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Optical intensity interferometry observations using the MAGIC Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes

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dc.contributor.authorAcciari, V. A.
dc.contributor.authorBernardos, M. I.
dc.contributor.authorColombo, E.
dc.contributor.authorContreras González, José Luis
dc.contributor.authorCortina, J.
dc.contributor.authorDelgado, C.
dc.contributor.authorDíaz, C.
dc.contributor.authorFink, D.
dc.contributor.authorMariotti, M.
dc.contributor.authorMangano, S.
dc.contributor.authorMirzoyan, R.
dc.contributor.authorPolo, M.
dc.contributor.authorSchweizer, T.
dc.contributor.authorWill, M.
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-16T15:17:17Z
dc.date.available2023-06-16T15:17:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-01
dc.description© 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. Artículo firmado por 15 autores. This work would have been impossible without the support of our colleagues of the MAGIC collaboration. We would also like to thank the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias for the excellent working conditions at the ORM. The financial support of the German Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung and Max Planck Gesellschaft, the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare and Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Empresa partly using European Research Development Funds (FPA2017-82729-C6-6-R and C6-3-R) is gratefully acknowledged. This work was also supported by the Spanish Unidad de Excelencia 'María de Maeztu' (MDM-2014-0369) and by the 2018 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation.
dc.description.abstractImaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) currently in operation feature large mirrors and order of 1 ns time response to signals of a few photo-electrons produced by optical photons. This means that they are ideally suited for optical interferometry observations. Thanks to their sensitivity to visible wavelengths and long baselines optical intensity interferometry with IACTs allows reaching angular resolutions of tens to microarcseconds. We have installed a simple optical setup on top of the cameras of the two 17 m diameter Major Atmospheric Gamma-Ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) IACTs and observed coherent fluctuations in the photon intensity measured at the two telescopes for three different stars. The sensitivity is roughly 10 times better than that achieved in the 1970s with the Narrabri interferometer.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Físicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
dc.description.sponsorshipEspaña. Unidad de Excelencia María de Maeztu
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Bundesministerium fuer Bildung und Forschung
dc.description.sponsorshipMax Planck Gesellschaft
dc.description.sponsorshipItalian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
dc.description.sponsorshipIstituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
dc.description.sponsorship2018 Leonardo Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/60168
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/stz3171
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3171
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://academic.oup.com/mnras/
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6190
dc.issue.number2
dc.journal.titleMonthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final1547
dc.page.initial1540
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.projectID(FPA2017-82729-C6-6-R; FPA2017-82729-C6-3-R)
dc.relation.projectIDMDM-2014-0369
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.subject.cdu539.1
dc.subject.keywordMajor upgrade
dc.subject.keywordPerformance
dc.subject.ucmFísica nuclear
dc.subject.unesco2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
dc.titleOptical intensity interferometry observations using the MAGIC Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number491
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