Bibcode
Tescaro, D.
Bibliographical reference
Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, Volume 766, p. 65-68.
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2014
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Description
The MAGIC Cherenkov telescopes underwent a major upgrade in 2011 and
2012. A new 1039-pixel camera and a larger area digital trigger system
were installed in MAGIC-I, making it essentially identical to the newer
MAGIC-II telescope. The readout systems of both telescopes were also
upgraded, with fully programmable receiver boards and DRS4-chip-based
digitization systems. The upgrade eased the operation and maintenance of
the telescopes and also improved significantly their performance. The
system has now an integral sensitivity as good as 0.6% of the Crab
Nebula flux (for E > 400 GeV), with an effective analysis threshold
at 70 GeV. This allows MAGIC to secure one of the leading roles among
the current major ground-based Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes
for the next 5-10 years.
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Particle Astrophysics
The members of the Particle Astrophysics Group of the IAC participate actively in three large international collaborations of high-energy astrophysics: AMS-02 (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer), the Cherenkov radiation telescopes MAGIC I and II and the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory ( CTAO). We also participate in the ASTRI mini-array, the gamma
Mónica Luisa
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