barrio , J. Becerra Gonzalez , W. Bednarek , E. Bernardini , B. Biasuzzi , A. Biland , M. Bitossi , O. Blanch , S. Bonnefoy , G. Bonnoli , F. Borracci , T. Bretz , E. Carmona , A. Carosi , R. Cecchi , P. Colin , E. Colombo , J. L. Contreras , D. Corti , J. Cortina , S. Covino , P. Da Vela , F. Dazzi , A. De Angelis , G. De Caneva , B. De Lotto , E. de Ona Wilhelmi , C. Delgado Mendez , A. Dettlaff , D. Dominis Prester , D. Dorner , M. Doro , S. Einecke , D. Eisenacher , D. Elsaesser , D. Fidalgo , D. Fink , M. V. Fonseca , L. Font , K. Frantzen , C. Fruck , D. Galindo , R. J. Garcia Lopez , M. Garczarczyk , D. Garrido Terrats , M. Gaug , G. Giavitto , N. Godinovic , A. Gonzalez Munoz , S. R. Gozzini , W. Haberer , D. Hadasch , Y. Hanabata , M. Hayashida , J. Herrera , D. Hildebrand , J. Hose , D. Hrupec , W. Idec , J. M. Illa , V. Kadenius , H. Kellermann , M. L. Knoetig , K. Kodani , Y. Konno , J. Krause , H. Kubo , J. Kushida , A. La Barbera , D. Lelas , J. L. Lemus , N. Lewandowska , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , F. Longo , M. Lopez , R. Lopez-Coto , A. Lopez-Oramas , A. Lorca , E. Lorenz , I. Lozano , M. Makariev , K. Mallot , G. Maneva , N. Mankuzhiyil , K. Mannheim , L. Maraschi , B. Marcote , M. Mariotti , M. Martinez , D. Mazin , U. Menzel , J. M. Miranda , R. Mirzoyan , A. Moralejo , P. Munar-Adrover , D. Nakajima , M. Negrello , 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. Ribo , J. Rico , J. Rodriguez Garcia , S. Rugamer , T. Saito , K. Saito , K. Satalecka , V. Scalzotto , V. Scapin , C. Schultz , J. Schlammer , S. Schmidl , T. Schweizer , A. Sillanpaa , J. Sitarek , I. Snidaric , D. Sobczynska , F. Spanier , A. Stamerra , T. Steinbring , J. Storz , M. Strzys , L. Takalo , H. Takami , F. Tavecchio , L. A. Tejedor , P. Temnikov , T. Terzic , D. Tescaro , M. Teshima , J. Thaele , O. Tibolla , D. F. Torres , T. Toyama , A. Treves , P. Vogler , H. Wetteskind , M. Will , R. Zanin

Status and recent results of MAGIC

MAGIC is a single-dish Cherenkov telescope located on La Palma (Spain), hence with an optimal view on the Northern sky. Sensitive in the 30 GeV-30 TeV energy band, it is nowadays the only ground-based instrument being able to measure…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-13 Javier Rico , Robert Wagner

MAGIC as a high-energy $\nu_\tau$ detector: performance study to follow-up IceCube transient events

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

Small telescopes being effective: MAGIC or not?

The paper describes the MAGIC multi-mode focal reducer (Monitoring of Active Galaxies by Investigation of their Cores), commissioned on the 1-m Zeiss-1000 telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-26 Victor L. Afanasiev , Eugene A. Malygin , Elena S. Shablovinskaya , Roman I. Uklein , Vladimir R. Amirkhanyan , Alexander E. Perepelitsyn , Irina V. Afanasieva

TeV Gamma-ray Observations of the Crab and Mkn 501 during Moonshine and Twilight

TeV Gamma-ray signals from the Crab Nebula and Mkn 501 were detected with the HEGRA CT1 imaging Cerenkov telescope during periods when the moon was shining and during twilight. This was accomplished by lowering the high voltage supply of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Kranich , R. Mirzoyan , D. Petry , B. C. Raubenheimer

Highlights of the MAGIC AGN program

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

Atmospheric Aerosols at the MAGIC Site

We investigate the performance of the MAGIC telescopes under three simulated atmospheric conditions: an increased aerosol content in the lower part of the troposphere, the presence of thin aerosol over-densities at different heights, and an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Daniel Garrido , Markus Gaug , Michele Doro , Lluís Font , Alicia López-Oramas , Abelardo Moralejo

Latest results on galactic sources obtained with the MAGIC telescope

The MAGIC telescope is the largest single-dish Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) with the lowest energy threshold among the current generation of IACTs as low as 25 GeV. Therefore, the MAGIC telescope is a perfect instrument to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Roberta Zanin

Results from MAGIC Observations of Extragalactic Relativistic Sources

The Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) experiment is an array of two 17-meter telescopes located in the Canary Island of La Palma that observes the very-high energy (VHE) gamma-ray sky in stereoscopic mode since 2009.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Ulisses Barres de Almeida

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