The major upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, Part I: The hardware   improvements and the commissioning of the system

MAGIC Collaboration: J. Aleksic (a); S. Ansoldi (b); L. A. Antonelli; (c); P. Antoranz (d); A. Babic (e); P. Bangale (f); M. Barcelo (a); J. A.; Barrio (g); J. Becerra Gonzalez (h; aa); W. Bednarek (i); E. Bernardini (j),; B. Biasuzzi (b); A. Biland (k); M. Bitossi (y); O. Blanch (a); S. Bonnefoy; (g); G. Bonnoli (c); F. Borracci (f); T. Bretz (l; ab); E. Carmona (m); A.; Carosi (c); R. Cecchi (z); P. Colin (f); E. Colombo (h); J. L. Contreras (g),; D. Corti (o); J. Cortina (a); S. Covino (c); P. Da Vela (d); F. Dazzi (f); A.; De Angelis (b); G. De Caneva (j); B. De Lotto (b); E. de Ona Wilhelmi (n); C.; Delgado Mendez (m); A. Dettlaff (f); D. Dominis Prester (e); D. Dorner (l),; M. Doro (o); S. Einecke (p); D. Eisenacher (l); D. Elsaesser (l); D. Fidalgo; (g); D. Fink (f); M. V. Fonseca (g); L. Font (q); K. Frantzen (p); C. Fruck; (f); D. Galindo (r); R. J. Garcia Lopez (h); M. Garczarczyk (j); D. Garrido; Terrats (q); M. Gaug (q); G. Giavitto (a; j); N. Godinovic (e); A. 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arXiv:1409.6073·astro-ph.IM·May 1, 2015

The major upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, Part I: The hardware improvements and the commissioning of the system

MAGIC Collaboration: J. Aleksic (a), S. Ansoldi (b), L. A. Antonelli, (c), P. Antoranz (d), A. Babic (e), P. Bangale (f), M. Barcelo (a), J. A., Barrio (g), J. Becerra Gonzalez (h, aa), W. Bednarek (i), E. Bernardini (j),, B. Biasuzzi (b), A. Biland (k), M. Bitossi (y)

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TL;DR

This paper details the hardware upgrades made to the MAGIC telescopes, enhancing their performance and uniformity, which is crucial for gamma-ray astronomy in the 50 GeV to 50 TeV range.

Contribution

It presents the comprehensive hardware upgrade of the MAGIC telescopes, including camera, trigger, and readout system improvements, and discusses the resulting performance enhancements.

Findings

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Improved system linearity and reduced dead time.

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Enhanced noise reduction and data quality.

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Better performance consistency between the two telescopes.

Abstract

The MAGIC telescopes are two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) located on the Canary island of La Palma. The telescopes are designed to measure Cherenkov light from air showers initiated by gamma rays in the energy regime from around 50 GeV to more than 50 TeV. The two telescopes were built in 2004 and 2009, respectively, with different cameras, triggers and readout systems. In the years 2011-2012 the MAGIC collaboration undertook a major upgrade to make the stereoscopic system uniform, improving its overall performance and easing its maintenance. In particular, the camera, the receivers and the trigger of the first telescope were replaced and the readout of the two telescopes was upgraded. This paper (Part I) describes the details of the upgrade as well as the basic performance parameters of MAGIC such as raw data treatment, dead time of the system, linearity in the…

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