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The MAGIC I telescope produces currently around 100TByte of raw data per year that is calibrated and reduced on-site at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma). Since February 2007 most of the data have been stored and…

Very high energy gamma rays coming from extra-galactic sources can interact with intergalactic radiation fields. This process may result in electromagnetic cascades with the following cycle: the production of electron-positron pairs and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-13 Julian Sitarek , Razmik Mirzoyan

The Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) telescope system is located on the Canary Island of La Palma and inspects the very high-energy (VHE, few tens of GeV and above) gamma-ray sky. MAGIC consists of two imaging atmospheric…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-30 T. Miener , D. Nieto , R. López-Coto , J. L. Contreras , J. G. Green , D. Green , E. Mariotti on behalf of the MAGIC Collaboration

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

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

MAGIC is an instrument composed of a pair of telescopes for gamma- ray and cosmic-ray astrophysics in the TeV range. It is operating for more than a decade now, and is one of the current best performing instruments in this field,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-14 Michele Doro

MACE (Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment), an imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescope, has recently been installed by the HiGRO (Himalayan Gamma-Ray Observatory) collaboration at Hanle (32.8$^\circ$N, 78.9$^\circ$E, 4270m asl) in Ladakh…

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

After nearly a decade of operation, the three major arrays of atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes have revolutionized our view of the Very High Energy Universe, unveiling more than 100 sources of various types. MAGIC, consisting of two 17 m…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-10-05 M. de Naurois

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

MAGIC is a stereoscopic system of two Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located at La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain) and working in the field of very high energy gamma-ray astronomy. It makes use of a traditional digital trigger with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-24 F. Dazzi , D. Herranz Lazaro , M. Lopez , D. Nakajima , J. Rodriguez Garcia , T. Schweizer

The MAGIC 17m-diameter Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope (IACT) has been commissioned beginning of 2005. The telescope has been designed to achieve the lower detection energy threshold ever obtained with an IACT, about 50 GeV. A new window in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Flix

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 First G-APD Cherenkov Telescope (FACT) is designed to detect cosmic gamma-rays with energies from several hundred GeV up to about 10 TeV using the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique. In contrast to former or existing telescopes,…

The Milagro Gamma Ray Observatory is the world's first large-area water Cherenkov detector capable of continuously monitoring the sky at TeV energies. Located in northern New Mexico, Milagro will perform an all sky survey of the Northern…

Exploring signals from the outer space has become an observational science under fast expansion. On the basis of its advanced technology the MAGIC telescope is the natural building block for the first large scale ground based high energy…

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 Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation very high energy gamma-ray observatory covering the 20 GeV - 300 TeV energy range with unprecedented sensitivity, angular and energy resolution. With a site in each hemisphere, CTA…

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is expected to become the by far largest and most sensitive observatory for very-high-energy gamma rays in the energy range from 20 GeV to more than 300 TeV. CTA will be capable of detecting gamma rays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-19 G. Maier , L. Arrabito , K. Bernlöhr , J. Bregeon , P. Cumani , T. Hassan , J. Hinton , A. Moralejo

Blazars, active galactic nuclei whose jet axis is pointed towards the observer, constitute the most numerous class of extragalactic very high energy (VHE, E > 100\, GeV) gamma-ray emitters. The MAGIC experiment, a system of two Imaging…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-08-14 K. Berger , G. De Caneva , E. Lindfors , S. Lombardi , A. Stamerra , F. Tavecchio