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Commissioning and first tests of the MAGIC telescope

2003; Elsevier BV; Volume: 518; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.nima.2003.10.057

1872-9576

C. Baixeras, D. Bastieri, C. Bigongiari, O. Blanch, G. Blanchot, R. Böck, T. Bretz, A. Chilingarian, J. A. Coarasa, E. Colombo, J.C. Contreras, Daniele Corti, J. Cortina, C. Domingo, E. Domingo, D. Ferenc, E. Fernández, J. Flix, V. Fonseca, L. Font, N. Galante, M. Gaug, M. Garczarczyk, J. Gebauer, M. Giller, F. Göebel, T. Hengstebeck, P. Jacone, O. C. de Jager, O. Kalekin, M. Kestel, T. Kneiske, A. Laille, Marcos López, J. López, E. Lorenz, K. Mannheim, M. Mariotti, M. Martı́nez, K. Mase, M. Merck, M. Meucci, L. Miralles, R. Mirzoyan, A. Moralejo, E. Oña Wilhelmi, R. Orduña, D. Paneque, R. Paoletti, D. Pascoli, N. Pavel, R. Pegna, L. Peruzzo, A. Piccioli, A. Roberts, R. de los Reyes, A. Saggion, A. Sánchez, P. Sartori, V. Scalzotto, T. Schweizer, A. Sillanpää, D. Sobczyńska, A. Stamerra, A. A. Stepanian, R. Stiehler, L. O. Takalo, M. Teshima, N. Tonello, A. Torres-Forné, N. Turini, V. Vitale, S. Volkov, Robert Wagner, Tadeusz Wibig, W. Wittek,

Neutrino Physics Research

Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov telescope is starting its operations with a set of engineering runs to tune the telescope subsystem elements to be ready for the first physics campaign. Many technical improvements have been developed and implemented in several elements of the telescope to reach the lowest energy threshold ever obtained by an Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope. A general description of the telescope is presented. The commissioning of the telescope's elements is described and the expected performances are reviewed with the final detector set-up.