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THE TIMING SYSTEM OF THE MAGIC TELESCOPE

Authors :
M. V. Fonseca
E. Oña-Wilhelmi
H. G. Börst
M. López
F. Lucarelli
Source :
International Journal of Modern Physics A. 20:7012-7015
Publication Year :
2005
Publisher :
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt, 2005.

Abstract

The Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Čerenkov Telescope (MAGIC) will be the first ground-based Čerenkov telescope able to detect photons with E > 30 GeV . This region of the electromagnetic spectrum, yet unexplored, is fundamental for pulsar physics since theoretical models foreseen a cut-off in the pulsed emission at tens of GeV. In order to perform timing analysis of pulsars, accuracy below milliseconds in the time stamp of the detected event is needed. In this work, we present the timing system of the MAGIC telescope and the first timing analysis performed on real data.

Details

ISSN :
1793656X and 0217751X
Volume :
20
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
International Journal of Modern Physics A
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........52b4c00937b6592499ca4816095c810d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x05030715