Performance of the MAGIC stereo system obtained with Crab Nebula data
MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located in the Canary island of La Palma. Since autumn 2009 both telescopes have been working together in stereoscopic mode, providing a significant improvement with respect to the previous single-telescope observations. We use observ...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/43823 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43823 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 537 539.1 Atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes Gamma-ray emission Pulsar TEV Arrays Flares. Electricidad Electrónica (Física) Física nuclear 2202.03 Electricidad 2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear |
| Sumario: | MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located in the Canary island of La Palma. Since autumn 2009 both telescopes have been working together in stereoscopic mode, providing a significant improvement with respect to the previous single-telescope observations. We use observations of the Crab Nebula taken at low zenith angles to assess the performance of the MAGIC stereo system. The trigger threshold of the MAGIC telescopes is 50 - 60 GeV. Advanced stereo analysis techniques allow MAGIC to achieve a sensitivity as good as (0.76 +/- 0.03)% of the Crab Nebula flux in 50 h of observations above 290 GeV. The angular resolution at those energies is better than similar to 0.07 degrees. We also perform a detailed study of possible systematic effects which may influence the analysis of the data taken with the MAGIC telescopes. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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