MAGIC
Collaboration:
Laboratory: IAC- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, ORM Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain
National Responsible: L.Peruzzo (Pd)
1. Goal of the experiment
The MAGIC (Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cerenkov telescope) is one of the new generation imaging Cerenkov telescopes which will be operative at low energy threshold in the next future.
Magic will be the first to be operative among the other next generation experiments.
The aim is to lower the energy threshold by at least one order of magnitude with respect to the present ground-based telescopes. This together with the increased upper energy threshold of satellites (Agile, Glast) will close the observative gap between 1-10 GeV and 300 GeV presently existing.
2.
Activities during 2001
The apparatus is under construction. Achievements were obtained in technological fields like the production of metallic mirrors, the 1st and 2nd level trigger and the alert system for the detection of Gamma Ray Bursts..
The planned milestones for the year 2001 have been fulfilled:
- Trgger integration in the electronic chain
- 70% of the mirror production completed
Milestones 2002
Production of the remaining 300 mirrors | 31-08-2002 |
50% of the reflecting surface installed and aligned on the telescope | 31-08-2002 |
3. INFN contribution to the experiment in terms of manpower and financial support
- Manpower: Manpower: 8 researches (5.1 FTE), 1 engineer (0.2 FTE) and technical support by mechanic and electronic workshop of Sezione di Padova and LNL.
- Budget for the Year 2002: 176.5 kEuro
4. Publications in refereed journals (Year 2001): 2
5. Conferences talks (Year 2001): 5
6. Number of undergraduate and doctoral theses on the experiment (Year 2001):
7. Leadership roles and primary responsibilities in the experiment
8. Innovative instruments
9. Competing experiments
10. International Committee which has
reviewed the experiment
The MAGIC telescope experiment has been reviewed and approved by
the MPI association (Muenchen) , by BMBF and by IFAE (Barcelona)