The major upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, Part II: A performance study using observations of the Crab Nebula

• Published in: Astroparticle physics Vol. 72; pp. 76 - 94
• Main Authors: Aleksić, J., Bangale, P., Barceló, M., Bednarek, W., Biasuzzi, B., Bitossi, M., Blanch, O., Bonnefoy, S., Bretz, T., Carmona, E., Carosi, A., Cecchi, R., Colin, P., Colombo, E., Contreras, J.L., Corti, D., Cortina, J., Covino, S., Da Vela, P., De Angelis, A., De Caneva, G., De Lotto, B., de Oña Wilhelmi, E., Delgado Mendez, C., Dettlaff, A., Dorner, D., Einecke, S., Fidalgo, D., Fink, D., Fonseca, M.V., Font, L., Galindo, D., Garrido Terrats, D., Gaug, M., Godinović, N., González Muñoz, A., Hanabata, Y., Herrera, J., Hose, J., Idec, W., Illa, J.M., Kodani, K., Konno, Y., Krause, J., Kubo, H., Lemus, J.L., Lindfors, E., Longo, F., López-Coto, R., López-Oramas, A., Lorca, A., Mallot, K., Mankuzhiyil, N., Mannheim, K., Maraschi, L., Mariotti, M., Martínez, M., Mazin, D., Menzel, U., Mirzoyan, R., Moralejo, A., Munar-Adrover, P., Nakajima, D., Negrello, M., Neustroev, V., Niedzwiecki, A., Nishijima, K., Noda, K., Orito, R., Overkemping, A., Palatiello, M., Paneque, D., Paoletti, R., Paredes, J.M., Persic, M., Poutanen, J., Prandini, E., Rico, J., Rodriguez Garcia, J., Rügamer, S., Saito, T., Scapin, V., Shore, S.N., Sitarek, J., Snidaric, I., Spanier, F., Stamerra, A., Steinbring, T., Storz, J., Takami, H., Tavecchio, F., Tescaro, D., Teshima, M., Tibolla, O., Torres, D.F., Toyama, T., Treves, A., Wetteskind, H., Will, M., Zanin, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Cherenkov telescopes; Crab Nebula; Gamma-ray astronomy; Crab Nebula; Gamma-ray astronomy; Cherenkov telescopes

MAGIC is a system of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes located in the Canary island of La Palma, Spain. During summer 2011 and 2012 it underwent a series of upgrades, involving the exchange of the MAGIC-I camera and its trigger system, as well as the upgrade of the readout system of both...