Bibcode
Moralejo, A.; Baixeras, C.; Bastieri, D.; Bednarek, W.; Bigongiari, C.; Biland, A.; Blanch, O.; Böck, R.; Bretz, T.; Chilingarian, A.; Coarasa, J. A.; Colombo, E.; Commichau, S.; Contreras, J. L.; Cortina, J.; de Angelis, A.; de los Reyes, R.; de Lotto, B.; Domingo, C.; Domingo, E.; Dorner, D.; Ferenc, D.; Fernández, E.; Flix, J.; Fonseca, V.; Font, L.; Galante, N.; Gaug, M.; Garczarczyk, M.; Gebauer, J.; Giannitrapani, R.; Giller, M.; Goebel, F.; Hengstebeck, T.; Jacon, P.; de Jager, O. C.; Kalekin, O.; Kestel, M.; Kim, K.-S.; Kneiske, T.; Laatiaoui, M.; Laille, A.; Lindfors, E.; Longo, F.; López, M.; López, J.; Lorenz, E.; Lucarelli, F.; Mannheim, K.; Mariotti, M.; Martínez, M.; Mase, K.; Merck, M.; Meucci, M.; Mirzoyan, R.; Mizobuchi, S.; Moralejo, A.; Oña-Wilhelmi, E.; Orduña, R.; Paneque, D.; Paoletti, R.; Pasanen, M.; Pascoli, D.; Pauss, F.; Pavel, N.; Pegna, R.; Peruzzo, L.; Piccioli, A.; Pin, M.; Robert, A.; Saggion, A.; Sánchez, A.; Sartori, P.; Scalzotto, V.; Shinozaki, K.; Sillanpaa, A.; Sobczynska, D.; Stamerra, A.; Stark, L. S.; Stepanian, A.; Stiehler, R.; Takalo, L.; Teshima, M.; Tonello, N.; Torres, A.; Turini, N.; Viertel, G.; Vitale, V.; Volkov, S.; Wagner, R.; Wibig, T.; Wittek, W.
Bibliographical reference
Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 3, Supplement, p. 531-538
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2003
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Description
The MAGIC telescope, presently at its commissioning phase, will become
fully operative by the end of 2003. Placed at the Roque de los Muchachos
Observatory (ORM) on the island of La Palma, MAGIC is the largest among
new generation ground-based gamma ray telescopes, and will reach an
energy threshold as low as 30 GeV. The range of the electromagnetic
spectrum between 10 and 250 GeV remains to date mostly unexplored.
Observations in this energy region are expected to provide key data for
the understanding of a wide variety of astrophysical phenomena belonging
to the so-called ``non thermal Universe'', like the processes in the
nuclei of active galaxies, the radiation mechanisms of pulsars and
supernova remnants, and the enigmatic gamma-ray bursts. An overview of
the telescope and its physics goals is presented.