1. Improving the performance of the single-dish Cherenkov telescope MAGIC through the use of signal timing
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M. Salvati, K. Shinozaki, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, Jelena Ninkovic, Aaron Dominguez, Michael Backes, Francesco Dazzi, Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde, Abelardo Moralejo, E. Leonardo, Elina Lindfors, M. Camara, A. Saggion, A. Laille, Francesco Longo, W. Wittek, Adrian Biland, Markus Gaug, F. De Sabata, Daniel Mazin, M. Pasanen, R. de los Reyes, S. Rügamer, Florian Goebel, V. Curtef, Nicola Turini, L. S. Stark, A. La Barbera, Laura Maraschi, Pol Bordas, B. De Lotto, V. Scalzotto, R. K. Bock, Fabio Zandanel, Michela Fagiolini, L. O. Takalo, R. J. García López, Riccardo Paoletti, Stefano Covino, Agnieszka Sierpowska-Bartosik, Roberta Zanin, M. López, H. Anderhub, Mosè Mariotti, D. Tescaro, J. M. Paredes, Masaaki Hayashida, Denis Bastieri, Massimo Persic, Antonio Stamerra, Jose Luis Contreras, M. Tluczykont, Diego F. Torres, Juan Cortina, V. Vitale, Marc Ribó, Juan Abel Barrio, J. Zapatero, R. Pegna, Mariano Moles, M. T. Costado, D. Borla Tridon, K. Mannheim, R. Firpo, S. Huber, I. Oya, M. Meyer, M. Garczarczyk, Victor Zabalza, G. Maneva, Daniela Dorner, Enrique Fernández, Saverio Lombardi, E. Carmona, Miguel A. Pérez-Torres, N. Otte, J. Hose, Petar Temnikov, M. De Maria, M. Shayduk, I. Britvitch, Elisa Bernardini, Valentí Bosch-Ramon, Francisco Prada, Elisa Prandini, V. Scapin, F. Pauss, A. Raymers, K. Berger, Ashot Chilingarian, H. Bartko, A. Sillanpää, A. De Angelis, N. Puchades, K. Nilsson, Felix Spanier, A. Piccioli, A. Venturini, A. Robert, C. Delgado Mendez, Dominik Elsässer, Takashi Saito, Dorota Sobczyńska, Thomas Bretz, S. N. Shore, Nicola Galante, P. Antoranz, R. Mirzoyan, E. Aliu, Wolfgang Rhode, Mario Meucci, E. De Cea del Pozo, L. A. Antonelli, C. C. Hsu, W. Bednarek, Fabrizio Tavecchio, Ll. Font, E. Lorenz, A. Herrero, M. V. Fonseca, T. Jogler, D. Höhne, T. Schweizer, Daniel Ferenc, Daniel Nieto, H. Vankov, P. Majumdar, J. Rico, P. Sartori, Manel Errando, G. Bonnoli, M. Rissi, D. Kranich, L. Peruzzo, D. Hadasch, M. I. Martínez, Masahiro Teshima, N. Sidro, D. Pascoli, Robert Wagner, Konstancja Satalecka, Michele Doro, C. Baixeras, Julian Sitarek, Julia Becker, S. Commichau, Jose Miguel Miranda, E., Aliu, H., Anderhub, L. A., Antonelli, P., Antoranz, M., Backe, C., Baixera, J. A., Barrio, H., Bartko, D., Bastieri, J. K., Becker, W., Bednarek, K., Berger, E., Bernardini, A., Biland, R. K., Bock, G., Bonnoli, P., Borda, D. B., Tridon, V., Bosch Ramon, T., Bretz, I., Britvitch, M., Camara, E., Carmona, A., Chilingarian, S., Commichau, J. L., Contrera, J., Cortina, M. T., Costado, S., Covino, V., Curtef, F., Dazzi, A. D., Angeli, E. D., del Pozo, R. d., los Reye, B. D., Lotto, M. D., Maria, F. D., Sabata, C. D., Mendez, A., Dominguez, D., Dorner, M., Doro, D., Elsaesser, M., Errando, M., Fagiolini, D., Ferenc, E., Fernandez, R., Firpo, M. V., Fonseca, L., Font, N., Galante, R. J. G., Lopez, M., Garczarczyk, M., Gaug, F., Goebel, D., Hadasch, M., Hayashida, A., Herrero, D., Hoehne, J., Hose, C. C., Hsu, S., Huber, T., Jogler, D., Kranich, A. L., Barbera, A., Laille, E., Leonardo, E., Lindfor, S., Lombardi, Longo, Francesco, M., Lopez, E., Lorenz, P., Majumdar, G., Maneva, N., Mankuzhiyil, K., Mannheim, L., Maraschi, M., Mariotti, M., Martinez, D., Mazin, M., Meucci, M., Meyer, J. M., Miranda, R., Mirzoyan, M., Mole, A., Moralejo, D., Nieto, K., Nilsson, J., Ninkovic, N., Otte, I., Oya, R., Paoletti, J. M., Parede, M., Pasanen, D., Pascoli, F., Pau, R. G., Pegna, M. A., Perez Torre, M., Persic, L., Peruzzo, A., Piccioli, F., Prada, E., Prandini, N., Puchadesa, A., Raymer, W., Rhode, M., Ribo, J., Rico, M., Rissi, A., Robert, S., Ruegamer, A., Saggion, T. Y., Saito, M., Salvati, M., Sanchez Conde, P., Sartori, K., Satalecka, V., Scalzotto, V., Scapin, T., Schweizer, M., Shayduk, K., Shinozaki, S. N., Shore, N., Sidro, A., Sierpowska Bartosik, A., Sillanpaeae, J., Sitarek, D., Sobczynska, F., Spanier, A., Stamerra, L. S., Stark, L., Takalo, F., Tavecchio, P., Temnikov, D., Tescaro, M., Teshima, M., Tluczykont, D. F., Torre, N., Turini, H., Vankov, A., Venturini, V., Vitale, R. M., Wagner, W., Wittek, V., Zabalza, F., Zandanel, R., Zanin, J., Zapatero, and Universitat de Barcelona
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Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,Nuclear physics ,IACT ,Processament digital d'imatges ,Astrophysics ,Very High Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy ,Detectors ,MAGIC telescope ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Cherenkov images ,law ,MAGIC (telescope) ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Physics ,Gamma-ray astronomy ,Timing analysis ,Astrophysics (astro-ph) ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Temps ,Astronomia de raigs X ,ddc:540 ,Electrónica ,Física nuclear ,Electricidad ,Telescopis espacials ,Cherenkov detector ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Cosmic ray ,gamma ray astronomy ,Cosmic rays ,IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR ,Space telescopes ,Time ,Telescope ,X-ray astronomy ,Optics ,0103 physical sciences ,Cherenkov radiation ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,business.industry ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,Detector ,Crab Nebula ,business ,Digital image processing - Abstract
The Cherenkov light flashes produced by Extensive Air Showers are very short in time. A high bandwidth and fast digitizing readout, therefore, can minimize the influence of the background from the light of the night sky, and improve the performance in Cherenkov telescopes. The time structure of the Cherenkov image can further be used in single-dish Cherenkov telescopes as an additional parameter to reduce the background from unwanted hadronic showers. A description of an analysis method which makes use of the time information and the subsequent improvement on the performance of the MAGIC telescope (especially after the upgrade with an ultra fast 2 GSamples/s digitization system in February 2007) will be presented. The use of timing information in the analysis of the new MAGIC data reduces the background by a factor two, which in turn results in an enhancement of about a factor 1.4 of the flux sensitivity to point-like sources, as tested on observations of the Crab Nebula., 27 pages, 11 figures, accepted by Astroparticle Physics
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- 2009
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