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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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28 papers

astro-ph.IM2025

Development of a Central Trigger Processor board for the Advanced SiPM based camera of the CTA Large-Sized Telescopes

A. Pérez-Aguilera, M. Molina-Delicado, T. Dietrich +8

We present ongoing work on the Central Trigger Processor board (CTPb), a trigger subsystem for the future advanced SiPM-based Large-Sized Telescope (LST) camera of the Cherenkov Te…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Prospects for dark matter observations in dwarf spheroidal galaxies with the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

K. Abe, S. Abe, J. Abhir +491

The dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) orbiting the Milky Way are widely regarded as systems supported by velocity dispersion against self-gravity, and as prime targets for the sear…

hep-ph2024★ 18 cited

Dark Matter Line Searches with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

S. Abe, J. Abhir, A. Abhishek +562

Monochromatic gamma-ray signals constitute a potential smoking gun signature for annihilating or decaying dark matter particles that could relatively easily be distinguished from a…

astro-ph.IM2023

Timing performances of NectarCAM, a Medium Sized Telescope Camera for the Cherenkov Telescope Array

H. Rueda, F. Bradascio, J. A. Barrio +14

NectarCAM is a Cherenkov camera that will be installed on Medium-Sized Telescopes of the northern array of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). It is composed of 265 m…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 9 cited

Prospects for -ray observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, K. Abe +564

Galaxy clusters are expected to be dark matter (DM) reservoirs and storage rooms for the cosmic-ray protons (CRp) that accumulate along the cluster's formation history. Accordingly…

astro-ph.HE2023★ 50 cited

Observations of the Crab Nebula and Pulsar with the Large-Sized Telescope Prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

CTA-LST Project, :, H. Abe +289

CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) is the next generation ground-based observatory for gamma-ray astronomy at very-high energies. The Large-Sized Telescope prototype (LST-1) is locate…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

The NectarCAM Timing System

F. Bradascio, H. Rueda, J. A. Barrio +14

NectarCAM is a Cherenkov camera which is going to equip the Medium-Sized Telescopes (MST) of the northern site of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO). NectarCAM is equ…

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.IM2021★ 10 cited

Measurement of performance of the NectarCAM photodetectors

A. Tsiahina, P. Jean, J. -F. Olive +26

NectarCAM is a camera for the medium-sized telescopes of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), which covers the energy range of 100 GeV to 30 TeV. The camera is equipped with 265 fo…

astro-ph.HE2021★ 5 cited

Physics Performance of the Large-Sized Telescope prototype of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

R. López-Coto, A. Moralejo, M. Artero +15

The Large-Sized Telescope (LST) prototype of the future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) is located at the Northern site of CTA, on the Canary Island of La Palma. It is designed to…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 2 cited

Cross-calibration and combined analysis of the CTA-LST prototype and the MAGIC telescopes

Y. Ohtani, A. Berti, D. Depaoli +13

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will be the next generation gamma-ray observatory, which will consist of three kinds of telescopes of different sizes. Among those, the Large Si…

astro-ph.IM2021

Reconstruction of extensive air shower images of the first Large Size Telescope prototype of CTA using a novel likelihood technique

Gabriel Emery, Cyril Alispach, Mykhailo Dalchenko +3

Ground-based gamma-ray astronomy aims at reconstructing the energy and direction of gamma rays from the extensive air showers they initiate in the atmosphere. Imaging Atmospheric C…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

Commissioning of the camera of the first Large Size Telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array

T. Saito, C. Delgado, O. Blanch +30

The first Large Size Telescope (LST-1) of the Cherenkov Telescope Array has been operational since October 2018 at La Palma, Spain. We report on the results obtained during the cam…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

Monitoring the pointing of the prototype LST-1 using star reconstruction in the Cherenkov camera

L. Foffano, A. Carosi, M. Dalchenko +3

The first Large-Sized Telescope (LST-1) proposed for the forthcoming Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) has started to operate in 2019 in La Palma. The large structure of LST-1 - with…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 77 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array for probing cosmology and fundamental physics with gamma-ray propagation

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, H. Abdalla +496

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), the new-generation ground-based observatory for -ray astronomy, provides unique capabilities to address significant open questions in astrop…

astro-ph.HE2020★ 135 cited

Sensitivity of the Cherenkov Telescope Array to a dark matter signal from the Galactic centre

The Cherenkov Telescope Array Consortium, :, A. Acharyya +449

We provide an updated assessment of the power of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) to search for thermally produced dark matter at the TeV scale, via the associated gamma-ray sig…

astro-ph.HE2019

Searching for optical and VHE counterparts of fast radio bursts with MAGIC

J. Hoang, M. Will, S. Inoue +5

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are an enigmatic class of extragalactic transients emitting Jy-level radio bursts in the GHz band, lasting for only a few ms. So far, some objects are know…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 2 cited

A Trigger Interface Board to manage trigger and timing signals in CTA Large-Sized Telescope and Medium-Sized Telescope cameras

Pablo Peñil, Luis Ángel Tejedor, Juan Abel Barrio +1

One of the main goals of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observatory is to improve the -ray detection sensitivity by an order of magnitude, compared to the current ground-ba…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 3 cited

MAGIC sensitivity to millisecond-duration optical pulses

T. Hassan, J. Hoang, M. López +6

The MAGIC telescopes are a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) designed to observe very high energy (VHE) gamma rays above ~50 GeV. However, as IACTs are…

astro-ph.HE2017★ 23 cited

Prospects for CTA observations of the young SNR RX J1713.7-3946

The CTA Consortium, :, F. Acero +381

We perform simulations for future Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) observations of RX~J1713.73946, a young supernova remnant (SNR) and one of the brightest sources ever discovere…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 6 cited

Reconfigurable ASIC for a Low Level Trigger System in Cherenkov Telescope Cameras

David Gascon, Juan Abel Barrio, Oscar Blanch +11

A versatile and reconfigurable ASIC is presented, which implements two different concepts of low level trigger (L0) for Cherenkov telescopes: the Majority trigger (sum of discrimin…

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…

physics.ins-det2014

Analogue Sum ASIC for L1 Trigger Decision in Cherenkov Telescope Cameras

Joan Abel Barrio, Oscar Blanch, Joan Boix +9

The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) project aims to build the largest ground-based gamma-ray observatory based on an array of Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). The…

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…