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.
Related projects
Particle Astrophysics
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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García López