Research Division Seminar
Intensity Interferometry using the MAGIC telescopes

Dr. Thomas Schweizer

Resumen

The MAGIC telescopes are a stereoscopic system
of two 17m mirror diameter Cherenkov telescopes for gamma-ray observations, in operation since many years on the island of
La Palma at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos.
A new installation allows us to use those telescopes as optical
intensity interferometer which enables us to measure the size of bright
objects in the range of 0.6-1.5 milli-arcsec and other physical
parameters. In this presentation the setup is explained, our physics
targets, first results and also a future outlook of this project
with respect to the Cherenkov telescope array (CTA) currently
in construction.

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Intensity Interferometry using the MAGIC telescopes
Dr. Thomas Schweizer
Max Planck Institut fuer Physik (Múnich)
Tuesday July 13, 2021 - 12:30 GMT+1  (Online)
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