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astro-ph.IM2015

Performance of the MAGIC telescopes after the major upgrade

Julian Sitarek, Emiliano Carmona, Pierre Colin +2

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 mai…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 265 cited

The major upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, Part I: The hardware improvements and the commissioning of the system

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksic, S. Ansoldi +162

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located on the Canary island of La Palma. The telescopes are designed to measure Cherenkov light from…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 534 cited

The major upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, Part II: A performance study using observations of the Crab Nebula

MAGIC Collaboration, J. Aleksic, S. Ansoldi +163

MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located in the Canary island of La Palma, Spain. During summer 2011 and 2012 it underwent a series of upgrades, in…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 13 cited

Physics performance of the upgraded MAGIC telescopes obtained with Crab Nebula data

Julian Sitarek, Emiliano Carmona, Pierre Colin +11

MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located at the Canary Island of La Palma, designed to observe gamma rays with energies above 50 GeV. Recently it h…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 4 cited

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Large Size Telescope

G. Ambrosi, Y. Awane, H. Baba +129

The two arrays of the Very High Energy gamma-ray observatory Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will include four Large Size Telescopes (LSTs) each with a 23 m diameter dish and 28 m…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 11 cited

Progress in Monte Carlo design and optimization of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

K. Bernlöhr, A. Barnacka, Y. Becherini +41

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be an instrument covering a wide energy range in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays. CTA will include several types of telescopes, in order…