Gamma Ray Astronomy with the MAGIC telescope

por Dr. Manel Martinez (IFAE, Barcelona)

jueves 18 ene. 2001 12:30 → 13:30 Europe/Madrid

Sala Seminarios IFIC (Edf. Institutos de Investigación)

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.