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Astroparticle Physics, Volume 35, Issue 7, p. 435-448.
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Description
MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
located in the Canary island of La Palma. Since autumn 2009 both
telescopes have been working together in stereoscopic mode, providing a
significant improvement with respect to the previous single-telescope
observations. We use observations of the Crab Nebula taken at low zenith
angles to assess the performance of the MAGIC stereo system. The trigger
threshold of the MAGIC telescopes is 50 - 60 GeV. Advanced stereo
analysis techniques allow MAGIC to achieve a sensitivity as good as
(0.76 ± 0.03)% of the Crab Nebula flux in 50 h of observations
above 290 GeV. The angular resolution at those energies is better than
˜0.07°. We also perform a detailed study of possible
systematic effects which may influence the analysis of the data taken
with the MAGIC telescopes.
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The MAGIC Collaboration is integrated by 20 research institutes and university departments from Armenia, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and USA. The collaboration comprises two 17m diameter telescopes, located at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, designed to measure the Cherenkov radiation associated with
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