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

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astro-ph.IM2025★ 5 cited

Development and Quality Control of PMT Modules for the Large-Sized Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

T. Saito, M. Takahashi, Y. Inome +56

The camera of the Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) consists of 1855 pixels that are grouped into 265 high-performance photomultipli…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

Calibration and performance of the readout system based on switched capacitor arrays for the Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Seiya Nozaki, Kyosuke Awai, Aya Bamba +59

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next-generation ground-based very-high-energy gamma-ray observatory. The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) of CTA is designed to detect gamma r…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 29 cited

Limits on the flux of tau neutrinos from 1 PeV to 3 EeV with the MAGIC telescopes

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +142

A search for tau neutrino induced showers with the MAGIC telescopes is presented. The MAGIC telescopes located at an altitude of 2200 m a.s.l. in the Canary Island of La Palma, can…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 11 cited

A Technique for Estimating the Absolute Gain of a Photomultiplier Tube

M. Takahashi, Y. Inome, S. Yoshii +26

Detection of low-intensity light relies on the conversion of photons to photoelectrons, which are then multiplied and detected as an electrical signal. To measure the actual intens…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 1 cited

Performance of the MAGIC telescopes under moonlight

D. Guberman, P. Colin

MAGIC, a system of two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, achieves its best performance under dark conditions, i.e. in absence of moonlight or twilight. Since operating the…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 87 cited

Performance of the MAGIC telescopes under moonlight

MAGIC Collaboration, M. L. Ahnen, S. Ansoldi +143

MAGIC, a system of two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, achieves its best performance under dark conditions, i.e. in absence of moonlight or twilight. Since operating the…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 2 cited

Development of Slow Control Boards for the Large Size Telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

D. Hadasch, Y. Konno, H. Kubo +5

The camera of the Large Size Telescopes (LSTs) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consists of 265 photosensor modules, each of them containing 7 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), a…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 10 cited

Development of the photomultiplier tube readout system for the first Large-Sized Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Shu Masuda, Yusuke Konno, Juan Abel Barrio +31

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is the next generation ground-based very high energy gamma-ray observatory. The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) of CTA targets 20 GeV -- 1 TeV gamma…

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★ 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★ 6 cited

Development of the Photomultiplier-Tube Readout System for the CTA Large Size Telescope

H. Kubo, R. Paoletti, Y. Awane +51

We have developed a prototype of the photomultiplier tube (PMT) readout system for the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) Large Size Telescope (LST). Two thousand PMTs along with thei…