Sala Seminarios IFIC (Edf. Institutos de Investigación)
Sala Seminarios IFIC
Edf. Institutos de Investigación
Descripción
MAGIC, which stands for a "Major Atmospheric Gamma Imaging Cherenkov" is a telescope which will see its first ligth in summer 2001 in the "Roque de los Muchachos" observatory in the "La Palma" Canary Island. The main aim of this project is opening an unexplored window in Gamma Ray Astronomy. The present status of this field as well as the physics motivations for MAGIC, its observational principles and its main technical challenges will be discussed.