MAGIC-related publications and Detector Development

• Fokussierende Facettenaugen
  C. Schultz
  Physik Journal 09/2011, pg. 61 (in German)

• FACT-The first Cherenkov telescope using a G-APD camera for TeV gamma-ray astronomy
  H. Anderhub,M. Backes, A. Biland et al.,
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A, in press, corrected proof, online 29.10.2010

• Results of the prototype camera for FACT
  H. Anderhub, M. Backes, A. Biland et al.,
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A, in press, corrected proof, online 23.10.2010

• A G-APD based Camera for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
  H. Anderhub, M. Backes, A. Biland et al.,
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A, in press, corrected proof, online 08.07.2010

• A 15 degree wide field of view imaging air Cherenkov telescope
  R. Mirzoyan, M. I. Andersen
  Astroparticle Physics 31 issue 1 (2009) pp. 1-5

• A conceptual design of an advanced 23 m diameter IACT of 50 ton for ground-based- gamma-ray astronomy
  E. Lorenz, D. Ferenc, M.V. Fonseca, R. Wagner
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A 617 (2010) 499

• Selection of photomultipliers for the Cherenkov Telescope Array facility
  M. Shayduk, R. Mirzoyan, V. Zimmer, E. Lorenz, T. Schweizer and M. Teshima
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A, Volume 617, Issues 1-3, pp. 422-423

• Very high QE HPDs with a GaAsP photocathode for the MAGIC telescope project
  T.Y. Saito, E. Bernardini, D. Bose, M.V. Fonseca, E. Lorenz, K. Mannheim, R. Mirzoyan, R. Orito, T. Schweizer, M. Shayduk and M. Teshima
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 610 (2009) pp. 258-261

• First Avalanche-photodiode camera test (FACT): A novel camera using G-APDs for the observation of very high energy gamma-rays with Cherenkov telescopes
  I. Braun, S.C. Commichau, M. Rissi, E. Lorenz et al.
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 610 (2009) pp. 400-403

• Detection of Cherenkov light from air showers with Geigermode-APDs
  A. N. Otte, I. Britwitch, A. Biland et al.
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 610 (2009) pp.415-418

• The cross-talk problem in SiPMs and their use as light sensors for imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes
  P. Buzhan, B. Dolgoshein, R. Mirzoyan, M. Teshima et al. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 610 (2009) pp.131-134

• Kompakte Energieschleuder im Krebsnebel
  R. Mirzoyan, T. Schweizer
  Sterne und Weltraum May 2009 (in German)

• Advances in solid state photon detectors
  E. Lorenz, D. Renker
  Journal of Instrumentation (2009)

• Limits to the energy resolution of a single Air Cherenkov Telescope at low energies
  D. Sobczynska
  Journal of Physics G in press

• Natural limit on the gamma/hadron separation for a stand alone air Cherenkov telescope
  D. Sobczynska
  Journal of Physics G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 34 (2007) 2279-2288

• Exploring Quantum Gravity with Very-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Instruments – Prospects and Limitations
  R. Wagner
  AIP Conf.Proc. 1112 (2009) 187-197

• Intrinsic absorption in 3C 279 at GeV-TeV energies and consequences for estimates of the EBL
  F. Tavecchio, D. Mazin
  MNRAS in press

• A New Sum Trigger to Provide a Lower Energy Threshold for the MAGIC Telescope
  Rissi, M.; Otte, N.; Schweizer, T.; Shayduk, M.;
  IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Dec. 2009, Volume 56, Issue 6, pages 3840 - 3843

• The reflective surface of the MAGIC telescope
  M. Doro, D. Bastieri, A. Biland, F. Dazzi, L. Font, M. Garczarczyk, M. Ghigo, E. Giro, F. Goebel, R. Kosyra, E. Lorenz, M. Mariotti, R. Mirzoyan, L. Peruzzo, G. Pareschi and J. Zapatero
  NIM A 595 (2008) 200

• 3C66B as a TeV radiogalaxy
  F. Tavecchio, G. Ghisellini
  MNRAS in press

• Augen für das unsichtbare Universum – Riesenteleskope suchen im All nach energiereicher Gammastrahlung
  R. Wagner
  Kultur und Technik IV/2008, 35 (in German)

• Dark Matter signals from Draco and Willman 1: Prospects for MAGIC II and CTA
  T. Bringmann, M. Doro, M. Fornasa
  

• Correlated Variability in Blazars
  R. M. Wagner
  Proceedings of Science, BLAZARS2008, 13

• Kosmische Archäologie mit Gammalicht
  R. Wagner, D. Mazin
  Sterne und Weltraum August 2008 (in German)

• The variable super-orbital modulation of Cygnus X-1
  J. Rico
  Astrophys. J. Lett. 683 (2008) L55

• A 15^o Wide Field of View Imaging Air Cherenkov Telescope
  R. Mirzoyan, M.I. Andersen
  Astropart. Phys. submitted

• A Statistical Study of Sub-Hour Flares of the VHE Gamma-Ray Emission of Markarian 421 During A High-Flux State in 2001
  T. Schweizer, R. M. Wagner, E. Lorenz
  Astrophys. J. submitted

• Suzaku observation of TeV blazar the 1ES 1218+304: clues on particle acceleration in an extreme TeV blazar
  R. Sato, J. Kataoka, T. Takahashi, G. M. Madejski, S. Rugamer, S. J. Wagner
  Astrophys. J. Lett. in press

• A Model for Delayed Emission in a Very-High Gamma-Ray Flare in Markarian 501
  W. Bednarek, R. M. Wagner
  Astron. Astrophys. 486 (2008) 679
  

• Synoptic studies of seventeen blazars detected in very high energy gamma-rays
  R. M. Wagner
  Mon. Not. R. Astr. Soc. 385 (2008) 119-135
• VHE Astrophysics: recent developments
  Massimo Persic and Alessandro De Angelis
  Mem. S.A.It. Vol. 75, 282 (2007)
• Das Gammastrahlen-Teleskop MAGIC
  A. de Angelis, L. Peruzzo
  Sterne und Weltraum, August 2007 (in German)

• Break in the very high energy spectrum of PG 1553+113; new upper limit on its redshift?
  D. Mazin, F. Goebel
  ApJ Letters 655 (2007) L13
  

• Development status of High-QE HPDs with 18-mm GaAsP photocathode for IACTs
  M. Hayashida, J. Ninkovic, J. Hose et al.
  Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (2007), Vol. 572, p. 456 - 458
  X. Pisa Meeting, Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics, Elba, May 2006
• Enhanced quantum efficiency bialkali photo multiplier tubes
  R. Mirzoyan, F. Goebel, J. Hose et al.
  Nucl.Instrum. Meth. A (2007), Vol. 572, p. 449 - 453
  X. Pisa Meeting, Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics, Elba, May 2006
• The Avalanche drift diode- A backilluminated Silicon Photomultiplier
  J. Ninkovic, R. Hartmann, P. Holl et al.
  Nucl.Instrum. Meth. A (2007), Vol. 572, p. 454 - 455
  X. Pisa Meeting, Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics, Elba, May 2006
• SiPM and ADD as advanced detectors for astro-particle physics
  R. Mirzoyan, B. Dolgoshein, P. Holl et al.
  Nucl.Instrum. Meth. A (2007), Vol. 572, p. 493 - 494
  X. Pisa Meeting, Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics, Elba, May 2006
• Tagging single muons and other long-flying relativistic charged particles by ultra-fast timing in air Cherenkov telescopes
  R. Mirzoyan, D. Sobczynska, E. Lorenz, M. Teshima
  Astroparticle Physics (2006), Vol. 25, Issue 5, p. 342 - 348
  

• Large area silicon photomultipliers: Performance and applications
  P.Buzhan, B. Dolgoshein et al.
  Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (2006), Vol. 567, p. 78 - 82
  4th. International Conference on New Developments in Photodetection, Beaune, France, June 2005
• Very high quantum efficiency PMTs with bialkali photo-cathode
  R. Mirzoyan, M. Laatiaoui, M. Teshima
  Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (2006), Vol. 567, p. 230 - 232
  4th. International Conference on New Developments in Photodetection, Beaune, France, June 2005
• A new readout of large area smart photomultipliers ba Geiger-mode APDs
  E. Lorenz, G. Ferenc
  Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (2007), Vol. 572, Issue 1, p. 434-436
  Frontier Detectors for Frontier Physics- Proc. 10th Pisa Meeting on Advanced Detectors
  
• A measurement of the photon detection efficiency of silicon photomultipliers
  A. N. Otte, J. Hose, R. Mirzoyan et al.
  Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (2006), Vol. 567, p. 360 - 363
  4th. International Conference on New Developments in Photodetection, Beaune, France, June 2005
• The SiPM: A new Photon Detector for PET
  N. Otte, B. Dolgoshein, J. Hose et al.
  Nuclear Physics B, Proceedings Supplement (2006), Vol. 150, p. 417 -420
• A test of silicon photomultipliers as readout for PET
  A. N. Otte, J. Barral, B. Dologshein et al.
  Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A (2005) Vol. 545, p. 705 -715
• Improved Limits on Photon Velocity Oscillations
  A. De Angelis, R. Pain
  Modern Physics Letters A, Vol. 17, Issue 38 (2002) 2491-2496
• Solution to the ion feedback problem in Hybrid Photon Detectors and Photo Multiplier Tubes
  D. Ferenc, D. Hrupec, E. Lorenz
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A427 (1999) 518-523