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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

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…

A project to construct a 17 m diameter imaging air Cherenkov telescope, called the MAGIC Telescope, is described. The aim of the project is to close the observation gap in the gamma-ray sky extending from 10 GeV as the highest energy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Magnussen

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

MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope) is a system of two 17 meters Cherenkov telescopes, sensitive to very high energy (VHE; $> 10^{11}$ eV) gamma radiation above an energy threshold of 50 GeV. The first telescope…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 O. Tibolla

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

The MAGIC Telescope, now taking data with an energy threshold well below 100 GeV, will soon be able to take full advantage of the fast slewing capability of its altazimuthal mount. Exploiting the link with the GCN network, the MAGIC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 D. Bastieri , N. Galante , M. Gaug , M. Garczarczyk , F. Longo , S. Mizobuchi , L. Peruzzo

The Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) Telescope collaboration is constructing a large Cherenkov telescope (17 m diameter) for the exploration of the gamma-ray energy regime above 10 GeV with high sensitivity. One of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 D. Petry

The MAGIC two 17 meter diameter Very High Energy (VHE) gamma-ray telescopes have now operated for two years in stereoscopic mode. The performance of the instrument has been evaluated: the integral sensitivity for an energy above 300 GeV is…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-21 Juan Cortina

During its cycle-1 observation period, between April 2005 and March 2006, the MAGIC telescope was able to observe nine Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) events since their early beginning. Other observations were performed during the following months…

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

The Major Atmospheric Gamma ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope (MAGIC) is in commissioning phase and will start to become fully operative by the end of 2003. Located at El Roque de los Muchachos in La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain), it has the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Josep Flix

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located on the Canary island of La Palma. With 17m diameter mirror dishes and ultra-fast electronics, they provide an energy threshold as low as 50 GeV for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-13 Daniel Mazin , Diego Tescaro , Markus Garczarczyk , Gianluca Giavitto , Julian Sitarek

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

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

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 17m Imaging Air shower Cherenkov Telescope MAGIC (Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands) has recently entered its commissioning phase. One of the main goals of the MAGIC telescope project is to provide an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dominik Elsaesser , Karl Mannheim

On January 2, the MAGIC-I Telescope observed GRB090102 (z=1.55) under particularly good observation conditions. Using the recently upgraded MAGIC-1 sum trigger system, upper limits down to below 50 GeV have been obtained. This is the first…

MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located on the Canary island of La Palma, Spain. During summer 2011 and 2012 it underwent a major upgrade. The main subsystems upgraded were the MAGIC-I camera and its…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Julian Sitarek , Emiliano Carmona , Pierre Colin , Daniel Mazin , Diego Tescaro

The MAGIC gamma-ray observatory has recently been upgraded by a second Cherenkov telescope at a distance of 85 m from the first one. Simultaneous observation of air showers with the two MAGIC telescopes (stereoscopic mode) will improve the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-07 P. Colin , D. Borla Tridon , E. Carmona , F. De Sabata , M. Gaug , S. Lombardi , P. Majumdar , A. Moralejo , V. Scalzotto , J. Sitarek

MAGIC is a system of two 17-m diameter Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, located at an altitude of 2200 m in Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary island of La Palma, exploring the gamma-ray sky above a few tens of GeV and up to tens…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-28 S. Mangano
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