Title of article :
Status of MAGIC and recent results Original Research Article
Author/Authors :
A. De Angelis، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
دوهفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2013
Pages :
6
From page :
280
To page :
285
Abstract :
Ground-based γ-ray astronomy is part of a new field of fundamental research of Astroparticle Physics, that recently made spectacular discoveries mostly thanks to Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescopes (IACT). The MAGIC telescope is a IACT located at La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Composed of two telescopes with 17 m diameter each, MAGIC is equipped with the largest optical reflectors in the world, and it has the lowest threshold energy (25 GeV). MAGIC started operations in 2004 in the single-detector configuration, and in 2009 as a stereo detector. Since then, it has discovered many new sources and classes of sources, both galactic and extragalactic. Here some highlights from the most recent results are presented.
Keywords :
Cosmic rays , Very-high-energy gamma astrophysics
Journal title :
Advances in Space Research
Serial Year :
2013
Journal title :
Advances in Space Research
Record number :
1134381
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