THE MAGIC EXPERIMENT AND ITS FIRST RESULTS
/ Authors
D. Bastieri, R. Bavikadi, C. Bigongiari, E. Bisesi, P. Boinee, A. Angelis, B. Lotto, A. Forti, T. Lenisa, F. Longo
and 9 more authors
O. Mansutti, M. Mariotti, A. Moralejo, D. Pascoli, L. Peruzzo, A. Saggion, P. Sartori, V. Scalzotto, The Magic Collaboration
/ Abstract
With its diameter of 17m, the MAGIC telescope is the largest Cherenkov detector for gamma ray astrophysics. It is sensitive to photons above an energy of 30 GeV. MAGIC started operations in October 2003 and is currently taking data. This report summarizes its main characteristics, its first results and its potential for physics.
Journal: arXiv: Astrophysics