MAGIC is the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope. It is sited at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma in the Canary Islands. With a large mirrored dish 17m across and with an area of 240 square metres it is able to detect the flashes of light induced in the atmosphere by cosmic rays (see Cherenkov radiation) and is intended in particular to detect gamma rays.

It began producing data in 2004 and is a follow up to the HEGRA experiment.

Collaborating Institutions

• Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, University of Barcelona
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• Institut für Physik, Humboldt University of Berlin
• Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
• University of California, Davis, USA
• Universidad Complutense, Madrid
• Division of Experimental Physics, University of Lodz
• Max-Planck-Institute for Physics, Munich
• Physics Department, Università di Padova and INFN sez. di Padova, Italy
• Space Research Unit, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa
• Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Siena and INFN sez. di Pisa, Italy
• Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia
• Tuorla Observatory, Pikkiö, Finland
• Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università di Udine and INFN sez. di Trieste, Italy
• University of Würzburg
• Yerevan Physics Institute, Cosmic Ray Division, Jerewan
• Institute for Particle Physics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
• Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain

External links

• MAGIC Telescope webpage
• MAGIC webpage at La Palma

Gamma-ray telescopes

MAGIC-Teleskop | Telescopio MAGIC | MAGIC