The MAGIC Telescopes

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Gamma-ray Group

Publication

New Multi-Messenger Paper

November 17, 2021

“Quantum gravity phenomenology at the dawn of the multi-messenger era – A review” has been uploaded to arXiv . Members of the Gamma-ray, Gravitational Waves and Theory group are among the authors: Diego Blas, Merve Colak, Daniel Kersberg, Manel Martínez, Mario Martínez.

Prize

Daniel Kerszberg obtains the Florial Goebel Prize from the MAGIC Collaboration

November 17, 2021

Daniel Kerszberg has been honored with the Florial Goebel Prize from the MAGIC Collaboration (2020 edition).

New Position

Oscar Blanch re-elected MAGIC spokesperson

November 10, 2021

Oscar Blanch has been re-elected spokesperson of the MAGIC collaboration for 2022.

New Publication

New Gamma-ray Group Publication

October 6, 2021

Evolution of Data Formats in Very-High-Energy Gamma-ray Astronomy ” by Cosimo Nigro and collaborators has been uploaded to arXiv.

New Publication

New Gamma-ray Group Publication

September 22, 2021

Probing Quantum Gravity with Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes ” by Daniel Kerszberg and others has been published in Universe.

Milestone

LST1's and CTA's First ATEL

July 14, 2021

The LST-1 and CTA published their first Astronomer’s Telegram (ATEL) on 13 Jul 2021; 21:03 UT : “Detection of very-high-energy gamma-ray emission from BL Lac with the LST-1”

Conference

The Gamma-ray group at ICRC 2021, The Astroparticle Physics conference

July 7, 2021

The Gamma ray group is attending and contributing talks to the ICRC 2021, The Astroparticle Physics conference.

New IFAE Member

New member in the Gamma-ray Group

May 5, 2021

Roger Grau has just joined the Gamma-ray Groups at IFAE as PhD student. Roger got his Physics Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at UAB.

Instrumentation

The Raman LIDAR Pathfinder on CTA-North Site Achieves First Light

April 7, 2021

On the evening of the 25 March, the Barcelona Raman LIDAR Pathfinder installed on the CTA-North site at the ORM achieved first light.